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European Marketing Academy

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors is composed of the President, the Past President, the President-Elect, the Vice-Presidents, the Treasurer, and the Executive Officer.

The Board of Directors is responsible for the daily management of the association and it reports to the Advisory Board. The Board of Directors can delegate certain responsibilities and powers to its members, especially to the Executive Officer.

Officers 2025–2026

Elif Karaosmanoglu
President

Elif Karaosmanoglu

Istanbul Technical University

The President is the chief spokesperson for the association, the chairman of the Executive Committee, and Presiding Officer at all meetings of the membership and of the Executive Committee.

Arnaud de Bruyn
President-Elect

Arnaud de Bruyn

ESSEC Business School

Bernd Skiera
Treasurer

Bernd Skiera

Goethe University Frankfurt

The Treasurer is responsible for controlling and approving the annual accounts of the association, for presenting them to the Executive Committee Members and for communicating them to the EMAC Members during the General Assembly.

Vice-Presidents

Jaap Wieringa
Vice-President Conferences

Jaap Wieringa

University of Groningen

The Vice-President Conferences is in charge of the coordination and standardisation of the association's Annual Conference, Doctoral Colloquium, and other academic meetings. S/he is in charge of controlling compliance to established EMAC Conference contracts and guidelines.

PK Kannan
Vice-President Corporate Relationships

PK Kannan

Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland

The Vice-President Corporate Relationships is responsible for developing relations between the association and business community, business practitioners and sponsors. He/she is also responsible to develop research agenda that takes into account the needs of the business community.

Barbara Deleersnyder
Vice-President Education & Professional Development

Barbara Deleersnyder

Tilburg School of Economics and Management

The Vice-President for Education and Professional Development is responsible to develop PhD programs and tutorials for doctoral students and young researchers in the area of marketing. He or she is also responsible for developing EMAC as an information and professional development platform for PhDs and Young researchers.

Renana Peres
Vice-President Global Relations

Renana Peres

The Hebrew University

The Vice-President Global Relations is responsible for developing relations between the association and other marketing associations and organizations from around the world, and for expanding and deepening EMAC's global ties.

Michael Haenlein
Vice-President Publications

Michael Haenlein

ESCP Business School

The Vice-President Publications is responsible for the association's publications, particularly for the association's Journals. S/he reviews/makes proposal for any modifications to any EMAC publication to the Executive Committee. S/he makes recommendations on publication contracts, publication policies, subscription rates, budget and other matters relevant to the overall publication programme of EMAC. S/he is responsible for assisting the publisher of the association's Journal to obtain maximum circulation for the Journal.

Morana Fudurić
Vice-President Membership and Communication

Morana Fudurić

University of Zagreb

The Vice-President Membership and Communication is responsible for the monitoring of membership's needs and coordination of the efforts made by the National/Regional Representatives to promote the association in their countries/region and Special Interest Group Chairs. S/he is also responsible for communication to the members, through the website, newsletter and other communication channels.

Ex-Officio

Anne-Laure Marteaux
EMAC Executive Officer

Anne-Laure Marteaux

The EMAC Executive Officer supports the day-to-day operations of the Academy under the responsibility of the Board of Directors.