Rama Velamuri

Rama Velamuri teaches Entrepreneurship and Negotiation in the MBA, EMBA and executive development programmes at the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS). He is the Academic Director of the CEIBS Centre for Entrepreneurship and Investment, was the Academic Director of CEIBS’ Global Executive MBA from 2010 to 2012 and in 2009 and 2010 he was the Academic Director of the Global CEO Programme for Latin America, which is offered jointly with the Wharton School and IESE Business School. He was previously on the faculty of IESE Business School for four years (2003-2007), where he was the Academic Director of the Global Executive MBA and the Inside India programmes. He has taught as a Visiting Professor at the Indian School of Business (ISB) since 2004.

Dr. Velamuri has been a facilitator in programmes for senior managers of Bosch, Evonik, Buhler, UNICEF, Henkel Adhesives Technologies, Abbott Laboratories, Goodyear-Dunlop, Nissan Europe, Vodafone, Telefonica, Grupo Santander, Degussa-Huels, Felix Schoeller AG, Diebold and BBVA. He has also been a facilitator in the China Entrepreneurial Leadership Camp for high-growth Chinese entrepreneurs, and the CEO Collaborative Forum for high-growth European entrepreneurs.

Dr. Velamuri has two main areas of research focus: the first explores how the ethical behaviours of entrepreneurs influence their ability to mobilise stakeholder support. The second investigates the relationship between entrepreneurial strategies and firm growth. His research has been published or is forthcoming in both academic and practitioner journals such as the California Management Review, Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Long Range Planning, Organization Studies, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Management Development, and Financial Times Mastering Management among others. He is a member of the editorial board of Journal of Business Venturing. He was co-editor of a book entitled Entrepreneurship in Emerging Regions Around the World (Edward Elgar) and has also published several book chapters and approximately 30 case studies. Two of his case studies have won awards and several others have been on the bestseller list of the European Case Clearing House.

Dr. Velamuri has six years’ experience as a manager in Grupo Tudor, one of Spain’s largest manufacturing companies, during which he lived for three years in Britain and one year in Germany. He also has eight years’ experience as a full time consultant to US, Indian and Spanish clients. He has carried out a number of assignments for the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation (IFC). He has experience as an investor, board member and advisor to entrepreneurial companies, and regularly coaches entrepreneurs on operational and fund-raising strategies.