Faculty & Team
The TRIUM Global EMBA draws upon the distinguished faculties of NYU Stern, LSE and HEC Paris. All TRIUM modules are taught by top-ranked faculty members, handpicked for the depth of their expertise in their respective fields.
TRIUM faculty are not only superb teachers, but they are also actively engaged in the business life of their home cities, advising local companies and generating the knowledge that shapes international business theory and practice. TRIUM’s dedicated academic directors from all three institutions ensure the seamless integration and intellectual cohesiveness of the program.
Vice Deans
Professor Elizabeth Morrison
TRIUM Vice Dean - NYU Stern
Hide BioElizabeth Wolfe Morrison is a Professor in the Management and Organizations Department and the ITT Harold Geneen Professor in Creative Management. From 2012 to 2018, she was the Vice Dean of Faculty at the Stern School. Professor Morrison's research focuses on different ways in which employees behave proactively at work, the conditions that motivate and enable such behavior, and how various types of proactive behavior both facilitate career success and improve organizational effectiveness. Her research also focuses on employee voice and silence, and in particular, the reasons why employees are often reluctant to speak up about problems and concerns, and how organizations can create climates more open to employee input. She has won several awards for her research, including the Cummings Scholar Award from the Organizational Behavior Division of the Academy of Management.
Brad Harris
TRIUM Vice Dean - HEC Paris
Hide BioKristine de Valck is Professor of Marketing and Dean of Degree Programs. Her research and teaching focus on how the Internet and social media have changed consumer behaviour, organizations, and marketing practice. Her work has been published in Administrative Science Quarterly, British Journal of Management, Decision Support Systems, Journal of Interactive Marketing, Journal of Marketing, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Public Policy and Marketing and Psychology & Marketing, as well as in various edited books. She has won multiple awards for her research including the prestigious ‘Citations of Excellence Award 2013’ for her dissertation-based article that is among the 50 most-cited publications among 13,000 articles published in the top international academic journals. Her Journal of Marketing Research article “The Effect of Electronic Word of Mouth on Sales; a Meta-Analytic Review of Platform, Product, and Metric Factors" was finalist of the 2021 Weitz-Winer-O'Dell Award of the American Marketing Association.
Academic Committee
Professor Robert Falkner
TRIUM Academic Dean, TRIUM Academic Director, LSE
Hide BioProfessor Falkner is a Professor of International Relations at the LSE and a Distinguished Fellow of the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy at Toronto University. He was the Research Director of the LSE’s Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment in 2017-22. Robert has published widely on issues relating to international political economy, global business and global environmental politics.
Professor Sonia Marciano
TRIUM Academic Director, NYU
Hide BioProfessor Marciano joined New York University Stern School of Business as a Clinical Associate Professor of Management and Organisations in July 2007. Prior to joining NYU Stern she taught Strategy at Columbia Business School and was an Institute Fellow and Senior Lecturer at Harvard University’s Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness.
Professor Laurence Lehmann-Ortega
TRIUM Academic Director, HEC
Professor Matt Mulford
TRIUM Capstone Director
Hide BioProfessor Mulford also is the Adjunct Professor at HEC-Paris, a Senior Research Fellow at the London School of Economics and a Visiting Faculty at the European School of Management and Technology in Berlin. His research interests include the psychology of judgment and decision, negotiation analysis, experimental game theory, and experimental research design.
Massimo Tammaro
TRIUM Capstone Director
Barbara Miller Manzanares
Executive Director
TRIUM faculty
Professor Aswath Damodaran
Kerschner Family Chair in Finance Education and Professor of Finance at NYU
View BioProfessor Aswath Damodaran
Kerschner Family Chair in Finance Education and Professor of Finance at NYU
Hide BioAswath’s contributions to the field of Finance have been recognized many times over, with numerous awards. Before coming to Stern, Aswath lectured in Finance at the University of California, Berkeley.
Faculty focus
Professor Corinne Dauger
Affiliate Professor of Marketing at HEC Paris
Professor Swati Dhingra
Associate Professor of Economics
Hide BioSwati Dhingra is an Associate Professor at the Department of Economics at LSE. Before joining LSE, she completed a PhD at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and was a fellow at Princeton University. Her research interests are international economics, globalization and industrial policy. Current areas of research include: The impact of trade agreements, Firms in international trade and Industrial development in India.
