Start-up Development and Impact Innovations (MBA)
Teachers and network
Our MBA professors
The Management Sciences department and the MBA programme are essential components of our practice- and research-oriented higher education institution. The dedicated professors on our MBA degree programme are recognised experts in their field and conduct cutting-edge research in their respective disciplines. They have a proven track record of academic, research, industry and business experience. Below you will find the profiles of our H-BRS in-house professors who teach on the MBA programme (list not yet complete):
Prof. Dr Klaus Deimel
Department of Management Sciences (Rheinbach Campus)/Professor of Business Management/esp. Management-oriented Accounting/ Controlling/Board Member of the BRS Institute for International Studies/Managing Director of CENTIM
Rheinbach
Room: H 304
Telephone: +49 2241 865-453
Head of degree programme Start-up Development and Impact Innovations (MBA) and Director CENTIM; Teaching in the MBA module: Master's thesis (4th/5th semester); Research focus, subject area and expertise: management accounting/controlling, cost and revenue accounting, entrepreneurial value-based management, mergers & acquisitions, corporate strategy (in particular corporate and business strategy)
Prof. Dr habil. Alexander Pohl
Department of Management Sciences (Rheinbach Campus), Professorship of Business Management, esp. Market-oriented Corporate Management and Innovation Marketing, Head of the degree programme Business Psychology (B.Sc., Head of the degree programme Marketing (M.Sc.)
Rheinbach
Room: B 109
Telephone: +49 2241 865 430
Teaching in the MBA module: tbd; Research focus, specialisation and expertise: Marketing, corporate management and innovation management
Prof. Dr Andreas Schümchen
Journalism, esp. media innovation and digitalisation
Sankt Augustin
Room: B 031.1
Telephone: Tel. +49 2241 865 315
Department of Engineering and Communication; associate member of CENTIM, teaching in the MBA module: Innovation Communication and Media Design (3rd semester); research focus, area of specialisation and expertise: Technical journalism; Innovation journalism; Architecture journalism; Media innovation; Editorial design
Prof Christoph Wamser
Department of Management Sciences (Rheinbach Campus), Professorship of Business Management, esp. E-Business
Rheinbach
Room: B 114
Telephone: +49 2241 865 415
Teaching in the MBA module: Sustainable Business Models and Business Plan (1st semester); Research focus, subject area and expertise: e-business, business strategy, business management, m-business, corporate networks, growth strategies
„We offer a unique combination of sound scientific training with targeted support for a practical business start-up as part of a student start-up project - a scientific incubator programme with an academic degree, so to speak.”
Prof Dr Klaus Deimel - Head of degree programme Start-up Development and Impact Innovations (MBA)
Our lecturers and external lecturers in the MBA programme
Our dedicated lecturers are recognised experts in their fields and have many years of proven management, leadership and start-up experience. They research and teach at the highest level in the areas of (impact) innovation, sustainable transformation, purpose, new work, (corporate) entrepreneurship, finance and venture capital. Below you will find the profiles of our external MBA lecturers and lecturers (list not yet complete):
Denis Dolovac
Email:
denis.dolovac@lehrbeauftragte.h-brs.de
Teaching in the MBA:
- Finance and Accounting -
Course: Accounting, Planning and Finance (3rd semester)
Subject area and expertise:
Principal at torq.partners Finance GmbH. Experienced, versatile financial expert with an exam and consulting background.
