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Dr Filipe Morais

Lecturer in Governance Programme Director of the MSc in Management for Future Leaders

Filipe Morais Profile 2024

Specialisms

  • Corporate Governance, 
  • Boards of Directors, 
  • CEO and Chair Leadership, 
  • Strategic Management, 
  • Stewardship

Location

Greenlands Campus

Dr Filipe Morais has substantial experience in Corporate Governance including all aspects relating to boards of directors. His experience and close ties to industry make his research both academically sound and highly relevant and impactful.

Dr Filipe Morais teaching and research focuses on corporate governance, strategic leadership, corporate responsibility and sustainability.

He is Programme Director for the MSc in Management for Future Leaders, which focuses on high-potential working individuals at an early career stage. He teaches Corporate Responsibility & Ethics and the Dissertation modules on this program. He also teaches three modules on the MA Board Practice and Directorship programme directed a senior practicing board members and executives, including: Board Information and Communication; Public, Private and Third Sector Boards and; the Board Annual Conference.

Filipe is a researcher and collaborator at the John Madejski Centre for Reputation as well as at the Henley Centre for Business Ethics and Sustainability. His research focuses on examining how board members and other senior leaders understand and respond to change, complexity and paradox to foster positive business impact in business and society.

His research strives to achieve a balance between being theoretically informed and practically relevant and impactful. Filipe’s research has been published in leading academic and practitioner journals, industry research reports, case studies, book chapters and books. Filipe currently supervises 3 PhD students in corporate governance and strategic management topics.

He is an advisory board member of the Governance magazine, connected to the Financial Times Non-Executive Director Diploma Program, and a member of the International Editorial Board of California Management Review.

Filipe is also active outside academia. He is a columnist in two Portuguese newspapers, writing regularly about critical aspects of Portuguese business and politics with the objective of educating and raising awareness to specific challenges. He is also Partner at AMROP Lisbon office where he advises on board governance.

