Faculty

Chief Executive of 20-first, she works with organisations interested in capturing the competitive advantages of the future of work, talent and demographic trends. Avivah was previously an Advanced Leadership Initiative Fellow at Harvard, researching and writing about the increasingly important issue of longevity, gender differences in ageing, and navigating later life transitions. She was given the Lifetime Achievement Award for Gender Balanced Leadership by PWN Global. She graduated from the University of Toronto in Computer Science and Comparative Literature and has an MBA from INSEAD.

Clinical Professor of Innovation & Entrepreneurship in the Kellogg Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative (KIEI) and Founder and Executive Director of the Kellogg Sales Institute. He was Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. MBA in Marketing and Finance from Kellogg. He has been a sales person and entrepreneur for more than 20 years. He is a Senior Advisor to Pritzker Group Venture Capital and the Driehaus Private Equity Group.

Professor in the People & Organizations area at Vlerick Business School and Visiting Professor at CATÓLICA-LISBON. Degree in Law from the University College London, and MBA and PhD from the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia. His research has been published in top academic journals, including Journal of Management, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Strategic Management Journal, Organization Studies, and Journal of Organizational Behavior.

The INSEAD Chaired Professor of Marketing, where he has served as Dean. Dean of Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration of Chulalongkorn University of Bangkok. PhD in Marketing, University of Texas, MS and BS in Mathematical Statistics, Gauhati University (India). Professor Dipak Jain was Dean of the Kellogg School from 2001-2009. He has published more than 60 articles in leading academic journals and has received many awards for his excellence in teaching and research. Board member and consultant of several international companies.

Dean of CATÓLICA-LISBON, where he is Full Professor and Chair of Social Entrepreneurship. He holds a PhD in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University. He is also Visiting Professor at INSEAD, where he was previously Academic Director of the INSEAD Social Entrepreneurship Initiative and of the INSEAD Centre for Entrepreneurship. His work lies at the intersection of strategy, organization theory and entrepreneurship, with a focus on the rise of social entrepreneurship as a field of research and practice.

James Farley/Booz Allen Hamilton Professor of Marketing Strategy and Director of the Center for Market Leadership at Kellogg School of Management. He is also Faculty Director of the Kellogg Markets and Customers Initiative (KMCI). Recognized by Business Week as one of a small group of outstanding faculty in its Guide to the Best Business School, he was voted Outstanding Professor of the Year Award by the Kellogg Managers’ Program, and received the Sidney J. Levy Teaching Award.

Clinical Professor of Management and Strategy at Kellogg School of Management. He is an executive partner with Madi¬son Dearborn, a private equity firm based in Chicago and also a former chairman and chief executive officer of Baxter In¬ter-national Inc. Before joining Baxter, Professor Kraemer worked for Bank of America in corporate banking and for Northwest Industries in planning and business development. He serves on the board of directors of Science Applications International Corporation and Sirona Den¬tal Systems GmbH, and on the Board of Trustees of Lawrence University, Northwestern University.

Inventor who serves as a faculty member in the Operations Department and the Kellogg Center for Research in Technology & Innovation. He also serves as a Faculty Fellow at the Northwestern University Segal Design Institute. He is a Charter Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. His academic research investigates the strategic use of intangible assets and intellectual properties to build and sustain competitive advantage.

Clinical Professor of Marketing at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. He was Vice President of Customer Solutions for the Americas at Google. Jim’s book about the new marketing model, “Winning the Zero Moment of Truth” known as “ZMOT” has been read by over 300,000 marketers.

Ph.D. in Telecommunications Policy and Management and M.Sc. in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University. Professor of Information Systems and Management at Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics. He is also a visiting scholar at the Heinz College from Carnegie Mellon University. His research interests focus on the analysis of social networks and peer influence on consumer behavior and the impact of digitization on consumer search and choice. Miguel’s work has been accepted for publication in top journals such as Management Science and Management Information Systems Quarterly.

Prof. Sawhney is a globally recognized scholar, teacher, consultant and speaker in business innovation, modern marketing and Artificial Intelligence applications in business.?Prof. Sawhney holds a Ph.D. in Marketing from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania; an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta; and a B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi. Prof. Sawhney advises and speaks to Global 2000 firms and governments worldwide. His speaking and consulting clients include, for example, Accenture, and Google. He serves on the Board of Directors at Reliance Jio Infocomm and Dhani Services Ltd.

John L. and Helen Kellogg Professor of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. PhD in Economics from Northwestern University. He is currently a co-editor of the RAND Journal of Economics. Dr. Persico has published in the areas of political economy, law and economics, and labor economics.

Program Director

Full-time Associate Clinical Professor of Management & Organizations at Kellogg. Richard has taught at the London Business School (LBS) for 22 years during which time he has consistently been one of the school’s most highly rated, innovative and award-winning lecturers. For the past 22 years, Richard has been a Director of the consulting firm, Stokes & Jolly Ltd.

Senior Fellow at Kellogg Markets and Customers Initiative (KMCI), Northwestern University, and Senior Advisor at Boston Consulting Group. Professor Khosla was President, Developing Markets of Kraft Foods (now Mondelez International) from Jan 2007 to March 2013. Before joining Kraft Foods he was Chairman of the Global Category Board for Unilever Beverages. Professor Khosla is also on the board of Zoetis Inc. (formerly Pfizer Animal Health) and NIIT Ltd. Previously he was on the board of Hindustan Unilever, Best Buy Inc., Big Heart Pet Brands (formerly Del Monte) and Lipton/Pepsi joint venture.

Program Director

A conductor, harpsichordist, and organist, Stephen Alltop is director of music for Alice Millar Chapel, conductor of the Baroque Music Ensemble, and an instructor in conducting, harpsichord, and oratorio.. He also serves as music director for the Apollo Chorus of Chicago, the Green Lake Choral Institute, and the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra. In demand as a speaker about music, Dr. Alltop lectures frequently for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Northwestern University Alumnae Continuing Education Series, and other musical organizations.

Full Professor of Strategy and Technology Management at IMD. Previously he was Professor of e-Business & Information Technology and Dean of the School of International Management at the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (Paris). Jelassi was also Associate Professor and Head of the Technology Management Department at INSEAD, Fontainebleau. He holds a PhD from New York University (USA) and graduate degrees from the University of Paris-Dauphine (France). Prof. Jelassi’s research focuses on ICT-based business innovation, the strategic use of information technology and e-business.

Economist, (ISEG) MsC in Philosophy (UCP), Phd in Strategic Studies (ISCSP) and Certified in Corporate Governance (INSEAD). Chairman of the Portuguese Banking Association. In the past, he was head of department at Banco de Portugal, headed the Portuguese Treasury, founded the Portuguese DMO and was member of European Monetary Community. In the private sector, was Chairman and CEO of SIBS and Unicre, NED in Galp, PT Prime and Visa Europe. Held teaching positions in ISEG, Nova SBE, Catholic University and ISCSP.