Faculty Members
Executive Committee
Academic Council
Prof. Nancy Michels
American
Prof. Michels joined UIBS in 2010 and teaches courses in Marketing Management at our campus in Zurich at the Undergraduate and Graduate level.
Prof. Michels completed her own education at Brigham Young University and Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration in the U.S.A.
Throughout her professional career she has been working for companies such as Monitor Group.
Prof. Natalia Kaplan
Russian
Prof. Kaplan joined UIBS in 2018 and teaches courses in Marketing Management and Digital Marketing at our campus in Zurich at the Undergraduate and Graduate level.
Prof. Kaplan completed her own education at Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography in Russia, the University of California Irvine in the U.S.A., and the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Throughout her professional career she has been working for companies such as ICS, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) and Stadt Zurich.
Prof. Neil Massinon
Belgian
Prof. Massinon joined UIBS in 2015 and teaches courses in Sports Management and at our campuses in Antwerp and Brussels at the Undergraduate and Graduate level.
Prof. Massinon completed his own education at the University College Dublin in Ireland and Universite Libre de Bruxelles and Solvay School of Economics in Belgium.
Throughout his professional career he has been working for the Belgian Ministry of Finance, the Belgian Bureau of Economics and the Belgian Rugby Federation.
Prof. Philippe Leliaert
Belgian
Prof. Leliaert, as one of our senior faculty members joined UIBS in 2009 and teaches courses in Digital Business and Marketing at our campuses in Amsterdam, Antwerp and Brussels at the Undergraduate and Graduate level.
Prof. Leliaert completed his own education at Heriot-Waat University in the U.K and the Rijksuniversity Gent in Belgium.
Throughout his professional career he has been working for organizations such as Toyota Motor Europe, Daimler-Benz and ICI Electronics and has been teaching across Europe for the past 30 years.
Prof. Rob Burlace
British
Prof. Burlace, joined UIBS in 2013 and teaches courses in Human Resource Management at our campus in Barcelona at the Undergraduate and Graduate level.
Prof. Burlace completed his own education at Leicester University in the U.K.
Throughout his professional career he has been working for organizations such as West Midlands Police, Bass Mitchells & Butlers and Transport for London.
Prof. Samer Ajour
Lebanese
Prof. Ajour joined UIBS in 2013 and teaches courses in Financial Management at our campus in Barcelona at the Undergraduate and Graduate level.
Prof. Ajour completed his own education at UIBS and Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Spain.
Throughout his professional career he has been working for organizations such as GCP Applied Technologies and W.R.Grace.
Prof. Sophie Tochon
Swiss
Prof. Tochon joined UIBS in 2019 and teaches courses in Entrepreneurship and Financial Management at our campus in Geneva at the Undergraduate and Graduate level.
Prof. Tochon completed her own education at HEC Geneva in Switzerland.
Throughout her professional career she has been working for organizations such as SGS Geneva, Ernst & Young, ICTSD and Antiquorum.
Prof. Steven Guest
British
Prof. Guest joined UIBS in 2017 and teaches courses in Marketing Management at our campus in Barcelona at the Undergraduate and Graduate level.
Prof. Guest completed his own education at the University of Nottingham in the U.K. and ESADE in Spain.
Throughout his professional career he has been working for organizations such as Edit Media, Worldwide Television News (WTN) and the Barcelona City Council.
Prof. Tom Van der Heyden
Belgian
Prof. Van der Heyden joined UIBS in 2015 and teaches courses in Marketing Management and Global Sourcing and Logistics at our campus in Barcelona at the Undergraduate and Graduate level.
Prof. Van der Heyden completed his own education at IESE in Spain.
Throughout his professional career he has been working for organizations such as GroupS3.
Prof. Vittoriano Travieso
Spanish
Prof. Travieso joined UIBS in 2015 and teaches courses in Global Business at our campus in Barcelona at the Undergraduate and Graduate level.
Prof. Travieso completed his own education at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in Spain and South Bank University London in the U.K.
Throughout his professional career he has been working for companies such as Shaw and Croft, Wandsworth and Merton Law Centre, Linklaters and Alliance, De Haan & Mulder, Gimbrere International Advocaten and StepInLaw.
Prof. Walter Van Mulders
Belgian
Prof. Van Mulders joined UIBS in 2012 and teaches courses in Marketing and Human Resource Management at our campuses in Amsterdam, Antwerp, Brussels and Milan at the Undergraduate and Graduate level.
Prof. Van Mulders completed his own education at the Handelshogeschool Antwerpen in Belgium.
Throughout his professional career he has been working for organizations such as BP, ExxonMobil, and the Antwerp Port Authority.
Prof. Wim Zwaenepoel
Belgian
Prof. Zwaenepoel joined UIBS in 2017 and teaches courses such as Cross-Cultural Training, Personnel Planning and Work Design at our campus in Madrid at the Undergraduate and Graduate level.
Prof. Zwaenepoel completed his own education at Instituto de Empresa in Spain.
Throughout his professional career he has been working for organizations such as MADskills, Celtic Investment International Projects and others.
