Serving as a bridge between the Wharton School and the broader Wharton and business communities in the EMEA region, this board helps to inform the ongoing priorities and future direction of the Wharton School, with emphasis on initiatives pertaining to this region. The Executive Board for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa is an important component of Wharton’s volunteer leadership structure, and provides alumni leaders and friends with a particular interest in the region with the opportunity to share their expertise with the School.
Mike Hugel
Senior Director, International Relations
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Chair
Antoine Drean, WG92
Founder, Chairman and CEOZuavelMember
Fadi Arbid, WG03
Chief Executive Officer & Founding PartnerAmwal Al KhaleejBonnie Bandeen, C80 WG85
Owner/Managing PartnerPodere Tramonti Societa Agricola Srl.Mohamed Bassatne, WG89
Chief Executive OfficerBB Energy GroupEdouard Bich, WG88
PartnerSociété MBDLamia Boutaleb, WG98
Chief Executive OfficerCapital Trust, Inc.Christophe Charlier, C94 W94
Chairman of the Board of DirectorsRenaissance CapitalChristian Dahlberg, W88
Co-Founder, Partner & CEOSchuylkill PartnersMarisa Drew, WG92
CEO, Impact Advisory and Finance DepartmentCredit Suisse Group AGSaif Ghobash, W04
Director GeneralAbu Dhabi Tourism & Culture AuthorityMehmet Habbab, W65 WG67
ChairmanDelta STAR Petroleum Products Trading Co.Christian Hernandez, WG03
Managing Partner and Co-FounderWhite Star CapitalLady Barbara Judge, CW66
Chairman, Institute of Directors (United Kingdom)Institute of DirectorsEric Kacou, WG04
Chief Executive OfficerEntrepreneurial Solutions Partners (ESP)Simon Palley, WG83
Senior AdvisorTowerBrook Capital PartnersAdil Popat, WG84
Chief Executive OfficerSimba CorporationPelayo Primo de Rivera, WG94
Executive PartnerKefren Capital Real EstateVedat Sadioglu, W86
Partner & ManagerKapital Real EstateAlexander Sarrigeorgiou, WG82
Chairman & Chief Executive OfficerEurolife ERB Insurance GroupJoy Seppala, WG89
Founder and Chief Executive OfficerSISU Capital LimitedKamal Tabet, WG84
Co-Founder and ChairmanAdon CapitalMark Tagliaferri, W85
Managing Director & Head, London OfficeGI PartnersNicolai Tangen, W92
Founder, CEO & Chief Investment OfficerAKO Capital LLPNavin Valrani, W93
CEOThe Arcadia Preparatory SchoolChristian Varin, WG70
ChairmanFovabisBernard Wendeln, WG04
Chairman and PresidentWEGA Invest GmbHFormer Executive Board Members
Mohammed Alshaya, WG85
M. H. Alshaya Co., W.L.L.
Executive Chairman
2001-2012
Stephen Barclay, WG67
Clink Wharf Associates Ltd
Founder & Director
1998-2009
Stefan Bichsel, WAM94
Banque Cantonale Vaudoise
Member of the Executive Board
2005-2012
Judith Bollinger, WG81
Judico Capital Pte. Ltd.
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
2001-2010
Michel Carite, WG74
Bréval Financière
President and Director General
2001-2006
L Clark, W63 WG68
1994-2005
Zehavit Cohen, G91
APAX partners Israel Ltd
Managing Partner and Office Head
2013-2016
Angel Corcostegui, WG80 GR82
Magnum Industrial Partners
Founder and General Partner
1991-2008
Marco De Benedetti, WG88
The Carlyle Group
Managing Director & Co-Head of European Buyout
2008-2017
Frank Destribats, WG80
2007-2016
Guy Detrilles, WG71
SA Egon Zehnder Associates
Managing Partner
1988-2006
Isaac Devash, WEV88
Devash Investments and Consulting Ltd.
Managing Director
2001-2013
Frederic Dubois, WG73
Sante & Loisirs
President and Founding Shareholder
1988-2007
Sebastian Escarrer, WG93
Sebastian Escarrer Jaume
Manager
2007-2015
Michael Fisher, WG74
Multi-Manager Investments Ag
Managing Partner
1999-2003
Michel Fleuriet, GR73
University of Paris Dauphine
Professor Investment Banking
1999-2002
David Greenwald, W80
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Chairman
2012-2015
Anthony Hamilton-Russell, WG90
Hamilton Russell Vineyards
Proprietor
2008-2011
Stuart Hampson, WAM91
2006-2009
Richard Hayden, WG69
Haymarket Financial LLP
Chairman
1998-2011
Shiv Khemka, G90 WG90
SUN Group
Vice Chairman
2001-2013
Dominique Langlois, WG74
EIM
Partner
1997-2006
Alain Levy, WG72
Algean Group
Executive Chairman
1992-2009
Claude Marion, WG80
Spinnaker Capital Ltd
Managing Director
2007-2013
Aditya Mittal, W96
ArcelorMittal
Chief Financial Officer, GMB Member
2005-2015
Wolfram Nolte, WG77
etlon GmbH
President
1992-2014
Felipe Oriol, WG74
Corpfin Capital Asesores,SA, SGECR
Senior Advisor
1988-2003
Corrado Passera, WG80
Italia Unica
1990-2011
Ashraf Rizvi, W86
SummerHaven Investment Management
Partner
2006-2009
Jean-Pierre Rosso, WG67
World Economic Forum
Chairman
1998-2010
Richard Sapp, WG81
1999-2005
Alfred Schindler, WG78
Schindler Holding Ltd
Chairman
1988-2011
Henning Schulte-Noelle, WG73
Allianz AG
Chairman of The Supervisory Board
1992-2002
Tarek Sultan, WG90
Agility
Chairman & Managing Director
2009-2011
Henry Sweetbaum, W59
International Centre Study Of Radicalisation
Managing Director
1999-2002
Daouda Thiam, WG74
Presidence de La Republique
Conseiller Charge Des Ressources Naturelles
2001-2012
Gideon Tolkowsky, WG83
BME Capital Management Ltd.
Principal
2001-2009
Jacob Wallenberg, W80 WG81
Investor AB
Chairman of the Board
1988-2007
Jeffrey Weingarten, W70
Grosvenor Fund Management
Chief Executive
2000-2011
Barry Wilson, WG67
1988-2003
Hassan Yamani, WG83
Anaam International Holding Group
Chief Executive Officer
2001-2011
Klaus Zumwinkel, WG71
Morgan Stanley
Director
1988-2009