Professor Dr. Klaus Schweinsberg

Professor Dr Klaus Schweinsberg teaches at the École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP) and the European School of Management and Technology (ESMT). He is the Chairman of the Centre for Strategy and Higher Leadership and Director of the European Center for Digital Competitiveness. As a personal advisor and executive coach, he works with prominent entrepreneurs and C-suite leaders across Asia, Europe, and the USA.

In 2009, the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos named Schweinsberg a Young Global Leader. He is a former editor-in-chief and publisher of the business magazines Capital and Impulse. For ten years, he served on the Governance Commission for Family Businesses, and he sits on various supervisory boards, including the Board of Directors of Haufe Group SE and HSBC Germany. He is also Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer Foundation.

He has served as a reservist in the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) for more than 30 years, currently holding the rank of Colonel (General Staff). For many years, he was a lecturer in General Staff training at the German Armed Forces Command and Staff College.

He is the author and editor of several books on topics including business ethics, corporate governance, and systemic change. His book Anständig führen (Leading Decently) is currently in its third edition. Professor Schweinsberg is a regular media commentator, appearing in outlets such as the Financial Times, Handelsblatt, Manager Magazin, ntv, and RTL.

Schweinsberg is a regular speaker—preferring to deliver keynote addresses without notes—in German, English, French, and Italian.

He studied economics, social sciences, and communication sciences at the universities of Fribourg (Switzerland), Siena (Italy), and St Andrews (Scotland).

He holds dual German and Swiss citizenship.