Dean
Chair
Board of Directors
Members of the Board
The INSEAD Board of Directors, chaired by Kristin Skogen Lund, is responsible for overseeing strategic moves, financial decisions, budgets and end-of-year accounts and for appointing the Dean.
Today, the INSEAD Board is composed of 19 internationally recognised business leaders from a wide range of industry sectors. Most are INSEAD alumni and together they represent ten nationalities.
Several Board Committees, appointed by and reporting to the Board, also involving representatives of the school's management and external experts, deal with more specific issues: the Audit, Finance and Risk Committee; the Endowment Management Committee; the Nominations Committee and the Remuneration Committee and, when appropriate, the Campaign Board, the Dean Search Committee and the Chairman Search Committee.
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Chairs
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Members
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Permanent invitees
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INSEAD Representatives
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Ex-Officio
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Board Committees
Several Board Committees, appointed by and reporting to the Board, make expert, in-depth recommendations on specific areas. Most Committee members belong to the full Board or are Permanent Invitees. This structure also allows for additional external experts to be brought in and for temporary committees to be formed – whenever beneficial.
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Audit, Finance & Risk
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This committee serves to strengthen INSEAD’s financial and risk management. Its duties include: reviewing budgets and annual accounts; talking to the external auditors; examining major capital expenditure proposals; assessing key philanthropic gifts; identifying sources of reputational and financial risk; and analysing risk-control processes.
Chairman Chairman of the Board of Directors, Coface SA
Members Chwee Foon Lim
CEO Asia Pacific, Ekso BionicsEmma Goltz
Vice Chair, INSEAD Board of DirectorsBenoît Habert
Chairman, Dassault Développement Chairman, Habert Dassault
Finance Business Development Officer, Groupe Industriel Marcel DassaultKristin Skogen Lund
Chair, INSEAD Board of DirectorsMartine Vice-Holter
CEO, Hoegh Capital Partners Advisor
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Endowment
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Like many other successful educational institutions, INSEAD relies on returns from its invested endowment fund to finance scholarships, faculty Chairs, research and other activities. The Endowment Management Committee advises the Board on all questions of investment strategy. Its members include INSEAD finance professors, representatives of the INSEAD foundations and external experts.
Chairman Alexis Habib
CEO, Spinnaker CapitalMembers
François Hériard-Dubreuil
Chairman, Foundation INSEAD
Chairman, Rémy Cointreau FoundationAlexandra Papalexopoulou
Deputy Chair, Group Executive Committee of Titan Cement InternationalExternal Experts
Nick Cavalla
CEO, Talisman Global Asset Management LtdJeremy Golding
Managing Partner, Golding Capital PartnersIan Potter
Managing Partner, Lion City CapitalNesreen Srouji
Head of Investors Relations, Middle East, Africa and Asia, Florin Court Capital
CEO Middle East, AmundiINSEAD Faculty
Lucie Tepla
Affiliate Professor of Finance
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Facilities
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The purpose of the Facilities Committee is to develop and monitor the policy, strategy and planning for all aspects of INSEAD’s physical assets, including but not limited to land, buildings, and institutional facilities. It also includes oversight of the development, renovation, and any potential future openings and/or closings of campuses or facilities.
Chairman
Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz Members
Erica Alessandri
Board Director, TechnogymFrançois Hériard Dubreuil
Chairman, Foundation INSEAD
Chairman, Rémy Cointreau FoundationPhilippe Houzé
Chairman of the Executive Board, Galeries Lafayette GroupLouis Lim
Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, Keppel LandEric Sasson
Chairman, RedTree CapitalPermanent invitees
Attila Cselotei
Chief Operating OfficerKristin Skogen Lund
Chair, INSEAD Board of DirectorsFrancisco Veloso
Dean, INSEADEnver Yücesan
Professor of Operations Management
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Governance
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The Governance Committee advises the Board on overarching school and academic governance, refines processes for Board and Faculty governance, and facilitates Board and Faculty communications.
Chairman
Kristin Skogen Lund
Chair, INSEAD Board of DirectorsFrancisco Veloso
Dean, INSEADMembers
Frans Blom
President, INSEAD Alumni Association
Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Van Lanschot KempenArnoud De Meyer
Professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management UniversityJavier Gimeno
Dean of Faculty
Professor of StrategyEmma Goltz
Vice Chair, INSEAD Board of DirectorsAndrew Shipilov
Professor of StrategyEnver Yücesan
Professor of Operations Management
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Nominations and Compensation
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The Nominations and Compensation Committee advises the Dean on all remuneration matters, including salaries, bonuses and pension schemes for the senior leadership, faculty and staff. This Committee also advises the Board on all matters regarding Board succession, working to ensure that the composition reflects the expertise, characteristics and perspectives needed to achieve the mission and strategic objectives of the School.
