PROF. ULRICH HOMMEL, PH.D. CURRICULUM VITAE CURRENT VERSION: 1 AUGUST 2014 CONTACT INFORMATION Chair of Corporate Finance & Higher Education Finance, Strategic Finance Institute (SFI) EBS Business School Gustav-Stresemann-Ring 3 D-65189 Wiesbaden, Germany Ph. +49 611 7102 1241 Fax +49 611 7102 10 1241 email: ulrich.hommel@ebs.edu Web: http://www.ebs.edu SSRN Author # 671250 EFMD Rue Gachard 88 box 3 B-1050 Brussels, Belgium Ph. +32 2 629 0810 Fax +32 2 629 0811 email: ulrich.hommel@efmd.org Web: http://www.efmd.org CURRENT APPOINTMENTS EBS Business School, Wiesbaden (Germany) Director, Strategic Finance Institute (SFI) (since 2007) Professor of Finance (since 2002) EFMD, Brussels (Belgium) Director, Research & Surveys (since 2011) Senior Advisor/Associate Director, Quality Services (since 2007) PAST APPOINTMENTS Director, Institute for Restructuring and Investment Management, European Business School (EBS) International University (2004 2007) [merged into the Strategic Finance Institute (SFI) in 2007] Director, Center for Entrepreneurial and Small Business Finance (esbf), European Business School (EBS) International University (2000 2007) [merged into the Strategic Finance Institute (SFI) in 2007] Rudolf-von-Bennigsen-Foerder-Foundation Professor of Finance, European Business School (EBS) International University (2002 2007) Rector of the European Business School (EBS) International University (2003 2006) 1
Managing Director of the EBS European Business School ggmbh (2003 2006) Dean, European Business School (EBS) International University (2000 2002) Academic Director and Founder of the Summer-in-Europe Program, European Business School (EBS) International University (2002) Acting Head and Cum Spe Professorial Appointment, Endowed Chair of Investment and Risk Management, European Business School (EBS) International University (2000 2002) Assistant Professor, WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management (1994 1999) Adjunct Lecturer of Business Economics and Public Policy, University of Michigan Business School (1992 1994) Graduate Student Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Michigan (1988 1993) PAST VISITING APPOINTMENTS Adjunct Professor, Corvinus University of Budapest, Faculty of Business Administration (2011 2013) Visiting Professor, Stockholm University, Stockholm Business School (2011 2012) Faculty Member, MBA Program, WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management (2007) Visiting Professor, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University (2003 2004) Faculty Member, MBA Program, University of Mainz (2003) Visiting Professor, HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management (2002) Visiting Professor, Wine-MBA, Bordeaux Business School (2001 2002) Visiting Professor, Program Strategy and Society, Bordeaux Business School (2000 2001) Visiting Scholar, University of Michigan Business School (1998) Visiting Assistant Professor of International Business, University of Michigan Business School (1994, 1995, 1996) ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS Habilitation (Dr. habil.), Business Administration (WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management, Vallendar, 2002) Ph.D. in Economics (The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1994) M.A. in Economics (The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1988) B.A. Equivalent in Political Science (Magisterzwischenprüfung) (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau, 1986) B.A. Equivalent in Economics (Vordiplom) (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau, 1985) 2
CURRENT RESEARCH FOCUS»Risk Management in Higher EducationRestructuring and Crisis Management in Higher EducationGovernance of Higher Education Institutions, especially Business SchoolsQuality Assurance in Management EducationGlobalization and Strategic Alliances in Management EducationManagerialism and Commercialization of Higher EducationCorporate Risk Management«, especially»linkage to Corporate StrategyFinancing of Privately Held Companies«HONORS AND AWARDS ebs excellence award (silver/teaching) (Summer Term 2000) WHU Best Teacher Award (Fall Term 1997) Fellow of the Fulbright Foundation (1986 88) Fellow of the Max-Kade-Foundation (1986 87) Fellow of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (1985 88) RESEARCH GRANTS German Science Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG),»Venture Capital Contracting: A European Perspective«(2005 2011). Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant SES-9212351 in Law and Social Science, National Science Foundation (1992 93) Dissertation Research Fellowship, Department of Economics, University of Michigan (1989) MEMBERSHIPS OF BUSINESS RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONS Academy of Management (incl. Divisions Management Education and Development and Public and Non-Profit ) American Economic Association (AEA) American Finance Association (AFA) Deutsche Gesellschaft für Finanzwirtschaft e.v. (DGF, German Finance Association) Erich-Gutenberg-Arbeitsgemeinschaft e.v. Schmalenbach-Gesellschaft - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Betriebswirtschaft e.v. (SG) Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft e.v. 3
