Twelve Governors,
six-year terms.
Elected by the full membership. The Chair serves a single, non-renewable term of four years — a deliberate check on continuity. Below, the Board as of February MMXXVI.
Camille
Laurent
Four-term director. Former Group CEO, Maison Vêtir; chair of the Fair-Wage Audit since MMXIX.
Kenji
Watanabe
Professor of Industrial Economics, Keio. Author of the Collective’s wage-parity series since MMXII.
Ines
Balão
Former editor of Monocle’s retail quarterly. Joined the Secretariat MMXXI; editor since MMXXIII.
Malik
Osei
Founder, Osei & Co.; chair of the Labour working group since MMXXII. Governor since MMXX.
Sofía
Márquez
Partner, ClimaRetail Advisors. Led the Scope-3 disclosure protocol, ratified in Reykjavík.
Daniel
Ishikawa
Managing partner, Merchant Capital Asia. Treasurer since MMXXIV.
Anna
Frost
Principal, Frost & Bergström. Chair of Admissions since MMXXIII.
Hassan
El-Amin
Founder, El-Amin Retail Group. Inaugural chair of the MENA chapter.
Priya
Ranganathan
Group CEO, Bhakti Retail. Founding signatory MMVIII; Governor since MMXV.
Luca
Maresi
Founding partner, Maresi Studio. Chair of the Built Environment working group.
Olivia
Chen
Former CTO, Lumen Markets. Governor since MMXXIV.
Rafael
Santos
Career Secretariat. Secretary-General since MMXX.
Working
groups.
Labour
Fair-wage audit, supplier-code harmonisation, contract-worker protocols.
Sustainability
Scope-3 disclosure, packaging compacts, end-of-life recovery standards.
Built environment
Store architecture, civic-realm concessions, end-of-lease stewardship.
Technology
AI-in-retail principles, consumer-data minimisation, algorithmic disclosure.
Admissions
Application review, reference process, disclosure protocols.
Publishing
The Quarterly, briefs, archive, and open-research fund.