International faculty

Pons Jose Maria

Position:  Course: Strategic Marketing Management

Jose M. Pons holds a degree in Law from the University of Barcelona, an MBA from University College Dublin and a PhD in Business Administration from IESE, Barcelona, where he was a member of the marketing faculty for 15 years and Chairperson of the MBA Program between 1990 and 1994. At the moment he runs AXIOMA CONSULTANTS, a marketing consulting firm he founded 6 years ago, and lives in Barcelona.

He is involved both in executive education as well as practical consulting projects with an emphasis on aligning marketing management policies with current business strategies. He has been a Visiting Professor at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia [Charlottesville] and regular speaker at Management Education events organized by the European Foundation for Management Development, the Graduate Management Admission Council and the Central and Easter European Management Association Network. He regularly teaches at the IEDC Bled School of Management [Slovenia], Instituto Internacional San Telmo [Spain], Rejkavick University and the European School for Management and Technology [Germany] among others.

Among the international organizations that he has been connected with, either in consulting or in management development activities are Henkel, ABN AMRO Bank, Telefonica, Aon, Adolfo Dominguez, Saint Gobain, Siemens, Wrigley, Electrolux, UHY, BBVA, Omnicon Group and The World Bank. In Spain he has worked for clients like Mapfre, Celsa, Global Steel Wire, Gas Natural, Caja Madrid and Pronovias He has taught and consulted extensively in Central and Eastern European countries.