International Advisory Board
Cranfield School of Management’s International Advisory Board meets twice a year to offer informed guidance to the School on its strategic direction. The Board comprises illustrious names from the world of business, many of whom are Cranfield alumni who have gone on to become business leaders.
- Chair: Bill Thomas (MBA 1992)
Former Senior Vice President & General Manager HP EMEA
UK
- Elena Ambrosiadou (MBA 1988)
CEO, IKOS
Cyprus
- Kate Avery (MBA 1992)
Government Advisory Committee Member
UK
- Theo Backx
President of MBX International BV
Netherlands
- Lord Karan Bilimoria CBE DL (BGP 1998)
Chairman of the Cobra Beer Partnership
India
- Andy Bond (MBA 1993)
Executive Vice President of Walmart
UK
- Professor Bill Cockrum
Adjunct Professor of Finance at UCLA Anderson School of Management USA
- Professor Clifford Friend
Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Cranfield University
UK
- Rosalind Gilmore CB
Former main board member of Zurich Financial Services
UK
- Joe Greenwell CBE
Chairman of Ford of Britain
UK
- Andy Harrison (MBA 1983)
Chief Executive of Whitbread
UK
- Peter Hindle MBE
General Delegate, St Gobain UK, Ireland & South Africa
UK
- Professor Frank Horwitz
Director of Cranfield School of Management
UK / South Africa
- Keith Howells (MBA 1986)
Chairman, Mott MacDonald Ltd
UK
- Dr Ali Jawad
Senior Advisor, Department of Economic Development
UAE
- Dr Robert Kovach
Director, Cisco Center for Collaborative Leadership
USA
- Matts Larsson
Director Global Training, Tetra Pak
Sweden
- John McFarlane OBE (MBA 1975)
Independent non-executive director (chairman designate), Aviva
Australia/UK
- Christine Miles (EMBA 1991)
Director of Operations at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
UK
- Mayank Patel OBE (BGP 2001)
Chairman of Azibo Group
UK
- David Pitt-Watson
Chairman of Hermes Equity Ownership Services
UK
- David Richards CBE
Chairman of Aston Martin and Chairman and Chief Executive of Prodrive
UK
- Tony Russell
Director Senior Executive Development, L'Oreal
France
- Professor Lynette Ryals (PhD 2003)
Director of Demand Chain Management, Cranfield School of Management
UK
- Hilary Sears (MBA 1982)
Chairman of Interim Woman and KIDS Charity
UK
- Paul Slevin (EMBA 1997)
CMA representative
UK
- Professor Alan Waller OBE (MSc 1971)
International President of the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport
UK
- Robert Wright (MBA 1982)
Founder shareholder and Non-Executive Director of Wizz Air
UK