Dirk Duden

Known by his students as ‘The Captain’, Dirk Duden has been Adjunct Professor at IE for four years, teaching Creative Thinking and Insight-led Innovation in IMBA, MIM and MDBI programs and Electives, winning the Teaching Excellence Award 2021 - 2022. His research, publications, and consulting focus on Blue Ocean Go2Market, B2B sales strategy and Leadership. He’s been President Global Sales and Chief Learning Officer at multinational corporations, before founding his own sales & marketing consultancy. The Captain has served in the Belgian Air Force (BAF) for twelve years as fighter pilot on F-104, F-16 and instructor on AlphaJet. He still loves to fly. Dirk lives in Spain and Germany. 

Corporate Experience

• Executive Director Poco comun consulting, SPAIN, 2016 - Present

• Chief Learning Officer, TERADATA, US, 2006 - 2015

• Group President Global Sales, COMSCOPE/ANDREW, US, 2001 - 2006

• Learning & Development Senior Consultant, XEROX, GERMANY, 1991 - 2000

Academic Experience

• Adjunct Professor of Marketing, IE University, Spain, 2020 - Present 

• Assistant Professor of Philology, State University Luttich, Belgium, 1993 - 1995

• Military Academy, Strategy & Leadership, Belgium, 1978 - 1990

Academic Background

• Executive MBA Digital Transformation & Innovation, IE Business School, Spain

• Ph.D. in Germanic Philology, State University Luttich, Belgium

• Lic. in Germanic Philology, State University Luttich, Belgium

• Master Trainer Certifications HayMcBer, ATD, Learning Intl, AchieveGlobal

• Military Academy PPL/CPL BAF, CFI (Instructor), ATP