People@MSM

Board of Directors

	Prof. dr. Peter P. de Gijsel Dean Director E-mail: Gijsel@msm.nl Phone: +31 43 38 70 820
Short profile Professor Peter P. de Gijsel has been appointed the new dean of the Maastricht School of Management as of 15 January 2010. He succeeded Professor Ben Veltman, who was the interim dean since May 2009. In the past years, De Gijsel was professor of Economics and “Deutschlandbeauftragter für Forschung und Lehre” at Utrecht University, and honorary professor at the University of Osnabrück. He was also the founding dean of the Utrecht University School of Economics (USE). Previously, De Gijsel worked at Maastricht University in various positions, the last of them being as honorary professor. On 1 October 2009, De Gijsel was appointed dean of the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance (part of Maastricht University). As of 1 November 2010 Dean Director Professor de Gijsel is full-time employed by MSM.
	Meinhard J. Gans, MSc Director Projects & Consultancies E-mail: Gans@msm.nl Phone: +31 43 38 70 823
Short profile Associate Professor of Accounting and Management Control Systems and Director International Projects and Programs. He is a chartered accountant from the University of Groningen/Netherlands Institute of Chartered Accountants in Amsterdam (the Netherlands) and holds a M.Sc. in Accounting and Finance from the University of Groningen (the Netherlands). He has performed consulting assignments in China, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Kyrgystan. He specializes in project management and institutional advice, enterprise restructuring and privatization, technical assistance, capacity building and institutional strenghthening. Lectures Management Control Systems.
	Prof. Wim A. Naudé, PhD Vice Dean, Director Research and Professor of Development Economics and Entrepreneurship E-mail: Naude@msm.nl Phone: +31 43 38 70 866
Short profile A graduate of the University of Warwick (UK) he is, and has been, member of a number of international networks and advisory bodies including the International Council for Small Business (ICSB), the Club de Madrid and the Households in Conflict Network (HiCN). He has been a Senior Associate Member of St. Antony's College, Oxford and has served on the Faculty of Brown University's International Advanced Research Institutes (BIARI) on technology entrepreneurship. Before joining MsM he was Senior Research Fellow at the United Nations University in Helsinki, Finland, a full professor and research director at North-West University, South Africa; a council member of Statistics South Africa; and a lecturer and research officer at the University of Oxford (Centre for the Study of African Economies). According to IDEAs/RePEc, Wim is ranked amongst the top 5% of economists in Europe. His research focuses on entrepreneurship and governance, global development, spatial economics and the economic development of Africa. He has been guest editor of a number of journal special issues, including of Journal of Development Studies, Small Business Economics, Oxford Development Studies, Journal of International Development and European Journal of Development Research. He is an associate editor of Small Business Economic Journal. Wim Naudé is Professor of Development Economics and Entrepreneurship and Research Director at Maastricht School of Management and also Professorial Fellow at the Maastricht School of Governance, University of Maastricht and at UNU-MERIT.

dr. Els M.J.Th Weijers
Director Operations / Secretary Board of Trustees

E-mail: Weijers@msm.nl
Phone: +31 43 38 70 873

Short profile
After a short career as Social Worker, Els Weijers studied Literature and after her cum laude graduation at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Els worked as Researcher (aio) at this university. Her subject was narrative structures in the work of the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. For economical reasons, Els chose to combine this project with a job as Policy Advisor on Education for the city of Amsterdam. In 2000 she defended her thesis ‘Nietzsche als verteller, hoe het lichaam wordt wat het is’. In 2001 Els became Head of the Education department at the City of Amstelveen and was trained in integrated management at De Baak. In 2002 Els was asked to manage a combination of departments and got the position of Head of Social Development. In 2005 she created an ‘integrated policy department’ for the city of Amstelveen, a department where next to the policy advices on social development (education, social affairs, culture, sports), economical affairs, international relations, urban development, international marketing and acquisition and regional affairs were situated. As Head of Strategy she managed this department and was responsible for the production of integrated advice on all the different fields, subsidy delivery, project development and implementation and the relations with the business community and the not-for-profit organizations. In 2005/6 Els followed the Advanced Management Program at Nyenrode to reflect on her experiences and leadership in local government. In 2010 she applied for the position at MSM, attracted by MSM’s mission to educate students from developing countries and emerging economies and the challenge how to support this by creating effective and mutually beneficial relations between students, alumni and businesses. In her position as Director Operations at MSM, Els is next to the Career Center responsible for Marketing, Recruitment and Admissions and executing offices such as Travel Office, Procurements, Housing and Catering. Els is member of the Board of Directors and Secretary Board of Trustees.

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