Executive Board Members 2025-2026

  • President
    Oregon State University

    Rajat Panwar (he/his/him) is a Professor of Sustainable and Responsible Business at Oregon State University, USA where he is also the Director of the Sustainable Natural Resources program.. A native of India, Rajat came to the US as a graduate student and did discover IABS in 2008. He has since been its active member. Rajat co-led the IABS-India initiative that enhanced the association's visibility in that country. Rajat publishes his work in both academic journals and practitioners- oriented outlets. His ongoing research focuses on business and biodiversity, corporate transparency, and deforestation and global value-chains. Rajat is a Deputy Editor of Business & Society.

  • Immediate Past President
    University of Bath

    Johanne is an Associate Professor of Corporate Governance and CSR at the School of Management, University of Bath and the acting director for the research centre Centre for Business, Organisation, and Society (CBOS). She attended my first IABS conference more than ten years ago, and has been involved with IABS since. Her research takes governance and the resolution of conflict as its point of departure, and explores how institutions, be they country level such as e.g. welfare policies and education, or organisational practices shape how firms respond to, and engage with normative challenges of diversity, sustainability and social justice. She has published in Business Ethics Quarterly, Academy of Management Learning & Education, Corporate Governance an international review, and Business & Society to name but a few. Johanne has won several awards for her work, including two best papers at IABS, and the best SIM dissertation at the Academy of Management. She is currently an Associate Editor of Business and Society along with serving on the editorial review board, and review for Business Ethics Quarterly, Journal of Management Studies, and CGIR.

  • President Elect
    Maastricht University

    Abel Diaz Gonzalez is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Organization, Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the School of Business Economics, Maastricht University (UM). He holds a PhD in Business Economics from the Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB). His research focuses on ecosystems for social entrepreneurs, and their supportive function and mechanisms. Part of his research is dedicated to investigating the supportive role and interaction of universities’ main stakeholders, processes, and activities within and across the ecosystems of social entrepreneurs. Abel has conducted field research in Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, and Belgium.

    Abel is currently Associate Editor in Business and Society Review and has acted as a reviewer at various conferences and for journals. He is involved in special issues in peer review journals and has acted as editor of book series in the field of Social Entrepreneurship. Abel is also part of the leadership of the New Business Models conference series and co-funder of the Social Entrepreneurship Summit. In 2025, Abel chaired the 36th IABS Conference In Maastricht, with more than 280 attendees from 40+ different countries.

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abelaland/

  • Conference Chair 2026
    University of Rhode Island

    Jegoo Lee is currently an Assistant Professor of Management in the College of Business at the University of Rhode Island. Previously, he was a tenured Associate Professor of Management and Ethics in the Meehan School of Business at Stonehill College, and Assistant Professor of Management in the Muma College of Business at University of South Florida. His research combines moral and empirical approaches at the intersection of corporate responsibility, human-centered sustainability, corporate governance, and strategic leadership, especially applying a social network lens. His research work appears in Academy of Management Learning & Education, Business & Society, Business and Society Review, Business Strategy and the Environment, and Social Responsibility Journal, among others. One of his papers was recognized as Runner-up for 2024 IABS Best Published Paper Award.  He also won the Best Dissertation Award from the Society for Business Ethics, and was nominated the finalist for the Best Dissertation Award by the Academy of Management’s Social Issues in Management. Currently he is serving as an Associate Editor for Business & Society, the IABS-affiliated journal, and as an editorial board member for Business and Society Review, and Corporate Reputation Review.

    As someone who has worked across Asia, Europe, and North America, and lived in seven U.S. states, he is invested in IABS’s international and diverse atmosphere. In addition, as he reboot his own academic career from the standpoint of both a nascent and experienced scholar, he is eager to facilitate various approaches and interests among IABS colleagues at different stages in their academic careers.

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jegoolee/

  • Conference Chair Elect 2027
    Warwick Business School, University of Warwick

    Fred Dahlmann is Associate Professor of Strategy & Sustainability at Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, UK. Fred’s research investigates the role of organizational strategies, managerial practices, business models, policies and governance systems as well as individual mindsets in supporting a sustainability transformation. 

    Fred is Associate Editor at the journal Business & Society  as well as a member of the editorial review boards of Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Business Ethics and Organization & Environment. Fred is also a Senior Research Fellow of the Earth System Governance network, and co-convenor of the Taskforce on Governance of Nature and Biodiversity. 

    Fred holds a BSc Construction Engineering Management (Loughborough University), MSc Management (University of Bath), and PhD Management (University of Bath). Prior to joining WBS, he also gained professional experience in the construction sector and worked as an energy analyst in London.

Non-Executive Board Members

  • Treasurer
    Western Washington University

  • Rep.-at-Large #1
    Copenhagen Business School

  • Rep.-at-Large #2
    Baruch College

  • Rep.-at-Large #3
    ESADE Business School

  • Rep.-at-Large #4
    Audencia Business School

  • Rep.-at-Large #5
    Odisee University of Applied Sciences

  • Rep.-at-Large #6
    Aarhus University

  • Fellows Rep
    Virginia Tech

  • Fellows President
    Brigham Young University

  • Hari Bapuji
    University of Melbourne, Australia

    Colin Higgins
    Deakin University, Australia

  • Proceedings Editor
    Rice University

  • Executive Director / Operations Manager
    Brigham Young University