Chairman
Pascale Witz
Founder and President, PWH AdvisorsMembers
Arnoud De Meyer
Professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management UniversityPatrick Firmenich
Vice-Chairman of the Board, DSM/FirmenichChristina Law
Group CEO, Raintree Group of CompaniesKristin Skogen Lund
Chair, INSEAD Board of Directors
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Other Board Committees
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Temporary committees have traditionally included: the Campaign Board (during fundraising campaigns); the Dean Search Committee; and the Chair Search Committee.
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee is the highest executive body at INSEAD. Chaired by the Dean, it is made up of a mix of faculty and staff members from across locations; as appointed by the Dean. The Executive Committee:
- Shapes the strategic direction of the school
- Discusses critical short- and long-term topics to ensure continued impact and sustainability of the school
- Ensures the school’s efficient and effective operations and collaboration across departments
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Members
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Dean
Area Deans
Associate Deans and Chief Officers
Advisory Council
The role of the Advisory Council is to develop the school’s strategic thinking as well as help perpetuate its founding principles and values. As the name suggests, the Council acts in a purely advisory capacity to the Board and the Dean.
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Members
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Chairman Mika Salmi
Managing Partner, LakestarNon-executive Director Karen Fawcett
Former Multinational CEO, and EntrepreneurMembers Rolf Abdon
Chief Executive, Abdon MillsBaron Jean-Pierre Berghmans
Chairman of the Executive Board, Lhoist GroupPaul Desmarais Jr
Chairman & Co-CEO, Power Corporation of CanadaDeepak Gupta
Founder and Chairman, Denita Group of CompaniesTuulikki Janssen
Honorary MemberSven Kado
Non-executive Chairman, Marsh and MercerBarbara Kux
Board member, Firmenich, Henkel, Total and UmicoreDaniel Labrecque
Chairman, DNA CapitalDaniel Lalonde
CEO, Design HoldingSir Andrew Large
Former Deputy Governor, Bank of EnglandCharles Mackay
Chairman, Opera Holland Park TrustEdward Mork
Retired Executive VP, Royal AholdClaude Rameau
Professor Emeritus, INSEAD
Former Dean, INSEADR. Todd Ruppert
Founder and Chief Executive Officer,
Ruppert International Inc.Permanent Invitees Kristin Skogen Lund
Chair, INSEAD Board of DirectorsFrancisco Veloso
Dean, INSEAD
National Councils
Purpose
Key Communication Channel
The National Council acts as a channel of communication between top business executives from a particular geography and INSEAD. The Council members support INSEAD's ambition to stay close to the business community in that geography and its needs at the highest levels.
The Council is meant to be a top executive's opportunity for updates on INSEAD activities and thought provoking encounters with peers, Deans of INSEAD and INSEAD faculty. The Council is requested to advise on:
- How INSEAD could contribute to and benefit from the business community in that geography through its vision as articulated by the Dean of INSEAD.
- Whether/how that business community could support and enhance INSEAD's vision.
- How to anticipate and respond appropriately to business needs and developments in that geography in the planning of INSEAD's activities (MBA, EMBA, Executive Education, PhD and Research).
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Key Support
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The Council members promote the recognition and support of INSEAD in the particular geography and specifically assist INSEAD in its objective to improve the quality of programme applicants and increase the career opportunities for graduates.
The Council members enhance, at their national levels, INSEAD's financial development through encouraging and inviting support from corporations, individuals and foundations.
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Term
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The membership term is three years and is renewable by mutual consent. The President may ask members who miss three consecutive meetings or do not visit a campus during their term to relinquish their membership. Delegation to the National Council or International Council meetings is not possible in order to maintain the distinctive, high profile of the Council.
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Meetings
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Frequency
Most National Councils typically meet at least once a year. Council members are encouraged to maintain regular close contact with the INSEAD Alumni Associations from the Council member countries. The President of the Council will set the exact place and time of meetings.
Guests
The President, in coordination with the Dean, may invite guests to attend a Council whether to present on a topic of particular interest or to meet the Council. The members are therefore encouraged to suggest guests to the President and help to attract them when invited. The guest should match the members' top-level business profile.
Should a member of the International Council be travelling or staying in a country at the time of the National Council meeting, they are cordially invited to make themselves known and to participate in the meeting.
International Council
Mission
The International Council has three principal goals:
- To offer counsel and advice to INSEAD on its strategic direction.
- To help INSEAD achieve its mission:
- To promote a non-dogmatic learning environment that brings together people, cultures and ideas from around the world, changing lives, and helping.
- Transform organisations through management education.
- To develop responsible, thoughtful leaders and entrepreneurs who create value for their organisation and their communities.
- To expand the frontiers of academic thought and influence business practice.
- To sustain relationships with individuals, institutions and corporations with whom INSEAD is in contact around the world.
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History
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INSEAD's first Advisory Boards were set up in 1974 to provide essential links between the Institute and the national business communities in key European countries. The International Council was created in 1983 to extend and reinforce these links worldwide.
