Dr. Chris Wert (Léonard de Vinci University Pole, Paris-LaDéfense) is Dean for Quality and Accreditation for three different higher education institutions: EMLV, the management school, ESILV, the engineering school and IIM, the multimedia and internet school.
Dean Wert has both French and American nationalities. He has a doctorate in law from Suffolk University School of Law in Boston, Massachusetts, and he was formerly Dean for Accreditation, Quality and International Strategy at ISC Paris where he obtained AACSB accreditation for the school. He taught at Paris Dauphine before becoming Dean of the BBA and MBA Programs at Groupe ESG / PGSM. Subsequently, he was Associate Dean for Accreditation and International Development at Telecom Business School, which obtained both AACSB and AMBA accreditation during his tenure.
He has long been involved in accreditation, primarily with AACSB where he currently mentors several European and Middle Eastern schools through the accreditation process. He has delivered several workshops and presentations for AACSB and was a former co-president of the AACSB European Affinity Group. Prior to his involvement with AACSB, he was a peer reviewer for the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE) where he also sat on the Board of Directors.
Dr. Wert is the AACSB assigned mentor for USEK Business School.