International council

Stefano Zambon (BSc, Business Economics, Venice; MSc & PhD in Accounting and Management Studies, London School of Economics) is a Full Professor of Accounting and Business Economics at the University of Ferrara, Italy. Previously he taught at the Universities of Venice and Padua. Stefano has more than 110 publications in books and international scientific journals in the areas of management and reporting of intangibles, international financial reporting, accounting theory and history, integrated reporting.

Dr. Laura Girella works with the IIRC on a part time basis. Her responsibilities include strengthening the business case for integrated reporting and supporting the Italian market on its journey towards adopting integrated reporting. Her main research interests include Intangibles and Intellectual Capital measurement and reporting; Integrated Reporting and its development; Public Policies in relation to accounting and non-financial practices. She has presented many papers in national and international Workshops and Conferences and published articles in international academic journals, books and professional journals in the areas of management and reporting of intangibles.

Djordjija Petkoski is a visiting professor, Zicklin center business and development innovations,Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania (USA). He serves as a consultant and advisor to the World Bank, the OAS, ILO, national governments, and other institutions. He has engaged with over 100 MNCs with consulting experience across a broader range of industries, including agribusiness, food and beverage, beauty and hygiene, consumer good, packaging, manufacturing, IT, and high technology industries.

Anna Howard, CPA, CMA, MBA has twenty years of experience in corporate accounting and finance. She has been teaching college-level courses and speaking on the topics of global finance, leadership, women in business, and economic justice.

Natalie Tatyana Churyk, William F. Doyle Endowed Professor of Accountancy at Northern Illinois University, and Editor- in-Chief of the Journal of Accounting Education (contracted through 2022), President of the AAA GIWB Section, Past-President of the AAA Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum Section; Past-President of the AAA Midwest Region, and on several other regional and national committees. She is also a co-author on three texts, most notably, Accounting & Auditing Research: Tools and Strategies.

Professor Guler Aras is an academic, a civil society leader and a researcher who leads key studies on corporate governance, corporate sustainability and integrated reporting. She is a professor of Finance and Accounting at Yildiz Technical University in Istanbul, where she served as the Dean of the Faculty of Business and also Dean of the Graduate School for many years. She spent a year as a visiting professor at Georgetown University McDonough School of Business in Washington DC. She has founded the Center for Finance, Governance and Sustainability (CFGS) and she also started the ground-breaking initiative on Integrated Reporting Network Turkey (ERTA), where she is still founding chair.

Namrata Rana is Director-Strategy and Brand, at Futurescape. She helps companies and foundations build sustainable experiences. She is visiting Faculty at IIM Udaipur and India Ambassador of University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.