PRME Welcomes New Advisory Board Members and Chair

The Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), an initiative of the UN Global Compact, is pleased to announce the appointment of five new members to the PRME Advisory Board: Dr. Lily Bi, President and CEO, AACSB International; Dr. Sherif Kamel, Professor of Management and Dean, Onsi Sawiris School of Business at The American University in Cairo; Dr. Jonathan Louw, Associate Professor of Management Education, Oxford Brookes Business School; Dr. Stephen Yong-Seung Park, Professor and Dean, Kyung Hee University School of Management; Director, Institute for Peace through Commerce; and Dr. Shiv Tripathi, Dean of the Faculty of Economics & Business Administration, Berlin School of Business and Innovation (BSBI).

PRME is also delighted to announce Dr. G. Andrew Karolyi, Charles Field Knight Dean and Professor of Finance, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, as the new Chair of the PRME Advisory Board. Having served as Vice Chair of the PRME Advisory Board for the past three years, he is well positioned to provide continuity and strategic leadership. Karolyi has cultivated deep familiarity with PRME’s mission, governance, and global community. In this new role, he will help guide the Board’s strategic engagement with the PRME Secretariat and the wider community, as PRME continues to advance responsible management education globally. His additional leadership roles with AACSB, Responsible Research in Business and Management (RRBM), Accounting for Sustainability (A4S), and major finance associations speak to his readiness to guide PRME’s work at the intersection of business education, research, and sustainable development. Karolyi is a leading scholar in international financial markets, providing pioneering research and teaching on climate and biodiversity finance, asset management, corporate finance, and emerging markets.

“Management education today has an opportunity—and an obligation—to improve its relevance and impact. The most effective business schools of the future will be those that combine academic excellence with meaningful engagement across industry, government, and civil society. Business education sees its future not in standalone business schools, but in integrating teaching and business simultaneously across sectors and industries. Responsible practices will benefit both business and society at large.

The PRME community is leading business education in the 21st century. This remarkable network of over 800 business schools across the global business education landscape will continue opening pathways for communication and collaboration far and wide, establishing relationships that can support the kind of growth we need.”

The PRME Advisory Board brings together leaders from across higher education, business, and the responsible management education ecosystem to provide strategic insight, strengthen global engagement, and support PRME’s mission to equip current and future leaders with the knowledge, skills, and values needed to advance sustainable development.

Meet the New Advisory Board Members

Dr. Lily Bi, President and CEO, AACSB International

“Business schools have a critical responsibility to prepare leaders who can navigate complexity and create lasting value for society. PRME has played an important role in advancing responsible management education globally, and I am honored to join the Advisory Board at this pivotal time. I look forward to working with fellow Board members and the PRME community to strengthen collaboration, accelerate impact, and help ensure that business education continues to contribute meaningfully to a better future."

Lily Bi is President and CEO of AACSB International, the world’s largest business school association, where she is leading a major transformation of standards, accreditation, research impact, and governance. She has held senior global executive roles across the U.S., Japan, Singapore, and China, leading large-scale growth, transformation, and market expansion across multiple industries. She holds a Doctor of Business Administration, an MBA, and a Master’s in Computer Science.

Dr. Sherif Kamel, Professor of Management and Dean, Onsi Sawiris School of Business, The American University in Cairo

“It is a privilege to join the PRME Advisory Board and contribute to an initiative that has played a transformative role in shaping the future of management education worldwide. Our School's engagement with PRME spans more than a decade, beginning with the first PRME MENA Regional Forum hosted by our School in 2011, and continuing through a shared commitment to advancing responsible leadership, sustainability, and positive societal impact through business education. As colleagues from across the world gather in Cairo for RME Week, I am particularly encouraged by the momentum, collaboration, and shared sense of purpose that continue to drive this important work. I look forward to working with my fellow Board members to further strengthen PRME's reach, relevance, and contribution to addressing the complex challenges facing our societies and economies.”

Sherif Kamel is Professor of Management and Dean of the Onsi Sawiris School of Business at The American University in Cairo, where he previously served as Vice President for Information Management. A globally engaged academic leader, he serves on several international boards and advisory bodies, including CEMS, the Central Bank of Egypt, GBSN, and Education for Employment Egypt, and has held leadership roles with AACSB, AMBA-BGA, and the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt. His teaching and research focus on digital transformation, IT transfer to emerging economies, decision support systems, and entrepreneurship, and he has authored more than 200 academic and business publications.

