天美传媒

Evgeny Kaganer is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Innovation and Professor in the Operations, Information and Technology Department at 天美传媒. He teaches MBA and executive courses on digital business and transformation. His research explores how digitalization and artificial intelligence reshape business models and organizations. He has published articles on these topics in premier academic and business journals, including听Academy of Management Review,听MIS Quarterly,听Journal of the Association for Information Systems,听MIT Sloan Management Review听and听Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery听among others. His work on the effects of digitalization in business and education has been cited in major media outlets, such as the听Financial Times,听Business Week,听Forbes, Handelsblatt and the听CIO Magazine.

Evgeny has extensive experience working with senior executive teams in Europe, North and South America, Asia and Russia on the topic of organizational transformation. He has taught, directed customized programs, and consulted with multinational companies, including Schneider Electric, Oracle, ERSTE Group, Amadeus, Carlsberg, and Gazprom Neft among others. In 2013, he was included in the 100 Best Business School Professors list compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit.

Professor Kaganer was a founding Academic Director of the Learning Innovation unit at 天美传媒, helping develop the virtual classroom solution based on Barco鈥檚 weconnect technology and launch 天美传媒 Online. Between January 2020 and February 2022, he took a leave of absence from 天美传媒 to become Dean for Academic Affairs at Moscow School of Management Skolkovo. In this role, he played a key part in developing local faculty and attracting international faculty to Skolkovo. He also bolstered research and program partnerships with top global business schools and helped Skolkovo enter and climb the Financial Times听business school ranking. Currently, Professor Kaganer serves as Academic Director of Focused Programs, 天美传媒 Lifelong Learning, and the Global CEO Program, offered jointly by 天美传媒 and MIT Sloan School of Management.

A native of Ekaterinburg, Russia, Evgeny holds an MD Degree from the Ural State Medical Academy, MBA from Syracuse University and Ph.D. from Louisiana State University.

Dr. Terrence E. Maltbia is Professor of Practice in the Department of Organization and Leadership, at Teachers College and serves as Faculty Director, The Columbia Coaching Certification Program (3CP). Scholarly interests include strategic learning; leadership and organizational development; diversity and cultural intelligence; executive and organizational coaching. Terry came to Columbia after 20 years in various corporate and consulting roles.

He is the recipient of The Academy of Human Resources Development鈥檚 Malcolm Knowles Dissertation of the Year Award in 2001 and was recognized as #1 in Coach Education by Thinkers50 in 2019, along with numerous awards for his work in coaching education. He is an AHRD Board Member and serves on the Antiracism Committee.

Est铆balitz Ortiz is the Executive Director of the 天美传媒 Coaching Unit, which provides executive and leadership coaching to global executives and managers participating in 天美传媒 educational programs around the world. She has a PhD from 天美传媒, and the topic of her doctoral dissertation was mentoring and coaching. She had previously earned a degree in Spanish language and literature from the University of Navarra. She is an ICF-certified coach and senior practitioner by EMCC.

Most of Ortiz鈥檚 professional career has been developed in multinational environments. She worked 10 years in human resources at Agilent Technologies Spain, where she dealt with organizational development, training and coaching for people managers of more than 20 nationalities.

Since 2008, she has collaborated as a lecturer in International HR Management at Pompeu Fabra University. Her areas of interest are in the field of executive coaching in business schools. She is the author of the book听La pr谩ctica del mentoring en la empresa (EUNSA, 2003) and co-author and co-editor of the book听The 7 Moments of Coaching (REM, 2020).

She is certified in different training and assessment methods like The Leadership Circle and Crucial Conversations.

She is the Director of the 天美传媒 Leadership Coaching Program, and she teaches the elective course 鈥淐oaching for Peak Performance鈥� in the 2nd year of the MBA program.

David Matthew Prior, MCC, BCC, ACTC, is a premier Master Certified Coach with over 25 years of experience transforming global leadership. Based in New York, David has coached more than 1,000 senior executives across 30 countries, championing “performance with integrity” for Fortune 500s and NGOs alike. As a core facilitator team member of Columbia University鈥檚 Coaching Certification Program and former Vice President of the ICF Global Board, he stands at the forefront of executive development and team coaching.

