Top new Faculty join MSM

Maastricht School of Management (MSM) is proud to announce that three top academics have joined the ranks of its full-time faculty. Dr. Arnoud Franken, Dr. Wynand Bodewes and Dr. Pascale Hardy recently started in Maastricht, adding to the dynamics that has seen the MSM’s Dutch campus expand its educational offerings in recent times.

Arnoud Franken joins MSM from the Cranfield School of Management as Professor of Strategy. He is also the new Academic Coordinator of the five exciting and cutting-edge M.Sc. MME joint programs that MSM has pioneered since 2013 with RWTH Aachen University. He holds a M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Delft University of Technology (2000) and an Engineering Doctorate (MBA-enhanced PhD), in Aerospace Engineering and Strategy from Cranfield University, School of Engineering (2004) where he is also a Visiting Professor. Arnoud has published his work in leading practitioner journals such as Harvard Business Review and California Management Review

Wynand Bodewes joins MSM from the University of Maastricht’s School of Business and Economics as Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship. He is also the new Academic Coordinator of MSM’s growing portfolio of Executive Education programs, and teaches several Entrepreneurship courses in the MM, MSc, MBA and Executive MBA programs, both in Maastricht and abroad. He holds an MSc in Business Administration from the School of Management and Organization at the University of Groningen (1993) and a PhD in General Management from the Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University (2000). Dr. Bodewes co-authored several papers and books, and he regularly acts as an ad-hoc reviewer for the Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, Long Range Planning and other scholarly journals.

Pascale Hardy joins MSM from the University of Liverpool and the Grenoble School of Management as the Director of the DBA School and Online Education at MSM. She is the new Academic Coordinator for the DBA Program overseeing quality assurance and accreditation compliance. She also leads the business development of online education programs. In 2017 MSM will launch is first online MBA. She holds a Ph.D. from Università Gregoriana, Italy, an MBA from Open University, UK, an MSc in Social Sciences from Université Libre Bruxelles, Belgium and a M.Sc. from Libera Università di Communicazione e Lingue, Italy.

The three new academic are excited to start at Maastricht School of Management. What are they most looking forward to?

Arnoud Franken looks forward to further develop and strengthen the unique relationship with RWTH Aachen University. Further, he plans to develop Executive Education Programs on ‘Strategy in the Face of Uncertainty’ and ‘Realizing Benefits from Strategic Change Initiatives’. To achieve success in today’s complex, fast-evolving, and uncertain business world more effectively, Arnoud researched the strategy making practices of leading organizations such as Virgin Atlantic, InterContinental Hotels Group, the Royal Marines Commandos for many years. In particular, how to quickly engage people, identify new possibilities, and turn complex and ambiguous issues into focused action plans that inspire and deliver value at pace. As a Professor of Strategy at MSM, he shares these insights around the world through lectures and workshops.

Wynand Bodewes hopes to create new teaching cases, expand MSM’s European engagement in short Executive programs, and he looks forward to co-create new and relevant scholarly insights with DBA and PhD candidates at MSM. Wynand is keen on collaborating with ambitious entrepreneurs. For him, smallness is only but a temporary characteristic of true entrepreneurship. In these activities Wynand will build on his considerable experience in working with and for entrepreneurs. He was one of the founding fathers and the initial academic director of the degree program that later evolved into the current Entrepreneurship MSc program at the Rotterdam School of Management. In 2009 Wynand returned to Maastricht University to help build and deliver an outstanding portfolio of entrepreneurship courses to students in many of the university’s degree programs. During his tenure with Maastricht University Wynand also taught at the KU Leuven as a Visiting professor of Entrepreneurship. At the KU Leuven he was instrumental to the introduction of an MSc track in (Technology) Entrepreneurship.

Pascal Hardy finds a business school like MSM, with its global footprint, commitment to sustainable development and entrepreneurial flair and ideal environment in which to pursue her career. Before joining MSM she worked in senior and professorial positions in France, UK and Switzerland including the management of a leading professional doctorate program. She has played a leading role in international research projects with partners including the European Commission, UN, World Bank, OECD and organizations of developed and developing countries. She has authored books in the areas of Knowledge Management, Open Education and E-learning and her work has appeared in Computers & Education, E-learning and Digital Media and presented at the Academy of Management Conference. Further, she has acted as an advisor to the UN on e-learning and knowledge management strategies.