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Dr. Axel Kravatzky is Managing Partner of Syntegra-ESG, advising and guiding leaders on how to develop, activate and amplify the power of their brand and people to positively impact society and the natural environment profitably.
As the practice lead for Purposeful Governance and Strategy he has been working with Boards of Directors, Board Committees and Executives for over 20 years. His specialties are the financial, state-owned enterprise, utilities, and non-for-profit sectors.
Axel is the Vice Chair of ISO/TC309 Governance of Organizations. He also serves as the co-convener ISO/TC309/WG1 which has developed the first international benchmark for good governance: ISO 37000:2021 Governance of Organizations — Guidance. The committee currently consists of 78 countries and 25 organizations in liaison. Axel was the lead editor of ISO 37000:2021. The standard was unanimously approved and published after a ballot of all 163 ISO member countries in September 2021. Axel is currently also project leader of “ISO 37006 Indicators of effective organizational governance – Guidance”.
Axel was the founding Chairman of the Caribbean Corporate Governance Institute (CCGI), initiated the development of the T&T Corporate Governance Code (2013), and lead the development of the first and only accredited Corporate Governance training programme in the Caribbean region.
Axel has worked in the Caribbean, Europe, and USA with Senior Managers and Board members on leadership development as well as consultant to boards and governments on corporate governance reform. Axel was the lead World Bank financed consultant for the Ministry of Public Finance (Romania) drafting the methodological norms (Government decision 722/2016) for the selection process of directors of state enterprises in Romania in accordance with law 109/2011.
He is an experienced Non-Executive Director and a member of the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) and the Romanian Association of Independent Directors.