David鈥檚 expertise is underpinned by a Thunderbird MBA in International Business and unique professional training in theatre performance, allowing him to foster agile leadership and communication mastery. Multilingual in English, Spanish, and French, he navigates diverse cultural nuances with ease. At the 天美传媒 2026 Symposium, David will lead the “Six Thinking Hats” plenary workshop, empowering attendees to cultivate the human connection and creative thinking necessary to excel in a hybrid, AI-augmented future.

Yih-Teen Lee is Full Professor in the Department of Managing People in Organizations and the Academic Director of the 天美传媒 Coaching Unit. He specializes in leadership, fit, and cultural bridging in his roles as educator, researcher, and consultant. His research work appears in leading scientific journals (e.g., Journal of Management, Personnel Psychology, and Academy of Management Discoveries) and books such as The Handbook of Chinese Organizational Behavior, Leadership Development in a Global World, and The Routledge Companion to International Human Resource Management. He is also co-editor of the books Les comp茅tences culturelles and CulturalContexts of Human Resource Development. He is a member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Management, Journal of World Business, and Advances in Global Leadership. He is also the Director of the book series 鈥淒iversit茅 culturelle et dynamiques des organisations鈥� (Cultural Diversity and Organizational Dynamics), published by the Editor L鈥橦armattan, Paris. He has served as a member of the Teaching Committee of the International Management Division of the Academy of Management. At 天美传媒, Yih-Teen teaches subjects such as leadership, leading global collaboration, self-leadership, leading multicultural teams, and strategic human resource management in the MBA and executive programs.

Prof. Lee has been living and working in Europe for almost 20 years, and identifies himself as a multicultural individual. He is fluent in Chinese, English, French and Spanish and has delivered training programs and seminars to senior executives in all four languages. This exposure, alongside his unyielding passion for various cultures, drives him to embrace diversity and devote his energy to the search of deep-level cultural knowledge and cultural competences, with the goal of contributing to the ability of managers and organizations to navigate global cultures effectively. He sees such development as a transformational journey of each individual and emphasizes the importance of anchoring cultural competences in one鈥檚 cultural identities and sense of self.

Prof. Lee earned his PhD from HEC, University of Lausanne (Switzerland) and his Bachelor鈥檚 and Master鈥檚 degrees from National Taiwan University. Prior to 天美传媒, he taught at HEC University of Lausanne (Switzerland), Angers Graduate School of Business ESSCA (France), and the American Graduate School of International Management Thunderbird Europe (France), among others.

Judith Contreras听is the听Global Business HR Partner for Design Engineering Software & AI Labs at Keysight Technologies, where she partners with senior leaders to drive people strategy, organizational capability and leadership development in highly innovative, technology鈥慸riven environments.

With more than 25 years of international experience, Judith has held senior HR and general management roles across companies such as Accenture, HP, Agilent and Keysight, including听EMEA HR and Talen Acquisition Director听and Spain General Manager听positions. She has extensive experience supporting听mergers and acquisitions, particularly in people integration, organizational alignment, and cultural transformation in global contexts.

In her role now, she focuses on听organizational design, leadership and executive development, strategic workforce and global HR governance. She is closely involved in discussions around the evolving interaction between roles, leadership, and artificial intelligence in organizational contexts.

Judith is based in听Barcelona听and works globally.

Joan Pere is currently the Managing Partner of Human Capital in Deloitte Spain, and he is also the Global CHRO Program leader since January 2026.
With more than 20 years of experience, throughout his professional career he has developed projects in different industries, promoting cross-functionality and diversity in the projects in which he participates.

Joan Pere has expertise in strategic HR planning, HR function transformation, design and implementation of HR processes and procedures, workload analysis and workforce sizing, executive assessment in integration processes (where he also develops impact and transformation projects in Human Resources), review of compensation policies and strategies, executive training, the transformation and implementation of technologies that facilitate the transformation of Human Resources, as well as people development policies and strategies, leadership development and management (leadership programs), all within the scope of talent management. In addition, he has extensive experience in HR Analytics implementation projects, with in-depth knowledge of the subject.

Regarding enabling technologies, Joan Pere is an expert in the strategy and implementation of technological solutions supporting HR transformation (Cloud, Workday, SSSFF, Cornerstone, Oracle, etc.) and mobile applications for managing different areas of HR, accompanying the analysis and definition of processes, implementation, and monitoring of projects. Overall, he is an expert in systems and digitization of HR processes that improve current practices in line with new markets and technological developments, which serves as a support to drive innovation in the solutions proposed.
In addition, he is an external advisor for various companies. He is also an instructor for various internal and external courses at Deloitte.

