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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

  • Jordi Canals, Dean, IESE Business School, University of Navarra, ES
  • 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, EMLYON 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

International Corporate Members

  • Dominique Jousse, Former Group HR Director, Richemont International S.A., CH
  • Rob Kuijpers, Former CEO of DHL int, NL

+ 2 voting representatives of the EQUIS Committee (rotating)

Non-voting Members

  • Eric Cornuel, Director General, EFMD
  • Julio Urgel, Director, Quality Services, EFMD
  • Michael Osbaldeston, Senior Advisor, 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

  • Julio Urgel, 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

  • Fátima Barros, Dean, Catolica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, PT
  • Jérôme Bon, Senior Associate Dean, International Development, ESCP Europe, FR
  • Rolf Cremer, President & CEO, EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht, DE
  • Michael Frenkel, Dean, WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, DE
  • Philippe Haspeslagh, Dean, Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School, BE
  • 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
  • Rolf Wolff, Former President, School of Business, Economics and Law, Gothenburg University, SE

International Corporate Members

  • Urs Hofmann, Former Executive Advisor Learning & Development at Credit Suisse, CH
  • Jonathan Slack, Former Chief Executive, ABS - Association of Business Schools, UK