Sustainability
Wednesday, January 26th 2022
Short interview with Michael Nowlis as part of HSMAI Europe TV
Michael Nowlis, Programme Director, Executive Leadership Programmes, Institute for Sustainability Leadership, University of Cambridge and Chair of the HSMAI Europe Board of Directors will take us through the topic of Sustainability and how HSMAI Europe are going to put sustainability on the agenda going forward.
Nowlis has a broad background in the travel, tourism and hospitality industries. A US citizen who lived in Europe for 30 years, Nowlis held numerous management positions in the hospitality industry, at both the corporate and unit level. His career has focused primarily on the luxury segment.
Nowlis has enjoyed a 40 year relationship with Cornell University serving three full-time appointments (New York City, Paris, Ithaca) and numerous adjunct assignments. He most recently served as Associate Dean at Cornell’s Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. He previously served as Dean of the Center for Corporate and Professional Education at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey (USA).
From 2006 to 2013, Nowlis served as Director of the Senior Executive Program at London Business School. Prior to LBS, he spent 13 years as Director of the Institut de Management Hotelier International (IMHI), a hospitality-focused MBA program based in Paris. During his tenure at IMHI, the institute was jointly administered by Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration and the Ecole Supérieure de Sciences Economiques et Commerciales (ESSEC).
