Marie-Therese Claes

Professor Marie-Therese Claes is Head of the Institute for Gender and Diversity at the WU Vienna University of Economics and Business. Previously she was CEMS professor Cross-Cultural Management and Leader of the CEMS interfaculty group for many years, and director of the Executive MBA program at the Louvain School of Management (UCLouvain, Belgium). She was also Dean of the Faculty of Business at Asian University in Thailand, and has been visiting professor at several universities in Europe, Asia and the USA, as well as consultant for international organizations. She is past president of SIETAR Europa (Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research), and of EWMD (European Women Management Development Network). She is also committee member of IACCM and Fulbright and Japan Foundation alumna.

Awards and Honors

• 2016 Member of WU International Board
• 2011 Chair of IACCM
• 2001 Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce
• 1999 President of SIETAR Europa (Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research)
• 1997 President of EWMD (European Women Management Development Network)
• 1996 Japan Foundation Research grant
• 1982 Fulbright Scholarship

Expertise

• Cross-Cultural Management
• Cultural Intelligence
• Expatriation and Repatriation
• Gender and Diversity in Organizations
• Intercultural Communication
• International HRM
• Leadership and Organizational Development
• The role of Language in International Business