Swiss business school IMD has named long-time marketing professor Dominique Turpin to serve as its next president, the school’s equivalent of dean, the Financial Times reports. Turpin succeeds John Wells, who stepped down in June after just over two years in the post.

Turpin, who has worked at IMD for more than 20 years, was the candidate favored by former IMD President Peter Lorange to lead the school when he himself stepped down, according to the FT report. Lorange helped establish the school and had served as its president for 15 years. But IMD’s executive committee instead opted for an external candidate, bringing Wells in from Harvard Business School.

During his two decades at the school, Turpin has served as director of many different programs, including the MBA and executive MBA (EMBA). According to the FT report, faculty and staff hope Turpin’s appointment will end uncertainty over the school’s leadership. In a subsequent post, the FT reported that Turpin has now named his inner cabinet, appointing an entirely new senior management team. 

Lorange, for his part, left IMD to establish his own business school in nearby Zurich. The Lorange Institute, which opened in July 2009 and focuses on executive education, recently received accreditation from the Association of MBAs in London for its EMBA program.

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