Christian Seelos
Lecturer of General 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


Biography

Prof. Christian Seelos is lecturer and senior researcher in the general management department at IESE. He also teaches international business and strategy at a number of other business schools in Europe, Africa and the United States.

He earned M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Ecotrophology and Molecular Biology from the University of Vienna and the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and holds an MBA from the University of Chicago.

Strategy and Sustainability

Prof. Seelos researches emerging topics at the interface between company strategy and emerging issues of the global sustainability agenda such as climate change, water stress, poverty and neglected diseases and global health. He also closely studies a number of innovative business models and social entrepreneurs that create new markets economic and social development in the poorest countries. His research informs new curricula for MBA and executive education and he advises companies and organizations on a number of issues ranging from competitive strategy and organizational development to innovative business models at "the bottom of the pyramid" and corporate social responsibility.

Prof. Seelos has recently collaborated closely with the Malik Management Center in St. Gallen and the European Academy of Business in Society and in 2006 was a director of the firm FSG Social Impact Advisors, which carries out business planning and CSR consulting with European companies and International Organizations.

Prof. Seelos's work experience is broad and varied and represents an impressive blend of social and natural sciences. Between 2001 and 2003 he was a Senior Contract Director at British Telecom Global Services and built up the new IT solutions strategy and in 2003, he also held the position of 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 appointed member of 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.

Taken from IESE Business School