Executive Programme Leadership in a World of Transition

Yanos Michopoulos has 25 years international business experience in a variety of roles across the EMEA region in both the private and public sectors, especially in energy, infrastructure and private equity.

He has managed large P&Ls, has been a member of regional and global leadership teams of large corporates and has managed large, distributed teams across countries and cultures.

He is currently active as a business advisor and management consultant in the areas of strategy development and implementation, value creation, international expansion, M&A and change management.

Alexander Van de Putte is Member of the Board of The National Investment Corporation of the National Bank, Kazakhstan. His professional career includes executive positions at the Kazakhstan Development Bank, the World Economic Forum, Shell, PwC and McKinsey. Alexander Van de Putte is also Professor of Strategic Foresight at IE Business School, and Co-Director of the Master of Energy & Sustainability Leadership programme at the Graduate Institute in Geneva.

Bert Stuij (MSc.) is Vice President Innovation at the Energy Delta Institute (EDI) and Manager National Programmes/Energy at the Netherlands Enterprise Agency RVO, a government institution. At EDI, Stuij works on programme development and education with a specific focus on energy transition. At RVO, Stuij is responsible for renewable energy, energy efficiency and energy innovation policy. Previously Stuij worked in the private sector for Shell and at various semi-private institutions (Novem) and government agencies (SenterNovem, AgentschapNL).

Yousri Mandour has been a partner at ICSB Marketing and Strategy since 2006. He is constantly looking for growth opportunities for his customers and the realization thereof. Central to this is value creation for current and future customers, by optimally connecting new value propositions to customer needs. He recently worked for TNO (developing and testing new value proposition TNO Data Driven Solutions), Lely (concept development LED lighting system for dairy barns and positioning new milking robots), Ludvig Svensson (future vision of climate screens), iCasting (market potential disruptive business model for traditional casting market), Waternet (personal development internal user groups), Vivare housing association (from supply-driven to customer-driven portfolio policy), 

Yousri, together with other ICSB colleagues, expressed his experiences as a consultant in various management books, including ‘How to renew your business model!’, ‘A practical view of marketing and strategy models’ and ‘Targeted Innovation’. Yousri is an officially certified trainer in Systematic Inventive Thinking. Yousri is a popular speaker for marketing strategy topics Business Model Innovation, Proposition Development and Blue Ocean Strategy. 

Bob de Wit is Professor of Strategic Leadership at Nyenrode Business University and Co-Director of the Centre for Strategy at Nyenrode. He has (co-) authored 18 books, including a strategic management book that sold 350,000 copies and is used by 200 universities and business schools worldwide.

Prof. dr. mr. Bas Kodden is Professor of Leadership & Management Development, Coordinator of the Center for Strategy, Organization & Leadership and Director of the Executive MBA and Full Time MBA program at Nyenrode Business Universiteit. His research and teaching focus of leadership, entrepreneurship and personal development.

He is the author of several bestseller books and has published in top scientific journals. His most recent research was published in Springer Nature, Palgrave Nature, Routledge and Cambridge Journal of Management and Organization. His research has been featured in the Financial Times, Reed Elsevier and Management Team.