Dr AliElquammah, based out of Morocco, is currently the Dean of HEM Business School.At HEM Business School.  Dr. Elquammah isalso a Professor and Director in charge of all issues and matters pertaining tothe organization internationally such as international relations andaccreditations. Prior to this, he occupied many positions as a GeneralSecretary attached to the President of HEM, Director of the ExecutiveEducation, Director of International Affairs. Prior to HEM BS, he was a SeniorAnalyst - Business Intelligence at EchoStar Corporation in the United States.He has also worked as a Senior Information Analyst at Merrill Lynch for fiveyears.

He holds aPhD in Management Sciences, an MBA, and a Master of Science in ComputerInformation Systems.  His majorprofessional/academic work includes articles and case studies on thehomeostasis of stability and change to succeed an implementation of an EnterpriseSystem. Dr Elquammah has become Chairman of the Board of the Association forAfrican Business Schools (AABS) in January 2018, a member of the SteeringCommittee of the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD-MEA)since 2012, and a member of the steering committee of PRME (Principles ofResponsible Management Education) since 2016. He has an overall experience ofover 28 years in the Higher Education field and the IT & DigitalTransformation industry both in Morocco and in the United States.

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Professor Manu is a Professor at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) and was the Rector from August 2012 to August 2016. He previously served as Dean of the GIMPA Business School. He has over thirty years of experience in consulting, training, and education. During this period, he has exhibited extensive capabilities in strategic planning, programme, design and assessment in higher education. He has been heavily involved in designing and reviewing programmes to improve university and corporate education in such institutions as Loyola College in Maryland (USA), Morgan State University (USA), Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Association of African Business Schools, Global Business School Network, International Academy of African Business and Development, Ghana National Accreditation Board. Currently, he is the Chairman of the Accreditation Committee of the Association of African Business Schools.

Professor Grafton Whyte was the former board chair of the Association of African Business Schools (AABS), is the Director of the Namibia Business School (NBS) at the University of Namibia (UNAM), Namibia, Visiting Professor of Business at the Graduate School of Business Management (GSBM) at Cape Peninsula University of Science and Technology (CPUT), South Africa, and, former Director of the Harold Pupkewitz Graduate School of Business (HPGSB) at the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST), Namibia.

Jon is Dean and Director of Henley Business School in Africa, part of the Henley Business School UK, a leading global business school with campuses in Europe, Asia and Africa. With Henley Africa being the first school to be accredited by The Association of Africa Business schools (AABS), Henley now holds international quadruple accreditation, AABS, AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS. Henley’s purpose is ‘We build the people who build the businesses that build Africa.’

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Jon’s career includes roles as educator, dean, corporate executive, airline pilot, aerobatic competitor, writer and speaker. He has 45 years of international working experience. He has been a professor of innovation, MBA director, director of executive education, designer and director of numerous executive education programmes and lecturer in strategy, innovation and executive learning. His interests are economic and educational transformation, sustainability and business evolution.
Henley Africa has been an entrepreneurial success, with a strong reputation for progressive learning design and care for students and clients.

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Jon is chairman of the British Chamber of Business in Southern Africa, chairman of the Association of Africa Business Schools, board member of the Alliance of Management Development Associations in Rising Economies, and former vice-chair of the South African Business Schools Association. He is chair and founder of MBAid, an NPO that seeks to turn the energies of business schools to social good, which has worked with over 350 NGOs. Jon is also a Distinguished Professor at Woxsen University, India and a life Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK.

Mark Smith, now Dean of Programs at emlyon business school, holds a PhD in Management Science from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) and was previously Dean of the business school at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. Formerly, he served as Dean of the Faculty and professor in Human Resources Management at Grenoble École de Management in France, and has also worked at Manchester Business School (UK). His research focuses on careers, labor market policies, and their impact on men and women, particularly in areas like working conditions, hours, and work-life balance integration. Smith has conducted research for multiple European institutions and led the “Work Life Careers” research team in Grenoble for many years. As part of the coordination team for the European Network of Experts in the field of Gender Equality (ENEGE), he has authored and co-authored over fifty books and peer-reviewed articles, including Business Ethics - A Critical Approach: Integrating Ethics Across the Business World (with Patrick O'Sullivan and Mark Esposito, 2012) and Gender and the European Labour Market (with Francesca Bettio and Janneke Plantenga, 2013).

Dr. Randall Carolissen boasts a diverse career spanning industrial engineering, academia, finance, and taxation. He led transformative initiatives at organizations like SABS and SARS, contributing to fiscal stability and international recognition. Active in social activism, he pioneered community-building programs and educational initiatives. Appointed as NSFAS Administrator, he successfully resolved governance issues, earning praise from President Cyril Ramaphosa. Currently, as Dean of JBS, he drives digital innovation in business education, cementing his legacy as a leader in both academia and societal advancement.