Sonia Tatar

Sonia is an experienced Executive, holding a Senior Director role at INSEAD of the Centres and Initiatives globally. She oversees the operations and management of a portfolio of eleven (11) centres and initiatives in different disciplines and expertise. Sonia currently also serves as the Executive Director of the INSEAD Corporate Governance Centre and the Wendel International Centre for Family Enterprise. 

She has extensive experience in business leadership and governance practices in private and public companies combined with more than 26 years of educational expertise. 

She has been an active member of several Boards and Governance Groups for the past 21 years. She is currently member of the Editorial Board of the Cambridge Forum on Corporate Climate Governance as well the Advisory Board of Nasdaq Center for Board Excellence and Chapter Zero France Board under the umbrella of the Climate Governance Initiative in collaboration with the World Economic Forum. Sonia is also engaged with the Board of INSEAD Global Directors Network and Maisha Bioremediation and Innovation Advisory Board. 

Prior to this, Sonia served on the Governance Working Group of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), and was a member of IDIAP Search Committee   under the Foundation of the Research Institute - Institut D ’Intelligence Artificielle Perspective. She was a former member of the boards of the Global Lodging Forum with MKG Group and Les Roches Global Hospitality Education serving the Institutions in Europe, Middle East, Asia and US. Sonia was also a member of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges in US and the Association of private schools in Switzerland.

Across her career span, Sonia has worked with different stakeholders and predominantly with owners, investors, and shareholders in multinational organizations around the world. She has held senior leadership positions, notably as a Global Chief Executive Officer of an educational institution and Director General of two start-up family-owned businesses in the hospitality sector. 

Sonia is an INSEAD Alumna, Certified Director in Corporate Governance (IDP’67). As a strong advocate for thought leadership, she is frequently invited as a guest speaker to various conferences and forums. Sonia writes and contributes to the development of business articles and applied research studies in trending topics on corporate governance and family business. 

In 2017, Sonia was nominated among the “100 leading personalities” - the movers and shakers- making the Suisse Romande and recognized as the “Exporter of Knowledge”. In 2013, she was recognized as “Women of Power” in the Swiss Alps region.