Professor Irene-marié Esser

She is a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. She is also Dean of the Graduate School, College of Social Sciences. She is a Senior Advisor at the Centre of Corporate Governance, Institute of Directors in the UK. Since 2020 she is an Extraordinary Professor at Stellenbosch University, South Africa and also a Visiting Professor at the National Law University Jodhpur, India.

She was admitted as an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa in 2005. Professor Esser acted as an External Consultant to the King IV and V Committee on Corporate Governance in South Africa. She is the author and senior advisor to the IoD Commission (chaired by Baroness Natalie Evans) on the Effectiveness of Non-Executive Directors in the UK. She was the Company Law Convener for the UK Society of Legal Scholars for 3 years, until 2021. She is on the editorial board of the European Business Law Review, a board member at the Centre for Corporate Governance in Africa as well as the Global Research Foundation for Corporate Governance.