Prof. Dr. rer. oec. h.c. Dr. phil. h.c. Axel Haas (Germany) – Managing Director of Arend Prozessautomation Company, Lecturer at the Department of Management at the Trier University (Germany), Honorary Doctor of Philosophy of the National Dragomanov Pedagogical University, Honorary Doctor in International Business and Honorary Professor of Marketing and Entrepreneurship of the Ukrainian-American Concordia University.
Prof. Dr. h.c. Hendrik S. Doss (Germany) – Dipl. Designer (FH), Design Dozent at the faculty of Media Management of the RheinMain University of Applied Sciences (Germany), Honorary Doctor of the Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design, CEO of dosscom, Member of the Board of Directors of the German-Ukrainian Association for Economy and Science, lecturer at the EC Europa Campus University of Applied Sciences and the Ukrainian-American Concordia University.
Graduated from the University of Missouri, St. Louis, with a B.A. in Chemistry and Washington University of St. Louis, with a master’s degree in Social Work.
Founder and owner of Central Contracting Inc., an upscale residential renovation contractor since 1981. Previous experience as chemist at Monsanto World Headquarters and Mallinckrodt Laboratories. Top salesman at Roche Laboratories and AstraZeneca.
At Landmark Worldwide (formerly Landmark Education) throughout the USA, Canada and Mexico trained over 500 volunteers and staff in presenting and managing groups. Produced and organized over 50 seminars for 10 to 300 person events. Managed enrollment and registration into programs.
He teaches Being A Leader and Effective Exercise to Leadership: An Ontological / Phenomenological Model at Ukrainian-American Concordia University, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, National Aviation University, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv; holds workshops and lectures at US Embassy’s Janet C. Demiray English Teacher Resource Center and National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”.
Marketing Director of the international corporation Imperial Tobacco Ukraine.
A Harvard Business School alumni, has over 15 years of professional management experience in Beiersdorf AG, one of the leading global manufacturers of personal consumer products in Ukraine. Joachim has worked at many different levels in global organizations, has taken part in the development and implementation of effective local strategies for FMCG in Chile, Germany and CIS countries.
Maria Cristina has always been involved in the art of teaching. Enthusiastic, passionate and creative. Believes in the force of learning and in priceless wealth of culture and education, lived in many corners of the world and from each country and culture she has tried to learn a lesson. Has translated books from English and Spanish into Italian and vice versa.
Maria Cristina believes she can transfer her current skills to support a class in their learning path.
He is General Manager of the Professional Products Division of L’Oreal Ukraine Company. He’s been working at L’Oreal Group for the past 15 years, having worked at various leadership positions including heading the divisions of the company in Montreal and Paris. Now works in Ukraine as a Director of L’Oreal Professional Product Division in Ukraine.
Has been teaching at the Ukrainian-American Concordia University for six years.
Prof. Dr. Marshall Christensen, Ph.D. (USA) – Founder and Leadership Team Member of Co-Serve International (USA), Honorary Professor of the Ukrainian-American Concordia University.
Prof. Dr. phil. h.c. Michael Ruiss (Germany) – publisher and CEO of the top-rated Magazine Frankfurt Rhein-Main (leading regional lifestyle magazine of the German Frankfurt Rhine-Main region), Honorary Doctor of Philosophy of the Lesya Ukrainka Eastern European National University (Volyn); Honorary Professor of Journalism of the Ukrainian-American Concordia University.
Prof. Dr. phil. h.c. Dr. phil. h.c. Moritz Hunzinger (Germany) is an expert in Public Relations. Since 2016 Chairman of the Board of the mobile payment company Cashcloud. Since 2015 Board Member of the automotive manufacturer company Gemballa Holding, from 2016 to 2017 interim CEO of Mars One Ventures. Prior to these positions he was Chairman of the Board of stock listed Infas Holding (previously Hunzinger Information) for 25 years. Since 2015, Chairman of the Advisory Board of Brocard Parfums (leading perfume retailer in Ukraine), Vice-Chairman from 2003 until 2015. Assigned to Cabinet of the then EU Vice-President Martin Bangemann, he advised the European Commission on cooperation with Eastern and Central Europe countries. He received his diploma from the first President of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk. Holds Honorary Doctorates of Philosophy of the Ukrainian-American Concordia University and the National Dragomanov Pedagogical University. Was appointed as Honorary Senator by the Ukrainian Free University in Munich, Germany in 2008. Since 2015 he is an Honorary Professor at the Lesya Ukrainka Eastern European National University (Lutsk, Ukraine). Since 2014, Moritz Hunzinger is a professor for PR and Communication at the Faculty of Socio-Psychological Sciences and Management and thus the first foreign faculty member of the NDPU (Kyiv, Ukraine). In 2017 he was elected a member of the Supervisory Board of the NDPU. He is Honorary Professor of PR and Communication, Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board and the European Union Coordinator at the Ukrainian-American Concordia University.
Mr. Paul R. Thomas – Advisor to the Rector, a leading business expert specializing in Natural Resource Economics and International Finance and lecturer of the Ukrainian-American Concordia University. Mr. Thomas holds a master’s degree (M.A.) in Economics (Santa Barbara, 1978). As an Adjunct Professor, he lectures and teaches seminars in business valuation, asset appraisal and financial analysis for university MBA programs, contributes to industry journals, and teaches seminars in support of energy efficiency project financing for industry and government entities. On behalf of the United States Appraisal Institute, he develops and teaches courses as part of the Professional Development Program in International Valuation of Fixed Assets. As Partner and President with IRE (USA) Inc. and IRE (Ukraine) LLC, Thomas and Simonova (Ukraine) since 1995, Mr Paul R. Thomas currently serves as Senior Executive and Consultant conducting business and asset valuations (land, commercial and residential real estate, industrial real estate, hotels and retail facilities in compliance with International Valuation Standards), carrying out corporate due diligence and financial services for clients operating in Ukraine and the CIS, i.e. for firms undergoing international audits by Big-4 firms. Representative clients and valuations assignments include Withers LLC. London, Oschad Bank, Privat Bank, UkrNafta, U.S. State Department, Daewoo Telecom, etc. Mr. Thomas has more than 45 publications, including research articles, case studies, appraisals and valuation reports, journal and periodical articles, conference papers, seminar materials and reviews.
Numerous contributions of data and publication references in the Wall Street Journal, Mining Engineering, Engineering and Mining Journal, Newsletters of The Gold and Silver Institutes, the Natural Resources Industries Institute, the American Mining Congress Journal, various Ukrainian business magazines and newspapers. Paul R. Thomas was awarded an Honorary Membership in the Ukrainian Society of Appraisers in recognition of outstanding contributions toward development of the appraisal industry in Ukraine (1999).
Dr. h.c. Philipp Schmidt (Germany) – CEO and Founder of KONZEPTBERLIN; Strategic Advisor and Chief of Staff in the German Parliament (the Bundestag). Master of International Business (MSc), University of Tilburg, Netherlands. Visiting Professor of the UACU. Holds the title of Honorary Doctor in Human Resource Management and International Relations of the Ukrainian-American Concordia University (2018).
We are pleased to announce that on September 1, 2020, Dr. Wolf Klinz was appointed as an Honorary Professor of European Policy and International Management of the Ukrainian-American Concordia University (WIUU). Dr. Wolf Klinz is the Former Member of the European Parliament (2004-2014, 2017-2019), former president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Frankfurt am Main, Germany and former Executive Board Member of Treuhandstalt, the German Government’s agency for privatisation of the former East German industry, the then biggest company in the world with 8.000 entities and over 4 million employees.
