I am writing to all members of the British Academy of Management to notify you of an upcoming election for the Vice Chair for Sustainability role; and Co-Vice Chair for Communities, to serve with Dr Rebecca Liu, following the election of current co-Vice Chair Professor Christian Harrison as Chair of BAM from January 2027.
Nominations may be made by any current BAM member. Before submitting a nomination, please read carefully the information below, particularly the details relating to the nature of the roles and the eligibility criteria.
Nominations should be made by emailing a completed nomination form to Lewis Johnson at [email protected] to be received by noon on Wednesday 24th June 2026. Nominations form, may be downloaded via the link below:
🔷 Vice Chair for Sustainability
🔷 Co-Vice Chair for Communities
We welcome enquiries from anyone who feels that they can make this commitment and who is keen to make a difference to our community. Due to the nature of the role, being based in the UK is important.
Summary Information about the roles
Below are summaries of the two roles. More detailed role descriptions at the end of this message should also be consulted.
Vice-Chair for Sustainability
The Vice-Chair for Sustainability ensures that BAM’s values of Sustainability are embedded within all BAM activities, working across committees, Council and with the BAM Office.
The purpose of the role is to:
🔷 Ensure that the core values of sustainability in all its forms are fully embedded and reflected in all BAM activities, including Conference, events, SIGs, publications, research, grants, awards and the Fellows College.
🔷 Work with the BAM Office to oversee monitoring of sustainability across all BAM activities, as above but also including website, social media and membership, and to report to the BAM Executive Committee on progress,
🔷 Work across committees to advise, alert and recommend best practice actions to improve sustainability and raise awareness and promote sustainability in business and management education and research.
🔷 Engage with appropriate external parties working with improving sustainability to bring best practice into BAM and the wider BAM community.
In order to fulfil the requirements of the role of Vice-Chair for Sustainability, the person standing for election should:
🔷 Be a member of BAM.
🔷 Normally (though not necessarily) having previous experience serving on BAM Council.
🔷 Have both an interest and proven academic expertise in the area of Sustainability.
🔷 Be able to attend all meetings of the BAM Executive and Council, including informal telecons between main meetings.
🔷 Be willing to work collaboratively across BAM and with external stakeholders as appropriate.
🔷 Be able to commit time and energy to the role.
Co Vice-Chair for Communities
The Co Vice-Chair for Communities will work with Dr Rebecca Liu to:
🔷 Lead and support SIGs, Networks and Tracks, including running regular meetings for SIGs, Networks and Track Chairs.
🔷 Oversee the governance rules of SIGs and foster/promote good SIG practices to enhance their benefits to members
🔷 Act as a route for Communities to have voice and input into the Executive
🔷 Implement the guidelines for the formation of SIGs and oversee funding of SIGs
🔷 Help increase activities of Communities beyond the BAM conference, using the BAM Framework
🔷 Help SIGs develop effective conference tracks and other activities such as journal special issues and edited collections
🔷 Help Communities engage with practice and policy-making
In order to fulfil the requirements of the role of Co-Vice Chair for Communities, the person standing for election should:
🔷 Be a member of BAM.
🔷 Normally have previously served as a member of BAM’s Council.
🔷 Be able to attend all meetings of the BAM Executive and Council, including informal telecons between main meetings.
🔷 Be willing to work collaboratively across BAM and with external stakeholders as appropriate.
🔷 Be able to commit time and energy to the role.
Voting
Individuals whose BAM membership is current (i.e. their subscription is up to date) will be able to cast one vote for each role. The elections will be carried out using a secure electronic voting system, which will be open from late June for a period of 3 weeks. Eligible individuals will be sent an individual, secure voting link by the voting system. The outcomes will be notified publicly shortly thereafter, in order to allow the incoming office holders a period of handover. Details of all candidates and instructions on how to vote will be sent to those eligible in due course.
If you are interested in any of the roles and would like an informal discussion, please feel free to contact BAM CEO, Dr Jack Harrington directly at [email protected].