EVP and Chief Standards and Accreditation Officer

AACSB is the world’s standard-setting body for business education, providing quality assurance (accreditation), insights and thought leadership, and transformative learning (e.g., conferences, seminars, and digital learning) to over 2,000 member organizations and more than 1,000 accredited business schools represented across 100+ countries.

Guided by our core values of Members First, Inclusivity, Global Unity, Excellence, and Curiosity, we are dedicated to transforming business education to create a lasting, positive impact on society. Through a global lens, we foster collaboration between educators, students, and businesses to cultivate the next generation of great leaders.

Synonymous with the highest standards of excellence since 1916, AACSB continues to connect and empower the business education community, ensuring a dynamic and inclusive future for business education worldwide.

As the EVP and Chief Standards and Accreditation Officer you will report tothe President and CEO of AACSB International and serving as a member of the Executive Team, the EVP and Chief Standards and Accreditation Officer and provide strategic leadership across three primary areas:

• Lead global standards-setting and related guidance. Ensure AACSB’s Global Standards for Business Education™ continue to define excellence and evolve in response to the changing needs of business and society.
• Set the accreditation strategy and oversee its implementation. Ensure AACSB accreditation remains rigorous, comprehensive, globally relevant, contextually responsive, and consistently applied.
• Shape AACSB’s enterprise strategy. Share responsibility for advancing AACSB’s mission, organizational performance, and the future of business education globally.

Lead the vision, development, and continued evolution of AACSB’s Global Standards for Business Education™, ensuring they define excellence and remain responsive to developments in higher education, business, technology, workforce needs, quality assurance, and society. Lead the development of interpretive guidance that supports the consistent understanding and effective application of AACSB standards. Engage business schools, business leaders, learners, policymakers, quality assurance organizations, and other stakeholders to inform standards development and promote the adoption of AACSB standards.

Partner with the Global Standards Committee to ensure appropriate governance in the development, review, recommendation, and approval of standards and related policies. Champion innovation, responsible leadership, societal impact, and emerging educational models through AACSB’s standards-setting agenda.

Set AACSB’s global accreditation strategy and oversee its implementation. Safeguard the integrity, rigor, relevance, and consistent application of AACSB standards and accreditation processes across diverse educational, cultural, regulatory, and economic environments. Uphold the independence, impartiality, confidentiality, and credibility of accreditation decisions through robust conflict-of-interest safeguards, due process, and quality assurance practices. Partner with the Global Accreditation Committee and its operational committees to oversee accreditation activities worldwide, including initial accreditation, continuous improvement reviews, accounting accreditation, policy development, peer review processes, and related quality assurance activities.

Develop AACSB’s global network of mentors, peer review teams, committee members, and other volunteers to support high-quality accreditation and continuous improvement. Periodically review and improve accreditation processes…