Prof. Jörg Rocholl, PhD

President of the European School of Management and Technology (ESMT Berlin)

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  • Year of birth: 1973
  • Place of birth: Soest
  • Nationality: German
  • Member since: 3 May 2024
  • End of term: 2027

 

Education

  • Studied economics at the University of Witten-Herdecke, Germany; doctorate in finance and economics from Columbia Business School, New York, USA

Career

Since 07/2011 President of the European School of Management and Technology (ESMT Berlin)
09/2010 – 10/2012 Dean of ESMT Berlin
Since 09/2010 Professor at ESMT Berlin, holder of the EY Chair for Governance and Compliance (until 06/2019) and the Deutsche Bank professorship in Sustainable Finance (since 09/2022)
07/2007 – 08/2010 Associate Professor at ESMT Berlin
2003 – 2007 Assistant Professor at the Kenan-Flagler Business School of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
1998 – 1999 Mergers & Acquisitions, Deutsche Morgan Grenfell, New York, and Equity Capital Markets, Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt, Germany
1998 Boston Consulting Group, Frankfurt, Germany, and London, UK
1992 – 1994 Deutsche Bank

Memberships of other mandatory supervisory boards:

  • none

Memberships of comparable domestic and foreign supervisory bodies of commercial enterprises

  • none

Core competences

  • Sustainability
  • Leadership experience
  • International experience
  • Accounting/fi nancial statement audits
  • HR expertise