In 1992, building on the synergy between the International Council and the National Advisory Boards, the Council and the Boards became a single entity. This format meets INSEAD's needs for a national presence in an increasing number of countries and for an international outlook, both of which are vital to INSEAD's advancement.
Today the International Council is composed of:
- All the members of National Councils in the following 25 geographies:
- Australasia (1998), Austria (1997), Belgium (1979), Brazil & Latin America (1998), Canada (1985), Denmark (1989), East Asia (2003), Finland (1983-2008, 2009), France (1975), Germany (1979), Greece (2006), India (2005), Israel (2006), Italy (1996), Japan (1986-2006, 2009), The Netherlands (1981), Norway (1985), Portugal (1998), Singapore (2000) Southern Africa (1998-2008), Spain (1981), Sweden (1983), Switzerland (1984), United Kingdom (1979), USA (1978), USA - West Coast (2002).
- All other members of the International Council.
- All INSEAD Board members.
- All the members of National Councils in the following 25 geographies:
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Activity
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The annual meeting of the International Council takes place in Fontainebleau, France.
This offers an annual opportunity for the Dean to report on INSEAD's recent progress and plans for the future. All Council members are invited and encouraged to attend this meeting.
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Council Membership
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It is customary for members to be owners, chairpersons, chief executives and senior board members of major multinational and national corporations or prominent entrepreneurs. Members are known to be committed to management education and development. As members, they are asked to serve as INSEAD's ambassadors and are encouraged to promote INSEAD.
New members join the International Council as members of a National Council, by invitation of the President of the National Council of their country of domicile or residence (in consultation with the Dean, the Chairperson of INSEAD and of the International Council). The Presidents of the National Alumni Associations from Council member countries are ex officio members of the National Council in their country. The Chairperson of the International Council may invite new members to join.
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Chair
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The Chairperson of the International Council is an ex-officio member of the INSEAD Board and is appointed by the INSEAD Board on proposition of its Chairperson and of the Dean. Jointly with the Dean, the International Council Chairperson appoints each President of a National Council on the recommendation of that National Council.
The term of the Chairperson of the International Council is three years and is renewable twice, apart from an exceptional decision of the Board of Directors, which could extend a mandate for an additional period of three years. He/she may nominate up to four Vice Chairpersons.
The Chairperson works in close collaboration with the Dean, the Secretary General, the External Relations Department of INSEAD and in particular the Executive Director of Communications, who is responsible for the organisation of the International Council meeting.
Fondation INSEAD
The 'Fondation INSEAD' was created in 1998 and since its inception pursues the aim of fostering in-depth business knowledge and ensuring its diffusion to the public on an international scale. The foundation contributes to the excellence and development of the school by acting in several areas such as funding research programmes, granting scholarships to INSEAD candidates, and disseminating research findings to an international audience.
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Members
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President Benoît Habert
Chairman, Dassault Développement Chairman, Habert Dassault
Finance Business Development Officer, Groupe Industriel Marcel DassaultVice president Lionel Sauvage
President AFHI-Art (Amis du festival de l’Histoire de l’Art)Members Valérie Coscas
Head of Strategy – France, Amazon Web ServicesProfessor Hubert Gatignon
Emeritus Professor of Marketing
The Claude Janssen Chaired Professor of Business Administration, EmeritusMaria Guadalupe
Professor of Economics and Political Science
Academic Director of the INSEAD Randomized Control Trials (RCT) LabBenoît Habert
Deputy Managing Director, Dassault GroupLilia Jolibois
Board Director, Futuren (EDF Renewables) FranceVincent Lapras
Founder COVILAMark Stabile
Dean of Degree Programmes, Dean of the Europe Campus
Professor of Economics
The Stone Chaired Professor in Wealth InequalityGovernment representatives French Home Office
French Ministry of Finance and Industry
French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (Foreign Office)
Fondation Mondiale
La Fondation Mondiale INSEAD is an independent non-profit foundation established in 1995. Its main purpose is to mobilize additional financial resources to support the training of business leaders from around the world, in alignment with INSEAD's objectives. The foundation's assets are managed by its board members.
By investing in scholarships, professorships, campus infrastructure, and events focused on innovation, La Fondation Mondiale INSEAD plays a critical role in advancing INSEAD's mission of developing responsible business leaders who contribute to global progress and sustainability.
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Members
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INSEAD Board Remy Best
Independent Board Director / Chair, Pictet et Cie, UNHCR / Fondation Mondiale INSEADPatrick Firmenich
Vice Chair, DSM-FirmenichAlexis Habib
Co-Founder and CEO, Spinnaker Capital GroupExternal Members Mirjam Staub-Bisang
CEO, BlackRockChristine Hirzel
Executive Director, External Relations, INSEADNida Januskis
Associate Dean, Advancement, INSEADFrancisco Veloso
Dean, INSEADExternal Invitees Sara Mussalam
Minister of State for Early Education, Chairwoman of Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge
Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge