Prof. Edward Snyder

Edward A. Snyder is Indra K. Nooyi Dean and William S. Beinecke Professor of Economics and Management at the Yale School of Management.During his tenure, the school developed the first global network of top business schools, forged stronger programmatic relationships with Yale academic units, and introduced its Master of Advanced Management degree for graduates of the Global Network for Advanced Management and the Master of Management Studies degree.

Mr. Snyder earned a Ph.D. in Economics and an M.A. in Public Policy from the University of Chicago. He began his professional career as an economist with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division. He began his academic career at the University of Michigan where he developed programs in Central Europe, China, India, and Russia. His research and teaching is focused on industrial organization, antitrust economics, law and economics, and financial institutions.

Previously, Mr. Snyder was Dean and George Shultz Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Prof. Peter Todd

Peter Todd is a Professor at HEC Paris and currently serves as the Director General-Dean of the School. He is an expert in the organization, management and use of information technology to deliver business value. Professor Todd has over 40 published works on information technology and innovation management which have received more than 15,000 citations. He has taught and led degree programs, executive education and applied research programs in management, innovation and information technology for over 25 years.

He also has over 20 years of increasingly senior leadership experience as a Dean, Associate Dean, Program and Centre Director at prominent Canadian and US universities. From 2005 to 2014 he was Dean of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University. At McGill, he oversaw management of 200 faculty and staff delivering degree programs and executive education to over 3000 students each year.

Prof. Bernard Yeung

Sergey Myasoedov was born in Moscow, Russia on the 1st October 1954. He graduated (1977) and got PhD in Economics (1980) at the Moscow University of International Relations (MGIMO). He studied at Durham Business School, Great Britain (1991); Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, USA (1992) and Harvard Business School, USA (1993). In 2000 he got his second PhD in Sociology at the Moscow State University.

Since 2011 he is Vice-Rector of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), the biggest Russian University with 180 thousand students and 68 campuses. Since 1996 - Dean of IBS-Moscow – the leading management school of Russia, since 2010 - President of RABE (Russian Association on Business Education), Chair of the National Independent Agency for business programs assessment, Chair of the Exert Council of the Russian Government for management education reform, International Academic Member of EDAF Committee (EFMD), Member of the CEEMAN International Advisory Board since 2010; of AACSB International (Europe, Asia and Africa) and ETS (GRE, TOEFL) Advisory boards since 2015.

Prof. James G. Ellis

James G. Ellis was appointed dean of the USC Marshall School of Business and holder of the Robert R. Dockson Dean’s Chair in Business Administration in April 2007. In addition, he holds a full time appointment as Professor of Marketing in the Department of Marketing, where he has been since 1997.

Holding an MBA degree from the Harvard Business School and a BBA degree from the University of New Mexico, Mr. Ellis worked in the corporate world from 1970 to 1997. He served as President/CEO of Porsche Design, a high-end accessories company owned by Europe’s Porsche family, from 1985-1990. From 1990-1997, he was Chairman/CEO of Port O’Call Pasadena, an upscale home accessory retailer. Ellis currently sits on numerous corporate and non-profit boards of directors.

Prof. G."Anand" Anandalingam

Professor G. 'Anand' Anandalingam is the Ralph J. Tyser Professor of Management Science at the Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. He was Dean of Imperial College Business School from August 2013 to July 2016. Previously he was Dean of the Smith School from 2007 to 2013. Before joining Smith in 2001, Anand was at the University of Pennsylvania for nearly 15 years where he was a professor at both Penn Engineering and the Wharton School.

As Dean in two prestigious universities, Anand has raised close to $100 million in gifts for the institutions, set up several successful Masters degree programs, hired many prominent senior scholars, and promoted several women and minorities to academic leadership positions. Anand helped establish a Center on Entrepreneurship at Imperial College and expand entrepreneurial education and practice at the University of Maryland with a particular emphasis on social innovation. He has also created partnerships with universities around the world including in China, India, and the Middle East. Anand received his Ph.D. from Harvard University, and his B.A. from Cambridge University.

