Who are we ?
The Eduniversal Official Selection of the 1000 Best Business Schools worldwide is the result of the work of the International Scientific Committee (ISC) that has established a global mapping system that meets the criteria of universality and the international reputation of each academic institution.
The International Scientific Committee is composed of 11 members: 2 executive members: SMBG’s managing director and Eduniversal’s international coordinator; 9 independent expert members who represent the nine academic zones: Africa, North America, Latin America, Central Asia, Eurasia and Middle East, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Far East Asia, Oceania.
The role of each member of the ISC is significant and valuable, as all of them are the guarantors of the Official Selection of the 1000 Best Business Schools Worldwide. The members of the ISC are responsible for the elaboration of the Eduniversal Official Selection, monitor the Deans’ Voting processes and work for the improvement of Eduniversal’s Business Schools Ranking Methodology.
The International Scientific Committee meets:
- to modify the Official Selection, two years after the first selection, then every four years, depending on changes and global trends;
- to publish the Eduniversal Palmes results each year, based on the internalization criteria and the results of the Deans' Vote.
THE 9 EXPERT MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
All the nine expert members are experienced and prominent personalities in the academic field of their geographical zone.
AFRICA
Prof. Eon Smit is the former Director of the University of Stellenbosch Business School (South Africa). He is also the former president of SABSA (South African Business Schools Association), a founding member of AABS (Association of African Business Schools).
He is a Chairman of the Bureau for Economic Research as well as the Institute for Futures Research at the University of Stellenbosch and the member of the Board of USB-ED. Prof.Eon Smit is an Advisory Board member of the University of Hull Business School in the UK and a member of the EQUIS Quality Committee in Brussels. He has chaired more than twenty international audit teams for accreditation agencies such as EQUIS, AMBA and the CHE.
CENTRAL ASIA
Prof. Dr. Aneeta Madhok (PhD, CMC, GPHR) is the Director at Open Spaces Consulting and has been the Dean (Center for Human Resources) at S.P. Jain Center of Management, Dubai and Singapore and Dean (School of Business) NMIMS University in India.
She is the Chairperson of the International Council of Management Consulting Institutes (ICMCI) over 47 countries worldwide, and is a global expert on Professional Development and Knowledge in the areas of Management Education, Human Resources and Management Consulting.
EASTERN EUROPE
Dr. Virginijus Kundrotas is a Dean of Adizes Graduate School (USA) and Vice- President for Europe of Adizes Institute (USA). He was a Founding President of ISM University of Management & Economics (Lithuania) and worked in this position for 9 years. Specialized in business ethics, leadership and change management, he is also President of BMDA (Baltic Management Development Association), vice-president of CEEMAN (Central and East European Management Development Association), and member of the EQUIS accreditation committee.
EURASIA & MIDDLE-EAST
Prof. Nehme Azoury holds the position of Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration of the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (Lebanon). In addition, he is the Secretary General of the Arab Society of Faculties of Business Administration. Former consultant, he is now the editor of the electronic magazine of USEK-AUF, the agency of French-speaking world universities, and has been the editor of Arab Economic Business Journal. He also lectures in the fields of marketing and strategy.
FAR EASTERN ASIA
Prof. Sung Joo Park is the former Dean and Vice president of KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology). He is currently a professor at KAIST Business School. Holding a PhD from Michigan State University, he was also the founding president of AAPBS (Association of Asia-Pacific Business Schools,) and served as a board member of the AACSB. He is now a board member of the GFME (Global Foundation for Management Education).
LATIN AMERICA
Prof. Edson Luiz Riccio is a well-established Researcher and an Associate Professor at the University of Sao Paulo (Brazil), where he holds many responsibilities, including: president of the international Cooperation Office of the faculty of economics and management (FEA-USP), and director of TECSI, a research laboratory on technology and information system.
NORTH AMERICA
Dr. Charles Moyer serves as Dean of the College of Business at the University of Louisville. He is also Dean Emeritus of the Babcock Graduate School of Management at Wake Forest University. Dr. Moyer held the GMAC Insurance Chair in Finance at Wake Forest University and served as a director at King Pharmaceuticals from 2000 to 2011. He served on the Corporate Governance Committee and chaired the Audit Committee. He is also a director of Kypha, LLC and of the Kentucky Seed Capital Fund. He is a member of the Board of Advisors of Capital South Partners, LLC. and a member of the Bi-State Bridge Authority of Kentucky and Indiana. Professor Moyer has provided expert testimony in the area of cost of capital and related issues in more than 60 public utility rate cases.
OCEANIA
Prof. Michael Wood is currently Professor of Management in the School of Business at Notre Dame and the director of Mike Wood Consulting. He retired as Executive Dean of the Curtin Business School in May 2007, after nearly 8 years in the position. He has had extensive experience in the public and private sectors: he has worked in four Australian universities, held the most senior position in the public sector and conducted profitably his own business. Professor Wood was formerly chair of the Wood Consulting Group and he has held leading positions in the Western Australian Public Sector. He was Public Service Commissioner from June 1990 to August 1993, Secretary for Local Government from 1984 to 1990, and Chairman of the Local Government Grants Commission from 1983 to 1985.
WESTERN EUROPE
Mr. Axel Schumacher is Associate Dean for International Relations at the EBS Business and Law Schools of the EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht i. Gr. (EBS University for Economics and Law) in Oestrich-Winkel and Wiesbaden (Germany). Before joining the EBS team he held the position of Director International Programmes at WHU, Otto Beisheim School of Management (Germany). For more than 20 years he has been working in the field of International Relations. Over this period he initiated more than 200 university cooperations with more than 45 countries around the globe, including at least 40 dual degree agreements at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Mr. Axel Schumacher published several research papers focusing on the concept of private institutions of higher education in Germany. Furthermore internationalization strategies for business and law Schools comprise his research interest.
INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE – Eduniversal Masters Ranking branch
During the annual ISC meeting that was held in Beirut, Lebanon in March 2011 it was decided to create a new branch of the International Scientific Committee focused specifically on the development of the Eduniversal Worldwide Masters Ranking. The first member of this branch is Prof. GEORGE M. JABBOUR.
NORTH AMERICA
Prof. George M. Jabbour currently holds the position of the Director, MS Finance Program at The George Washington University Washington, DC.
Degrees : Ph.D.,George Washington University, 1989 ; M.B.A., George Washington University, 1983 ; B.B.A., Lebanese University, Lebanon, 1979 ; B.S. Lebanese University, Lebanon,1973.
Area of Expertise : Investments; Derivative securities; Financial engineering; Option valuation
Editorial Positions: Journal of Business and Economics Research
Professional Activities : Center of Excellence in Management, Kuwait; Notre Dame University in Lebanon; University of Balamand, Lebanon; International Training Center for Bankers, Budapest, Hungary
