Professor Aguilera is a regular public speaker and advisor for professional organizations as well as business organizations world-wide.
Her public seminars and advising focus on issues related to how to use corporate governance as a strategy to make firms more competitive and sustainable. Aguilera has deep expertise in helping family firms set strategic corporate governance plans in place to guarantee the survival of the organization and the well-being of the family for many generations to come.
Speaking Worldwide
A sample of keynotes and presentations Ruth has delivered:
Keynotes
China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), Shanghai, China, May 2026
“International Corporate Governance. Looking at Compensation Practices”
Cátedra de Empresa Familiar de la Universitat de València (CEFUV), EDEM, Valencia, Spain, March 2026
“Estrategia y crecimiento en la Empresa Familiar: aproximación desde el gobierno corporativo”
3rd Behavioral Perspectives Workshop on “Sustainability,” Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Barcelona, Spain, February 2026
Opening Keynote
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, Bangalore, India, January 2026
“International Corporate Governance in Emerging Markets”
University of Vermont Grossman School of Business, Burlington, Vermont, April 2025
“Sustainability and Corporate Governance at a Crossroads”
Iberoamerican Academy of Management, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, December 2023
“Mapping the Challenges and Opportunities in the Management in the Iberoamerican Region Through the Lens of Corporate Governance and Sustainability”
ACEDE Business and Society, El Escorial, Spain, October 2023
“Retos de la Empresa en la Compleja Sociedad Contemporánea”
European Corporate Governance Institute, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2023
“Leading, Managing and Governing Corporate Purpose”
Center for Emerging Markets, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, May 2023
“Corporate Governance in Emerging Markets. The case of Gender Quotas in India”
Spring Stakeholder Conference, Deer Valley, Utah, May 2023
“Value Creation, Appropriation, and Distribution within Democratic Principles”
EUMODFRAUD, Prevention of Fraud in European Funds, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, June 2021
“Corporate Corruption in Management Research”
HEC S&O 6th Research Day, HEC Paris, May 2021
“Corporate Governance in Society and Organizations”
International Corporate Governance Society, Shanghai, China, October 2018
“Publishing Top Research in Top International Journals”
Business for Society, European Academy of Management (EURAM), Reykjavik, Iceland, June 2018
“Governance Deviance”
4th International Governance Workshop, Critical & Alternative Approaches to Governance Workshop, Accounting, Control & Performance Management LAB, Barcelona, Spain, June 2017
“Innovation in Governance Research”
Global Forum, Center for International Business Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, May 2015
“A Cross-National Comparison of Corporate Governance and CSR”
Family Business Conference, Centre for Governance, Institutions & Organisations (CGIO), National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School, Singapore, April 2014
“Ownership and Strategy around the World”
Dutch Central Bank and Corporate Governance: An International Review Special Issue Workshop on Board Diversity, Amsterdam, Netherlands, December 2013
“Legislating a Woman’s Seat on the Board”
Conference on Top Management Teams in an International Context: an Institutional Perspective, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark, October 2013
“Top Management Teams in the Context of Comparative Corporate Governance”
Annual Meeting, International Family Enterprise Research Academy (IFERA), St. Gallen, Switzerland, July 2013
“From the Dining Room to Board Room. The Professionalization and Internationalization of Family Business Firms”
Conference on Corporate Governance Bundles, Cambridge Judge Business School, Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom, September 2012
“How National Are Governance Bundles?”
10th An Anniversary Conference, International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility, Nottingham University, Nottingham, United Kingdom, April 2012
“Who owns CSR?”
Inaugural Lecture of the Academic Year, Master and Doctorate Program in Economics, Management and Organization, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Universidad Pública de Navarra and Universitat de les Illes Balears, Barcelona, Spain, October 2011
“New Challenges in International Corporate Governance”
Inaugural Lecture of the Academic Year, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universtitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, October 2011
"El Govern Corporatiu de les Empreses Espanyoles en el Contexte Internacional"
Conference on Board Diversity and Economic Performance, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2011
“Ownership Diversity as a Precursor of Board Diversity”
XXI Congress, ACEDE, Barcelona, Spain, September 2011
“New Creativity in International Corporate Governance”
Booz & Co/Strategy + Business Eminent Scholar in International Management Award, Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Montreal, Canada, August 2010
“Kobrin: The Transition to the Transnational Firm”
Recent Presentations
15th EIASM Workshop on Top Management Teams, Valencia, Spain, May 2026
“Owners, Boards, and Firm Strategic Decisions in a Transforming World”
INSPER, São Paulo, Brazil, March 2026
Research Seminar on International Corporate Governance
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, Bangalore, India, January 2026
“The Ubiquity of Business Groups Around the World”
Strategic Management Society, San Francisco, California, October 2025
“Corporate Governance: Exploring the New Landscape”
25th Strategy and Business Environment Conference, The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 2025
“The Impact, Value, and Sustainable Business Initiatives”