Prof. Kalok Chan

Vice-Rector of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), Russia

Prof. Kalok Chan joined CUHK Business School from his previous role as Chair Professor of Finance and Acting Dean of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Business School. Prior to that, he was Head of HKUST’s Finance Department from 2003 to 2013, the founding Director of the HKUST-NYU Stern Joint Master in Global Finance program, and had established the Value Partners Centre for Investing. He was Associate Professor of Finance at Arizona State University prior to joining the HKUST. As a leading scholar and a prominent researcher, Prof. Chan has had numerous publications in top ranked finance journals, and has been ranked as the top finance researcher in the Asia-Pacific region. Prof. Chan obtained his B.S.Sc. in Economics from CUHK, and PhD in Finance from Ohio State University.

Prof. Hirokazu Kono

Joined Keio Business School in 1987 as Assistant Professor, Associate Professor in 1991 and Professor in 1998, Hirokazu Kono is the Dean of Keio Business School since 2009. His research interests focus on Industrial engineering, Production planning and management, and Engineering economy. He serves as President of Japan Industrial Management Association. He is a former President of AAPBS, founding board member and Vice President of APIEMS, and serves as Deputy Editor of IEMS journal from 2008, Editor-in-chief of Industrial Engineering Review, and Certified Auditor for Total Productive Maintenance Award. He is also a member of Asia Pacific Advisory Board for AACSB and EQUIS Committee for EFMD. He has received the Best Paper Award from the Japan Industrial Management Association and the Distinguished Service Award from the Japan Institute of Industrial Engineering in 2009.

Prof. Zvi Wiener

Professor Wiener is the incoming dean of the School of Business Administration of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is a professor of Finance with expertise in areas including risk management, financial engineering and contingent claims analysis in corporate finance.

Zvi Wiener is currently a co-director of PRMIA Israel. His research has been published extensively in journals including the Journal of Finance, the Review of Financial Studies and many others. His awards include the Teva Prize for research on dividend policy (2014), the PRMIA award for Outstanding Service and Leadership (2012), etc.

In addition to his academic achievements, Professor Wiener has wide practical experience. He worked at the Wall Street, served on the investment committee of the foreign currency reserves at the Bank of Israel and consulted the Ministry of Finance on debt management.

Prof. Robert Helsley

Prior to becoming Dean, he served as Senior Associate Dean, Faculty and Research from 2002 to 2008, Director of the UBC Centre for Real Estate and Urban Economics, and Chair of the Urban Land Economics division. A key figure in leading Sauder to its current level of prominence, Helsley managed initiatives to significantly renew and expand the school’s academic staff and played a central role in the revitalization of Sauder’s teaching facilities on the UBC campus.

Between 2008 and 2012, before returning to Sauder, Helsley served at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley as a Professor and Chair in Real Estate Development, and was the Co-chair of the Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics.

He completed an MA and PhD in Economics at Princeton University, and a BS in Economics and Mathematics at the University of Oregon. He has published widely in the areas of urban and public economics, real estate and public policy.

Srilata Zaheer

Sri Zaheer is the Dean of the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota where she also holds the Elmer L. Andersen Chair in Global Corporate Social Responsibility.

Zaheer joined the University in 1991 as an assistant professor after earning her PhD at the Sloan School of Management at MIT. Before becoming dean in 2012, her roles at the Carlson School have included serving as the PhD coordinator in the department of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship, department chair,etc. Zaheer’s research focus is on international business—a topic on which she has published extensively and her work been honored by such organizations as the Academy of International Business and the Academy of Management. She is a Fellow of the Academy of International Business, a former Consulting Editor of the Journal of International Business Studies, and currently serves on the boards of the Greater Twin Cities United Way and the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis.

Prof. Gregory Whitwell

Professor Gregory Whitwell became Dean of the University of Sydney Business School in June 2014. Prior to joining the University of Sydney, he was a Professor of Marketing and Senior Deputy Dean of the Australian School of Business (ASB) at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). Before his UNSW appointment, Greg was Deputy Dean and Director in the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Melbourne.

Greg gained his first degree in 1978, a Bachelor of Economics with First Class Honours, from Monash University. He went on to acquire a PhD in Economic History at the University of Melbourne in 1982. His research interests focus on marketing and international business, including market orientation, the role of the marketing function within organisations, country-of-origin effects, and product development for export markets. He is the joint winner of two best paper awards at American Marketing Association conferences.

Maria de Lourdes Dieck Assad

Dr. María de Lourdes Dieck Assad is Dean of EGADE Business School at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico, since January 2011. She previously served as General Director of Tecnológico de Monterrey´s Santa Fe Campus in Mexico City and Dean of the School of Government and Public Policy. She has held academic leadership positions within Tecnológico de Monterrey and with other international institutions including Trinity University and Brookings Institution.

