Profile

Markus Venzin

Chief Executive Officer
EHL Group

Prof. Markus Venzin is EHL Group’s Chief Executive Officer as of September 1, 2022. Born and raised in Switzerland, and having lived for over 20 years in Italy, Markus combines the structure and process competencies needed to manage complex business development programs with the creativity and flexibility needed to create new ideas. Before joining EHL, Markus was a Full Professor of Global Strategy at the Management and Technology Department of Bocconi University and its Dean of Innovation. He is a Founding Partner of Corporate Hangar, a venture builder that supports large firms by creating the infrastructure for serial innovation. He has worked as a strategist in several industries, including manufacturing, financial services and fashion. He has also founded his own consulting firm and served as a member of supervisory and advisory boards of several multinational firms. Markus sharpened his international academic profile, as well as his managerial leadership skills, as the founder and long-time Director of the Master of Science in International Management program at Bocconi University, as the Director of the Strategy and Entrepreneurship Department, and subsequently as the Director of the "Claudio Dematté" Research Division at SDA Bocconi. Markus founded two tech startups, which he managed as CEO. He was actively involved in executive development in a wide range of industries, facilitated strategy workshops for top-management teams, and offered consulting services to senior executives. He is a frequent speaker at corporate and industry events on topics such as company resilience, internationalization strategies, strategic decision-making dynamics, global knowledge-management systems, and the development of formal planning and control processes in large multinational firms.