The CoBS Global Alumni Page
Save the Date: July 6th 2026!
Our next CoBS Global Alumni Meet Up is hosted by School of Management Fudan University, Shanghai! Monday 6th July, 5.45pm-9pm, Zhengli Campus, Building B, 3/F, Classroom B303, No. 558, Zhengli Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai.
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Join an interactive evening with a CoBS school Deans' Panel on the theme of Are We Teaching the Future or the Past? Re-thinking Business Education in the Age of AI.
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Learn about the Council on Business & Society alliance and participate in an event takeaway publication
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Meet with leading faculty and staff from the CoBS 12 schools, policy makers and guest practitioners
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Mix and mingle with your alumni peers among the member schools in an after-event buffet & drinks and grow your international professional network.
Open to Alumni from the 12 member schools living and working in Shanghai.
Open to Alumni from the 12 member schools living and working in Shanghai.
Register here!
A global alliance dedicated to teaching and research in responsible leadership and business practices, the Council on Business & Society (CoBS) is an alliance that counts 12 member schools with a presence on 6 continents and in 20 countries worldwide.
Together the CoBS member schools count more than 503,000 alumni living and working throughout the world.
With campuses and offices located in Paris, Cergy-Pontoise, London, Coventry, Madrid, Dublin, Rabat, Stellenbosch, Tokyo, Shanghai, Mumbai, Bangalore, Singapore, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Melbourne, Kingston, Toronto, New York, St. Louis, and São Paulo, one of the alliance’s aims is to bring our alumni together under the CoBS umbrella to:
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Take part in interactive events around a sustainability, CSR, ESG, or social impact theme and take away new lifelong learning assets
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Meet with leading academics, policy makers and practitioners
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Meet with peers from the member schools and expand global networks, opportunities, and foster new friendships.
Contact Us!
If you are an Alumni from one of the CoBS member schools and wish to contact us for more information or offer suggestions for more involvement with your peers:
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Or send us a message via the Contact page on this website.
Looking forward to hearing from you!
Previous CoBS Global Alumni Meet Ups
June 10th 2026: Singapore, hosted by ESSEC Business School Asia-Pacific.
60 alumni took part in a presentation and interactive event on the theme of The 2030 Singapore Green Plan: From Singapore to beyond in South East Asia by keynote speakers Mr. Tuang Liang Lim, Singapore Government Chief Sustainability Officer, and Mr. Alister Stewart, Partner at Carbonzeroed and former Principal of Sustainability Business, at Schneider Electric APAC. Drinks, buffet and networking finished off the evening. Download the learning takeaway from this event below!
Download the takeaway.
January 22nd 2026: The Shard, London, hosted by Warwick Business School, United Kingdom.
68 alumni took part in a masterclass and interactive event on the theme of Ethics in Action: Navigating Fraud in the Modern Business Landscape facilitated by Warwick Pro-Dean, Prof. Jo Horton. Drinks, buffet and networking finished off the evening. Download the learning takeaway from this event below. Includes an article, key takeaways, food for thought sections and discussion prompts...plus photos of the event!
Read Predicting Fraud before it Happens: How early signals can change corporate accountability on the CoBS Insights blog and access more research insights for students, instructors, and practitioners.
Download the takeaway.
September 2025: The IE Tower, Madrid, hosted by IE Business School, Spain, on the occasion of the CoBS Deans' Seminar 2025.
Alumni interacted with a roundtable event on the theme The Next Frontier of Responsible Business Leadership: Insights from Business School Deans.
Download the takeaway.
Download the event takeaway: The Next Frontier of Responsible Business Leadership: Insights from Business School Deans. Also featured as a post via CoBS Insights.
July 2025: Copenhagen, an informal event hosted by the ESSEC Business School Alumni Chapter, Copenhagen, on the occasion of the CoBS research and teaching presentation at the Academy of Management Conference.
June 2025: Paris, hosted by ESSEC Business School Executive Education, La Défense-Paris Campus.
Alumni interacted with Climate Leadership author and Senior Director of Strategy at BCG BrightHouse Emilie Prattico on the theme of Business Leadership in the Green Transition: From Paris to the world.
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