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Rector of EMAS Business School

Doctor of Business Administration, DBA (Switzerland).
Master of Business Administration, MBA (Germany).

Executive Secretary of the Expert Council under the Committee of the Russian Parliament (State Duma) on Science and Higher Education.

Leading Russian scientist in the field of business modeling, strategic management and strategic leadership.
One of the best experts in economics, business management, business strategy, strategic management and leadership in Russia, Central and Eastern Europe. Coach of owners and top officials.

The first in Russia and the CIS who brought elite business education (MBA, Executive MBA and DBA programs) to the Western and global markets, turning EMAS into a global business school.


 

Winner of 1st place in the national award "Business Book of the Year in Russia" — 2024 in the nomination "Best Book by a Russian Author" (for the book "Next Level. Strategic Management of the New Era").


 


The author of the scientific theory of the multi-level nature (multi-levelness) of a business model and strategy.


Scientific Director of EMAS, under whose leadership long-term (since 2005) scientific work in the field of business modeling and strategic management has been conducted. 

He is the creator of the popular Russian scientific school of strategic management and business modeling — a complex of methods and tools for business modeling, business planning, strategic management, strategic leadership and strategic thinking, which significantly surpass classical and modern foreign developments and their Russian counterparts.

Read more about the scientific work and the EMAS methodology here.

Andrey Kolyada Book

 

Member of the Board of Directors of a number of Russian companies.

20+ years of experience as a top manager and owner.

Member of the Board of the Russian Association of Business Education (RABE) (2015-2023).

"Silver Pen" Executive.ru (the leading Russian Internet portal in the field of management and business) in 2016.

Best Business Trainer of the Year 2014 as part of the annual HR award "Employer of 2014", Nizhny Novgorod.

One of the three leading business trainers in marketing — according to the Guild of Marketers, Belarus, 2011.

Business trainer and consultant in the field of business modeling, strategic management (company strategy, personnel motivation, leadership, strategic marketing, corporate culture management) and production management (Lean manufacturing and Quick Response Manufacturing / QRM).

Author of advanced universal inter-industry methods:
•    methodology for developing and forecasting the productivity and economic efficiency of an organization's business model (business modeling method);
•    methodology for strategic goal setting and management by objectives;
•    methodology for determining the target market position of an organization;
•    methodology for managing the corporate culture of an organization, etc.
The methods have been tested in many consulting and educational implementation projects of the EMAS Business School in Russia and abroad.

Teaches in the Mini-MBA, MBA, Executive MBA and DBA EMAS programs. Also works at the invitation of other leading Russian and foreign business schools. Actively speaks at various domestic and foreign forums and conferences.

Education: DBA (Switzerland), MBA (Germany), BA: Marketing (UK), Management (Sweden), Production Management (Holland), International Private Law (Holland).

Author's developments and achievements

  • Book "The Next Level. Strategic Management of the New Era" (2023).

  • Book "Effective Tools of Strategic Analysis. How to Make the Right Decision on Enterprise Development Strategy" (2014).

  • Book "Marketing that Works. Creating an Effective Marketing Strategy in Domestic Conditions" (2023).

  • Video courses on company strategy, strategic management, business modeling, strategic leadership and strategic thinking.

  • On-line system for assessing the performance of a company's corporate culture Heptahedron of Corporate Culture Health.

  • Business simulator in the field of strategic management BusinessStrike.

  • Methodology and tools in the field of strategic management, business modeling and strategic leadership.

During his management experience, he successfully solved the problems of creating and bringing new companies to leadership positions, entering global world markets, and competing with stronger market players.

Successfully implemented many consulting projects in the markets of goods and services.

In Russia, he works at the invitation of large foreign and federal companies, such as SABMiller, Russian Railways, Sberbank, Tinkoff, Transmashholding, Power Machines, SIBUR, POMC, OKZ, Rostelecom, Sochi MK, National Union of Meat Processors, Resource Group of Agricultural Enterprises, Engineering Group, etc. In addition, he works with medium and small businesses. Works at the invitation of government agencies. He also actively works in neighboring countries. In Belarus, he worked with such well-known companies as IBA, MTS, Velcom, Yukon Optics, Savushkin Product, Alvesta, Baumarket, Vegas, NP-Service, Kommunarka, Lidskoe Pivo, Gorizont, MZKT.