Leeds University Business School is a business school in the
University of Leeds, in
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The school is accredited by
AACSB,
AMBA
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Title
* Amba Hor, alternative name for Abhor and Mehraela, Christian martyrs
* Amba Sada, also known as Psote, Christian bishop and martyr in Upper Egypt
Given name
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Location
Leeds University Business School is housed in several buildings at the University of Leeds, including the 19th-century Maurice Keyworth building (previously
Leeds Grammar School), Charles Thackrah building and Clarendon building. The School also shares the Newlyn building and Esther Simpson building with the School of Law, which officially opened in October 2019 and March 2022 respectively. Leeds University Business School is situated on the western campus of the
University of Leeds, located north of
Leeds city centre
Leeds city centre is the central business district of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is roughly bounded by the Leeds Inner Ring Road, Inner Ring Road to the north and the River Aire to the south and can be divided into several quarters.
C ...
. The
Marks & Spencer company archive is also housed here, containing over 60,000 artefacts and pieces moved there in 2009 from London to
Leeds, the birthplace of the company. Further buildings include the Liberty Building, home to the Faculty of Law, and Western Lecture Theatre.
Profile and reputation
The Business School is a top ten UK business and management research institution. Over 200 academic staff conduct research across the six departments of Accounting and Finance, Economics, International Business, Management, Marketing, and Work and Employment Relations
In 2019, Professor Julia Bennell was appointed the new Executive Dean.
Alumni
Notable Business School alumni include:
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Roger Whiteside
Roger Mark Whiteside (born 13 June 1958) is a British businessman, the former chief executive (CEO) of Greggs, the largest bakery chain in the United Kingdom.
Early life
He was born in Fulham. His father was in the British Army, and he moved to R ...
, CEO
Greggs
*
José Ángel Gurría
José Ángel Gurría Treviño, also known as Ángel Gurría, (born 8 May 1950) is a Mexican economist and diplomat. From 1 June 2006 to 31 May 2021, he was the secretary-general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OEC ...
, Secretary General of the
OECD
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Sir Peter Hendy
Peter Gerard Hendy, Baron Hendy of Richmond Hill (born 19 March 1953) is a British transport executive and politician. He is the current chairman of Network Rail and was formerly the Commissioner of Transport for London, Commissioner of Transp ...
CBE, Chairman of
Network Rail
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John R Hirst, former CEO of the
Met Office
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*
Subir Raha, former chairman and managing director of the
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
*Jayant Krishna, Group CEO of the
UK India Business Council and former CEO of the
National Skill Development Corporation
*Sudhir Chaturvedi, President and Executive board member at
Larsen & Toubro Infotech
Current notable academics
Leeds University Business School has over 200 academic staff.
*
Peter Buckley (academic)
Peter Jennings Buckley (born 11 July 1949) is Professor of International Business at the University of Leeds and director of the Centre for International Business at the University of Leeds (CIBUL).
Buckley was educated at Ashton-under-Lyne Gra ...
*
Kevin Keasey
References
External links
Leeds University Business School
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Business schools in England
University of Leeds
1997 establishments in England
Educational institutions established in 1997