Professor Edward Altman
Max L. Heine Professor of Finance at NYU Stern
Hide BioEdward I. Altman is the Max L. Heine Professor of Finance, Emeritus at the Stern School of Business, New York University. He is the Director of Research in Credit and Debt Markets at the NYU Salomon Center for the Study of Financial Institutions. Prior to serving in his present position, Professor Altman chaired the Stern School's MBA Program for 12 years. Dr. Altman was named to the Max L. Heine endowed professorship at Stern in 1988 and his Emeritus status in September 2015.
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Professor Pierre Dussauge
Dean of Faculty and a Professor of Strategic Management at HEC Paris
View BioProfessor Pierre Dussauge
Dean of Faculty and a Professor of Strategic Management at HEC Paris
Hide BioPierre Dussauge's current research focuses on the topic of global strategic alliances. Professor Dussauge has also been a consultant or a management educator with a number of firms in Europe and in the US.
Faculty focus
Professor Sara Hobolt
Sutherland Chair in European Institutions, Department of Government
Hide BioSara Hobolt is the Professor in the LSE Department of Government and the Sutherland Chair in European Institutions. Previously, she has held posts at the University of Oxford and the University of Michigan. She is the Chair of the European Election Studies (EES), an EU-wide project studying voters, parties, candidates and the media in European Parliamentary elections.
Professor Jihoon Rim
Adjunct professor
Hide BioJihoon Rim teaches the Technology and Entrepreneurship course. He began his tech career in 2003 and has been a venture capitalist for a decade while founding his venture firm KCube Ventures in 2012. In 2015, Kakao Corp., a tech company best known for its mobile messenger KakaoTalk, appointed Jihoon as CEO and made him the youngest CEO among South Korea's top 500 companies. Under his leadership, Kakao successfully expanded its business into finance, content, and mobility industry by launching mobile products that were praised by users. He also heavily invested in Artificial Intelligence and technology, making Kakao the best mobile platform in Korea. The company's revenue and operating profit doubled during his two and a half years term and the acquisition of $1.6B LOEN Entertainment was evaluated as one of the best M&As in the Korean tech industry. In recognition of his stellar performance, Jihoon was ranked No.1 in the "2017 Korea's Best CEO" survey conducted by Insight Korea, a news organization, and selected as "2018 Korea's Top 10 Hero" by Seoul's biggest business media group, MBN.
Professor Joanne Horton
Professor of Accounting at the University of Warwick.
Hide BioJoanne Horton was formerly a Professor at Exeter University and an Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) at the London School of Economics, and currently holds a Visiting Professorship at Gothenburg University. Joanne graduated with a PhD from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and went on to work for KPMG in London. She was also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Joanne specialized in accounting for banks and insurance companies and has worked for the OECD in training former Soviet countries in the art of insurance reporting. Current research activity involves investigation of the effects of social networking on certain corporate governance mechanisms and corporate disclosure. Joanne has published extensively in leading academic journals and presented seminars throughout Europe, and in the US and Japan.
Professor Hervé Coyco
Affiliate Professor at HEC Paris
Hide BioHervé Coyco teaches in various programs at HEC. Most particularly, within HEC Executive Education, he is a Program Director for various programs, especially for large multinational corporations. Hervé Coyco has been associated with HEC Executive Education, since 2008. He regularly gives lectures in Leadership and General Management in Europe and in the USA. In addition, Hervé Coyco is a consultant in Strategy, Organization and Management of International Operations.
Professor Michel Fender
Affiliate Professor HEC Paris
Hide BioMichel Fender is Adjunct Professor at HEC Paris since 2014 in charge of teaching Supply Chain, Value and Operations Management. He teaches in Executive MBAs such TRIUM, Executive Masters and Custom programmes.
Professor Marc Bertonéche
Distinguished Visiting Professor at HEC Paris
Hide BioMarc Bertonèche is a Distinguished Visiting Professor at HEC Paris, where he teaches and is academic director of several prestigious programs. He also holds a chair as Professor in Business Administration at the University of Bordeaux. He was on the faculty of INSEAD for more than twenty years, was a Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University in 1974 and, for more than ten years, a regular faculty of the Advanced Management Program at Templeton College, University of Oxford. He is a Visiting Professor at the Harvard Business School.
Professor Andrew Walter
Professor of International Relations in the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne
View BioProfessor Andrew Walter
Professor of International Relations in the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne
Hide BioProfessor of International Relations in the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne. He has M.Phil. and D.Phil. degrees from Oxford University. His previous academic positions were at Oxford University and the London School of Economics and Political Science. He has published numerous articles on the political economy of international money and finance and their governance among and within countries. His most recent book is forthcoming with Cambridge University Press in early 2019: The Wealth Effect: How the Great Expectations of the Middle Class Have Changed the Politics of Banking Crises (with Jeffrey Chwieroth).
