Governance

Following a proven organizational pattern of other global graduate business schools, the Alba governance is based on a “dual entity” model: 1. Alba Graduate Business School (AGBS), an operating division of The American College of Greece (ACG) offering academic degree programs; 2. Alba Association (Association) offering executive education and applied research programs.

AGBS functions within ACG’s overall, independent, non-profit, U.S.-based, governance system: ACG’s highest governing authority rests with the ACG board of trustees, which appoints, evaluates and delegates overall ACG operating responsibility to the ACG president and approves ACG (including AGBS) academic programs; the AGBS Executive Dean reports directly to the ACG president, serves as a member of the President’s Cabinet along with other senior ACG administrators and provides leadership for AGBS academic and administrative operations; the Provost, ACG’s Chief Higher Education Academic Officer, has administrative responsibility for assuring alignment with accreditation standards of the New England Commission of Higher Education, ACG’s U.S. higher education accrediting body.

The Association is an independent, non-profit, Greece-based, governance entity: the Association’s highest governing authority rests with the Association General Assembly, which includes founding and corporate members and elects an Association board of directors; the board of directors delegates to the Executive Dean overall administrative responsibility for Association operations; the AGBS Executive Dean also serves as the Executive Dean of the Association and reports to the Association board of directors.

CORPORATE MEMBERS

Corporate Members form the backbone of Alba Association by supporting the Association and taking part in decision-making and long-term planning.

Corporate Members are given priority in accessing educational and other benefits and activities that Alba offers. Currently, Alba Association has 68 Corporate Members:

 

 

     

 

 


CORPORATE MEMBERS' PREROGATIVES & OBLIGATIONS

 

As stipulated in ALBA’s Articles of Association and according to its established practices, Corporate Members  of the non-for-profit association " ALBA Executive Development & Applied Research in Business Administration" are entitled to the following prerogatives, regarding ALBA’s operations:

  • participation with voting rights of a Company’s representative in the Meetings of the General Assembly of ALBA’s Members.
  • 20% discount in all programs/seminars organized by the Executive Development Programs Department
  • Free participation in two (per year) Executive Breakfasts organized by the Executive Development Programs Department exclusively for Corporate Members.
  • Free participation in one Learning Conference per year organized by the Executive Development Programs Department.
  • Certain privileges in the Alba Career Forum and the Alba Graduate Business School The American College of Greece Internships Programs
  • Participation in the Corporate Scholarships Program of Alba Graduate Business School The American College of Greece
  • Participation in the course Field Consulting Project via the submission of a company proposal
  • Participation in our AHEAD (Alba Hub for Entrepreneurship & Development) activities through mentoring, creation of case-studies and empowerment of young entrepreneurs

 

A Corporate Member’s obligations towards ALBA as stipulated in ALBA’s Articles of Association and in accordance to its established practices are limited to:

a) For companies who wish to become ALBA Corporate Members:

  • For SEV Corporate Members a one-off donation of € 10.000, an annual contribution of € 1.000 to ALBA -one year after registration- and the participation of a Company’s representative in the Meetings of the General Assembly of ALBA’s Members.
  • For Non-Corporate Members of SEV a one-off donation of € 15.000, an annual donation for five consecutive years of € 500 to ALBA -one year after registration-, an annual contribution of € 1.000 to ALBA -after the sixth year from registration- and the participation of a Company’s representative in the Meetings of the General Assembly of ALBA’s Members.

b) For the current ALBA Corporate Members:

An annual contribution of € 1.000 to ALBA and the participation of a Company’s representative in the Meetings of the General Assembly of ALBA’s Members.


BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Board of Directors of Alba Association consists of the following prominent individuals:

  • Stelios Argyros, Chairman of the Board of Directors
  • Ioannis Yiotis, Vice-Chairman, Hellenic Federation of Enterprises Representative (President & CEO, Yiotis S.A.)
  • Konstantinos Bitsios, Secretary General
  • Sophia Kounenaki-Efraimoglou, Treasurer; Athens Chamber of Commerce & Industry Representative (Executive Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Foundation of the Hellenic World and Head of "Hellenic Cosmos" Cultural Centre)
  • David G. Horner, Member (President, American College of Greece)
  • Konstantinos Axarloglou, Member (Dean & CEO. Alba Associaton))
  • Ioannis Karagiannis, Member (Executive Chairman, OLYMPIA  Group)
  • Paris Kyriacopoulos, Member (Chairman of the Board of Directors & CEO of Motodynamics S.A)
  • Philippa Michali, Member (Chairwoman & CEO at NN Hellas)
  • Kyriacos Sabatakakis,  Member (Country Managing Director, Accenture Workplace Solutions S.A.)
  • Ioannis Saracakis, Member (Chairman, Saracakis Group of Companies)
  • Michalis Tsamaz, Member (Chairman & CEO, OTE Group)
  • Marina Hatsopoulos, Member (Chairwoman of the BoD Levetronix Technologies)
  • Christos Mantzoros, Member (Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Adj. Professor, Boston U. School of Medicine)
  • Markos Zachariadis, Member (Professor and Chair in Financial Technology (FinTech) & Information Systems, Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS), University of Manchester.)             


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