IESE Business School

Marc Sachon - Academic Director
Associate Professor of Production, Technology and Operations Management, IESE
Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Stanford University
Marc Sachon’s main areas of interest include process improvement, supply chain management, and engineering risk analysis. His research focuses on e-supply chain management, product development, project management and engineering risk analysis. . Prof. Sachon is the academic co-director of the AMP Munich, IESE's senior management program in Germany, as well as IESE's International Center for Logistics Research (CIIL). In addition to his academic work, Prof. Sachon has consulted for leading firms in the finance, energy, fashion, retail and pharmaceutical sectors.

Hau Lee
Thoma Professor of Operations, Information, and Technology, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Ph.D. in Operations Research, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Hau Lee's areas of specialization include supply chain management, information technology, global logistics system design, inventory planning, and manufacturing strategy. He is the founding and current Codirector of the Stanford Global Supply Chain Management Forum, an industry-academic consortium to advance the theory and practice of global supply chain management. His coauthored paper, Information Distortion in a Supply Chain: The Bullwhip Effect, was voted as one of the ten most influential papers in the history of management science. He has consulted extensively in the public and private sectors and is on the board and advisory board of several logistics services and supply chain software companies.

Paddy Miller
Professor of Managing People in Organizations, IESE
Ph.D. in Management, IESE
Paddy Miller teaches leadership and change management, focusing on leading change in multinational organizations transitioning to globalization. Prof. Miller has consulted for firms including Bulgari, IBM, Henkel, Volkswagen, Lufthansa, Standard Life Scotland and Sun Microsystems. He has worked with several CEOs and their global management teams in Europe, Africa and the United States. In 2006 the American Academy of Management recognized him for his work in the field of globally distributed teams.

Ahmad Rahnema
Professor of Financial Management, IESE
Ph.D. in Management, IESE
Ahmad Rahnema is co-editor of the International Journal of Finance Education, a member of the editorial board of the journal Harvard Deusto: Contabilidad & Finanzas, and a member of the advisory board of the European Capital Markets Institute. He has lectured at a number of universities worldwide, including Tulane (United States), CEDEP (France), Universitätsseminar der Wirtschaft Schloss Gracht (Germany), Instituto di Studi per la Direzione e Gestione di Impresa (Italy) and IPADE (Mexico). Prof. Rahnema has authored and co-authored several books and has consulted for a number of leading Spanish and international companies. His research interests include international finance, risk management and means of payment.