Prof. Dr. Genia Kostka

Director

Expertise

My expertise lies in environmentally sustainable strategies for corporate companies, with a particular interest in emerging markets strategies. I have also worked for many years on locally-driven development initiatives such as private sector development projects.

At Emergia Institute I am responsible for finance and business development in Asia.

Joy at Work

• Working collaboratively with companies on identifying and addressing key sustainability challenges whilst also benefiting their business.
• Working with creative people from diverse backgrounds.

Previous Experience

• In February 2010 I became Juniorprofessorin at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management and holder of the Dr. Werner Jäckstädt Endowed Chair of Chinese Business Studies. I teach and reseach on the topics of entrepreneurship in China, economic development, and local government practices in climate change.
• I have lived and worked in some of the more remote and underdeveloped regions in China, conducting first-hand research on how businesses can thrive in infrastructure-weak markets.
• As a management consultant at McKinsey, I focused on the high-tech, telecommunications,and consumer goods industry, as well as the public sector. I analysed, among other projects, pension and health care reforms for a German political organization, developed tools to assess the optimal product mix, and recommended new product promotion strategies for consumer packaged goods companies.

Education

• PhD in Development Studies at the University of Oxford, UK
• Visiting Fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) at the Institute of Economics, Beijing
• M.A. in International Economics and International Development at SAIS Johns Hopkins, Bologna and Washington
• BSc in International Relations at the London School of Economics (LSE)
• Li Po Chun United World College (UWC)

Languages

German, English, Chinese and Russian (intermediate)