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The EADA and HHL Global Executive MBA programme has constituted a “Corporate Advisory Board” with managers from global companies, which will meet twice over the year with the management teams of both institutions.
The aim of the Corporate Advisory Board is to link the ‘EADA-HHL Global Executive MBA’, a programme with a global scope, with the corporate world.

The members of this exclusive Corporate Advisory Board are:

Dr. Matthias Afting
Executive Vice President
Head of Global HR and Organization
Vorwerk & Co. KG
Vorwerk & Co. KG is a globally active, diversified group. The core business of the Vorwerk Group is the direct selling of innovative and high-quality products. Worldwide there are more than 623,000 people working with Vorwerk, of whom around 32,500 are sales advisers in the business of selling household appliances and more than 569,000 working for JAFRA Cosmetics and about 22,000 employees. Vorwerk generated a business volume of 2.372 billion euros in 2010 and operates in 66 countries.

Dr. Richard Pott
Member of the Board of Directors
Bayer AG
Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the fields of health care, nutrition and high-tech materials. As an inventor company, it sets trends in research-intensive areas. Bayer’s products and services are designed to benefit people and improve the quality of life. At the same time, the Group aims to create value through innovation, growth and high earning power.
Bayer is committed to the principles of sustainable development and acts as a socially and ethically responsible corporate citizen. In fiscal 2011, the Group employed about 112,000 people and had sales of €36.5 billion. Capital expenditures amounted to €1.7 billion, R&D expenses to €2.9 billion.

Dr. Mark-Ken Erdmann
Deputy CFO
Rickmers Group
Rickmers is a diversified group with activities in the business segments of Maritime Assets, Maritime Services and Logistics Services.
The Group is based in Hamburg, Germany and is represented through a worldwide network of offices and agencies. The roots of Rickmers date back to the year 1834, when R.C. Rickmers founded the renowned Rickmers shipyard in Bremerhaven. Today, Rickmers Group employs more than 3 200 crew on board and more than 450 staff ashore worldwide.

Mr. Josef Schelchshorn
Executive Vice President Human Resources
Seat (Volkswagen Group)
SEAT presents a range of cars delivering the thrilling combination of superior engineering and pure enjoyment. Founded more than 61 years ago, Seat is a dynamic, design-driven, young-spirited brand, constantly seeking to create new levels of quality car enjoy
Internationalisation enabled SEAT to weather the storm affecting the Spanish market in 2011, and forge ahead with its plans for growth and profitability. SEAT passed the 5 billion euros mark in terms of revenues (5,049 million, 8.3% more than the previous financial year), thanks to an increase in exports and the market success of its products.

Mr. Enric Vilamitjana
Managing Director,
Panasonic Home Appliances Air Conditioning Europe (PHAAE)
Panasonic is one of the largest and leading electronic product manufacturers in the world and a well-known brand name. It stands for the depth and diversity of its research capabilities, manufacturing expertise, high quality and sophisticated products since 1918.
Today, Panasonic Corporation is globally comprised of over 680 companies and almost 390,000 employees in manufacturing and marketing with over 15,000 products supplying customer needs. Sony aims to be a ""Customer Value Creation Company"" that provides safety, security, comfort and convenience in line with the visions of contributing to a ubiquitous networking society and coexisting with the global environment.

Mrs. Margareth Chen
Corporate Director for Asia
Telefónica
Telefónica is one of the world’s leading integrated operators in the telecommunication sector, providing communication, information and entertainment solutions, with presence in Europe, Africa and Latin America. It operates in 25 countries. As of December 2011, Telefónica’s total number of customers amounted to 306.6 millions.
The Group stands in seventh position in the sector Telco worldwide in terms of market capitalisation the 1st as an European integrated operator and in seventh position in the Eurostoxx 50 ranking, composed of the major companies in Europe (December 31st 2011).