Research Team & Governance
Director: Samir Trabelsi, PhD
The partnership is led by Dr. Samir Trabelsi, Professor at Brock University. An internationally recognized expert in corporate governance and sustainability reporting, Dr. Trabelsi provides strategic leadership grounded in decades of interdisciplinary research and engagement with policymakers, government agencies, business leaders, and international organizations. His recent recognition as an Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) 2024 Influential Leader reflects his longstanding commitment to advancing socially responsible governance and sustainability practices.
Under his leadership, the NATCAP-HUB will serve as a collaborative community of practice where theoretical innovation, community partnership, and policy relevance mutually reinforce one another
Co-Directors
Amna Chalwati
Accounting, Saint Mary's University
Jonathan Parenteau
Institute of Indigenous Research and Studies, University of Ottawa
Dave Bouckenooghe
Goodman School of Business, Brock University
Peter van Dijk
Goodman School of Business, Brock University
Anteneh Ayanso
Goodman School of Business, Brock University
Russell Evans
Management, University of Guelph
Shahryar Rahnamayan
Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Brock University
Co-applicants
Amir Akbari
McMaster University
Eid Alotaibi
American University of Sharjah
Hatem Ben Ameur
HEC Montreal
Fares Belkhiria
McGill University
Kim Barett
Halton Conservation Authority
Kareen Brown
Brock University
Kenneth Chan
Optimus SBR
Shawna Chen
Brock University
Charles Cho
York University
Amr El Alfy
University of Waterloo
Fayez Elyan
Brock University
Myriam Ertz
UQAC
Adel Guitouni
University of Victoria
Justin Jin
McMaster University
Tawfik Jelassi
UNESCO
Imen Latrous
UQAC
Yifeng Li
Brock University
Nadia Massoud
University of Melbourne
Waqar Nadeem
Brock University
S. M. Khalid Nainar
McMaster University
Sasan Saiy
University of Waterloo
Tatyana Sokolyk
Brock University
Anup Srivastava
University of Calgary
Miklos Vaserhely
Rutgers University
Robert Wood
Macquarie University
NATCAP-HUB’s governance and partnership framework, highlights its distributed leadership model (coordinated by Brock University), bifurcated decision-making, multi-layered accountability, and cross-sector implementation roles to ensure inclusive, transparent, and effective delivery of project objectives. This framework is designed based on three governance pillars: transparency, shared leadership, and accountability.