Leeds University Business School is a business school in the

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, in

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, West Yorkshire, England. The school is accredited by

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and

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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

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), 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

, located north of

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. The

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company archive is also housed here, containing over 60,000 artefacts and pieces moved there in 2009 from London to

, 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: * Roger Whiteside, CEO

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* José Ángel Gurría, Secretary General of the

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* Sir Peter Hendy

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, Chairman of

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* John R Hirst, former CEO of the

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Subir Raha Subir Raha ( bn, সুবীর রাহা) (28 August 1948 – 1 February 2010) a former Director (HR) of Indian Oil Corporation and ex-chairman and MD of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation received global recognition as Energy Executive of t ...

, former chairman and managing director of the

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*Jayant Krishna, Group CEO of the

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and former CEO of the

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*Sudhir Chaturvedi, President and Executive board member at

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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 Kevin Keasey is Professor of Accounting and Finance, Director of the International Banking Institute and Director of the Centre for Advanced Studies in Finance at Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds. Early life and education K ...

References

External links

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