The Executive Committee consists of academics from mainly European countries, as well as several from outside of Europe. Their role is to steer the Academy and develop future activities. The Committee has a full meeting at each conference and a sub Committee meets quarterly to review progress and to programme conferences and other activities. Members of the committee independently collaborate on other activities such as workshops, held under the auspices of the European Academy of Design. The committee is currently chaired by the President of the EAD, Professor Paul Atkinson of Sheffield Hallam University, UK. Membership of the Committee includes representatives from:
| Aalto University, Finland | Goteburg University, Sweden | Norwegian School of Business, Oslo, Norway |
| University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada | Grenoble Ecole de Management, France | Paris College of Art, France |
| Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA | University of Porto, Portugal |
| Universitat de Barcelona, Spain | Istanbul Technical University, Turkey | Swinburne University of Technology, Australia |
| University of Boras, Sweden | Lancaster University, UK | The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK |
| Braunschweig University of Art, Germany | Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland | University of Salford, UK |
| Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada | University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia | Sheffield Hallam University, UK |
| Copenhagen Business School, Denmark | Yasar University, Turkey | |
| Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany | ||
| University of Dundee, UK | ||
| Goldsmiths University of London, UK |