Conference Committee
Committee Purpose
The conference committee oversees the organization of the annual ICGS conference and other conference activities. It collaborates with and advises the local organizers of these activities.
Committee Members
Christy Shropshire
Georg Wernicke
Joanna Campbell
Kostas Stathopoulos
Diversity (Research Committee)
Committee Purpose
The mission of the Diversity and Inclusion group is to gather scholars and practitioners interested in the variety of aspects around diversity, and inclusion on board and (senior) management positions. This line of work includes those interested on gender, age, or racial diversity to those interested on more deep level diversity, such as those related to tenure, experience, or values, among others, as well as the integration and inclusion of those members on boards. The community aims to create a strong network of academics, PhD students and practitioners that can help each other in terms of research, teaching, and best managerial practices.
Early Career Scholars
Committee Purpose
Our mission is to create a focused and thriving community of early-stage scholars interested in research and teaching various facets of corporate governance across all disciplines. The community would strive to create a network of corporate governance scholars who can support and help each other in both research and teaching. Members of this community are expected to share their nascent research ideas and provide constructive and developmental feedback to each other. Members are also expected to be willing and eager to share (innovative) teaching methods, materials, and resources, such as case studies and syllabi, on corporate governance topics that interest them and are relevant to the larger corporate governance community. We also plan to involve late-stage ICGS scholars who can provide mentorship and guidance to the young scholars throughout their career trajectory and within the broader ICGS community.
Committee Members
Ilaria Orlandi
Fabian Ahrens
Michelle Weck
Rahul Anand
Executive Committee
Committee Purpose
The purpose of the executive committee is to advise and prioritize issues for the ICGS board to handle. It provides leadership, guidance, and oversight to the society, plays a key role in driving the society's success, and ensures decisions made align with the society's mission, vision, and goals. The executive committee is empowered to act on behalf of the board with the full powers of the board, provided that a report of actions taken by the executive committee is made to and ratified by the board at its next meeting.
Committee Members
Margarethe Wiersema (Board Chair)
Alessandro Zattoni (Past-President)
Kostas Stathopoulos (Vice-President)
Jennifer Klinger (Ex-officio)
Family Business Governance (Research Committee)
Committee Purpose
The family business committees purpose is to enhance governance research in family businesses.
Committee Members
Pedro Vazquez
Gonzalo Gomez
Luiz Ricardo Kabbach
Governance Committee
Committee Purpose
Oversee the governance of the ICGS.
Committee Members
Niels Hermes (President)
Mario Daniel Amore (Treasurer)
Jose Rivas (Secretary)
Kostas Stathopoulos (Vice-President)
Roy Shapira
Journal Partnerships
Committee Purpose
The Journal Partnership Committee is responsible for bridging the gap between the Society and the editorial leadership of the two journals linked with ICGS, i.e., Corporate Governance: An International Review and Annals of Corporate Governance. The committee fosters the collaboration of ICGS with the two journals in order to ensure their long-term viability, and it cooperates with the publishers, providing input on the strategic direction, promoting networking and joint events, and increasing visibility and content dissemination.
Committee Members
Marc Goergen
Member Engagement
Committee Purpose
The Membership Engagement Committee plans extra activities (beyond the main conference) such as regional events and a PhD course to attract, support and retain new and future ICGS members.
Committee Members
Georg Wernicke
Ryan Krause
Ruth Sealy
Practitioner Engagement
Committee Purpose
The committee oversees the Society's sponsorship policies and portfolios. It aims to ensure a sustainable pipeline of industry collaboration that alignns scholarly research with the practical challenges of corpoorate governance practitioners.
Committee Members
Mario Daniel Amore
Ryan Krause
Ruth Sealy
Social Media & Website
Committee Purpose
The Social Media & Website Committee supports the International Corporate Governance Society’s online presence by coordinating with the webmaster on website content and maintaining the Society’s LinkedIn page.
Committee Members
Ryan Federo
Canan Mutlu
Nester U. Salcedo
Georg Wernicke