About Us
ICSD
International Advisors
Professor Raymond Saner
Prof. Raymond Saner, PhD, is Titular Professor at Basle University, Switzerland (Trade and Development) and teaches at Sciences Po, Paris (Public Affairs) and University of Luneburg, Germany (Environmental Science) and is Reviewer of Research Projects and Partner of Research Consortia.
He was a member of Expert Groups which drafted scientific contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), moderated a SDG HLPF session under the auspices of ECOSOC, member of Editing Teams that drafted the Global Sustainable Development Report, and acted as Reviewer and Discussant of Public Private Partnership agreements.
He is Reviewer of management journals, author of books and scientific journals and served as Officer in professional organizations such as the Academy of Management (Board member of ODC division), Chair of the AoM Advisory Council to Board of Governors and is member of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences in Brussels.
He is a member of International Editorial Advisory Board of Public Administration & Policy Journal.
Professor Lichia Saner-Yiu
Prof. Lichia Saner-Yiu, EdD (Indiana University), is President of the Centre for Socio-Eco-Nomic Development (CSEND) in Geneva, Switzerland, an NGO with ECOSOC accreditation and special consultative status.
She specializes in transformative technology and institutional development and has designed institutional development instruments to enable public administrative reforms in China, Slovenia, Russia and Bolivia.
She developed a Learning & Development (L&D) quality management system based on the ISO 10015 Quality Standard for Training and acted as Auditor for the system review in organizations and governments.
She was member of the Executive Board of the Management Education and Development Division of the Academy of Management for many years and is Reviewer for the Journal of Managerial Psychology.
She has published extensively in the academic and professional journals and taught as Visiting Professor at different universities in Taiwan, Switzerland and the USA. More recently, she is working on Sustainable Cities (SDG 11).
She is a member of International Editorial Advisory Board of Public Administration & Policy Journal.
Professor Nancy Bocken
Professor in Sustainable Business, Maastricht University, Netherlands
Expert in Sustainable Business Models, PhD from Cambridge University
Professor Jay Bal
Professor Jay Bal is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Warwick, Visiting Professor at Nottingham Business School, Academic Advisor to the Fudan Science and Technology park, and a Co-Director of the Centre for Industry and Business Transformation at Nottingham Business School.
Prof. Bal has been at the forefront of pushing boundaries and developing new ideas through his research and teaching. His research has focused on applying technology to increase prosperity in geographic regions, spanning areas like digital innovation, e-business, entrepreneurship, and economic development. He has led major research projects funded by bodies like Innovate UK, the EU's Horizon 2020 program, and the EPSRC.
As an educator, Prof. Bal has championed entrepreneurial thinking and research-led teaching. He proposed and implemented Warwick's MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship which is rated no 1 in the UK and no 22 in the World. He has delivered executive education programs internationally, including in China, Brazil, India, Thailand, Malaysia and South Africa.
Prof. Bal's unique blend of academic excellence and real-world impact has been recognized through roles like advising the Commonwealth Secretariat on business development, for the World Bank on training entrepreneurship trainers, and contributing to the Arab Digital Economy Strategy research. His research has generated significant commercial impact, supporting SME growth though collaborative competence based marketplaces.
Dr Can Eken
Dr Can Eken is an Assistant Professor at Durham Law School and co-director of the Durham International Dispute Resolution Institute. Dr Eken is also acting as a legal consultant and arbitrator.
He is admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales, an attorney in California, and a lawyer in Türkiye, and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He has held visiting positions at leading institutions, including Stanford University, the Max Planck Institute, Singapore Management University, the University of Sydney Law School, and the University of Oxford.
His research focuses on international arbitration, investment law, third-party funding, and online dispute resolution, and he has published widely in these fields.
Dr Eken holds a PhD in Law from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, an LLM from LSE, and an LLB and LLM from Dokuz Eylul University.
Prof. Gerard A. Postiglione
Prof. Postiglione, Ph.D. (State University of New York), is Honorary Professor, Emeritus Professor, and Coordinator of the Consortium for Research on Higher Education in Asia, Faculty of Education (FE), University of Hong Kong. He was former Chair Professor of higher education studies and Associate Dean for Research at FE, HKU.
His academic publications include 20 books and over 150 articles and book chapters. His books include: Mass Higher Education in East Asia, Crossing Borders in East Asian Higher Education, Asian Higher Education and four book series on education in China. He also serves as editor of many international journals and editorial boards.
He has been a consultant on educational reform and cultural vitality in China. His policy reports have been received by China’s National Reform and Development Commission, State Education Commission and Ministry of Education.
He also held visiting appointments at Yale University, Columbia University, Stanford University, New York University, Peking University, and Shanghai Jiaotong University.
Ms. Weiwei Kou
Sustainability Director, North Asia at Unilever China
Carbon trading and Fintech specialist, Master Degree from Cambridge University
Mr. Tony Wines
CEO & Founder of Turnkey Group, Singapore
ESG Data Specialist
Dr. Alan Miller
Managing Director, Liquate Ltd.
PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Chinese University of Hong Kong