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Christian Seelos
Senior Lecturer
of Strategic Management
Ph.D. in Molecular Biology, University of Vienna
M.B.A. University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business
Master of Science, University of Vienna
E-mail:
cseelos@iese.edu
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Biography
Christian Seelos is the Director of the IESE Platform for Strategy and Sustainability (IPSS) and a senior lecturer and senior researcher in the Strategic Management Department at IESE. He teaches MBA and executive courses in International Business, Global Strategic Management, Social Entrepreneurship and Strategy and Sustainability at various business schools in Europe, Africa and the United States. Recent appointments include Visiting Scholar at SCANCOR, Stanford University; Visiting Executive Professor at Mays Business School, Texas A&M University.Strategy and Sustainability
Prof. Seelos researches emerging topics at the interface between company strategy and the global sustainability agenda. Topics include poverty and inequality, new approaches at the "bottom of the pyramid", climate change, water stress, and emerging governance aspects. His research also focuses on innovative business models and social entrepreneurs that create new markets and foster economic and social development in the poorest countries. His insights on novel corporate strategies in emerging markets were recognized by the Strategic Management Society (Best paper award for practice implications, 2007) and also won him the Gold Price of the highly contested IFC-FT essay competition on private sector development in 2008. Also in 2008, he received the IESE Alumni Association Research Excellence Award in the category "best new course" for the MBA elective Entrepreneurial Strategies for Social Impact that he designed and teaches jointly with IESE Prof. Johanna Mair. Prof. Seelos consults with a number of companies on topics of competitive strategy, innovation and sustainability issues. Clients include companies from a variety of industries such as Fortisbank, Masterfoods, Nestlè, Nokia, Oracle, Pirelli, Zurich Financials, Bertelsmann and several smaller companies, not-for-profit organizations and public sector organizations. Professional Experience
Prof. Seelos's work experience is broad and varied. In 2006 he was Director at FSG Social Impact Advisors in Geneva, a firm co-founded by Prof. Michael Porter from Harvard which carries out business planning and CSR consulting with European companies and International Organizations. Between 2001 and 2003 he was a Senior Contract Director at British Telecom Global Services responsible for a P&L in excess of 60 million Euros. He directed a large team to build up the new IT solutions strategy. In 2003, he also held the position of BT Ignite Head of Corporate Social Responsibility operating from London and Munich. Prior to that, he was senior strategy consultant at Siemens (Munich) and Vice President for portfolio strategy and product development at Transclick Inc. (New York). In the 1990s he was a Senior Adviser to the Chairman at the United Nations Special Commission on Iraq (UNSCOM). From 1994 to 1999 he led the inspection and disarmament efforts on biological weapons in Iraq. In the 1980s and early 90s he was Assistant Professor for molecular biology and cancer research at the University of Vienna.
Prof. Seelos has authored more than 50 papers in international peer-reviewed journals such as Nature and in a number of books.
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