Since 2010, Dean Dieck Assad has been an independently appointed professional Board Member at two subsidiaries of Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX), the Mexican state oil company. She is an elected board member in representation of Latin American business schools and institutions to the AACSB from 2014-2017, a member of the AMBA Board of Trustees from 2015-2018, and in 2015 she was appointed to the EFMD Global Network Americas Advisory Board for a three-year period (2015-2018).

Dean Dieck Assad holds a degree in Economics, cum laude in 1975 from Tecnológico de Monterrey, a Masters in Economic Development from Vanderbilt University in 1976 and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin in 1983.

Prof. Ira Solomon

Ira Solomon is the 13th dean of the A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University. He received his PhD in accounting from the University of Texas at Austin and taught at the University of Arizona before joining the faculty of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1983. Prior to his appointment at Tulane, he was the R.C. Evans Endowed Chair in Business and head of the Department of Accountancy at Illinois. Solomon has served as an associate editor and on the editorial boards of a number of prestigious scholarly journals, and as a vice president of the American Accounting Association and a member of the governing council of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He currently serves on the Research Advisory Board of the Center for Audit Quality and as a member of the Board of Directors of AACSB.

Scott DeRue

Scott DeRue is the Edward J. Frey Dean of the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. He is also the Stephen M. Ross Professor of Business. DeRue joined Michigan Ross in 2007, taking on multiple leadership roles across the school over time. Prior to his deanship, DeRue served as the associate dean for Executive Education, professor of management, director of the Sanger Leadership Center, and faculty director of the Emerging Leaders Program.

With a background in private equity, management consulting, and academia, DeRue believes that business is the most powerful force for economic and social impact -- and it is the responsibility of Michigan Ross to develop the next generation of business leaders. He is an award-winning researcher and instructor, and is widely considered a thought leader in business education and action-based learning.

Prior to joining Ross, DeRue worked at the Monitor Group (now Monitor Deloitte). He received his PhD in management from Michigan State University and his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Prof. Frank Bournois

He specializes in the study of how very large firms identify, develop and manage their future leaders.He was a full Professor of general management and cross cultural leadershipat Panthéon-Assas Paris University.

He was the Director of CIFFOP (which delivers a renowned University degree in HRM). He was Visiting Professor in several universities (Oxford, Cranfield School of Management, Utah, Liverpool) and a Visiting Scholar at Princeton University.

He was also Head of the Department ofDefense Studies at IHEDN (the French National institute for Defense Studies).

In the meantime, DeanBournois developed consulting activities with majorindustries with regard to the detection and training of their future leaders. He waschairman of the National Committee for the Evaluation and

Accreditation ofBusiness Schools (French Ministers of Higher Education and Industry) and is Member of the Board of EFMD.

Graduated at the Business School of EM Lyon (France), he holds a MBA from Aston University (UK) and a PhD from University of Lyon III(France).

Josep Franch

JosepFranchis the Dean of ESADE Business School, where he is an Associate Professor in Marketing. He has previously served at ESADE Business School as the Director of the MSc Programs (2004-2011) and as an Associate Director for the MBA program (1990-1996). He also serves as a member of the Senate of ISM University in Vilnius (Lithuania). Professor Franch holds a Ph.D. in Management Sciences (ESADE – Ramon Llull University) with a European distinction of Doctor Europeus. He also holds Licenciatura(Bachelor of Science) and a Master degree in Business Administration.

Professor Franch has extensive teaching experience in more than fifteen countries. He has been, amongst others, a Visiting Professor at Peking University (China), IAE Aix-en-Provence, Université Aix-Marseille (France) and IEP (InstitutoEmpresarialPortuense), Porto (Portugal); and has taught for the University of San Diego (California), the University of Texas (Austin); and WU Vienna University of Economics and Business (Austria), just to mention a few universities.

Andrea Sianesi

Born in Milano on Nov. 1961, has got a MSc in Management Engineering with honors at Politecnico di Milano in 1985.

Assistant Professor since 1990, Associate Professor since 1998 and Full Professor since 2000 (at LIUC University from 2000 to 2003, at Politecnico di Milano since 2003).

Director of the “Istituto di Tecnologie” at LIUC University in the period 2000-2002.

