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The Official Selection is the result of the work of an International Scientific Committee gathered at the initiative of SMBG, the French leading consultancy in student orientation and human resources.
 This International Scientific Committee is composed of 12 members coming from the five continents:
- 9 expert members, each representing a geographical area to cover the entire planet: Africa, Central Asia, Eastern Europe, Eurasia & Middle-East, Far Eastern Asia, Latin America, North America, Oceania, Western Europe;
- 2 executive members: the CEO of SMBG, the French leading consultancy on students orientation which is at the initiative of this project, and the International coordinator of EDUNIVERSAL, in his function as rapporteur;
- a consultative member from ACUNS, the Academic Council of the United Nations system.
Together, they decide of the Official Selection, they control the voting processes, and they work on improving the methodology of EDUNIVERSAL.
THE 9 EXPERT MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
AFRICA
Prof. Eon Smit is director of the University of Stellenbosch business school (South Africa).
He is also president of SABSA (South African Business School Association), founding member of AABS (Association of African Business Schools), and member of the advisory board of Hull University Business School (U.K.).
CENTRAL ASIA
Prof. Aneeta Madhok is dean of the Center of Human Resources at S.P. Jain Center of Management, dividing her time between India, Dubai and Singapore.
She used to be dean of the faculty of management studies at Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (India).
EASTERN EUROPE
Prof. Virginijus Kundrotas is the current president and one of the co-founder of ISM University of Management & Economics (Lithuania).
Specialized in business ethic and leadership, he is also president of BMDA (Baltic Management Development Association), vice-president of CEEMAN (Central and East European Management Development Association), and member of the EQUIS accreditation committee.
EURASIA & MIDDLE-EAST
Prof. Nehme Azoury has just been appointed dean of the faculty of management of Universit� Saint-Esprit de Kaslik (Lebanon) where he also lectures in the fields of marketing and strategy.
Former consultant, he is also the editor of the electronic magazine of USEK-AUF, the agency of French-speaking world universities, and has been the editor of the Arab Economic Business Journal. He is also vice-president of CLERH, the Lebanese council of Human Resources experts.
FAR EASTERN ASIA
Prof. Sung Joo Park is dean of KAIST Graduate Management School (South Korea).
Holding a PhD from Michigan State University, he has also been the founding president of AAPBS (Association of Asia-Pacific Business Schools), and a member of the AACSB accreditation committee.
LATIN AMERICA
Prof. Edson Luiz Riccio is a well-established researcher and an associate professor at the University of Sao Paulo (Brazil),
where he holds many responsibilities, including: president of the International Cooperation Office of the faculty of economics and management (FEA-USP), and director of TECSI, a research laboratory on technology and information system.
NORTH AMERICA
With a M.S. degree at Stanford University (U.S.A.) after an engineering degree at Ecole Centrale Paris (France), Prof. Michel Nedzela is an associate dean and associate professor of the Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa (Canada).
Besides his involvement in different academic projects in the Maghreb, he is also an associate dean at Euromed Marseille (France), and the academic director of the Bucharest School of Management (Romania).
OCEANIA
Prof. Michael Wood just retired after eight years as executive dean of Curtin Business School (Australia) which became under his mandate the first Australian business school to receive international accreditations (EQUIS, 2001).
Holding a PhD from University of Western Australia, he has specialized in the field of management in the public sector and has a 17 years experience in teaching and research in several business schools and 4 Australian universities.
WESTERN EUROPE
Mr. Axel Schumacher is the associate dean for international relations of the European Business School at the International University Schloss Reichartshausen in Oestrich-Winkel (Germany).
Previously, he was director of the Otto Beisheim School of Management at WHU Vallendar (Germany).
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