Joseph Pistrui, Ph.D IE Business School, Madrid, Spain
Wednesday, May 5th - Leadership Day
Associate Dean, Executive EducationFounder and Executive Director, Corporate Learning Group
Professor, Department of Entrepreneurial Studies
Visiting Fellow, London School of Economic & Political
Joseph Pistrui is the Associate Dean for Executive Education at IE Business School (Instituto de Empresa) based in Madrid, Spain. Additionally, Joseph is the founder and Executive Director of the Corporate Learning Group, and is a professor of the Department of Entrepreneurial Studies at IE Business School. Joseph is also a Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Sciences, where he lectures and researches issues related to new enterprise formation as part of the LSE’s Department of Management. Across his career Joseph has work as an educator-advisor to companies including Amadeus, AstraZeneca, BBVA, Bosch, BT, Citi Group, DT, HSBC, Microsoft, ONA Group, PGS, Rio Tinto, Royal Dutch Shell, Siemens, Thomson Reuters, Unilever, Vestas, and others.
Previously, Joseph served as Managing Director for Duke Corporate Education, based in London. In this capacity he worked with Fortune 100 companies to diagnose strategic business challenges and to design and deliver customized educational interventions to advance strategy execution.
Additionally Joseph served as Academic Director, Department of Entrepreneurial Studies, at IE Business School, in Madrid, Spain. During this period Joseph redesign the department’s curriculum and taught courses in New Venture Creation, Corporate Venturing, Family Business Venturing, Entrepreneurial Finance and Social Entrepreneurship. Additionally, Joseph served as a Research Associate with the Institute for Family Enterprising at Babson College, Boston, USA, and for the Enterprising Families Initiative at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA. Finally, Joseph was a Visiting Lecturer in Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship at Universita’ Bocconi, in Milan, Italy, and a Guest Lecturer at the Budapest University of Economics Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.
Joseph Pistrui earned a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Business Strategy at the Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona. Additionally, he holds a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies from DePaul University and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Ferris State University, both US based institutions.
Previous to his academic endeavors Joseph had a 15 year sales and marketing management career in the consumer products industry, mostly with Bristol-Myers Squibb in the US (1985-1995). In this capacity Joseph held a number of roles in Sales Management, Marketing and Key Account Management for the consumer products group within Bristol-Myers Squibb.
IE Business School is a leading Global business school, oriented to training entrepreneurs and company directors through its masters and executive education programs. IE Business School is characterized by its global approach, its spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation, the development of applied research projects and the promotion of socially responsible initiatives. IE Business School currently has a network of 30,000 alumni that hold management positions in 85 countries.
