Professor Xin, a native of the Chinese mainland, has extensive teaching, research and consulting experience in universities and multinational companies around the world.

Katherine Xin is Professor of Organizational Behaviour, Bayer Chair in Leadership, Associate Dean (Europe), Director of Hospitality EMBA, DBA and CCEMBA Program at China Europe International Business School (CEIBS). She holds her Ph.D. from the University of California and was previously on the faculty of the University of Southern California, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Professor Xin specializes in the areas of leadership, organizational culture, organizational transformation, and strategic human resource management.  She is currently focusing on research in high performance leadership and key success factors of organizational transformation in the digital era. Professor Xin is a frequent contributor to academic journals and executive conferences. Her research work has appeared in the leading international management journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, Organization Studies, Journal of Management, Journal of World Business, Leadership Quarterly, and other publications. Her books Made in China - Secrets of China’s Dynamic Entrepreneurs (2009), Five Types of Effective Leaders (2011), Five-Star Model of Talent Development (2014), Global Expansion- the Chinese Way (2018), Management in Digital Era: Managing Companies in a Platform Way (2019), Becoming Excellent Change Leaders (2024) and Organizational Behavior for Effective Executives (2025) received broad attention from executives globally.

In addition to her research and teaching, she is a consultant and workshop leader, and has undertaken assignments for multinational firms such as Alcatel, Alibaba, Allianz, Baosteel, BASF, Baxter, BMW, Bosch, CATL, China Mobile, China Steel, China Telecom, Daimler Benz, Ford Motor Company, Fluor Daniel, Interbrew, Inventec, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Qualcomm, San Miguel, Sony, Toyota, TSMC and government agencies in the US, HK and the Chinese mainland. She also worked as the marketing director at a high temperature rubber manufacturing company in California and participated in founding 3 companies.