Meet our Community

Our faculty members are drawn from around the world, are highly qualified in their field(s) of expertise, and combine a solid academic background with ample professional experience as business leaders, industrialists, entrepreneurs and/or consultants. They all hold a Master or Doctoral degree (or equivalent) and have relevant teaching experience at other schools, colleges and/or universities.

Combining academics with significant management practice allows for the creation of an excellent learning environment, bringing real business concepts into the classroom. Faculty members employ interactive teaching methods, providing for close student-teacher contact. Also, each year several courses are taught by visiting professors, offering a consistent level of quality across institutions.

Our team members are available either on-campus or virtually, or both. They are ready to assist and personally advise students academically and organizationally.

Student achievement

At UIBS we track student advancement by evaluating both academic success through individual performance and learning outcomes assessments and career success, based on internship evaluations and employment rates. Our goal is to ensure that students are well-prepared for professional opportunities and lifelong learning.

Student Advancement Reports

Alumni Career Insights

Learn more about where our alumni work and what they do:

Faculty members

Dr. Maite Ibarretxe
Dr. Maite Ibarretxe
From Spain, Maite is one of our Faculty Members and the Chair of our Examination Committee.
Dr. Camelia Nistor
Dr. Camelia Nistor
From Romania, Camelia is a Faculty and Exam Committee Member.
Dr. Alasdair White
Dr. Alasdair White
From the UK, Alasdair is one of our Faculty Members and Advisor to our Examination Committee.
Dr. Maria Chalevelaki
Dr. Maria Chalevelaki
From Greece, Maria is one of our Faculty and Exam Committee Members.
Simona Picciau
Simona Picciau
From Italy, Simona is one of our Faculty Members.
Ernani Contipelli
Ernani Contipelli
From Brasil, Ernani is one of our Faculty Members.
Vladimir Mirkov
Vladimir Mirkov
From Serbia, Vladimir is one of our Faculty Members.
Marco Mossinkoff
Marco Mossinkoff
From Italy, Marco is one of our Faculty Members.
Oliver Olson
Oliver Olson
From the USA, Oliver is the external member of our Examination Committee.
Dr. Ajay Sharma
Dr. Ajay Sharma
From India, Ajay is one of our Faculty Members.
Dr. Zeeshan Safdar
Dr. Zeeshan Safdar
From the Netherlands, Zeeshan is one of our Faculty Members.
Danielle Walsh
Danielle Walsh
From Australia, Danielle is one of our Faculty Members.
Stanley Mbelu
From the Netherlands, Stanley is one of our Faculty Members.
Neetu Victor
From India, Neetu is one of our Faculty Members.

Team members

Debra Manders
From Canada, Debra is our Dean. She is the Chair of the Executive and also a member of the Management Team.
Mirna Vieira
Mirna Vieira
From Croatia, Mirna is our Student Advancement Officer (SAO), responsible for Admissions and the Offices of the Bursar and Registrar. She is also our team’s Human Resource Officer (HRO). As SAO, she is a member of the Executive Team, and as HRO, she is a member also of the Management Team.
Thierry Kirschstein
Thierry Kirschstein
From Belgium, Thierry is our Representative Director and Management Team Chair.
Camila Cepeda
Camila Cepeda
From Argentina, Camila is one of our Advisory Board Members.
Sarah Williamson
Sarah Williamson
From the UK, Sarah is our Quality Assurance Officer, and Executive Board Member.
May Wesseling
From the Netherlands, May is our Academic Coordinator for Final Projects and Applied Research.
Monika Weiss
From the USA, Monika is our Lead Admissions Advisor based at our Metropolitan Campus in Amsterdam.
Tawana Zavazava
From Switzerland, Tawana is our Community and Academic Coordinator based at our Metropolitan Campus in Amsterdam.
Lucy Deady
From the UK, Lucy is our Student, Faculty and Campus Coordinator based at our Metropolitan Campus in Amsterdam.

Board of Advisors

Kees Spijker
Kees Spijker
From the Netherlands, Kees is one of our Advisory Board Members.