prof. dr. R.A.J. (Roland) Mees
Professor of Practice of Business Ethics
Telephone:
+31 50 36 33685 (Mrs. Nathalie Dijk)
E-mail:
r.a.j.mees rug.nl
Field/Discipline
Expertise
Roland Mees is an expert on the motivational obstacles to taking sustainable action and pathways for individuals, institutions and humanity. As a professor of Practice of Business Ethics, he works in close collaboration with professor of Financial Ethics, Boudewijn de Bruin. Together with the other professors at the EE&F department that focus on topics such as sustainable development, sustainable banking & finance and corporate governance, Mees contributes to setting up, innovating and carrying out education in the field of business ethics.
Apart from his educational contributions, he takes part in research projects within the faculty and develops his own research in the field of business ethics. Currently, Mees is working on this call for contributions to a special issue of the Cambridge Forum journal series, together with co-editors Dirk Bezemer and Cynthia Williams.
Until mid 2025, Roland Mees was a director of Sustainable Finance at ING Wholesale Banking, where he mainly focused on the moral practice of sustainability, for example when granting Sustainability-Linked Loans to corporate customers. Mees has gained over 35 years of experience in the banking sector, not only at ING, but also at ABN Amro and Triodos Bank. While pursuing his career in a business environment, he felt the need to reflect more deeply on the pragmatic reality of the organizations he worked for. Thus, Mees sought to deepen his academic knowledge with a master’s in Philosophy in Business at Utrecht University, followed by a PhD at the Ethics Institute of Utrecht University. Both alongside his full-time job at ING.
Apart from his educational contributions, he takes part in research projects within the faculty and develops his own research in the field of business ethics. Currently, Mees is working on this call for contributions to a special issue of the Cambridge Forum journal series, together with co-editors Dirk Bezemer and Cynthia Williams.
Until mid 2025, Roland Mees was a director of Sustainable Finance at ING Wholesale Banking, where he mainly focused on the moral practice of sustainability, for example when granting Sustainability-Linked Loans to corporate customers. Mees has gained over 35 years of experience in the banking sector, not only at ING, but also at ABN Amro and Triodos Bank. While pursuing his career in a business environment, he felt the need to reflect more deeply on the pragmatic reality of the organizations he worked for. Thus, Mees sought to deepen his academic knowledge with a master’s in Philosophy in Business at Utrecht University, followed by a PhD at the Ethics Institute of Utrecht University. Both alongside his full-time job at ING.
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