Edgars Sedovs is a PhD student in Business Management at the BA School of Business and Finance. He has over a decade of professional experience in risk management, internal control and corporate governance. Edgars holds a Master's degree in Mathematical Economics and a Bachelor's degree in Analytical Economics from the University of Latvia. His main research interests include sustainability, risk management, innovation and strategic management.

Dr., Prof. Tatjana Volkova is a Professor of Strategic Management and Innovation Management, and a leading researcher at the BA School of Business and Finance in Riga, Latvia. She has extensive practical experience in management and consultancy, including working as Manager of Rotterdam Consult, Ltd, as an HR recruiting professional at Amrop International, and as Training Officer at the WOCCU (USA) office in Riga. Her research findings have been published in several peer-reviewed books and journals nationally and internationally, and presented at numerous international conferences. Tatjana is also a member of the Editorial Committee of Scientific Journals (e.g., Editor and Reviewer of the Journal of Business Management, SBS Journal of Applied Business Research and Banks, and the Banks System Journal), and she has participated in numerous international research projects. Tatjana Volkova is a Board member of the Professors' Association of Latvia, a member of the Higher Education Council (Latvia), Chair of the Steering Committee of the Institutional Development Program (IEP), Chair of the Studies Quality Commission (Latvia), as well a member of the Swiss Accreditation Council. She has extensive international experience in evaluation and accreditation study programs and HEIs in more than 30 countries.