Reference: Morais, F. and De Villiers, V., (2024) The state of ESG strategic integration in JSE listed companies. Report. Henley Business School Africa
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Filipe Morais
Reference: Morais, F. , Malherbe, H., Prinsloo, M., Vawda, S. and De Villiers, V., (2023) ESG adoption and strategic integration in leading JSE listed firms: insights from interviews with executives and board members. Report. Henley Business School Africa & Risk Insights
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Filipe Morais
Reference: Morais, F. , Simnett, J., Kakabadse, A. , Kakabadse, N. , Myers, A. and Ward, T. (2022) ESG in growth listed companies: closing the gaps. In: The Palgrave Handbook of ESG and Corporate Governance. Palgrave Macmillan Cham, pp. 359-374. ISBN 9783030994679 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99468-6_18
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Filipe Morais - Professor Andrew Kakabadse - Professor Nada Korac Kakabadse
Reference: Schopohl, L. , Morais, F. and Akrivou, K. , (2023) Henley Business School report to the United Nations' Principles for Responsible Management Education 2021/22 and 2022/23. Report. Henley Business School
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Lisa Schopohl - Dr Filipe Morais - Professor Kleio Akrivou
Reference: Simnett, J., Morais, F. and Kakabadse, A. (2021) Board Committees: Purpose, Tasks and Value. In: Valeur, C. and Fargeot, C. (eds.) Effective Directors: The Right Questions to Ask (QTA). Routledge, London. ISBN 9781003201182
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Filipe Morais - Professor Andrew Kakabadse
Reference: Kakabadse, A. , Kakabadse, N. , Moore, P. , Morais, F. and Goyal, R., (2017) Conflict and tension in the boardroom. Report. ICSA, Reading, UK.
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Andrew Kakabadse - Professor Nada Korac Kakabadse - Dr Filipe Morais
Reference: Brown, G., Kakabadse, A. and Morais, F. (2020) The independent director in society: our crisis of governance and what to do about it. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, pp271. ISBN 9783030513023 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51303-0
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Andrew Kakabadse - Dr Filipe Morais
Reference: Morais, F. , Simnett, J., Kakabadse, A. , Kakabadse, N. and Myers, A., (2020) ESG in small and mid-sized quoted companies: perceptions, myths and realities. Technical Report. Quoted Companies Alliance and Henley Business School, London. pp45.
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Filipe Morais - Professor Andrew Kakabadse - Professor Nada Korac Kakabadse
Reference: Morais, F. , Kakabadse, A. and Kakabadse, N. (2020) Leading through discontinuous change: a typology of problems and leadership approaches in UK boards. Long Range Planning, 53 (2). 101870. ISSN 0024-6301 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2019.02.003
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Filipe Morais - Professor Andrew Kakabadse - Professor Nada Korac Kakabadse
Reference: Morais, F. , Kakabadse, A. and Kakabadse, N. , (2019) The role of non-executive directors in growth companies. Report. Henley Business School, Henley-on-Thames.
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Filipe Morais - Professor Andrew Kakabadse - Professor Nada Korac Kakabadse
Reference: Kakabadse, A. , Kakabadse, N. , Moore, P. and Morais, F. , (2018) Is government fit for purpose? - The Kakabadse report. Report. Henley Business School, Henley-on-Thames.
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Andrew Kakabadse - Professor Nada Korac Kakabadse - Dr Filipe Morais
Reference: Morais, F. and Kakabadse, A. (2019) The future role of the chair in Europe. In: Leading a Board: Chair's Practices Across Europe. Springer, Singapore.
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Filipe Morais - Professor Andrew Kakabadse
Reference: Kakabadse, A. , Korac-Kakabadse, N. , Khan, N. , Morais, F. and Lee-Kelly, E., (2014) The company secretary: building trust through governance. Report. ICSA, Reading.
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Andrew Kakabadse - Professor Nada Korac Kakabadse - Dr Nadeem Khan - Dr Filipe Morais
Reference: Kakabadse, N. , Kakabadse, A. , Goyal, R. and Morais, F. (2018) Gender diversity on boards in Norway and the UK: a different approach to governance or a case of path dependency? In: Aluchna, M. and Aras, G. (eds.) Women on Corporate Boards: An International Perspective. Routledge, Oxford. ISBN 9781138740181
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Nada Korac Kakabadse - Professor Andrew Kakabadse - Dr Filipe Morais
Reference: Morais, F. , Kakabadse, A. and Kakabadse, N. (2019) Dealing with strategic tensions on the board: the role of the chair in fostering engagement and debate. In: Gabrielsson, J., Khlif, W. and Yamak, S. (eds.) Research Handbook on Boards of Directors. Edward Elgar, pp. 31-48. ISBN 9781786439741
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Filipe Morais - Professor Andrew Kakabadse - Professor Nada Korac Kakabadse
Reference: Morais, F. , Kakabadse, A. and Kakabadse, N. (2018) The chairperson buffering role in turbulent environments. In: British Academy of Management (BAM) Corporate Governance Special Interest Group Conference, 11-12 June 2018, Leeds, United Kingdom.
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Filipe Morais - Professor Andrew Kakabadse - Professor Nada Korac Kakabadse
Reference: Morais, F. M. A. (2017) Chairperson and CEO role responses to strategic tensions: a UK-based study. PhD thesis, University of Reading.
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Filipe Morais
Reference: Morais, F. , Kakabadse, N. and Kakabadse, A. (2018) The chairperson and CEO roles interaction and responses to strategic tensions. Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society, 18 (1). pp. 143-164. ISSN 1472-0701 doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/cg-05-2017-0092
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Filipe Morais - Professor Nada Korac Kakabadse - Professor Andrew Kakabadse
Reference: Morais, F. and Kakabadse, N. K. (2013) Delving into the boardroom ‘black box’: A research model of ‘Board Learning Capability' (BLC). Open Journal of Business and Management, 1 (3). pp. 76-90. ISSN 2329-3284 doi: https://doi.org/10.4236/ojbm.2013.13010
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Filipe Morais - Professor Nada Korac Kakabadse
Reference: Morais, F. , Kakabadse, A. , Kakabadse, N. K. and Pryce, A. (2013) Corporate income inequality and corporate performance: any correlations? In: Kakabadse, A. and Van den Berghe, L. (eds.) How to Make Boards Work: An International Overview. Palgrave-Macmillan, Basingstoke, pp. 44-74. ISBN 9781137275691
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Filipe Morais - Professor Andrew Kakabadse - Professor Nada Korac Kakabadse
Reference: Morais, F. and Kakabadse, N. (2014) The Corporate Gini Index (CGI) determinants and advantages: lessons from a multinational retail company case study. International Journal of Disclosure and Governance, 11 (4). pp. 380-397. ISSN 1741-3591 doi: https://doi.org/10.1057/jdg.2014.4
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Filipe Morais - Professor Nada Korac Kakabadse

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Module code: MQM3BAC

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Module code: MQM3PPT

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Module code: MQM2BIC

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Module code: MNM3FMP

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Module code: MNM1CRE