Dr Magdalene Rosenmöller is a senior lecturer in the Department of Production, Technology and Operations Management at IESE Business School at the University of Navarra. She teaches the second-year MBA elective course on health sector management and is also a lecturer in the executive education department. She lectures at a number of other schools and institutions in Europe, Latin America and Asia, including the China European International Business School in Shanghai.

She gained valuable executive experience when she worked as a health economist in the World Bank’s Latin American and Caribbean Region for two years (2000–2002). Having Frequently served as an expert consultant on different assignments for the European Commission (health research and health policy) and the European Parliament, she has extensive experience in health policy and health research issues in Europe, particularly within the new Member States. She is currently in charge of the scientific coordination of the EC FP6 SSP research project on patient mobility in Europe (www.europe4patients.org) and previously served as an expert evaluator on the Innovative Medicine Initiative (IMI).

She is a member of several international organizations including the European Health Member Association (EHMA), on whose board she served for a period. She is the editor/co-editor of several publications, the most recent being the book Patient Mobility in the European Union. Learning from Experience (2006). She was recently appointed to the editorial boards of the EU Public Health Portal and the newly-created Journal of Healthcare Management and Marketing.

Dr Rosenmöller earned a Master of Business Administration from IESE Business School; a Medical degree from the University Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg, France; and a Doctor of Philosophy in Health Policy from the University of London.