Martine Haas has been named the Anthony L. Davis Director of the Joseph H. Lauder Institute for Management & International Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. The announcement was made today by Penn Provost Wendell Pritchett.
“Martine Haas is one of the most exciting and innovative thinkers about the future of global business,” said Pritchett. “I am confident that she will be a great leader in advancing the vital mission of the Lauder Institute. This mission is more essential than ever in our increasingly globalized society, whose complex challenges require multi-faceted, interdisciplinary solutions.”
Haas is a tenured faculty member at the Wharton School who has taught at Penn since 2007. A native of South Africa and a citizen of the United States and the United Kingdom, she is a leading expert on global business, including collaboration in multinational firms, global teamwork, and the sociology and social psychology of organizations. She has published academic and managerial articles in leading journals, served on numerous editorial boards and in senior editorial roles and received scholarly awards from the Academy of Management and Academy of International Business, as well as awards for teaching excellence in both the Wharton MBA core and Wharton undergraduate programs.
She has worked for McKinsey & Company in London and for the international aid agency Oxfam and advised a wide range of global organizations including the World Bank, the BBC and the Tate Gallery of Modern Art. Before joining Penn, she served on the faculty at Cornell University and as a visiting faculty member at London Business School. She earned a Ph.D. in organizational behavior and an M.A. in sociology from Harvard University, an M.A. in international relations from Yale University, and a B.A. with honors in human sciences from Oxford University.
“Dr. Martine Haas is the perfect choice to lead the Lauder Institute,” said Ronald Lauder, chair of the Lauder Institute Board of Governors. “Dr. Haas’ experience, vision and leadership will advance the Lauder Institute, already one of the world’s leading places for international business education, to an even higher level. I welcome Martine to this exceptional team, and we are all excited to work with her."
The Joseph H. Lauder Institute for Management & International Studies was founded by brothers Leonard and Ronald Lauder in 1983 in honor of their father, Joseph H. Lauder. It provides a fully integrated business education for a new generation of leaders, preparing them to speak the language of global business, culture and politics in a world of specialization, change and uncertainty. Its rigorous academic program, in which students earn a Master of Arts in International Studies and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School or a J.D. from the Law School, integrates teaching in tailored arts and sciences courses with advanced language study and cultural-immersion experiences.