- Financial due diligence
- Process optimisation, financial operations, controlling and accounting
- Preparation of consolidated financial statements and investor reporting
- Budgeting and forecasting
Tammo Ganders
Email:
tammo.ganders@lehrbeauftragte.h-brs.de
Teaching in the MBA:
- tbd
Subject area and expertise:
- Co-Founder and Managing Director Excubate
- More than 20 years of experience as a management consultant for innovation, sustainability, digital transformation and corporate entrepreneurship
- More than 20 years entrepreneur and start-up mentor for more than 30 start-ups
- Leading numerous projects for leading global companies in various industries, supporting their top management and teams in building new sustainable (digital) businesses
- Design, set-up and implementation of several business incubators, accelerators and intrapreneurship programmes;
- More than 3 years in marketing, product management and eBusiness consulting at a leading global logistics service provider
- More than 15 years as lecturer and speaker on innovation and entrepreneurship in teaching
Ronnie Goertz
Email:
ronnie.goertz@lehrbeauftrage.h-brs.de
rg@ronnie-goertz.de
Teaching in the MBA module:
- Ideation and Impact Innovation (1st semester)
- Agile Project Management (2nd semester)
- Leadership and New Work* (4th semester or on-demand in the fast track)
Subject area and expertise:
Consultant, coach, cultural architect, new work creator
Teaser: Insight into the Ideation and Impact Innovation module
Kolja Heskamp
Email:
kolja.heskamp@lehrbeauftragte.h-brs.de
Teaching in the MBA:
- Finance and Accounting -
Course: Controlling in Start-ups (3rd semester)
Subject area and expertise:
Managing Partner at torq.partners Finance GmbH
- Financial Analysis
- Market Research
Axel Nitsch
Email:
axel.nitsch@lehrbeauftragte.h-brs.de
Teaching in the MBA:
- Finance and Accounting -
Event: Venture Capital as a Financing Instrument for Start-ups (3rd semester)
Subject area and expertise:
Axel Nitsch is an alumnus of H-BRS and Principal/Prokurist at HTGF. His expertise includes venture capital and investments in digital tech start-ups. He also has extensive experience in the areas of deep tech, B2B and B2C. He is particularly interested in business models that think outside the box and differentiate themselves through technology.
Teaser: Insight into the module Finance and Accounting - Venture Capital
Achim Rehahn
Email:
achim.rehahn@lehrbeauftragte.h-brs.de
achim@achim-rehahn.com
Teaching in the MBA:
- Sales Management (3rd semester)
Subject area and expertise:
Alumnus of the H-BRS and founder. He is a self-employed entrepreneur, an expert in the sale of companies and a part-time lecturer at H-BRS. Together with students, he founded Animal Tree in 2020.
Dr Andreas Rohde
Email:
andreas.rohde@lehrbeauftragte.h-brs.de
Teaching in the MBA:
- Law, Compliance, ESG* (4th semester or on-demand in the Fast Track)
Subject area and expertise:
Lawyer and tax consultant at dhpg
- Main areas of practice: legal and tax advice for medium-sized companies and entrepreneurs
- Supervisory board mandates, including at Digitaler Hub Region Bonn AG
- Numerous specialist publications and lectures
Nele Winn
Email:
nele.winn@lehrbeauftragte@h-brs.de
Teaching in the MBA module:
- tbd
Field and expertise:
- Co-founder and managing director of Impact Hub Berlin
- Impact innovator with more than 10 years of experience in this field
- recognised by Capital magazine for her work as one of the "Top 40 under 40" in Germany, bridging the worlds of entrepreneurship, society and innovation
Prof Dr Annika Wolf
E-mail:
annika.wolf@lehrbeauftragte.h-brs.de
Teaching in the MBA:
- Entrepreneurial Skills l - Purpose and Behaviour (1st semester)
- Coaching (1st-4th semester)
Research focus, subject area and expertise:
Professorship at the higher education institution Emden/Leer: Sustainable transformation
- Transformation of organisations with regard to sustainability (strategy & governance)
- Resilience of organisations
- Organisational maturity and evolution (integral, systemic and group dynamic perspective)
- Mediation & conflict management
- Managing negotiations
Our partner network
A solid network strengthens the start-up culture
The MBA programme and the affiliated Start-up-Manufaktur of Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg can count a large number of successful companies and personalities from the regional start-up ecosystem as well as H-BRS alumni as founders among their network. In cooperation with our network partners from science and business, we initiate events, promote dialogue on start-up-specific topics and establish a comprehensive network. The overview presented is not exhaustive and merely provides an insight into our partner network, which is constantly growing.
Do you still have questions?
Christine Haake
Research Assistant, Coordinator MBA programme Start-up Development, Project Management Start-up Manufaktur
CENTIM - Centre for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and SMEs
Location
Rheinbach
Room
H 303
Address
von-Liebig-Str. 20
53359 Rheinbach
Contact hours
Consultation appointment bookable via Calendly: Link below
Telephone
+49 2241 865 9606
Renate van Beek
Research assistant, Program Coordinator MBA Start-up Development
Location
Rheinbach
Room
Raum H 303
Address
Von-Liebig-Str. 20
53359, Rheinbach
Telephone
+49 2241 865 9920