OTHER PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Member, EQUIS Committee (EFMD Quality Improvement System) (ex officio member since 2011) Member, EPAS Committee (EFMD Programme Accreditation System) (since 2006, ex officio member since 2007) Fellow, Center for Financial Studies (CFS), Goethe University of Frankfurt/Main (since 2005) Member of the Working Group Corporate Growth and International Management of the Schmalenbach Association (since 2000) Member of the Selection Jury, ecch Competition Innovation in Case Teaching (2012) Member of the Advisory Council (Beirat), True Sale International GmbH (2004 2011) Chairman of the Board, Foundation Unternehmensfinanzierung und Kapitalmärkte für den Finanzstandort Deutschland, (2004 2009) Member of the Award Selection Committee, DZ Bank Karrierepreis (2004 2008) Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Euro Finance Week (2004 2008) Member of the Advisory Board, Arthur D. Little GmbH (2006 2008) Chair of the Business Advisory Council, Frankfurter Innovationszentrum (FIZ) Biotech (2004 2008) Board Member of the German Association of Private Institutions of Higher Learning (2004 2006) Chair of the Working Group Biotechnology of the DVFA (2000 2002) OCCASIONAL REFEREE FOR Annals of Operations Research; Campus for Finance Research Conference (WHU), Corporate Finance biz (formerly Finanz-Betrieb), DGF Annual Meeting, Die Betriebswirtschaft (DBW), Die Unternehmung; European Journal of Operation Research; FGF Jahrestagung, Global Finance Annual Conference; Journal für Betriebswirtschaft; Journal of Management Control, Journal of Management Development, Kredit und Kapital; OR Spektrum; Quantitative Finance; Society & Economy; Swiss National Science Foundation; Swiss Society for Financial Market Research, Annual Meeting; Volkswagenstiftung; Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft (ZfB); Zeitschrift für betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung (ZfbF) EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER OF JOURNALS, BOOK SERIES AND OTHER PERIODICALS Co-Editor, Series»Strategic Finance«, Wiesbaden: DUV Verlag (with G. Picot) Co-Editor, Series»Entrepreneurial Finance and Private Equity«, Bad Homburg/Ts.: Uhlenbruch- Verlag (with A.-K. Achleitner, C. Kaserer, B. Rudolph, D. Schiereck) Member of the Editorial Board,»Corporate Finance biz«(formerly»finanz-betrieb«) (2000 2011) Editor, Correspondence Courses»Neue Instrumente der Unternehmensfinanzierung«and»Corporate Treasury«, Euroforum Verlag GmbH (2006 2012) 4
ORGANIZATION OF ACADEMIC CONFERENCES Member of Organization and Program Committees, Annual EFMD Research in Management Education Conference, 2012 2014 Member of Steering Committee, EFMD Doctoral Programs Conference, 2012 & 2013 Member of the Steering Committee, EFMD Annual Conference, 2009 & 2011 Member of the Steering Committee, EFMD MENA Conference, 2010 Co-Organizer, 10th Global Finance Conference in Frankfurt, Germany, 2003 ACADEMIC TEACHING EXPERIENCE Capital Market Theory, Investments, Principles/Advanced Corporate Finance, International Financial Management, Investments, Corporate Valuation, Derivatives, Real Options, Corporate Risk Management, Corporate Governance, Governance of Family-Owned Businesses, International Business, Industrial Economics, Principles/Intermediate Microeconomics, Principles Macroeconomics SELECTED EXECUTIVE EDUCATION EXPERIENCE Commerzbank AG, DaimlerChrysler AG, Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Post AG, DVFA GmbH, EFMD, E.ON Academy, Euroforum GmbH, Forum Mittelstand an der WHU GmbH, ebs Immobilienakademie GmbH, Porsche AG SELECTED PAST CONTRACT RESEARCH PARTNERS Bundesverband Alternative Investments e.v., BVK e.v., Deloitte & Touche GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Derivateforum e.v., Deutsche Börse AG, DZ Bank AG, European Investment Bank, IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG, Kienbaum Management Consultants GmbH, Postbank AG, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants GmbH, Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie. KGaA SELECTED CONSULTING PROJECTS Reviewer, National Accreditation Standards, Oman Academic Accreditation Authority (OAAA) (2013 2014) Feasibility Study for the Foundation of a Graduate School of Finance in China (Academic Expert), EAC Consulting / Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) / Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbh (DEG), 2008 (with G. Grass) The Relevance of Real Option Analysis for Regulated Network Access Pricing, Deutsche Telekom AG, 2007 (with P. Baecker, G. Grass) Feasibility Study for the Introduction of a Mittelstand Share Index, Deutsche Börse AG, 2005 (with P. Baecker, G. Bontschev, C. Engelskirchen, J. Pasin, M. Petersen) Study on the Financial Impact of Granting a Trade Tax Exemption for the Securitization of Trade, Factoring and Leasing Receivables in Germany, True Sale International GmbH, 2005 (with G. F. Altenkirch, M. Petersen, J. Schmittat) used for an official inquiry of the CDU/CSU faction in the 5
German Bundestag (Deutscher Bundestag, 15th Legislative Period, Drucksache 15/5496, http://dip21.bundestag.de/dip21/btd/15/054/1505496.pdf). AUDITING/REVIEWING ACTIVITIES IN UNIVERSITY-LEVEL ACCREDITATION EXERCISES Reviewer / Chair of Peer Review Teams, EFMD Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) / EFMD Programme Accreditation System (EPAS) / Corporate Learning Improvement Process (CLIP), European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), Brussels (since 2007) Auditor, International Audit of Research, Development and Innovations in the Czech Republic, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic (2011) Auditor, Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation (FIBAA), Bonn (2007) Auditor, Austrian Accreditation Council (2005) 6