Prof. Dr. Mike Schulze

”As custodians of corporate performance, Controllers play a pivotal role in shaping the future. They should take over a leading role in the sustainable transformation of companies.”

Prof. Dr. Mike Schulze is Vice President for Research and Practice Transfer and Professor of Controlling, Accounting and Financial Management at CBS International Business School in Mainz, Germany.

Furthermore, he is active as Honorary Professor-in-Residence for the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) in Europe and as Lecturer in the field of executive education at EBS University of Business and Law and at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management.

His current research and consulting activities focus on trends and developments in the CFO area, the digitalization of Controlling and corporate sustainability performance management.

Prof. Schulze is experienced in practice-oriented research, has published several books as well as academic and practice-oriented articles in the context of Controlling.

He was formerly employed as Finance Analyst at Ford Motor Company in Cologne, Germany and served as an officer in the German Federal Armed Forces.