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©Georg WilkeBodo B. Schlegelmilch becomes the new Interim Dean of the WU Executive Academy
Return with foresight: Bodo B. Schlegelmilch takes over management of the WU Executive Academy for one year
Founding Dean back in office
As Barbara Stöttinger will leave the WU Executive Academy to pursue a new professional challenge before the end of her term as Dean, Bodo B. Schlegelmilch, the Academy’s Founding Dean, will step up to head WU Vienna’s business school again for 12 months, starting on 1 September 2024. The appointment by WU Rector Rupert Sausgruber shows his confidence that Bodo Schlegelmilch will add yet another chapter to the WU Executive Academy’s success story. He will further strengthen and solidify its strategic orientation and competitive edge both in Austria and abroad.
When the WU Executive Academy was founded in 2005, programs conferring the academic title of MBA were still rare in German-speaking countries. Today, almost twenty years later, things have changed. WU Vienna and the WU Executive Academy rank among a select circle of close to 130 business schools with triple accreditation around the world, meaning that they satisfy the ambitious quality criteria of the three most important accreditors (AACSB, AMBA, and EQUIS). The MBA programs at WU Executive Academy consistently score top positions in the leading international MBA rankings, such as the FT Executive MBA Ranking or the QS EMBA Ranking.
From Vienna to Paris: Barbara Stöttinger Takes on New Role at HEC
“But more importantly,” says Interim Dean Bodo B. Schlegelmilch, “more than 2,800 managers and high potentials from over 70 countries have trusted us to be their partner on a truly memorable learning and development journey. That is largely due to my predecessor Barbara Stöttinger and her outstanding team, and I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to them.”
Barbara Stöttinger will continue her professional career as a marketing professor and Dean for Executive Education at HEC Paris, which is the No. 1 institution in this field according to the Financial Times ranking. “We wish her all the best for her future tasks,” Bodo Schlegelmilch says.
Return with Vision: Bodo B. Schlegelmilch Takes Over as Head of the WU Executive Academy for a Year
Bodo B. Schlegelmilch’s appointment was the natural choice for Rector Sausgruber, given his experience as Chair of AMBA, the Association of MBAs. He has contributed to the accreditation processes of about 40 leading business schools across Europe, Asia, and Latin America and has teaching experience in 33 countries around the world.
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Interim Dean of the WU Executive Academy
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©WU Executive AcademyBodo B. Schlegelmilch
Dean
Bodo B. Schlegelmilch is the Founding Dean of the WU Executive Academy, which he headed for many years in the past, and Professor Emeritus of Global Marketing Strategy at WU Vienna. On 1 September 2024, he again assumed the role of the WU Executive Academy’s Dean, a position he will fill for one year. Schlegelmilch’s professional career started with stints at Deutsche Bank and Procter & Gamble, after which he transferred to the Universities of Edinburgh and California, Berkeley. He was a professor at the University of Wales and the Thunderbird School of Global Management and served as the chair of AMBA & BGA, which accredits business schools in some 80 countries around the world.