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