Global boardroom leaders, advisors to boards, and educators in the field of corporate governance.

Loretto is an accomplished CEO and experienced chartered director with many years of country leadership in the biopharmaceutical and healthcare sectors. She has a deep understanding of governance and regulatory environments.

Stefan is founder and managing director of the Governance University, a training institution for non-executive directors and company secretaries, established in the Netherlands. He is an experienced researcher, teacher, boardroom consultant and board member.

Gréag is a successful entrepreneur and business leader with a proven record of delivering major programmes of change, including, strategy, cost reduction, balance sheet review, transaction growth, culture change and organisational redesign.

Dermot is an experienced independent non executive director (INED) and investment banker. He is currently a non-executive board member of numerous private equity backed companies and regulated financial (PCF-2) investment funds (ICAVs).

Kingsley has an extensive career in trade and investment, philanthropy, education, diaspora and tourism. He has worked for major organisations, and governments and is an expert in the field of networking, which he views as the ‘glue’ that makes everything happen.

George is an international director who provides corporate governance services across Europe. He was previously regional managing director for Mattel. His expertise is in helping organisations with their strategy and organisational development.

John leads SpencerStuart’s industrial practice and co-leads the financial officer practice in Canada. During his career, John has completed more than 400 executive officer and board level searches and helped place more than 250 senior finance leaders.

Bob Semple has more than 40 years’ business experience working as an accountant, auditor and management consultant.

For 36 years, he worked in PricewaterhouseCoopers where, most recently, he was partner responsible for governance and risk management services.  He now works as a director and as an independent consultant – specialising in governance, risk management and board effectiveness reviews.  Bob is a science graduate, a Chartered Accountant, a Chartered Director and a Certified Psychometric Evaluator.

Margot was appointed managing director of Sodexo in 2012, followed by country president in 2015 and the global diversity and inclusion chief in 2019. Margot’s role includes corporate governance and directorial responsibility for growing the various business segments.

Before joining China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), Robert was Head of Talent Management, Leadership and Organisational Development Europe at Oerlikon AG. Robert has also been Professor of Finance and regularly teaches on the topics of leadership and financial leadership at corporate universities and university executive programmes.

Hedwige Nuyens is the CEO of the International Banking Federation, representing the banking industry at international level. In addition, she is serving as Chair of European Women on Boards. Previously she was Head of Group Prudential Affairs at BNP Paribas, Chief Financial Officer of the Catholic University Louvain and Chief Risk Officer of ABN Amro Bank in Belgium. Hedwige holds a Faculty of Law and a Master’s in financial sciences from the Catholic University Louvain, a Master’s in business administration and finance from the EHSAL Brussels.

Karen Woody is an academic expert in Corporate Governance and Securities Law, she is currently the Associate Professor of Law at Washington and Lee School of Law. Her work on conflict minerals is widely cited, and she recently testified for the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee regarding federal conflict minerals regulation. In her practice, she advised corporate and individual clients on issues related to white collar crime and compliance issues, with a particular focus on international corruption, securities and accounting fraud, and internal corporate investigations.