Purpose and Objective
Good governance is more than just rules and regulation – it is about orchestrating the delicate balance between an organization and its stakeholders; creating countervailing powers where necessary and providing support where needed. Good governance comprises building trust whilst allowing for difference in interests.
At the INSEAD Corporate Governance Centre, our aim is to increase our and your understanding of how to make owners and boards more effective. We realise that the frameworks, ideas, and perspectives of yesterday are not going to take the company forward tomorrow. As a result, corporate governance practices need to stay ahead of the curve and continuously update their perspectives, both from an academic and practice-based view. We facilitate this by bringing together academia from a variety of disciplines and seasoned corporate leaders to discuss, debate and ideate new solutions that you can implement on your boards.
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Annet Aris
Senior Affiliate Professor of Strategy and Academic Director, INSEAD Corporate Governance Centre
Annet Aris
Senior Affiliate Professor of Strategy and Academic Director, INSEAD Corporate Governance Centre
Launch of Corporate Council Members Insights 2025, Volume 1
We are pleased to announce the launch of the first edition of Corporate Council Members Insights 2025 — a compilation of LinkedIn articles published in 2025. These pieces are inspired by the insights generated during our Council Meetings and other Centre events, covering a range of themes related to corporate governance and board effectiveness in an era of change and technological advancement.
ICGC Board Council Members
The INSEAD Corporate Governance Council brings together a powerful network of globally respected board directors to work with INSEAD’s Corporate Governance Faculty (link to faculty overview). These individuals serve on some of the world’s most influential boards and have been invited not only for their experience, but for their ability to challenge, shape, and elevate the future of governance.
The Council was created to bridge the gap between boardroom practice and academic insight. As the demands on boards grow more complex, we believe the most impactful ideas emerge at the intersection of theory and experience.
To that end, Council members actively contribute to INSEAD research and teaching, and they collaborate with faculty to create new, multidisciplinary, and often counterintuitive perspectives on the most pressing issues facing boards today.
Their insights ensure that our work remains both intellectually rigorous and grounded in the realities of board leadership. Through this unique collaboration, we aim to strengthen board effectiveness, reshape governance conversations, and advance business as a force for good.
Below, we are pleased to introduce the Council members:
Board member of Linde and Lazard Group, Supervisory board member of DHL; Distinguished Affiliate Professor, Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Non-Executive Director, Centrica plc; Director and Trustee, Northern Ballet
Chair of South Pole, Non-Executive Director of WTW and Crawford & Company, Supervisory board member of NN Group
President, INSEAD Alumni Association
JustEat Takeaway (Chair), Shell (Vice Chair), Nestlé (Chair remuneration committee), and SHV (Vice Chair)
Non-Executive Board Director of B. Braun, Jungheinrich and Knorr Bremse AG; Supervisory board member of Aurubis AG and Fraport AG
Non-Executive Director of Novo Nordisk, Exor and Randstad; Board Member of Institut Merieux, Kite Insights, and HEC
Chair of the board, Swarovski; Lead Operating Director, Schleich GmbH; Board member of IKEA Group, Telia, Fortum, José de Mello and DIA Group; Vice Chair of Board, Barclays Suisse
Supervisory Board of BMW AG and ZF Friedrichshafen AG
Sandoz (Chairman), Danone (Member of the Board), Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts (Member of the Board)
Board director of Reckitt PLC, CCEP PLC and HAL NV
Non-Executive Director at Sanofi, Covestro and Aker Horizons
Non-Executive Director, Royal BAM Group, Swiss Post and Cicor Group
Board member, Firmenich, Henkel, Total and Umicore
Group CEO, Raintree Group of Companies
Partner and Head of Performance for Private Capital Europe & North America at EQT, Board member of WS Audiology, EQT Foundation and Azelis
Independent Non-Executive Board Director of Infosys, Safran S.A., Accor S.A., Randstad N.V. and Oddo BHF S.C.A. and Senior Advisor at Warburg Pincus
Chair of the German Corporate Governance Commission, Supervisory Board member of Deutsche Börse AG, Board director, Jerónimo Martins and Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of Vonovia SE.
ASM (Chair of Supervisory Board), Ahold Delhaize (Chair Remuneration Committee), and NN Group (Vice Chair Supervisory Board)
Board member of Randstad, Nordhealth, Skello, Indy, Schibsted (Compensation Committee), ManoMano (Chair of Compensation Committee, PayFit Finance (Compensation Committee), Alma (Audit Committee)
Visiting Professor of Corporate Governance at INSEAD Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Governance and Behaviour at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