Professor Connson Locke
Professor of Management, Deputy Head of Department (Teaching and Learning)
View BioProfessor Connson Locke
Professor of Management, Deputy Head of Department (Teaching and Learning)
Hide BioConnson Chou Locke joined the LSE Department of Management in 2008 where she teaches leadership, organisational behaviour, and negotiation and decision making. She has received several teaching awards including the Department of Management Outstanding Teaching Contribution Award and the LSE Excellence in Education Award. Professor Locke holds a PhD and MSc in Business Administration (Organisational Behaviour) from the University of California at Berkeley and a BA in Sociology from Harvard University where she graduated with honours.
Professor Jeffrey Chwieroth
Professor of International Relations
Hide BioJeffrey Chwieroth is Professor of International Political Economy in the Department of International Relations at the London School of Economics. He is also Research Associate of the Systemic Risk Centre and Head of Department. His research has been supported by grants from the Australian Research Council, the AXA Research Fund, the British Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences, and the Economic and Social Research Council.
Professor Foster J. Provost
Ira Rennert Professor of Entrepreneurship, Professor of Technology, Operations, and Statistics, Professor of Data Science
View BioProfessor Foster J. Provost
Ira Rennert Professor of Entrepreneurship, Professor of Technology, Operations, and Statistics, Professor of Data Science
Hide BioFor more than 25 years, Professor Provost has helped leaders in business and government understand how data science, artificial intelligence, and machine learning technologies can add value. His book Data Science for Business is required reading in many of the top business schools, and was listed as one of Fortune Magazine's "must read books for MBAs." He has designed AI/machine learning systems for some of the largest companies in the world and worked with the DoD on the application of AI/machine learning to counter-terrorism.
Professor Michael Cox
Emeritus Professor of International Relations at LSE
Hide BioProfessor Micheal Cox helped establish the Cold War Studies Centre in 2004 and expand it into IDEAS, a foreign policy centre based at the LSE which aims to bring the academic and policy words together, in 2008. In a 2014 international survey, IDEAS was ranked 2nd in the world amongst the best university affiliated Think Tanks.
Professor Viral V. Acharya
C.V. Starr Professor of Economics
Hide BioViral V. Acharya is the C.V. Starr Professor of Economics in the Department of Finance at New York University Stern School of Business (NYU-Stern). Viral was a Deputy Governor at the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) during 23rd January 2017 to 23rd July 2019 in charge of Monetary Policy, Financial Markets, Financial Stability, and Research. He has been an Academic Advisor to the Federal Reserve Banks of Chicago, Cleveland, New York and Philadelphia, and the Board of Governors, and provided Academic Expert service to the Bank for International Settlements, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. He is a member of the Climate-related Financial Risk Advisory Committee (CFRAC) of the Financial Stability Oversight Council for 2023-26.
Professor Randall P White
Co-head of Leadership at HEC Paris and TRIUM
Hide BioDr. White has continually participated in the advancement of consulting psychology for leadership development. He serves on the Division 13 Coaching Psychology Credentialing Committee and is a reviewer for the Consulting Psychology Journal, as well as several other scholarly journals. He is a former president of the Society of Consulting Psychology (SCP), Division 13 of the American Psychological Association, a Fellow in Divisions 1 and 13 of the American Psychological Association (APA), a Salzburg Fellow on Women’s Issues and a former board member of the American Society for Training and Development. In 1987, Dr. White co-authored the best-selling business book, Breaking The Glass Ceiling: Can Women Reach The Top Of America’s Largest Corporations?; and in 1996, The Future of Leadership: Riding the Corporate Rapids into the 21st Century. Dr. White also co-authored Four Essential Ways That Coaching Can Help Executives in 1998 and Relax, It’s Only Uncertainty in 2001, which culminated in the development of Ambiguity Architect, a 360 assessment that measures the ability to cope with uncertainty. In 2009, he contributed the capstone chapter to The Perils of Accentuating the Positive, challenging the strengths-based leadership movement. Much of Dr. White’s work appears in multiple Western languages and Chinese. Dr. White holds an AB from Georgetown University, an MS from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and a PhD in social psychology from Cornell University. He is the former Director of Specialized Client Applications at the Center for Creative Leadership, where he was responsible for all custom programs and executive coaching, and has taught at the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell.
