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INSEAD Corporate Governance Centre

 

Developing boards for high-performance governance

Our Vision and Mission

 

In a rapidly changing business environment disrupted by increased regulatory reforms, digitalisation, societal demands, capital markets and geopolitical shifts, much of the pressure and scrutiny is putting boards under the spotlight. The INSEAD Corporate Governance Centre (ICGC) has been actively engaged in making a distinctive contribution to the knowledge and practice of corporate governance. Our vision is to be the leading centre for research, innovation and impact in the area of corporate governance globally. Through our educational portfolio and advocacy in fostering sustainable high-performance governance practices, the ICGC hopes to build greater trust within the public and stakeholder communities, so that businesses today are a strong force for improvement, not only of economic markets but also for the global societal environment. 

The ICGC combines INSEAD’s institutional visibility and exceptional faculty in developing thought leadership and a global educational platform in the area of corporate governance. The centre’s mission is to develop world-class teaching content, promote latest research using innovative scholarly materials and enrich public discourse on corporate governance through forums, conferences, peer-to-peer exchange and expert-to-practitioner dialogue.

Our activities harness INSEAD’s expertise in multiple disciplines across areas such as strategy, risk-management, decision making, finance, economics, family governance and corporate social responsibility for in-depth insights and sustainable responses to the challenges facing directors in today’s increasingly complex and volatile environment. The ICGC brings an unmatched international viewpoint to its activities thanks to INSEAD’s position as The Business School for the World, with its footprint across the Europe, Asia, and Middle East campuses.

Jose Luis Álvarez
Senior Affiliate Professor of Organisational Behaviour
The Mubadala Chair in Corporate Governance and Strategy
Academic Director, INSEAD Corporate Governance Centre

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Partners 

 

The INSEAD Corporate Governance Centre is grateful to our international partners for their collaboration and engagement in supporting our mission. 

Governance outlook

 

INSEAD webinar series

 

The ICGC has partnered with the INSEAD Alumni Association and Lifelong Learning to produce a number of webinars focused on boards and governance in times of crisis over the past few months. We invite you to follow the links below to view the recordings or click here to view the full collection of past webinars on wide ranging topics presented by our world-class faculty, diverse global leaders and INSEAD alumni.

In the spotlight

 

 

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Governance advocacy 

 

Numbers at a glance

 
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1378
 
IDP and IDBP
flagship participants
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989
 
Certified Directors
(IDP-C/IDBP-C ) 
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564
 
Research publications 
 
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90%
 
International (IDP participants)
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51
 
Governance network events 
worldwide per year

About Us

 

ICGC Team

Jose Luis Álvarez

Senior Affiliate Professor of Organisational Behaviour
The Mubadala Chair in Corporate Governance and Strategy
Academic Director of INSEAD Corporate Governance Centre

Sonia Tatar

Executive Director
Europe Campus

Fabienne Chemin

Operations Manager
Europe Campus

 

Ivy Ng

Manager
Asia Campus

Margy Fuller

Programme Advisor, Corporate Governance
Europe Campus

ICGC Network

  • INSEAD Director's Network (IDN)

The INSEAD Directors' Network (IDN) is driven by alumni of the INSEAD International Directors Programme (IDP).

"Board dynamics, behaviour and conduct are under greater scrutiny than ever before. INSEAD is developing an enviable cadre of suitably qualified international directors to ensure the right conduct and behaviour is prevalent in boards throughout the globe. The international INSEAD Directors' Network is there to foster connectivity, collaboration and continued development for the members of the network and more broadly within the INSEAD alumni." 

Helen Pitcher, OBE, IDP-C, 
President of INSEAD Directors Network
 

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9
 
Board members
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18
 
Ambassadors
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98
 
New international board appointments
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8
 
Webinars a year
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  • INSEAD IN-BOARD

IN-BOARD is a by alumni for alumni initiative which started 10 years ago and currently runs in six countries. It consists of a three day programme at INSEAD and six national modules organised by professional service firms (accounting, legal, strategy, HR, etc).The aim is to prepare INSEAD alumni for non-executive board positions.

“There is a growing need for non-executives in large corporates as well as in smaller companies, hospitals, schools and non-for-profit institutions. The INSEAD alumni have a wealth of experience in a great variety of industries. IN-BOARD is building on this solid base by offering an educational programme and by sharing continued development through Masterclasses and Governance Labs. Herewith we create a great community of experienced professionals.”

