Adriana Petrova

Global Operations and Operational Excellence; Corporate Governance and Risk Management; ESG and Responsible Business; Social Compliance and Responsible Supply Chains; International Assurance and Auditing; Lean Six Sigma and Continuous Improvement; Quality Management Systems; Organisational Transformation and Digitalisation; AI in Assurance and Business Operations; Leadership in Global and Cross-Cultural Organisations.

PhD in Organisation and Business Management and author of Six Sigma and Lean: Sixth Sense for Managers. Founder and leader of ALGI Academy, delivering professional development and competence-building programmes for international professionals. 2026 – Speaker and Session Co-Chair, (confidential for the moment) 2026 – Speaker, amfori BSCI professional event – responsible business, assurance and social compliance. 2026 – Speaker, GSDC – ISO/IEC 42001 and AI management/governance. 2026 – Speaker, Women’s Entrepreneurship Leadership Conference, Chicago. Professional training and knowledge-sharing throughout my international assurance career, including auditor qualification, operational excellence, quality management, Lean Six Sigma, governance and responsible sourcing.

I enjoy connecting academic concepts with the realities of executive decision-making. My lecturing style is practical, evidence-based and interactive, using real international cases to explore how governance, risk, sustainability and operational excellence work in practice. I particularly enjoy engaging with students and professionals who want to understand the gap between frameworks on paper and the decisions leaders must make in complex organisations. Guest lecturing also gives me the opportunity to contribute practitioner experience while remaining connected to academic research and emerging ideas.