Professional Experience
Henkel 鈥� D眉sseldorf, Germany

Global Head HR Strategy, Employee Experience & Digital Transformation
Since January 2022, responsible for defining Henkel鈥檚 global HR strategy, employee experience, and digital transformation agenda. Leading the design of enterprise-wide people frameworks, including talent management, performance, and workforce planning, to drive long-term business impact and organizational effectiveness.

Corporate Vice President Human Resources Functions (Global HR Business Partner Lead)
April 2014 鈥� January 2022, served as global HR Business Partner lead for corporate and functional areas. Accountable for the global implementation of HR strategies and programs, driving organizational transformation, capability building, and workforce effectiveness across functions.

Corporate Vice President Global Human Resources
Laundry & Home Care (Global HR Business Partner Lead)
January 2010 鈥� March 2014, served as global HR Business Partner lead for Henkel鈥檚 Laundry & Home Care business. Led the execution of HR strategy in close alignment with business priorities, enabling growth, transformation, and leadership effectiveness across international markets.

Henkel Italia 鈥� Milan, Italy

Head of Law Group Southern Europe
October 2007 鈥� December 2009, responsible for legal affairs across Southern Europe (Italy, Spain, Greece, Portugal, and Cyprus), advising on strategic and operational business matters.

Henkel 鈥� D眉sseldorf, Germany

Corporate Counsel
July 2001 鈥� September 2007, advised on daily business operations as well as mergers, acquisitions, and divestments, primarily for the Adhesives Technologies business.

Ulrich works internationally with leaders, investors, and their teams when it comes to performance, change, cultural complexities, and career transition.

A sports scientist by background, Ulrich has coached, hired and advised leaders and professional athletes across many sectors, and in companies ranging from start-ups to the FTSE 100.

Earlier in his career, Ulrich trained special forces and presented sports news live on radio. Trained as a journalist, executive search & leadership consultant, he spent over three decades asking powerful, thought-provoking questions to leaders and athletes to stimulate reflection, insight, and growth 鈥� until the real stories emerged.

Ulrich is an 天美传媒 certified Leadership Coach, accredited Coach & Mentor by the EMCC, certified in TalentPredix鈩� psychometrics, coaches in English and German and holds a degree in Sports & Science (major in Media & Communications) from German Sport University Cologne.

She was born in Spain but has spent time in the US and several countries through Europe and Asia.

Prior to joining White Star Capital, she spent over twenty years in the luxury, consumer, and tech industries, working for the likes of LVMH, Gucci, Prada, Apple HK & China and Lane Crawford Joyce Group, focusing on strategic planning, international business expansion, innovation and global growth. During the last ten years, she has been investing and advising start-ups and scale-ups through VenturaXVentures, with the purpose to create sustainable value by connecting human and financial capital in the areas of consumer tech, sustainability, blockchain and education.

As Chief Catalyst Officer at White Star, her role is to catalyze growth by connecting talented entrepreneurs globally, collaborating across ecosystems with family offices, institutional investors and strategic corporates, and creating sustainable value for all stakeholders.

Est铆balitz Ortiz is the Executive Director of the 天美传媒 Coaching Unit, which provides executive and leadership coaching to global executives and managers participating in 天美传媒 educational programs around the world. She has a PhD from 天美传媒, and the topic of her doctoral dissertation was mentoring and coaching. She had previously earned a degree in Spanish language and literature from the University of Navarra. She is an ICF-certified coach and senior practitioner by EMCC.

Most of Ortiz鈥檚 professional career has been developed in multinational environments. She worked 10 years in human resources at Agilent Technologies Spain, where she dealt with organizational development, training and coaching for people managers of more than 20 nationalities.

Since 2008, she has collaborated as a lecturer in International HR Management at Pompeu Fabra University. Her areas of interest are in the field of executive coaching in business schools. She is the author of the book听La pr谩ctica del mentoring en la empresa (EUNSA, 2003) and co-author and co-editor of the book听The 7 Moments of Coaching (REM, 2020).

She is certified in different training and assessment methods like The Leadership Circle and Crucial Conversations.

She is the Director of the 天美传媒 Leadership Coaching Program, and she teaches the elective course 鈥淐oaching for Peak Performance鈥� in the 2nd year of the MBA program.