Prof. Stefano Zambon (PhD, LSE) is Full Professor of Accounting and Business Economics at the University of Ferrara, Italy, with teaching and visiting appointments across four continents, including NYU, LBS, HEC Paris, Waseda, Melbourne, and Canterbury. He has published over 120 works in four languages in books and international journals and is a frequent keynote speaker on intangibles at OECD, UN, European Parliament, European Commission, and government events worldwide.
From 2014 to 2018, he served as President of the French Government’s Expert Group on Intangibles. A founding member of the World Intangible Capital Initiative (WICI), he was its Global Chair (2015–2019) and currently serves on the WICI Global and Europe Governance Groups. Since November 2024, he coordinates the WICI-convened “Strategic Intangibles Initiative,” uniting 18 leading international organizations, including EFFAS, CFA Institute, WIPO, WBCSD, and key standard setters from Germany, Korea, Australia, and Japan.
He has been Secretary General of the Italian Foundation for Business Reporting (O.I.B.R.) since 2019, a member of the IFRS Foundation’s Integrated Reporting and Connectivity Council (IRCC) since 2022, and a Board Member of the International Foundation for Valuing Impacts (IFVI, 2023–2025). He also contributes to EFFAS, ESMA, and EFRAG sustainability and reporting initiatives.