Another new addition to the GUS group, GISMA is a privately funded, self-administering institution of higher education. GISMA’S mission is to empower management professionals to respond to the special challenges and stringent demands of today’s highly global business environment. Based in the dynamic and business-oriented city of Hannover, GISMA offers the ideal setting for a short executive programme.
Dr Steve Priddy holds the positions as the Academic Dean at GISMA Business School as well as the Academic Dean for Grenoble Graduate School of Business London Programmes. He offers nearly 30 years of top level experience in accountancy and as a Fellow Chartered Certified Accountant (FCCA). Dr Steve Priddy joined GISMA in January 2016 as Academic Dean. He has a PhD from Birkbeck College London, as well as being a Chartered Manager of the Chartered Management Institute.
Dr Thorsten Thiel joined GISMA Business School in March 2015 as the Managing Director. Prior to that, he held the position of Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Jacobs University, Bremen. Working in different leadership roles at the University of St. Gallen, Dr Thiel set up a largely self-financed centre for career development and corporate relations, with a variety of university-wide strategic and operational tasks. Dr Thiel served as HR Manager and Consultant for Germany, Austria and Central Eastern Europe at the international law firm, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.
