Board of Directors | EMAC - European Marketing Academy

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

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 Secretary. It keeps the Advisory Board informed about important issues such as the selection of the time and place of the meetings of the Advisory Board and of the General Assembly. The Board of Directors makes sure that the organisation of programmed conferences is proceeding well.

Officers 2025-2026

	President 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. Elif Karaosmanoglu Istanbul Technical University
	President Elect Arnaud de Bruyn ESSEC Business School
	Past President Tammo Bijmolt University of Groningen
Vice-Presidents
	Vice-President Conferences 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. Jaap Wieringa University of Groningen
	Vice-President Education & Professional Development 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. Barbara Deleersnyder Tilburg School of Economics and Management
	Vice-President Corporate Relationships 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. PK Kannan Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland
	Vice-President Global Relations 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. Renana Peres The Hebrew University
	Vice-President Publications 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. Michael Haenlein ESCP Business School
	Vice-President Membership and Communication 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. Morana Fuduric University of Zagreb
	Treasurer 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. Bernd Skiera Goethe University Frankfurt
Ex-Officio
	EMAC Executive Secretary Anne-Laure Marteaux EIASM Mobile: +32 485 729 387 Tel: +32 2 226 66 67 emac@eiasm.be