Ewout van der Schaft

Ewout van der Schaft is Professor of Practice and Associate Dean at IBSS School of Business. Previously Ewout served as Deputy Dean and IMBA Programme Director at the IBSS, and Head of Department of Industrial Design at XJTLU University.From 2008-2013, Ewout served as Dean Executive Education at the Aegis School Business in Mumbai (India) and as Assistant Dean at the CEU Business School in Budapest (Hungary).Before moving to Academics, Ewout obtained extensive international experience from senior business roles all around Europe. From 1995 till 2008, Ewout worked in executive positions for two leading European Telecommunication incumbents, Czech Telecom and Bulgarian Telecom. After having started in the field of Human Resources, he led the transformation of Czech Telecom and the start-up of their B2B electronic marketplace. In his last position, as Executive Director Business Development, he was responsible for partner management, strategic alliances and acquisitions. As Head of the PMO in Bulgarian Telecom, he prepared the company for their sell off by leading 24 key transformation projects. Ewout started his international career for Philip Morris in The Netherlands. Ewout holds a DBA from the University of Liverpool, an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh, and graduated as Master of Public Administration at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands.

Business Strategy, Marketing and Sales, Leadership, Change Management, Business Education.

Professor of Practice, International Business School Suzhou (August 2013-Present)

Head of Department of Industrial Design (2018-2019)

IMBA Programme Director (2017-2018)

Deputy Dean International Business School Suzhou, Xian Jiaotong Liverpool University (2014-2016), Suzhou, China-PRC.

MAN411 Strategic Business Analysis

MAN417 Managing the Organisation in the Strategic Context

IND311 Professional Practice

MAN004 Introduction to International Relations

MAN020 Essentials of International Relations

MAN103 Introduction to Leadership

MAN303 Final Year Project

MAN312 Business Strategy

MAN325 Managing People

MAN408 Marketing Management

MAN413 Dissertation (MSc MAN)

MAN416 Negotiating in International Environment

MAN421 Final Individual Project for IMBA

MAN449 Marketing and Sales

MAN477 Capstone consultancy project Dissertation

MAN503 Personal and Employability Skills