Dr. Randel Carlock is the first Berghmans Lhoist Chaired Professor in Entrepreneurial Leadership, founding Director of the Wendel International Centre for Family Enterprises and the Family Enterprise Challenge Executive Program (France and Singapore).

He has an MA in education and training, MBA in strategic management (1983) and a PhD (1991) in organization development from the University of Minnesota. His doctoral dissertation explored managing high growth entrepreneurial firms. He has also completed a post graduate certification in family therapy at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, University of London (1998) and a certificate in psychodynamic counseling at Birkbeck College, University of London (1999). He was awarded a Certificate in Family Business Advising with Fellow Status (2001) by The Family Firm Institute, Boston, Mass. (USA).

Carlock is author of several articles, books and case studies and co-author with John L. Ward of Strategic Planning for the Family Business (available from Macmillan in Arabic, English, Spanish and Chinese).

Carlock spent 25 years in business serving first as an executive with Dayton-Hudson (now Target Corporation) and as a CEO and Chairman of a NASDAQ listed corporation he founded. He serves as a consultant and advisor to several of the world's largest family businesses.

Global Family Enterprises Exploring Business Strategy; Family Dynamics; Governance and the Development of the Next Generation; Coaching and Executive Leadership in Organisations.

MBA Elective; Family Firm Management; Executive MBA Electives; Family Business Management; Coaching and Consulting for Change; Family Enterprise Challenge (EDP).