Biography

Stanislav Shekshnia is Senior Affiliate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise at INSEAD.
Stanislav Shekshnia directs the Leading from the Chair Programme.

His research concentrates on leadership, leadership development and effective governance at emerging markets and organizations.

Stanislav Shekshnia is a senior partner at Ward Howell talent equity advisory, which has offices in Moscow, Paris, St. Petersburg, Kiev, and Alma-Aty. Stanislav provides advice and personal coaching to business owners, senior executives and executive teams.

Dr. Shekshnia is a Chair of board of directors of Russian Fishery and a board member at NLMK and NIS. He has served as a Chair of SUEK, Vimpelcom-R and a board member of a number of Russian and international companies.

In 1991-2002 Stanislav Shekshnia held positions of CEO, Alfa-Telecom, President and CEO, Millicom International Cellular, Russia and CIS, Chief Operating Officer of VimpelCom, Director of Human Resources, Central and Eastern Europe of Otis Elevator.

Dr. Shekshnia is the author, co-author, or editor of 7 books, including Coaching: How to
Manage Free People (2010, 2013, 2015), The New Russian Business Leaders (2004 with
M.Kets deVries, K. Korotov, E. Florent-Treacy), Corporate Governance in Russia (2004, edit.
with S. Puffer and D. McCarthy). His articles appeared in such journals as The Academy of
Management Executive, the European Management Journal, Harvard Business Review Russia, Harvard Business Review Germany, Journal of West-East Business, Case Research Journal, California Management Review, Compensation and Benefits Review, Journal of Management Inquiry, The International Executive, L’Expansion Management Review, Russian business daily Vedomosty, Expert, Management, Personnel Management, Personnel Mix, Kariera and Kompania magazines.

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