Member of the management board of MIP (Graduate School of Business) – Politecnico di Milano since 2002.

Director of the International MBA Program in 2003-2004 at MIP Graduate School of Business.

Director of the Executive MBA Programs at MIP Graduate School of Business.

Associate Dean at MIP Graduate School of Business – Politecnico di Milano since 2009.

Deputy Director for Internationalization and Faculty Development at the School of Management – Politecnico di Milano since 2013.

Dean and President of the Board of MIP Politecnico di Milano since 2015.

MURTHY, Ishwar

Ishwar Murthy is a Professor in the area of Decision Sciences and Information Systems. He is currently serving as Dean (Faculty) at IIM Bangalore. His research interests are in Discrete and Stochastic Optimization, and their applications in operations, marketing and finance. His teaching interests are in Business Analytics and Spreadsheet based Decision Models.

He holds a B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Kanpur and a M.B.A. from NorthEast Louisiana University. He obtained his PhD in Management Science from Texas A&M University.

He has numerous publications in leading journals such as Management Science, Operations Research, Naval Research Logistics, Networks and INFORMS Journal on Computing. Prior to joining IIM Bangalore, he was a tenured faculty member at Louisiana State University, USA. He has also served as a visiting faculty at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, Krannert Graduate School of Management at Purdue University, USA, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Georgia Tech. University, USA and University of Texas, Dallas, USA

ANGHELUTA, Alin

Professor Alin Angheluta is Dean of Bucharest Business School at Bucharest University of Economic Studies (ASE) in Romania. He mainly teaches Marketing Research, Consumer Behavior, Social and Political Marketing at undergraduate, master and MBA level. At the same time, he is responsible for various national and international academic and business research projects, part of various teams that obtained research grants. Previously, Professor Alin Angheluta was Vice-Dean of the Bucharest Business School, responsible for the Romanian-Canadian MBA program. He was also Co-owner and General Manager in SC Marketing Zoom Expert SRL, in charge of business development, performing marketing research and marketing strategy consultancy projects.

Professor Alin Angheluta received his postdoctoral researcher from the University Institute of Lisbon in Portugal and PhD degree from Bucharest University of Economic Studies.

Prof. HUANG Wei

Huang Wei is a distinguished professor of Yangtze River Scholar Program by Ministry of Education, and serves as Dean and Professor of the Management Department at Xi’an Jiaotong University, and a PhD supervisor (Harvard University Fellow and Tenured Professor in MIS of Business School in Ohio University) with more than 20 years’ experience in teaching and research in renowned research universities in the US, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and China.

Professor Huang Wei has conducted researches in areas such as ManagerialCommunication (CMC), Group Support Systems （GSS）,big data management and data quality, e-government affairs/e-commerce, IT andservice outsourcing and IT/IS management which are based on the new generationof information technology.

DING Yuan

Dr. Yuan Ding is Vice President and Dean, Cathay Capital Chair Professor in Accounting at CEIBS. Prior to joining CEIBS, he was a tenured faculty member of HEC School of Management, Paris, France. He is member of European Accounting Association, French Accounting Association and American Accounting Association.

Dr. Ding received his PhD in Accounting from the Institute of Enterprises Administration at the University Montesquieu Bordeaux IV, France. He also holds a Master's in Enterprises Administration from the University of Poitiers, France.

Prof.Ding frequently provides consulting services for many multinationals and Chinese companies in the areas of financial communication, corporate governance, cost control system designing, investment and M&A. He has also served and continues to serve on the Boards of Directors of several listed firms and financial institutions in mainland China, Hong Kong, Europe and North America.

Prof. Sergey Myasoedov

Sergey Myasoedov was born in Moscow, Russia on the 1st October 1954. He graduated (1977) and got PhD in Economics (1980) at the Moscow University of International Relations (MGIMO). He studied at Durham Business School, Great Britain (1991); Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, USA (1992) and Harvard Business School, USA (1993). In 2000 he got his second PhD in Sociology at the Moscow State University.

Since 2011 he is Vice-Rector of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), the biggest Russian University with 180 thousand students and 68 campuses. Since 1996 - Dean of IBS-Moscow – the leading management school of Russia, since 2010 - President of RABE (Russian Association on Business Education), Chair of the National Independent Agency for business programs assessment, Chair of the Exert Council of the Russian Government for management education reform, International Academic Member of EDAF Committee (EFMD), Member of the CEEMAN International Advisory Board since 2010; of AACSB International (Europe, Asia and Africa) and ETS (GRE, TOEFL) Advisory boards since 2015.

