INSEAD Appoints Global Interim Deans

Dr. Franz B. Humer, Chairman of the INSEAD Board of Directors said, “On behalf of the Board, I thank Ilian and Peter for agreeing to serve as Interim Deans and wish Dipak well in his new role.”

Ilian Mihov and Peter Zemsky are long-standing tenured faculty members who have been deeply involved in the school’s top-ranked education programmes. They will both have global responsibilities across INSEAD’s three international campuses, with Mihov focusing on Faculty and Research and Zemsky on Degree Programmes and Curriculum. 

Jain said, “It has been a true honour to serve as Dean of INSEAD. I am happy to say that I will remain as a chaired professor in Marketing. I look forward to serving the school and working with my colleagues.”

Humer further commented, “The constant that remains amidst change is the depth and breadth of INSEAD’s faculty and staff. We will continue to champion our shared values for independence, diversity, entrepreneurship, closeness to business, rigour and relevance in teaching and research. This is one of the key reasons why INSEAD in fewer than five decades has become the business school for the world.”

As one of the world’s leading and largest graduate business schools, INSEAD brings together people, cultures and ideas to change lives and to transform organisations. A global perspective and cultural diversity are reflected in all aspects of our research and teaching.

With campuses in Europe (France), Asia (Singapore) and Abu Dhabi, INSEAD’s business education and research spans three continents. Our 145 renowned Faculty members from 35 countries inspire more than 1,000 degree participants annually in our MBA, Executive MBA, Specialised Master’s degrees (Master in Finance, Executive Master in Consulting and Coaching for Change) and PhD programmes. In addition, more than 9,000 executives participate in INSEAD’s Executive Education programmes each year.

In addition to INSEAD’s programmes on our three campuses, INSEAD participates in academic partnerships with the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia & San Francisco); the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University near Chicago, and Johns Hopkins University/SAIS in Washington DC. In Asia, INSEAD partners with Tsinghua University in Beijing. INSEAD is a founding partner in the multidisciplinary Sorbonne University created in 2012, and also partners with Fundação Dom Cabral in Brazil.

INSEAD became a pioneer of international business education with the opening of the Fontainebleau campus in Europe in 1960. In 2000, INSEAD opened our Asia campus in Singapore. And in 2007 the school began an association in the Middle East, officially opening the Abu Dhabi campus in 2010.

Around the world and over the decades, INSEAD continues to conduct cutting edge research and to innovate across all our programmes to provide business leaders with the knowledge and sensitivity to operate anywhere. These core values have enabled us to become truly "The Business School for the World."