Faculty of Business - John Molson MBA International Case ...

Universität Paderborn
Professor Dr. Bettina Schiller (Academic Advisor)
Professor Schiller leads the Centre for Risk Management and
the department of Banking and Finance at the University of
Paderborn, focusing her research on risk management. Since
2006, Professor Schiller takes the role of Academic Advisor for
the Paderborn MBA ICC team.
bettina.schiller@notes.uni-paderborn.de
Dr. Klaus Schüler (Coach)
For more than fifteen years, Klaus has been serving as a
senior advisor to banking, trading, and consulting executives.
He developed special expertise in go-to-market strategies,
business start-ups and business transformations. In his role
as associate professor at the University of Paderborn and at
the Cologne University of Applied Sciences Klaus gives back
to the community by sharing his extensive knowledge with
tomorrow’s business leaders. Klaus looks back to a long history
with the competition, having won the third place with his team
in 1997 and serving as a coach of the Paderborn team since
1999. kschueler@klausschueler.de
Dr. Volker Seiler (Coach)
After gaining practical experience during internships at
PricewaterhouseCoopers and Deutsche Bank’s Private Wealth
Management, Volker worked as a research assistant at the
Center of Private Banking at WHU – Otto Beisheim School
of Management. In his PhD thesis he focused on “Customer
Satisfaction of High Net Worth Individuals”. He currently works
as Associate Professor (Akademischer Rat) at the Chair of
Macroeconomics at the University of Paderborn, focusing his
research on financial economics. After his participation as a
team member of the 2006 MBA ICC team he decided to stay
with the competition and coaches the team since then.
volker.seiler@wiwi.upb.de
Jenny Bartuli (Competitor)
Jenny is a second year Master student of International
Business Studies with a specialization in International
Management, Marketing and Corporate Governance. Jenny
gained international experience through studying in Spain and
Australia. Apart from her studies Jenny worked as
Marketing and Sales Assistant at Wincor Nixdorf International
GmbH in Paderborn. Since 2010 Jenny is in charge of the
secretariat of the Chair of Corporate Governance at University
of Paderborn. Having pursued an international direction
throughout her studies, Jenny plans an internship abroad in
2012. Thereafter she strives for becoming a Marketing & Sales
Manager in an international industrial company.
jenny.bartuli@googlemail.com
From left to right: Dr. Volker Seiler (Coach), Nico
Kirwald, Aydin Celik, Jenny Bartuli, Eugen Dimant,
Dr. Klaus Schüler (Coach)
Separate photo: Dr. Bettina Schiller (Academic Advisor)
Aydin Celik (Competitor)
During his studies of business administration at the University
of Paderborn, Aydin Celik not only focused on international
financial reporting standards, but also on the rules of German
and American GAAP. Knowledge of the latter was acquired
especially during several semesters abroad in the United
States. Pursuing the goal of becoming a CPA, Mr. Celik also
specialized in the field of auditing and gained wide practical
experience through various internships at renowned audit
firms, where, amongst others, he engaged in year-end audits of
large, international companies and groups with diverse areas of
business operations. aydin.celik@gmx.de
Eugen Dimant (Competitor)
Eugen Dimant is a current master’s degree student of
international economics at the University of Paderborn with
monetary policy, economic fraud and environmental economics
being his thematic priorities and preferred field of work.
During his studies he gained formative national and
international hands-on experience in the United States and
Germany working SAP America Inc., SAP AG, the Ifo Institute
for Economic Research and the KfW Banking Group and
studied at the Ottawa University, Canada. Since 2008, he
continuously worked as a student assistant, tutor and coach
at the chairs of Organization and Business Management,
Investment and Finance, Corporate Governance and Marketing.
eugendimant@googlemail.com
Nico Kirwald (Competitor)
Nico Kirwald studies Business Administration in the master’s
degree at the University of Paderborn while having received
a Bachelor in Economics and Management before. His main
focuses are organization and management which he also
followed while gaining experiences abroad at universities in
Canada and China. Next to his studies he did internships at an
automobile supplier and a major group holding in Germany
and specialized in quality management, process optimization
and audit. He will also follow these majors in his future
development.
kirwald.nico@gmail.com
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