EFMD PROGRAMME AccreditAtion GOVERNANCE
The EFMD Programme Accreditation Board
The EFMD Programme Accreditation Board is composed of representatives of high profile organisations that are stakeholders in the quality improvement of management education. It evaluates the Peer Review Reports on programmes that are being put forward for EFMD Programme accreditation and, based on their recommendations, makes the final decision to confer EFMD Programme accreditation upon those business and management programmes that have demonstrated excellence at an international level. The Accreditation Board normally meets several times a year at the request of the EFMD Programme Accreditation Director.
More information about the role and functioning of the Accreditation Board
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC MEMBERS
- Julia Balogun, Dean, University of Liverpool Management School, UK
- Massimo Bergami, Executive President and Founding Dean, Bologna Business School and EFMD Board Vice-President
- Eric Cornuel, President, EFMD
- Wafa El-Garah, Professor of Management Information Systems, Project Director - Centre for Business Ethics, Former Vice-President of Academic Affairs & Former Dean, School of Business Administration, Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, MA
- Susan Laurenson, Associate Dean, Academic Programmes and International, The University of Auckland Business School, NZ - Chair of the EFMD Programme Accreditation Board
- Hervé Penan, Professor and former Dean, Toulouse School of Management, Université Toulouse Capitole, FR
- Catherine Pereira Villa, Associate Professor and Dean, International School of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Universidad de La Sabana, CO
- Ansgar Richter, Professor of Strategy, Organisation and Governance, and Vice President of Academic Affairs / Dean of Faculty, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, DE
- Sami Saarenketo, Dean and Professor of International Marketing, LUT Business School, FI
- Alfons Sauquet, Director, Quality Services & EQUIS, EFMD
- Wei Shen, Qiushi Distinguished Chair Professor, Zhejiang University, CN; Former Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor (International Relations) and Professor of Alfred Deakin Institute, Deakin University, AU
- Barbara Sporn, Director, EFMD Programme Accreditation, EFMD
- Leila Triki, Dean, Mediterranean School of Business, South Mediterranean University, TN
- Koen Vandenbempt, Academic Director of Internationalisation, Professor of Strategy & Former Dean, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Antwerp, BE
- Anne Zuccarelli, Associate Dean for Educational Experience and Operations, EDHEC Business School, FR
INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE MEMBERS
- Sven De Vocht, Startup coach and Co-founder of Forestr, BE
- Christopher Pawlak, External Manufacturing Senior Manager, Bayer AG, CH
- Marianne Schenk, Founder and Senior Consultant, Reflect + Adapt LLC, CH
- Neslihan Tözge, Founder and Senior Consultant, Blue Ocean Consultancy Company, TR
+ 2 voting representatives of the EFMD Programme Accreditation Committee
- Piet Naudé, Associate Director, EFMD Programme Accreditation & Director, EDAF
The EFMD Programme Accreditation Committee
The EFMD Programme Accreditation Committee, composed of academic and corporate representatives, advises the EFMD Programme Accreditation Director and Senior Advisors on the strategic development of EFMD Programme Accreditation. All major decisions concerning policy, standards and procedures are submitted to the EFMD Programme Accreditation Committee for consultation. The Committee approves the Eligibility of programmes that are being put forward for EFMD Programme Accreditation. The Committee normally meets three times a year at the request of the EFMD Programme Accreditation Director, who chairs the meetings.
More information about the role and functioning of the Committee
- Eric Cornuel, President, EFMD Global
- Alfons Sauquet, Director, Quality Services & EQUIS, EFMD Global
- Barbara Sporn, Director, EFMD Programme Accreditation, EFMD Global - Chair of the EFMD Programme Accreditation Committee
- Nevenka Čavlek, Professor of Tourism Economics and Tourism Management & Head of Postgraduate Studies in Tourism Management, Faculty of Economics & Business, University of Zagreb, HR
- Vanessa Chang, Dean, Curtin Business School and Pro Vice-Chancellor, Faculty of Business and Law, Curtin University, AU
- Arun A. Elias, Acting Head, School of Management, Victoria University of Wellington, NZ
- Lori Garnier, Director, Strategic Program Development and
Accreditation, Smith School of Business, Queen’s University, CA - Takamichi Hosoda, Professor and Dean, Graduate School of International Management, Aoyama Gakuin University, JP
- Enn Listra, Researcher and former Dean, School of Business and
Governance, Tallinn University of Technology, EE - Tran Van Nhu, Academic Director & MBA Director, French-Vietnamese Centre for Management Education (CFVG), VN
- Julie Perrin-Halot, Associate Dean/Director of Quality, Accreditations,
Strategic Planning and Sustainability, GEM Alpine Business School, FR - Carol Vielba, Former Associate Dean for Academic Quality and Standards, The Business School, City University London, UK
- Thierry Bonetto, Founder & Senior Advisor, Former L&D Director Danone Group, FR
- Eric Carlier, Director, Lake Park International, FR
- Bernhard Küppers, Professor for Entrepreneurship, SRH Fernhochschule - The Mobile University / Head of Gründer-Institut, SRH Hochschule Heidelberg / Former member of the Executive Board of MLP and Head of MLP Corporate University & Strategy, DE
- Bjarni Thorolfsson, CEO, Buseti, IS
- Zita Paprika, Associate Director, EFMD Programme Accreditation