Oliver Gottschalg

Oliver Gottschalg holds a Wirtschaftsingenieur Diploma from the University of Karlsruhe, an MBA from Georgia State University and a M.Sc. and Ph.D. degree from INSEAD.

His current research focuses on the strategic logic and the performance determinants of private equity investments. A second stream of work looks at the implications of employee motivation for firm performance in different settings. In parallel to his faculty position at HEC, he is affiliated with INSEAD as a visiting researcher and the coordinator of the HEC Buyout Research program.

His work has been published in leading academic journals and in various publications for practitioners. He regularly presents his research at academic conferences and private equity symposia and serves as an advisor to leading investors in the private equity industry. At HEC, he teaches a core course on business strategy and offers an elective on Management Buyouts.

EDUCATION

• 2005 Ph.D. in Management, INSEAD - France
• 2003 Visiting Doctoral Student, University of Pennsylvania - USA
• 2002 Master of Science in Management, INSEAD - France
• 1999 Diplom-Wirtschaftsingenieur, Universität Karlsruhe - Germany
• 1997 Master of Business Administration, Georgia State University - USA

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Academic responsabilities at HEC

• 2009- Associate Professor HEC Paris
• 2005- Member of GREGHEC, the joint research laboratory CNRS-HEC Paris HEC Paris Academic Director of the Executive Campus of the HEC EMBA Program, June 2010HEC Paris Academic Director of the TRIUM Global Executive MBA ProgramHEC Paris Academic Director of the ETP Program China, as part of the 10,000 Women Program by Goldman SachsHEC Paris

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Membership in Academic or Professional Organisation

• Member, Academy of Management

Editorial activities

• Member of the Editorial Board of the book series "Academic Readings in Private Equity" in cooperation with the European Venture Capital Association
• Ad-Hoc Reviewer for the Journal of Restructuring Finance, the Strategic Management Journal, Research Policy, the Journal of Management Studies, the Journal of Finance
• Reviewer for the Academy of Management Conference (BPS Division)
• Reviewer, Academy of International Business

Conference organisation

• 2011-2011 Co-organizer of the Paris Private Equity Forum (joint initiative HEC-Sciences Po)
• 2003-2003 Academy of management Conference, Seattle: Initiator and Co-Chair of the Symposium New Strategic Challenges for Management Buyouts and their Financiers: International Perspectives
• The INSEAD Private Equity Conference, Fontainebleau, France, mai 2004. Co-initiator, co-organizer, presenter at the event which gathered 130 professionals from the private equity industry, 60 speakers and over 150 alumni and MBAs

AWARDS & HONORS

• 2010 BNP Paribas Pierre Vernimmen Teaching Award