Jens Mueller Biography
Associate Professor Jens Mueller
With more than two decades experience as chair/CEO/corporate leader of large multi-national firms, Associate Professor Jens Mueller combines his worldwide academic research with an active consulting practice. He’s consulted in more than 15 countries to big firms such as Wal-Mart, Philip Morris, HSBC, Unilever and KPMG.
In New Zealand, Jens has worked with many organisations on creating effective performance strategies and good governance models. They include Telecom, Harcourts, Kindercare, Advance Cleaning, Houston Technology, Mitre 10, Fonterra, NZ Shareholders Association, Business NZ, NZ Venture Capital Association, Real Institute of New Zealand, CCMAU, KPMG, and QualCare Health.
Jens Mueller sees many firms that have successfully made the transition from a local New Zealand performance level, to become world class actors. Given the small national market, this requires an open mind to learn from the best firms overseas and to not shy away from world markets, where many New Zealand firms are outstanding performers.
This ongoing relationship with business enables him to bring current knowledge about sustainable entrepreneurship, strategic management and good governance to Waikato Management School and its executive clients.
In addition to teaching at Waikato Management School, Jens teaches MBA students at leading universities in Australia, Singapore, the US and Europe. This gives him ample and excellent opportunity to share experiences and to benchmark his teaching to a worldwide high standard. He’s an advocate of relevant action-learning, always encouraging students to make challenging managerial decisions.
Jens holds a doctorate in law from California, an MBA from Illinois, a Masters in Advanced Management from Peter Drucker's Claremont University and an LLM in International Taxation from California.
He has founded and operated a number of multi-national high technology businesses in Europe, the US and New Zealand and has successfully turned around businesses to be market leaders before onselling to US Fortune 100 firms.
He is the editor of two refereed international academic journals and regularly writes in academic and mainstream industry and trade publications, including the New Zealand Herald and Management magazine.
Last updated 3:47:54 pm Wednesday 30 September, 2009