Peter Nientker, MBA’87
President of IN-BOARD Netherlands

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  • INSEAD Alumni Association

The INSEAD alumni network is robust, diverse and globally connected to an extent few institutions can boast. With 56,000 alumni distributed across 174 countries with 161 nationalities, our alumni are citizens of the world, who understand how to balance local and global perspectives, and have “experienced the world as it ought to be” as one graduate said.

"An active alumni association not only helps to keep the alumni energised and engaged but also contributes tremendously to the positive branding of INSEAD. Through our activities, we not only get a chance to showcase the achievements of our members but also demonstrate our deep bonding with the institution. And nothing succeeds like success. The success of the alumni boosts the reputation of the school, while in turn the success of the school enables the alumni to bask in its reflected glory. Having a strong and active alumni network is a win-win for all.” 

Sadia Khan, MBA'95D, IDP-C
President, INSEAD Alumni Association
CEO, Selar Enterprises (Pvt) Ltd

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ICGC Contributing Faculty

 

José-Luis Alvarez​ 

Senior Affiliate Professor of Organisational Behaviour
Executive power and roles, board dynamics

Philip Anderson 

Professor of Entrepreneurship
The INSEAD Alumni Fund Chaired Professor of Entrepreneurship
Venture capital, innovation, strategy, entrepreneurship

Annet Aris

Senior Affiliate Professor of Strategy
Nomination, remuneration, corporate strategy, gender diversity on boards, digital

 

Morten Bennedsen 

Professor of Economics
The André and Rosalie Hoffmann Chaired Professor of Family Enterprise
Governance of family business, economics of family

Daniel A. Bens 

Professor of Accounting and Control
Financial reporting, earnings management

Henri-Claude de Bettignies 

Emeritus Professor of Asian Business
The Aviva Chair in Leadership and Responsibility, Emeritus
Corporate reputation, crisises and media strategies

 

Christine Blondel 

Lecturer
Family business

Fares Boulos 

Affiliated Professor of Practice in Strategy
Board process, values and strategies

Laurence Capron​ 

Professor of Strategy
The Paul Desmarais Chaired Professor of Partnership and Active Ownership
The Sauvage Family Endowed Chair for Academic Excellence
Mergers and acquisitions

 

Randel Carlock 

Emeritus Senior Affiliate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise
The Berghmans Lhoist Chaired Professor of Entrepreneurial Leadership, Emertitus
Governance of family business, psychology approach

Gavin Cassar 

Professor of Accounting and Control
Risk management, hedge funds

Guoli Chen 

Professor of Strategy
CEO succession

 

Karel Cool 

Professor of Strategic Management
British Petroleum Fellow
The BP Chaired Professor of European Competitiveness
Competitive strategy

Jean Dermine 

Professor of Banking and Finance
Banking, asset & liability management, risk, value creation

Enrico Diecidue 

Professor of Decision Sciences
Decision making in the boardroom

 

Yves Doz 

Emeritus Professor of Strategic Management
The Solvay Chaired Professor of Technological Innovation, Emeritus
Goal setting, CEO evaluation, strategy and partnerships

Anil Gaba 

Professor of Decision Sciences
The Orpar Chaired Professor of Risk Management
Judgement under uncertainty, risk and environment

Maria Guadalupe 

Professor of Economics
The Goltz Fellowship in Business
and Society INSEAD
Shareholders

 

Pierre Hillion 

Professor of Finance
The de Picciotto Chaired Professor of Alternative Investments
Executive decision making, behavioural economics, fraud and corruption

Neil Jones 

Senior Affiliate Professor of Strategy
Strategic management for members of boards

Thomas Keusch 

Assistant Professor of Accounting and Control
Corporate governance, shareholder activism and risk management

 

Ilze Kivleniece 

Assistant Professor of Strategy
Firm boundaries, hybrid organisations and innovation organisational design, public-private and cross-sector collaboration

Jean-Claude Larreche 

Emeritus Professor of Marketing
Alfred H. Heineken Chaired Professor of Marketing, Emeritus
Innovation and growth, strategy

Marc Le Menestrel 

Affiliate Professor of Decision Sciences
Ethics, sustainability, corporate governance

 

Rose Luo 

Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise
Rudolf & Valeria Maag Professorship
Corporate strategy, family firms, CSR

Juan Ma 

Assistant Professor of Strategy
Corruption and institutional distrust, global strategy

Massimo Massa 

Professor of Finance
The Rothschild Chaired Professor of Banking
Mutual funds, family funds, M&As, risk management, value creation,
ownership structure

