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EQUIS Governance

EQUIS Awarding Body

The EQUIS Awarding Body 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 schools that are applying for EQUIS accreditation and, based on their recommendations, makes the final decision to confer EQUIS accreditation upon those management education institutions that have demonstrated excellence at an international level. The Awarding Body normally meets three times a year at the request of the EQUIS Director.

logo pdf More information about the role and functioning of the EQUIS Awarding Body.

International Academic Members

  • David Saunders, Dean, Queen's School of Business, Queen's University, CA - Chairman of the EQUIS Awarding Body

  • Susan Cox, Dean, Lancaster University Management School, UK
  • Arnoud De Meyer, President, Singapore Management University, SG
  • Robert Galliers, University Distinguished Professor, Bentley University, US
  • Alain Ged, Professor & Former Dean, Graduate School of Management, IAE Aix-en-Provence, FR
  • Santiago Íñiguez, Dean, IE Business School, ES
  • José Machado, Dean, Nova School of Business and Economics (Nova SBE), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, PT
  • Francisco Mazzucca, Director of FGV, EAESP - Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo, FGV - Fundação Getulio Vargas, BR
  • Patrick Molle, President, France Business School, FR
  • Andrew Pettigrew, Professor of Strategy & Organisation, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, UK
  • Yingyi Qian, Dean, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, CN
  • Bernard Ramanantsoa, Dean, HEC - Paris, FR
  • John Seybolt, Dean, College of Business Sciences, Zayed University, AE
  • Rolf Wolff, President, Stockholm School of Economics, SE

International Corporate Members

  • Dominique Jousse, Former Group HR Director, Richemont International S.A., CH
  • Rob Kuijpers, Former CEO of DHL int, NL
  • François Cornélis, Former Vice-Chairman of the Executive Committee & President of Chemicals, Total, B

+ 2 voting representatives of the EQUIS Committee (rotating)

Non-voting Members

  • Eric Cornuel, Director General, EFMD
  • Michael Osbaldeston, Director, Quality Services, EFMD

EQUIS Committee

The EQUIS Committee, composed of academic and corporate representatives, advises the EQUIS Director on the strategic development of EQUIS. All major decisions concerning policy, standards and procedures are submitted to the EQUIS Committee for consultation. The EQUIS Committee approves the Eligibility of schools that are applying for EQUIS accreditation. The EQUIS Committee normally meets three times a year at the request of the EQUIS Director, who chairs the meetings.

logo pdf More information about the role and functioning of the EQUIS Committee.

Ex Officio Members

  • Michael Osbaldeston, Director, Quality Services, Chairman of EQUIS Committee
  • Eric Cornuel, Director General, EFMD
  • Ulrich Hommel, Senior Advisor, Quality Services, EFMD
  • Irina Sennikova, Dean, RISEBA - Riga International School of Economics and Business Administration & EQUAL Chairman, Latvia

International Academic Members

  • Jérôme Bon, Senior Associate Dean, International Development, ESCP Europe, FR
  • Rolf Cremer, Former President & CEO, EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht, DE
  • Michael Frenkel, Dean, WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, DE
  • Hirokazu Kono, Dean, Keio Business School, Keio University, JP
  • Philippe Haspeslagh, Dean, Vlerick Business School, BE
  • Frank Horwitz, Director, Cranfield School of Management, UK"
  • Angus Laing, Dean, Loughborough University School of Business and Economics, UK
  • Philip McLaughlin, Dean & Director, BEM Bordeaux Management School, FR
  • Marcelo Paladino, Dean, IAE Business School, Universidad Austral, AR
  • Gill Palmer, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) and Vice President, RMIT Business, RMIT University, AU
  • Alfons Sauquet, Dean, ESADE Business School, ES
  • Eon Smit, Former Director, University of Stellenbosch Business School, ZA

International Corporate Members

  • Hans Buss, Former Senior Executive of Unilever, DE
  • Hanneke Frese, Founder, FreseConsulting and Former Head of Group Capabilities, Zurich Financial Services, CH
  • Neslihan Tozge, Chairman, Blue Ocean Consulting, TR