Peter Kaul, DBA candidate, MBA, MSc., PMP, PMI-ACP, certified mediator, is a passionate academic researcher and DBA student in program and project management at Skema Business School in Lille, France as well as university lecturer and student supervisor in program and project management and business information systems. He is also reviewer for different international conferences e.g. Academy of Management (AoM) and EURAM. Together with experts and researchers in the field of program and project management, he is currently working on an universal standard for Project management offices. In his professional life, Peter is a highly engaged, customer-oriented and effective consultant, manager and advisor of programs and projects of different sizes and complexity in the retail, fashion & lifestyle and logistics industry where he accompanied numerous projects in more than 15 countries for about 20 years. Having been involved in many successful business transformations, he is experienced to work in complex and changing international environments and enjoys cultural diversity