 

Erin Meyer 

Senior Affiliate Professor of Organisational Behaviour
Culture, behaviour and decision-making

Peter Nathanial 

ICGC Fellow and Co-director, International Directors Banking Programme
Restructuring, risk management

Urs Peyer 

Dean of Degree Programs
Associate Professor of Finance
Board performance and executive remuneration

 

Simone-Eva Redrupp 

Adjunct Faculty,
Modern Governance in Banking Programme

Tim Rowley* 

ICGC Distinguished Fellow and Visiting Professor of Strategy
Board process, strategy and best practices

Jose Santos*​ 

Affiliated Professor of Practice in Global Management
Global strategy

 

Andrew Shipilov 

Professor of Strategy
The John H. Loudon Chaired Professor of International Management
Innovation and growth, Strategy

Stanislav Shekshnia 

Senior Affiliate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise
Governance in eastern Europe, board succession, leadership

Ithai Stern 

Associate Professor of Strategy
The Akzo Nobel Fellow of Strategic Management
Strategy

 

N. Craig Smith 

Affiliate Professor of Ethics and Social Responsibility
The INSEAD Chaired Professor of Ethics and Social Responsibility
Ethics, corporate social responsibility and sustainability

Ron Soonieus 

Adjunct Faculty
International Directors Programme
Corporate social responsibility and sustainability

Erik van der Loo 

Affiliate Professor of Organisational Behaviour
Governance and leadership, corporate culture

 

Ludo Van der Heyden 

Emeritus Professor of Technology and Operations Management
The INSEAD Chaired Professor of Corporate Governance
Fair process, family business, business models

Ingo Walter* 

Visiting Professor of Economics and Political Science
Banking, investments, ethics and law

Gabriel Szulanski 

Professor of Strategy
Strategy

 

Jaap Winter* 

Distinguished Visiting Professor of Corporate Governance
Legal responsibilities of directors, board roles and context

Michael A. Witt 

Senior Affiliate Professor of Strategy and International Business
International business and strategy

David Young 

Professor of Accounting and Control
Executive remuneration, financial accounting and reporting

 

ICGC Director-in-Residence
 

Stéphane Benoist, IDP-C'20J

Independent Director and CEO B-Consulting

 

Stéphane Benoist is a French national, born and raised in Paris. Stéphane served with the Louis Dreyfus Group, first at the HQ in Paris then in Singapore from 1991 to 1994. What was meant to be a short-term assignment in the city-state turned into a long-term passion for Asia. For the next three years Stéphane was employed as Finance Director of a public works company, which was engaged in a number of prestigious real estate projects in Singapore.

In 1997 Stéphane established his first consulting firm providing business advisory, management consulting and corporate support services to companies wanting to start and develop their activities in Singapore and the Asia-Pacific region. Stéphane aided companies and organizations in the fields of finance, taxation and financial control. During those years Stéphane served on boards of private companies and charities, often as company secretary. His firm grew into a reputable and profitable company and was acquired in 2013 by Altios International. Stéphane remained as CEO for South East Asia until 2019.

In his pursuit to gain experience and continued growth, and to give back, Stéphane is building a portfolio career, which comprises of consulting on corporate governance, and is involved in personal projects such as business-angeling. He is a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors.

His interest in sustainability and climate governance as a global and pressing need has brought him to engage with INSEAD's Corporate Governance Centre as Director-in-Residence to offer support to the Centre in its pursuit of making a distinctive contribution to the knowledge and practice of corporate governance in the field of sustainability.

Always eager to learn and to grow, he cofounded the first APM Club (Association Progrès du Management) in Singapore. After becoming a father in 2014, he consummated his interest in education and business with the launch of the first and only bilingual French-English Montessori center in Singapore. A wine amateur, Stéphane is currently heading the Commanderie de Bordeaux in Singapore.

Stephane first graduated from Université Panthéon-Sorbonne with a Master’s in Finance, continued to earn a pre-doctorate Master’s in Advanced Business Practice from the University of South Australia then completed IDP-C from INSEAD. He lives in Singapore with his wife Andreza and son Matthias.

 

 

Distinguished Academic and Executive Fellows

 

Tim Rowley

ICGC Distinguished Fellow
Visiting Professor of Strategy, INSEAD
 

Kay Firth-Butterfield

ICGC Distinguished Fellow
Head of AI and Machine Learning and Member of the Executive Committee, The World Economic Forum

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