He was previously the Director-General of CEDEP (The European Center for Executive Development) and Dean of the Rotterdam School of Management.
His research and teaching focuses on the study of organization and information processes.
He has held visiting faculty positions at SDA Bocconi School of Management, the University of the Netherlands Antilles (now the University of Curaçao), and the Hunan College of Finance and Economics.
Han van Dissel has served as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the World Museum in Rotterdam Archived 22 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine and as a board member of the Community of European Management Schools.
He is currently a member of the international supervisory board of the ESC Rennes School of Business.