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Programme Director
Timothy Rowley is a Professor of Strategic Management and Organizations at Rotman as well as the Academic Director, Morning & Evening MBA and EMBA. He teaches courses in Strategic Management and Governance. Timothy’s research interests focuses on corporate governance, interorganizational cooperation and strategic alliances, social network analysis, and stakeholder and social issues management. His research has been published in
Organization Science, Academy of Management Journal, and Administrative Science Quarterly, among others.
Timothy Rowley
INSEAD Corporate Governance Centre Distinguished Fellow and Co-Director of International Directors Programme
Timothy Rowley
INSEAD Corporate Governance Centre Distinguished Fellow and Co-Director of International Directors Programme
Faculty
Stanislav Shekshnia is a Senior Affiliate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise at INSEAD, co-director of Leading from the Chair and Scandinavian Executive Institute Executive Board and Advanced Board development programs. His research concentrates on leadership, leadership development and effective corporate governance at emerging markets and organizations. Shekshnia is the author, co-author, and editor of 11 books, including Leading a Board (2nd edition, 2021), CEO School (2018), Athletic CEOs (2018), and more than 50 articles on corporate governance, entrepreneurship, leadership, people management and intercultural management.
Stanislav Shekshnia is a senior partner at WH advisors (Dubai). Stanislav provides advice and personal coaching to business owners, senior executives and executive teams.
Since 2001 Dr. Shekshnia has been an independent chair and director at a number of companies in the USA, France, Russia, Ukraine, Holland and Serbia.
In 1991-2002 Stanislav Shekshnia held positions of CEO, Alfa-Telecom, President and CEO, Millicom International Cellular, Russia and CIS, Chief Operating Officer of VimpelCom, Director of Human Resources, Central and Eastern Europe of Otis Elevator.
Stanislav Shekshnia has a Ph.D. and Master's Degree in Economics from Moscow State University, and an MBA from Northeastern University in Boston.
Stanislav Shekshnia
Senior Affiliate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise
Stanislav Shekshnia
Senior Affiliate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise
Annet Aris is Senior Affiliate Professor of Strategy at INSEAD and Academic Director of INSEAD’s Corporate Governance Centre. She joined INSEAD in 2003, her focus is on Digital transformation and disruption and its impact on society, industries and companies as well as on Corporate Governance. She was nominated in 2010 and 2011 for the best teacher award by the MBA students and received the Dean’s certificate for teaching excellence in the MBA programme in 2019, 2020, 2021,2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Annet has extensive experience as a non-executive board member, she served on 15, mostly publicly listed, boards in Germany, UK, The Netherlands, Portugal and Finland in a variety of industries. From 2015-2025 she was board member and Vice-Chair as well as a Member of the Technology Committee of the Board of ASML NV, Europe’s leading technology champion in the semi-conductor industry. Currently she is a board member at Jungheinrich AG (intralogistics). Annet ranks amongst most influential corporate directors in The Netherlands.
Annet is a Dutch native and received a MSc. with distinction from the University of Wageningen in 1984. After acceptance in McKinsey’s European INSEAD Fellow program, she completed her MBA with distinction in Fontainebleau in 1986. She worked for McKinsey from 1985 until 2003, at first in the Netherlands and in the UK and, since 1990, in Germany. She was elected partner in 1994 and co-led McKinsey’s German Media and Entertainment Practice from 1999-2003.
She is the author of a large number of articles and is a frequently asked key-note speaker on the topics of digital transformation as well as corporate governance. Together with Jacques Bughin, she wrote the book “Managing Media Companies, Harnessing Creative Value”. She recently published “Wegwijzer in het digitale doolhof” (“Pathway through the digital labyrinth” in Dutch).
Annet Aris
Senior Affiliate Professor of Strategy
Annet Aris
Senior Affiliate Professor of Strategy