Professor Oliver Sibony
Professor (Education Track), Strategy and Business Policy
Hide BioOlivier Sibony is a writer, educator and consultant specializing in Strategy, strategic decision making and the organization of decision processes. From 1991 to 2015, Olivier was a consultant, Partner and Director in the Paris, New York and Brussels offices of McKinsey & Company. Among other roles, he served as global leader of the Corporate Strategy Practice, as a European leader of the Consumer sector, and as a member of the Firm’s global Partner Review Committee. From an industry sector perspective, he has extensive experience in Consumer Packaged Goods, Luxury Goods, Retail, and Private Equity. Olivier Sibony teaches Business Strategy and Corporate Strategy courses in the MBA and Executive MBA programs. He also leads the Problem Solving and Communications workshop for MBA participants and teaches the Behavioral Strategy elective in the MIF program. In addition to his role as Affiliate Professor at HEC Paris, Olivier teaches in a number of other European institutions and advises business leaders as consultant or as Board member. Olivier’s research interests center on the effect of heuristics and biases in strategic decision making and procedures to improve the quality of decisions.
Professor Chris Alden
Professor of International Relations, Director of LSE IDEAS Department of International Relations
View BioProfessor Chris Alden
Professor of International Relations, Director of LSE IDEAS Department of International Relations
Hide BioProfessor Chris Alden teaches International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) where he is Deputy Head of the Department (PhD and Research). He is also Director of LSE IDEAS. He is a Research Associate with South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA).
Professor Tensie Whelan
Distinguished Professor of Practice of Business and Society, NYU Stern
View BioProfessor Tensie Whelan
Distinguished Professor of Practice of Business and Society, NYU Stern
Hide BioTensie Whelan (NYU ‘80), Distinguished Professor of Practice for Business and Society, is the Founding Director of the NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business, where she is bringing her 25 years of experience working on local, national and international sustainability issues to engage businesses in proactive and innovative mainstreaming of sustainability. As President of the Rainforest Alliance, she built the organization from a $4.5 million to $50 million budget, transforming the engagement of business with sustainability, recruiting 5,000 companies in more than 60 countries to work with Rainforest Alliance. She transformed the Rainforest Alliance into an internationally recognized and credible brand. Her previous work included serving as Executive Director of the New York League of Conservation Voters, Vice President of the National Audubon Society, Managing Editor of Ambio, a journal of the Swedish Academy of Sciences, and a journalist in Latin America. Tensie has been recognized by Ethisphere as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics and was a Citi Fellow in Leadership and Ethics at NYU Stern. She has served on numerous nonprofit boards and currently serves on the advisory boards of ALO Advisors, Buzz on Earth, Edelman, Giant Ventures, Inherent Group and Nespresso. She was most recently appointed to the board of Emerald SPAC, and is an Advisor to the Future Economy Project for Harvard Business Review. Tensie holds a B.A. from New York University, an M.A. from American University, and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School Owner President Management (OPM) Program. She was awarded the Stern Faculty Excellence Award in 2020 and made Distinguished Professor of Practice in 2023 in recognition of her contributions to Stern.
Professor Helene Musikas
Associate Professor (Education Track), Strategy and Business Policy, HEC Paris
View BioProfessor Helene Musikas
Associate Professor (Education Track), Strategy and Business Policy, HEC Paris
Hide BioHélène Musikas is an Associate Professor (Education Track) of Strategy at HEC Paris, teaching in pre-exprience Masters, MBA and Executive programs in the field of strategy, including business strategy, corporate strategy, strategic innovation, strategy implementation, digital transformation, strategy consulting skills. She also has teaching experiences at INSEAD, EM Lyon, MinesTelecom Paris, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and for corporate Universities. Prior to that, Hélène acquired a large business experience working for McKinsey & Co, Bain & Co and Orange, both in France and in the United States. She graduated from Ecole Normale Supérieure, and Harvard University in Chemistry and from Telecom Paris. She co-authored in August 2014 a strategy book called “Odyssey 3.14: reinvent your business model” (Dunod). The book was re-edited in April 2017. Hélène is a French and Greek national and is fluent in English and French.
Professor Guido Gianasso
Professor (Education Track - Doha Campus) Management & Human Resources
View BioProfessor Guido Gianasso
Professor (Education Track - Doha Campus) Management & Human Resources
Hide BioProf. Guido Gianasso, PhD, is Professor of leadership at HEC Paris in Qatar and a Leadership and Cultural Intelligence expert. A Swiss-Italian national, he has thirty-five years of International Management, Teaching and Consulting experience. Before joining HEC Paris, he was Associate Dean and Professor of Global Leadership at Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore.