Mr Rytis Ambrazevičius has 20 years of experience in top management positions at international and local companies, including Omnitel (part of TeliaSonera Group), Mandatum Life Baltics, Sampo Life, Falck Security (now G4S) and SBA Group. For the last 10 years, he held different positions in the boards of directors and currently is an independent board member at Klaipėdos nafta. Rytis graduated from Kaunas Technology University and International Business School at Vilnius University. He is also a graduate of the BICG, having completed professional board member education in 2012 and chairperson education in 2013.
Professor Michael Hilb is President of the Swiss Institute of Directors and Chair of the Board Foundation. He serves on the boards of several listed and privately held companies, foundations, and international organizations.
He is Dean of the Swiss Board School and teaches strategy, entrepreneurship, and corporate governance at universities in Switzerland and Singapore. He has authored and co-authored seven books and more than 50 articles.
Previously, Michael held leadership positions at DKSH, Holcim, and Roland Berger.
He has been a Visiting Fellow at INSEAD and Harvard University and studied business at the University of Michigan, the Stockholm School of Economics, and the University of St. Gallen, where he earned his MSc and PhD.
Jonathan was appointed the IoD’s Director General in October 2019.
He spent 30 years working in the professional services sector, most recently at Grant Thornton International, where he was responsible for the organisation’s interest in China. He is the author of three books about China and is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
Outside of work his interests include hill walking and fell running. He was a rally team navigator for 20 years and, following two years of training in extreme environments, walked to the North Pole in 2006.
Sandra Gobert holds a Master degree of Law from the VUB and holds several certificates in Accounting, Management and Taxation. As an entrepreneur, she has been involved in the creation of several businesses since 1991 and has held executive and non-executive positions in various sectors. She is GUBERNA Certified Director since 2010.
Member of the Brussels Bar since 1992, specializing in corporate law and governance, she created the Law Link E.E.I.G. – the Global Law Group and the law firm Sub Rosa Legal of which she is an associate to this day. She has been CEO of GUBERNA since January 1, 2019. Since May 2019 she has also been appointed independent administrator of Fluxys Belgium NV.
Position: Managing Director of Guberna
Ms Linnainmaa is an expert on corporate governance, company law and securities market law as well as women’s leadership issues. She is the Vice Chair of the Finnish Council of Regulatory Impact Analysis, Past Chair of ecoDa and Past Chair of the European Corporate Governance Codes Network. She has served on several European Commission’s expert groups.
Prior to joining DIF in September 2019, Ms Linnainmaa was Deputy Chief Executive of Finland Chamber of Commerce where she worked since 2000. Before that she gained more than 10 years’ experience in the banking sector.
