Ruth V. Aguilera (Harvard University, Ph.D.) is the Distinguished Darla and Frederick Brodsky Trustee Professor at the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University (Boston, USA) and a Visiting Professor at ESADE Business School in her native Barcelona. She also collaborates with IMD in Switzerland. Before moving to Boston, she taught at the University of Illinois, The Wharton School, and National University of Singapore. Aguilera’s research, teaching and consulting interests focus on international corporate governance and corporate social responsibility/sustainability with a strategy focus. She has published close to 100 academic and professional articles, and two books. Since 2019, she has been consecutively ranked by the “Thompson Reuter’s and Clarivate Analytics” among the top 100 Most Highly Cited Researchers in Economics and Business in the world. Professor Aguilera serves on the board of Import-Trade (Spain), The Communications Strategy Group Inc. (USA), and in the Sustainability Committee at ABC Global Solutions (Spain). She also serves on several professional boards as the Chair of the Board of Directors of the International Corporate Governance Society, and the International Advisory Committees of Rennes School of Business (France), IAE Business School (Argentina), Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (India), Vienna University of Economics and Business (Austria), and ESADE Center of Corporate Governance (Spain). Aguilera is one of six worldwide triple Fellows at the most prestigious academic organizations in her field (Academy of International Business, Academy of International Business and the Strategic Management Society). Aguilera teaches strategy and corporate governance in multiple programs (undergraduate, graduate and executive) all over the world. Moreover, she advises on best practices in corporate governance across a variety of organizations ranging from family firms in Mexico, Peru and Spain to multinational firms such as Iberdrola in Madrid, Archer Daniels Midland in Chicago, and the Federation of International Automobile (FIA) in London (UK).