Ewout van der Schaft is Associate Dean International and Professor of Practice at IBSS School of Business. Ewout also serves as Dean and Board member at QTEM; the international network for Quantitative Techniques for Economics and Management. Previously Ewout served as Deputy Dean and IMBA Programme Director at IBSS, and was 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 the Academic world, Ewout obtained 20 years of practice experience from international senior business roles all around Europe. 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 MPA at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands.
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
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.
International Business School Suzhou
Associate Dean for Internationalisation
Ewout van der Schaft is Associate Dean International and Professor of Practice at IBSS School of Business. Ewout also serves as Dean and Board member at QTEM; the international network for Quantitative Techniques for Economics and Management. Previously Ewout served as Deputy Dean and IMBA Programme Director at IBSS, and was 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 the Academic world, Ewout obtained 20 years of practice experience from international senior business roles all around Europe. 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 MPA at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands.
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
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.
Contact
Email: Ewout.Schaft@xjtlu.edu.cn
Address: BS516 (SIP Campus-IBSS Building)