Otti Vogt is a business philosopher, leadership reformer, and thought leader working at the intersection of management, philosophy, and societal transformation. With over 25 years of global executive experience—including serving as a Chief Operating Officer and Chief Transformation Officer in ING, a top-30 global bank—Otti has established himself as one of Europe’s most original public intellectuals on the question of what makes organisations and leaders ‘good’.”
He is co-founder of the Good Organisations Lab (in partnership with the University of St. Gallen), and a principal architect of the emerging Moral Management Theory, which aims to redefine the standards for responsible management and organisational flourishing. His work integrates rigorous philosophical inquiry with hands-on transformation leadership, bridging the gap between theory and practice.
Previously, Otti led ING’s digital transformation and operational service delivery for more than 28 million customers worldwide, following a decade of senior leadership roles at BT Global Services, spanning strategy, transformation, M&A, operations, and IT. Earlier in his career, he gained a wide range of experiences across consulting, industry, non-profit, and start-up sectors.
Otti is a certified leadership coach, an associate of the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI), and co-founder of the Global Society for Good Leadership and United Leaders Europe. He is an international keynote speaker and was named a Top 20 Global Thought Leader on Agile. Otti has contributed to several management books and is the author of an upcoming volume on leadership and organisational transformation.
In 2021, he co-founded the “Good Organisations” research laboratory with the University of St. Gallen, an ambitious, transdisciplinary project of “engaged scholarship” at doctoral level to advance new standards and best practices for ethical and effective leadership in business and society.