Jonathan Louw, Associate Professor of Management Education, Oxford Brookes Business School

“Benefiting from refreshed senior staff leadership, PRME is poised to have an even greater impact in the next few years. I look forward to playing my part in helping ensure that PRME's resources and strategies match its aspirations.”

Jonathan Louw is Associate Professor of Management Education at Oxford Brookes Business School, UK and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. His background before a mid-career transition into higher education was in public and NGO sector management. He has played a leadership, capacity building and mentoring role in PRME over many years, including as a member of the PRME Global Chapter Council and as a past Chair of the PRME Chapter UK and Ireland. His current research interests are at the intersection of sustainability and graduate employability. These interests are reflected also in his co-chairing of the PRME Working Group on Responsible Work and Purposeful Careers. Always keen to champion student research and writing, he has since 2016 organised the PRME Chapter UK and Ireland's annual responsible business and management writing competition.

Dr. Stephen Yong-Seung Park, Professor and Dean, Kyung Hee University School of Management; Director, Institute for Peace through Commerce

“PRME stands at a pivotal moment. In an era of digital and ecological transition, responsible entrepreneurship is more vital than ever to shaping a sustainable future for humanity. As Asia becomes increasingly central to the global political economy, I look forward to helping expand PRME’s engagement across the region and advancing Business for Peace as a pathway toward regional stability, sustainability, and a shared peaceful future.”

Dr. Stephen Yong-Seung Park is Professor of Responsible Management, Human Resource Management, and Industrial Relations at Kyung Hee University School of Management in Seoul, where he has served since 1999 and currently serves as Dean. A longstanding contributor to PRME, he helped lead Kyung Hee University’s early participation as a founding member, chaired the first Asian Forum for PRME in 2010, and received the PRME Pioneer Award in 2017. His work focuses on responsible management, strategic human resource management, corporate social responsibility, labor-management cooperation, and Business for Peace, and he is the author of Responsible Management: The Great Transformation in Business.

Dr. Shiv Tripathi, Dean of the Faculty of Economics & Business Administration, Berlin School of Business and Innovation (BSBI)

“I am excited to join an amazing board of sustainability scholars and practitioners! I am looking forward to contributing to the PRME mission, driving sustainability impact, and working toward the larger good.”

Prof. Dr. Shiv Kumar Tripathi is Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at the Berlin School of Business and Innovation, with 28 years of global experience in higher education teaching, research, and leadership. His work focuses on strategy, sustainability, ethics, spirituality, and responsible higher education management, with a particular commitment to sustainability challenges in the Global South. Actively involved with PRME since 2010, he has contributed to the PRME Anti-Corruption Toolkit, currently co-chairs the PRME Working Group on Poverty, and has published widely on management education, sustainability, and higher education.

As PRME welcomes these new members and its new Chair, we also extend our sincere gratitude to the outgoing Advisory Board members for their service, leadership, and commitment to PRME’s mission. Their contributions have helped shape PRME’s work during an important period of growth and transformation, and we are deeply grateful for their continued support of the responsible management education community.

• Tima Bansal, Founder, Network for Business Sustainability (NBS)

• John Goodwin, Executive Chairman, The Learning Economy Foundation

• Jikyeong Kang, President and Dean, Asian Institute of Management

• Dr. Elisabeth Fröhlich-Glantschnig, Professor, CBS International Business School

• Urs Jäger, Associate Professor, INCAE Business School

• Jim Walsh, Former President, Academy of Management (AOM)

• Ajit Parulekar, Director, CSSA, Goa Institute of Management

• Sobhi Tawi, Director of Sector Future of Learning and Innovation, UNESCO

• Paul Polman, Co-Author, “Net Positive” and Co-Founder, IMAGINE

We look forward to working with the new Advisory Board members and Chair as PRME continues to strengthen its global network, deepen engagement with Signatory Members, and support business and management schools in shaping a more sustainable future.

PRME is honored to have the continued support from current board members:

• Veneta Andonova, Dean, Universidad de los Andes School of Management

• Ann Harrison, Professor, Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley

• Alex Hope, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Faculty of Business and Technology, Sunderland University

• Morris Mthombeni, Dean, Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria

• Leisa Sargent, Dean, University of Sydney Business School

• Priya Sharma, Lecturer, School of Business, Monash University