Creating A Sustainable Future: Leadership and Technology
Your trainers
| Dr. Andre Dellevoet Director, Programme and Alumni Community |
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| Dr. Lalit Johri Director, Research and Curriculum Innovations |
 Professor Lalit Johri MSc MBA PhD is a well-known researcher, teacher, mentor and strategic advisor in the field of strategy and leadership. He has served as a tenured senior fellow and the Director of the Oxford Advanced Management and Leadership Programme at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. Prior to his stint at Oxford, Lalit served as a Professor of International Business at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) School of Management in Thailand, and the founding director of the Executive MBA programme. He was also a tenured Professor at the University of Delhi in India. During his long career, he has served on the boards of academic journals and professional bodies, corporations and has taught at leading business schools in the UK, Europe, India, South- East Asia, and China. |
| Mr. Prasad Ramakrishnan Director, Breakthrough Knowledge and Solutions |
 Prasad Ramakrishnan has held senior operations and general management positions leading regional and global teams at Ford, Triumph International, Alstom, GE and Motiv Electric Trucks while living and working in 4 continents. He has deep expertise in technology and leadership for sustainability. He was a faculty member at ETH Zurich and Babson College in Boston. He co-led creation of the emba-X Programme jointly with ETH and the University of St. Gallen.
Currently Prasad is a board member and senior consultant focused on sustainability, technology, innovation, and executive leadership. He is a consultant at Stanford Graduate Business School’s Seed Program. |
| Mr. Patrick Maffeis Board member/Senior Advisor/ Senior Consultant |
 Patrick MAFFÉÏS has held various general management and operations positions in the defence, automotive, energy, and construction industries, working for major international corporations such as KNDS, Adiant, Forvia, Alstom, GE, and Orbia.
Since 2016, he has provided business angel support to start-ups during their early development stages and serves as a board member for several of them. Following his retirement in 2024, he commenced his own business as an advisor and senior consultant to private equity firms, consulting firms, and industrial companies. Patrick is a French native and an alumnus of the ENSTA engineering school. |
| Mr. Hans Nijhoff Senior consultant |
 Mr. Hans Nijhoff MSC, is currently senior consultant at MSM. Throughout his career, Hans worked as international advisor in the water & environmental domain and built his expertise on agriculture’s impact on scarce water resources and solutions for climate-smart agriculture. He has over 20 years’ experience in the above fields, specifically in East Africa but also in South-East Asia and the Middle East. He was posted in Tanzania from 2013-2016 and in Indonesia and Egypt before that.
Hans holds an MSc-degree in Agricultural Marketing Systems for Developing Countries, from Cranfield University in the UK. |
| Mr. Oliver Olson Lecturer Marketing and Strategy |
 Oliver W. Olson MBA has been teaching Marketing and Strategy for 13 years in more than 15 countries, including Marketing, Strategy, Change Management and International Business Culture, both for Masters programs as well Executive Training programs.
He has previously been the Country Manager for CEU Business School, Romania, and has held various roles at CEU Business School in Budapest serving as the MBA Program Director and Director of Degree Programs Administration. Prior to joining the CEU Business School, Oliver started his professional career as an Export Product Manager for a German company and subsequently worked in the banking sector in the USA for a decade. Oliver earned his Undergraduate Degree in International Business and German from California State University, Fullerton and his MBA from the University of Texas, Dallas. |
| Mrs. Sonja Robinson Coach/Peer Coaching Facilitator |
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| Dr. Dietmar Röttger Head of Quality and Continuous Improvement at Hitachi Energy |
 Dr. Dietmar Röttger has held prominent leadership roles in research and development, quality management, and operational excellence within the power industry. With over 20 years of experience at Siemens, ALSTOM, and General Electric, he has successfully driven global transformations, focusing on enhancing operational performance across the entire value chain—from sales to service. Having lived and worked in the United States, Europe, and China, he now serves as the Head of Quality and Continuous Improvement at Hitachi Energy in Zurich, Switzerland. Additionally, he is a lecturer about innovation and change management at ETH, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. |
| Mr. Ton Geurts Marketing & Supply Chain Management |
 Ton Geurts built an international career with Royal DSM. In 2007, he joined AkzoNobel as Chief Procurement Officer (CPO), followed in 2014 by being the CPO and SVP Supply Chain Excellence for NV Bekaert SA. Since 2019, Ton has been pivotal in building the portfolio of The Brightlands Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (BISCI), focusing on digital and sustainability innovation in supply chains. Ton is a highly experienced transformation leader, top executive across several industries and continents with expensive experience in process management, M&A, sustainability, circularity, supplier quality management and program management. He is a lecturer in MBA programs at Maastricht University, IÉSEG School of Management (Paris/Lille), ETH/Zürich, Vlerick Business School/Ghent and Erasmus University/Rotterdam. |
Mr Dellevoet holds an MSC in law from Maastricht University and a MSC in Political Science from Leiden University. Mr Dellevoet is an expert in private sector development, finance, CSR and good governance, having worked with over 600 companies across Europe, Africa and Asia. He has lived and worked in Africa for almost 20 years. Mr. Dellevoet has served as a Member of the Board of Pugwash, The Netherlands, the Dutch National Commission for Sustainable Development and the Netherlands-Africa Business Council. He is an alumnus of the Said Business School of Oxford University. In 2019, he joined the team of MSM
Mrs. Sonja Robinson spent the last 25+ years in Commercial and Client Relationship roles as much as Thought Leader Coach and Peer Coaching Facilitator. Her focus is on inspiring personal and professional growth with clients across the globe through an established Peer Coaching concept (6-6-60) and Individual Leadership Coaching. She has managed and delivered multicultural project teams on global event projects with FIFA, McKinsey, Korn Ferry and Right Management, collaborating with team members and senior level stakeholders including CEOs, politicians, diplomats and members of Royalty and government. Her client base spans across industry, life science, pharma and telecommunications. Sonja is a Mentor with the University of Zurich and Thrive with Mentoring Community.Confirmed guest speakers are:
- Mr. Ruud Joosten, CEO Royal BAM group
- Mr. Mark Spekreijse, CEO Circular plastics
- Mr. Tarun Brahma, Head of Investments, Climate Fund Managers
- Mrs. Lynn van Leerzem, Friends of the Earth Netherlands