Marc Szepan

Marc Szepan is a Lecturer in International Business. His areas of expertise include strategic management of global businesses, management of technology-intensive and digital businesses, business in China, and the aviation industry.

Marc is a scholar-practitioner who brings extensive experience in running global technical and digital businesses to his research and teaching. His most recent academic research has examined cross-border M&A, post-acquisition integration, and knowledge transfer management in the context of China’s aviation industry. He has published in English, German, and Chinese and has been featured in the general and industry media. He has also served on the founding team of the Mercator Institute for China Studies, Berlin, Germany, as Co-Director (part-time), Economy and Business Research Area.

Prior to returning to school, Marc’s primary professional experience has been in leading technical and digital aviation businesses in Europe, Asia, and the U.S. Most recently, he served as Senior Vice President, Airline Operations Solutions, at Lufthansa Systems, the IT services business segment of Lufthansa Group. He led a multi-business unit flight operations support business that served a global airline customer base. He also held leadership roles at Lufthansa Technik, the MRO business segment of Lufthansa Group, and for two other German industrial companies. In 2012, Marc was recognized as one of Aviation Week & Space Technology’s “40 Under Forty: Rising Stars of Aerospace and Aviation”.

Marc joined the Saïd Business School faculty in 2016 after completing the DPhil programme in Management Studies at the School. He earned a BA from Middlebury College and an AM in Regional Studies - East Asia from Harvard University. He also holds an MBA from the Duke University Fuqua School of Business where he completed the Global Executive MBA programme.

Areas of expertise include:

• Strategic management of global businesses
• Management of technology-intensive and digital businesses
• Cross-border M&A
• Business in China
• Globalisation of Chinese firms
• Aviation industry
• Complex engineered products
• Safety management