Prof. XIE Danyang

Danyang Xie, Professor of Economics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Chang Jiang Scholar Special Appointment Professor and Dean, Economics and Management School of Wuhan University, P.R.China.

Danyang Xie received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago in 1992. He started an academic career in 1991 at the University of Montreal. He joined HKUST in July 1993. His research interest includes endogenous growth, fiscal policy, and money and banking. While serving at the International Monetary Fund as Economist and Senior Economist during 2000-2004, he trained government officials worldwide. He returned to HKUST in July 2004 and served as Department Head between April 2007 and June 2010. He has been a member of the Currency Board Sub-Committee of the Exchange Fund Advisory Committee since January 2011. He has been an Independent Director of Bank of Communications-Schroders Fund Management Co. Ltd since 2011.

Prof. Assylbek Kozhakhmetov

Assylbek Kozhakhmetov is the President of Almaty Management University. He was one of the founders of the first business school in Kazakhstan – the Alma-Ata School of Management, created in 1988, which later transformed into International Academy of Business (IAB) and in 2014 has obtained the university status and the new name - Almaty Management University (ALMA University). His teaching career has started at "Continuum Mechanics" academic department at Kazakh State University named after S.M. Kirov, followed by teaching at the School of managers under the Kazakh Republican Association “Soyuz”. He has obtained the degree of DBA in Graduate School from the Management of the National Research University “Higher School of Economics” (Moscow, Russia) in 2011. In 2013 he became the State Programme “Bolashak” scholarship holder to pass scientific internship at Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley (USA).

Dr. Kozhakhmetov is currently a member of the working group on amendments to the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Education"; a member of the Expert Council of the Agency for Civil Service Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan and a member of the Council on combating corruption in higher education institutions of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Prof. Branislav Boricic

Graduated from the Faculty of Science and Mathematics, University of Belgrade in 1977 on the Mathematics course. Got the MA degree in 1980 and PhD degree in 1984 from the University of Belgrade.

Previous positions: Professor of mathematics at Belgrade High School of Mathematics (1978-1979), Teaching assistant trainee and teaching assistant at the Faculty of Economics, Belgrade (1979-1984), Assistant Professor (1984-1990), Associate Professor (1990-1995). Present position: Full Professor at the Faculty of Economics, Belgrade since 1995. Research interests: Mathematical logic Other professional activities: Member of Association for Symbolic Logic, member of the American Mathematical Society, Interest Group on Propositional and Predicate Logic. A regular reviewer-associate of the journal "Zentralblatt fur Mathematik" and "Mathematical Reviews" with over 200 reviews.

Prof. Boon Siong NEO

Professor Neo is currently Dean of the Nanyang Business School. He is also the Canon Endowed Chair Professor of Business and Director of the Asian Business Case Centre at NBS.

Prof Neo currently serves as Director on the Boards of Keppel Telecommunications & Transportation Ltd, k1 Ventures Ltd, OUE REIT/Trust Management Pte Ltd, and J Lauritzen Singapore. He has served on the Boards of OCBC Bank, Great Eastern Life Insurance, Great Eastern Holdings Ltd, Overseas Assurance Corp Ltd, Keppel Offshore and Marine Ltd, GRP Ltd, Informatics Holding Ltd, National Computer Systems Pte Ltd, Keppel’s K1 eBiz Pte Ltd, Public Accountants Board, Securities Industry Council, Income Tax Review Board, Goods and Services Tax Review Board, Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore, and the Nanyang Technological University Council.

Professor Neo holds a Bachelor of Accountancy with Honours from the National University of Singapore and a Master of Business Administration and PhD from University of Pittsburgh. He is a Chartered Accountant (Singapore) and a member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants.

Prof. Eric Cornuel

Prof. Dr. Eric Cornuel is the Director General & CEO of EFMD in Brussels since 2000. He holds a degree of Sciences Po from IEP Paris, an MBA from HEC Graduate School of Management, Paris, and a DEA in strategy and management from Paris Nanterre University, together with a Doctoral Certificate in Strategy from HEC Graduate School of Management Paris and a PhD in management, written on international network organizations, from Paris Dauphine University.

