Angroup About Us
Alliance Network Group works as a team exclusively with:
- partners experienced in the practical and international work of leadership and line positions;
- scientists with management expertise;
- organisation and personnel developers with a broad international track record in conceptualisation and implementation.
Prof. Dr. Bianka Lichtenberger
lichtenberger@angroup.ch
Managing Partner, Zürich, CH
Founder and managing partner of ANGroup GmbH (2009). Previous positions and responsibilities include long-term responsibility as CLO and VP of several multinational headquarters (ABB, Schindler Inc., Alusuisse-Lonza) for OD & HRD. Vice-president Baden-Württemberg Corporate State Unviersity (DHBW), Managing director of FIBAA (Foundation of International Business Administration Accreditation) and of institutions and programs of higher education (VP U St.Gallen, Academic Director FH St.Gallen, Director KS Group). Professor and trainer in national and international MBA and Master programs. Member of swiss and european commissions for higher education (COHEP, ENQA, ECA). Assessor and peer member for programme and institutional accreditations of AACSB, EQUIS, EFQM, ASIIN. Task Force member for the development of the European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance. Know-How Expert in the cross-institutional task force World Bank / International Labour Organisation (ILO). Business model developer for the management of Corporate Universities and Academies pursuit in partnership with the Malik Management Centre St.Gallen.
Consulting experience and key skills
For Institutions and Organisations of Higher Education:
Consulting and project management for planning and further development of quality management systems, preparatory services for programme and institutional accreditation of national and international quality seals including EFQM and ISO norms. Strategy and process development, institutional gap analysis, change management aligned to culture and communication. Programme design and portfolio development. Open Educational Resources and Practices including learning analytics and design and development of MOOC’s.Moderation of consultation and decision-making processes.
For business organisations and corporations:
Performance development and alignment of Corporate Universities and Academies, leadership programme design and development, implementation of new learning architectures and technologies; change management projects for integration of OD and HRD processes.
Internationalisation
Strategic development and implementation of internationalisation, international recognition and competitive positioning.
Open Educational Resources and Practices (OER)
Strategic approach to and integration of digital data and resources. Installation of learning analytics.
Atit Koirala
koirala@angroup.ch
Partner, Bangkok, Thailand
Assistant director, international marketing and recruitment of Panyapiwat Institute of Management, a corporate university under Thailand’s CP Group. Previous positions include planning manager at Thailand OEM/ODM plant of New Kinpo Group and marketing and sales of plastic products of the Saraff Group of Thailand.
Educational background
Masters Degree from Singapore Management University in Masters of Tri Sector Collaboration (MTSC). Brookings Executive Education at Washington, D.C. Leadership Academy for Development (LAD) under Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, Stanford University. Bachelors of Business Administration from Shinawatra University, Thailand.
Rupert Schmitt
schmitt@angroup.ch
Partner, Munich, GE
Design, development and implementation of leadership concepts and management structures in international diverse project teams (marketing, R&D, production, Service, personnel). Long-standing leadership and project experience for change and process management, organisational and management development, conflict solution management, mediation. Member of ASIIN accreditation commission. Member of assessor pools ASIIN & AQUIN.
Consulting experience and key skills
For higher educuation institutions and educational associations:
Initialisation, planning and change management of structures, content and approach for system accreditation.