Professor Dr Frank Jacob: the new rector of ESCP Business School in Berlin
Prof. Dr. Frank Jacob has taken up his position as the new Rector of ESCP Business School in Berlin on 1 December 2023. He succeeds Professor Véronique Tran, who became ESCP’s Executive Vice-President for Executive Education and Corporate Relations on 1 July 2023.
Frank Jacob was appointed Professor of Marketing at ESCP in 2002 and has been a member of the European Department of Marketing ever since.
Frank Jacob was elected by the School's Academic Senate and appointed Rector by Professor Léon Laulusa, Executive President and Dean of ESCP. In this role, he will strengthen ESCP’s outstanding position and excellence in teaching and research, and further develop its unique multicultural and multidisciplinary approach.
With six campuses in Europe - Berlin, London, Madrid, Paris, Turin, and Warsaw - ESCP Business School has a unique pan-European business model. Each campus is recognised and accredited by national and/or local authorities in the respective country.
Prof. Dr. Frank Jacob
Frank Jacob studied business administration at Saarland University and at the University of Michigan (USA), obtained his doctorate at the Free University of Berlin, habilitated there and was a visiting scholar at Western Sydney University in Australia. He regularly publishes in international academic journals on topics relating to service marketing and the opportunities offered by digital technologies in marketing. Frank Jacob has successfully guided 10 doctoral students to their doctorates and is a regular reviewer in Germany and abroad.
In the spring of this year, he was honoured with a commemorative publication for his research. He has held teaching positions at colleges and universities in various regions, including Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia, the United States and Australia. His teaching experience spans all academic levels, including bachelor programmes, master programmes, doctoral education and executive education.
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