Personal profile
Personal profile
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.
Research interests
Business Strategy, Marketing and Sales, Leadership, Change Management, Business Education.
Experience
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.
Teaching
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
Education/Academic qualification
DBA University of Liverpool, Doctor of Business Administration, 2022
MBA International Executive MBA, Katz Graduate school of Business, Pittsburgh University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, Master of Business, 2000
MPA Leiden University, Master of Public Administration, 1993
Person Types
- Staff