Eric started his career as an entrepreneur by setting up an hydroelectric power plant in France when he was still a student. He was also Director of the HEC Institute for Central and Eastern Europe (Paris). He then served as Dean of KIMEP, at the time the leading Business and Economics school in Central Asia, from 1997 to 1999. He was awarded a honorary professorship for his achievements there. From 1996 to the present, Eric Cornuel has been Affiliate Professor at HEC Graduate School of Management Paris. He has taught for 15 years at various management schools in Europe and Asia.

Eric's key qualifications are in the areas of strategy, international management and entrepreneurship and he is a regular contributor to the Emerald Management Journals.

Prof. Bill Glick

Bill Glick, Ph.D., (1981, University of California Berkeley) is the H. Joe Nelson III Professor of Management and former dean at the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University in Houston. Through the launch of new programs, corporate partnerships, a successful capital campaign, and continuous innovation, the Jones GSB increased value creation in terms of knowledge creation and value added business education. During Dr. Glick’s tenure as dean, enrollments doubled and admissions standards improved dramatically with higher percentages of women, underrepresented minorities and military veterans. Dr. Glick previously held positions at Arizona State University, INSEAD and the University of Texas at Austin. His research appears in top management journals and he was named as one of the top 100 authors in management based on the numbers of citations to their research.He currently serves: as Immediate Past Chair of the board of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB); on the Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star Advisory Board; on the Leadership Circle for Vision 2020, a national organization dedicated to gender equality; and as a board member for Panton Inc., an information platform provider serving casualty insurance, trucking and oil & gas.

Mr. Sangeet Chowfla

Sangeet Chowfla is President and Chief Executive Officer of GMAC, makers of the GMAT exam and other products designed to help students, schools and corporations connect talent and aspiration with opportunity. Sangeet has more than 32 years' experience in P&L Management, General Management, Product Management, International Business Development and Venture Capital investment. His particular area of expertise is the management of high-growth enterprises, the creation of high-performance teams and the internationalization of businesses.

Most recently, Sangeet was EVP-Global Markets and Chief Strategy Officer at Comviva Technologies where he managed the company's customer-facing Market Units (SAARC, Africa, MENA, LATAM, Europe/Americas). Previously, Sangeet managed the company's Mobile Solutions unit comprised of all the product businesses and was responsible for establishing Comviva’s operations in Africa and Latin America.

Sangeet took his BA in Economics from St. Stephen's College at Delhi University and his MBA, with focus on marketing and finance, from the Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi University.

Andrew Main Wilson

Andrew joined AMBA as Chief Executive during the Summer of 2013, with a brief to build brand awareness and reputation, significantly expand membership worldwide and grow the global AMBA portfolio of accredited Business Schools. Andrew also accepted the role as Chairman of United Nations PRME (Principles for Responsible Management Education) in January 2016, reflecting his belief that the world’s leading Business Schools and MBAs can play a pioneering role in solving the world’s escalating Sustainability challenges. Prior to joining AMBA, Andrew was Chief Operating Officer of the Institute of Directors (IoD), one of the world’s most respected membership and management education Organisations for Business Leaders. Andrew was formerly the Marketing Director and Commercial Director of Thomas Cook, and Sales and Marketing Director of Citibank Diners Club.He is an experienced Non-Executive Director, having served as an NXD on AIM-listed and Entrepreneurial start-up boards, in the Commercial Real Estate and Luxury Brands sectors.

Andrew was educated at Dulwich College and the University of Birmingham in England and the Harvard Business School in the USA.

Prof. Danica Purg

Professor Danica Purg is the President of the IEDC-Bled School of Management, Slovenia, and the President of CEEMAN, the international association for management development in dynamic societies, which brings together 210 management development institutions from 54countries. She is also leading the European Leadership Centre (ELC).

She is professor of leadership and effective management at the IEDC-Bled School of Management. In 2010 she received the 2010 International Educator of the Year Award by the Academy of International Business (AIB). In 2013 she was nominated Chair of PRME (Principles of Responsible Management Education) Steering Committee, the initiative started by UN Global Compact. She is President of UN Global Compact Slovenia, as well as member of several international advisory boardsat management schools around the world, including University of Stellenbosch Business School (South Africa), School of Management Zhejiang University (Hangzhou, China), and ESSCA School of Management (France).

After graduating from the Faculty of Political Science in Ljubljana, she completed her PhD at the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade.