Our Team
Meet our experts, faculty, staff and our advisory board to find out who stands behind the Institute.
Experts & Faculty
Prof. Dr. Christopher Kummer
President
Professor of Finance at Hult International Business School, Lecturer at University HSG St. Gall, and Affiliate Faculty at Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness at Harvard Business School.
Prof. Dr. Aswath Damodaran
Faculty
Professor at NYU Stern School of Business, Expert for Valuation. Youtube, Twitter, About Aswath Damodaran in Wikipedia
Meet Our Faculty
Compounding both academic excellence and internationally renowned business experience, the IMAA faculty have helped propel our institute to the forefront of M&A global education. Our growing faculty of more than 60 professors represent a diverse group of professionals, coming from over 20 countries; they work as corporate executives, entrepreneurs, researchers, consultants and professors. Their expertise makes them subject matter experts, groundbreaking researchers, and award-winning authors. This intersection of practical industry insight, theoretical knowledge, and passion for teaching that our faculty brings to each training strikes at the heart of what IMAA seeks to be.
Prof. David J. Brophy, PhD
Faculty
Professor of Finance at Ross School of Business, University of Michigan and Director of the Center for Venture Capital & Private Equity Finance
Prof. Andrew Campbell
Professor at Ashridge, Director of the Ashridge Strategic Management Centre, Programme Director of Making Successful Acquisitions, former Consultant with McKinsey & Company in London and Los Angeles.
Dr. Keith Dunbar
Managing Director at Potentious Consulting; M&A Thought Leader Award Winner from Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors, and Adjunct Professor at University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Jose Carlos Erustes Calvo
Manager at Ericsson and Professor at Hult International Business School
Dr. Mohammad Faisal Ahammad
Reader (Associate Professor) in International Business Strategy at Sheffield Business School
Andre Gan
Faculty
Managing Partner at Wong & Partners / BakerMcKenzie, Malaysia Corporate and Securities, Head of Competition Group
Prof. Dr. Kamal Ghosh Ray
Director and Professor for Finance & Accounting at Vignana Jyothi Institute of Management
Mohamed Khodeir
Faculty
Corporate Commercial Partner at Al Tamimi & Company and former CEO of the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones
Prof. Dr. Kai Lucks
President of the German Association for Mergers & Acquisitions (BM&A), former head of Post Merger Integration at Siemens, and Honorary Professor appointed by the Ministry of Art, Culture, Sciences in Bavaria.
Dhruv Mehra
Faculty
Principal and Asia M&A Transaction Services Leader for Mercer. Formerly on the HR M&A advisory team for a Big Four accounting firm in the US.
Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez
Chairman of the Board at the Project Management Institute; Director Project Management Office at GSK, former Head of Post Merger Integration at BNP Paribas Fortis and Visiting Professor at Solvay Business School, IE Business School and Vlerick Business School
Dr. Karl Popp
Faculty
Director Post Merger Integration at SAP SE; founding member of the German Association for PMI
Roula Khaled
Roula Khaled is a General Counsel at Khazna Data Center. She has over 10 years of experience leading and advising on business transformations and facilitating mergers and acquisitions. Her areas of focus encompass – corporate, commercial, intellectual property and litigation.
Anirvan Sen, CPMI
Faculty
Founder and CEO of Fifth Chrome Advisory, Founder and Partner askme Partners; Cross-Border M&A Integration and Business Growth Expert
Dr. Alexander Herzfeldt
Faculty
Associate Partner, Siemens Advanta Consulting (SAC) with 10 years of experience in M&A projects (pre-deal and PMI) in multiple industries: Strategic Advisor, Researcher in the field of M&A and Service Science.
Seng Leong Teh
Faculty
EY, Singapore & Indonesia Partner, Transaction Support and ASEAN Transaction Support Leader
Christopher Young
Faculty
Director at Sobel & Co. and Assistant Professor at Rutgers University, Rutgers Business School
Peter J. Clark
Senior Teaching Fellow at UCL School of Management, expert in Corporate Finance & Valuation
Dr. Stefan Gurmann, M.B.L.-HSG
Partner at Kerres; Specialization in Corporate/Commercial Law, M&A, Litigation/Insolvency Law
Christopher Harrison
CIO at The Falconwood Corperation and Adjunct Professor at NYU School of Law
Sue Frerichs
President Frix Consulting, more than 20 years of M&A transaction and PMI experience
Karim Elmorsi
Co-Founder and Partner at askme Partners
Rick Marchese
Director at Lares Loreno Private Capital
Prof. Dr. Daniel Graewe, LLM
Founder and Managing Partner at Graewe Legal; Lecturer at Nordakademie Hochschule der Wirtschaft
Brian Kenet
Senior Business Advisor, Anchin, Block & Anchin LLP Accountants and Advisors
Mihai C. Tiplea
Former CFO at ADE Aerospace; Expert in Financial Due Diligence and Financial Integration
Donald H. Noble
CEO at Accelebron, Partner at Florida CFO Group, Professor of Corporate and Personal Finance
David Olsson
Co-Founder of Navima, an M&A Technology Platform & IMAA faculty member with 16 years of experience in both private equity and corporate pre- and post-deal activities. In addition, David boasts six years of consultancy experience, further enriching his industry knowledge. Throughout his professional journey, he has played a pivotal role in over 35 transactions, predominantly focusing on cross-border deals.
Dr. Hermann Ali Hinderer
Partner
Dr. Hermann Ali Hinderer is a Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek with extensive experience with regards to all legal aspects of an M&A transaction. He has been admitted as a lawyer since 2004 in Germany and 2009 in California, USA. Hermann has advised corporate investors and private equity funds on numerous domestic and cross-border transactions (buy-side and sell-side) accross a broad range of industries, including but not limited to automotive, IT, health-care and mechanical engineering. A special mention is to be made about his extremely broad and in-depth knowledge and his ability to quickly identify pitfalls in a transaction.
Jonas Darke
Faculty
Jonas is a seasoned corporate development executive with a strong background in M&A, Sourcing and in complex transformation programs for global organizations. He has solid leadership experience from driving large projects and from several CEO positions. He has held leading positions and consulted in different industries including Telcoo, IT, Media, Life Science and the Public Sector.Jonas spent 12 years in the consulting industry where he founded and managed consulting companies with focus on Telco R&D and advisory services.
Staff of IMAA
Meet the team
Our international and highly qualified staff are here to support you. Please feel free to reach out anytime so that we can better understand your needs and professional development goals.
David Olsson
London
Tom Allen
London
Ces Natividad
Philippines
Miriam Scharf
Vienna
Erin Tan
Singapore
Ricky Martin Villafane
Philippines
Nikka Maxine Zamora
Philippines
Maria Isabel Guerrero
Philippines
Angel Joy Papa
Philippines
Ally Roznelette Delos Reyes
Philippines
Gertrude Yvonne Carillo
Philippines
Anica Jahna Malimban
Philippines
Available Programs
This course dives deep into the entire M&A process- from strategy and valuation to execution and post merger integration (PMI).
CPMI prepares you for integration issues post-merger, starting with integration planning, up to governance and project management to implement the integration.
HRM&A covers all aspects of the transaction process relevant to human resources, including strategy, due diligence, Post Merger Integration, and compensation benefits.
The certification dives into the nuts and bolts of the transaction journey—auditing, consulting, deal advisory, and including insights into running a successful M&A practice.
This certification covers the legal aspects of M&A, including best practices, legal contracts, tax considerations, and deal structuring in different geographies and jurisdictions.
This training will provide you with the fundamentals of each approach to valuation, with limitations and caveats on the use of each, as well as extended examples in application.
This dedicated training for professionals involved in M&A transactions in the hospitality industry is designed and delivered in collaboration with the Modul University in Vienna.
Contact Us
NEW YORK
276 Fifth Avenue, Suite 704
New York, NY 10001
United States of America
ZURICH
Hagenholzstrasse 81a
8050 Zurich
Switzerland
VIENNA
Nussdorferstrasse 52/5
1090 Vienna
Austria
SINGAPORE
10 Anson Rd, #29-04A
International Plaza
Singapore 079903
MANILA
Level 10-1 One Global Place
25th Street & 5th Avenue
Taguig City 1634 Philippines
