London Business School (LBS) is a

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and a constituent college of the federal

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. LBS was founded in 1964 and awards post-graduate degrees (Master's degrees in management and finance, MBA and PhD). Its motto is "To have a profound impact on the way the world does business". LBS is consistently ranked amongst the world's best business schools. The main campus is located at Sussex Place in London, adjacent to

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. In 2012, the school acquired the Marylebone Town Hall and spent £60 million to refurbish it with the objective of expanding its teaching facilities by 70% - the new building is called The Sammy Ofer Centre. In 2017, it was announced that LBS had also acquired the site of the

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, who vacated the building in November 2019. LBS has a secondary campus in

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that is dedicated to Executive Education and the Dubai EMBA.

History

Foundation

London Business School was founded in 1964 under the name of the London Graduate School of Business Studies','' with Dr. Arthur Earle as Dean. In 1965, the school was registered as a company and was designated by the

as an institution having recognised teachers. In 1966, the first Executive Development Programme was launched, followed by the Senior Executive Programme. The same year, a full-time MSc degree was also launched, with Sheila Cross enrolling as the School's first female student. In 1968, the School inaugurated the Sloan Fellowship MSc programme, which was the first one outside of the US. 17 students were enrolled and the programme was funded by the Alfred P. Sloan foundation. The first doctoral programme was established in 1969 and in 1970 Her Majesty

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opened the School's

campus. The first PhD was awarded in 1974, and that year women made up over 15% of the student body for the first time. In 1983, the first part-time MBA programme was held under the direction of Sir Andrew Likierman, a former Dean of the School. In 1986, the school officially became the ''London Business School'' and was incorporated by

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, which gave LBS the right to confer and grant degrees. In 1992, the School was given the Queen's Award for Export in recognition of providing educational services to managers and companies worldwide. The following year, the school started its first Masters in Finance programme and in 2001, the EMBA-Global degree programme in partnership with the

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. In 2007 a new campus was opened in

to offer both Executive MBA and Executive Education Programmes. In 2009, the school started two new programmes: The EMBA-Global Asia, in partnership with the

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and

, and the Masters in Management (MiM). In 2012, the school acquired Marylebone Town Hall and restored it with the objective of expanding its teaching facilities by 70 per cent. The building was renamed "The Sammy Ofer Centre" in honour of a generous donor, the Ofer Family, who made a gift for the development of the building, which was opened in 2017. In 2016, LBS launched a new programme, the Masters in Financial Analysis, aimed at recent graduates who wish to pursue a career in finance, and acquired the lease of the neighbouring building of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaenocologists, which it will occupy in 2020. With the objective of increasing its size, the school organised a £100 million funding campaign. By the beginning of 2016, it had raised £98 million, £40 million of which will be used to renovate the Marylebone Town Hall, with £28 million for research, £18 million in scholarships for students, £10 million to increase the school's endowment, and £4 million to improve technology across the school. By June 2016, the school had raised £125 million, including two £25 million gifts from alumni Jim Ratcliffe and Idan Ofer. François Ortalo-Magné, the French-born former Dean of the Wisconsin School of Business, succeeded Sir Andrew Likierman as Dean in August 2017.

Campus

The campus is located at Sussex Place in

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, on the perimeter of

. LBS maintains a number of facilities, including a sports centre, restaurant, three cafes and a library, all dedicated for the exclusive use of its community. There is also a privately run pub, 'The Windsor Castle' attached to the campus. Most classrooms for the MBA are located in the Sainsbury Wing, the centre of the terrace, most of which are 100-student

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rooms. There is no accommodation on campus for students in full-time programmes, although there are rooms on-campus for visiting faculty and executive education participants. Most students choose to live in nearby private residential buildings or in students halls of residence such as the International Students House, London. LBS is expanding its campus in central London. The business school has redeveloped the Marylebone Town Hall into classrooms and offices at the Sammy Ofer Centre. It will further expand it in 2020 (see above).

Organisation and administration

List of the London Business School Deans

List of the Deans from 1965 to today:

Academics

Admission

All candidates must take international exams related to their English abilities (

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) or IELTS and mathematic/logical reasoning skills ( GMAT or GRE). Candidates are also asked to write several

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s (topics are related to the envisaged programmes). The recruitment process has two steps. The first one consists of sending an application with the following information: * An application form (administrative and academic information on the candidate, but also his/her career plan and personal ambitions) * Several essays * The GMAT or GRE scores. The average GMAT score is usually around 700 (90th percentile) * The TOEFL scores (English test) * A one-page resume (CV) * Two reference letters (one academic and one professional) * The candidate's academic transcript Once the application has been accepted, an examination is made by the selection committee. Candidates meeting the criteria of the school will be invited for an interview on campus in London. If this latter step is a success, the candidate receives an offer from LBS.

Master in Business Administration (MBA)

The school's flagship programme is its full-time 15–21-month

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degree. MBA students take a prescribed set of core courses then choose from roughly 70 different electives. Class size has been around 400 students in every annual cohort. These are broken into 5 streams of approximately 80 students who take all core courses together. The admission process is highly competitive and selective. Beyond academics, the school puts an emphasis on personal and professional development including

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, global awareness, and business skill building. These developments are facilitated via specialized workshops led by external consultants, students, and faculty. In addition to a range of elective courses at the London Business School, the school has partnerships with around 32 exchange schools around the world. Each academic year around 100 students spend a term at another leading business school. The MBA program at LBS is widely considered to be one of the top 10 in the world. In the Financial Times' 2015 Global MBA Rankings, LBS ranked 2nd in the world just behind

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. In CNN Expansion's 2014 Global MBA Rankings, LBS ranked 5th in the world. In Business Insider's 2014 Global MBA Rankings, LBS ranked 9th in the world. In 2016, the school's MBA program was ranked No. 21 worldwide for social and environmental impact by ''

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'' magazine. Within Europe, LBS consistently ranks as one of the top 2 programmes. In the 2014/2015 QS Global 200 Business Schools Report, the London Business School MBA Program ranked 1st among all one-year and two-year European MBA programs. Among non-U.S. two-year MBA programmes, LBS was ranked 1st by ''

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'' in 2012, 3rd by ''

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'' in 2012, 1st by ''

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'' in 2014 and 2012, and 1st by ''

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'' in 2011, 2012, and 2013. The MBA Programme has one of the world's largest international exchange programmes. Each year approximately 35 percent of second-year MBAs spend a term abroad at one of over 30 partner schools, including

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, Booth School of Business of

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, The Wharton School of the

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, the

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at UC Berkeley,

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, Indian School of Business among others.

Executive MBA

The school offers four Executive (part-time) MBA degrees, which are completed in 16–20 months. At an academic level, the school offers the same degree to both Executive (part-time) and full-time MBA students. The programmes involve very similar core courses to the full-time MBA, international field work and a wide range of elective courses. The course ends with a capstone together with company project or management report. * Executive MBA (London). * Executive MBA (Dubai). The programme begins with an orientation week in London. Following this, students take 10 core modules, which are taught in a four- or five-day block each month in Dubai. Students then undertake electives, which are primarily offered in London, and an international assignment. Two additional core modules take place in London. * EMBA-Global Americas and Europe. A further 140 executives are enrolled in the dual-degree EMBA-Global Programme. It is taught in partnership with

. Graduates are awarded degrees from both universities. The first year involves week-long modules each month alternating between London and New York. In the second year, students select from the full range of electives available at the participating schools. * EMBA-Global Asia. launched in 2008 jointly with Hong Kong University and Columbia. Teaching takes place at all three business schools. While the first year is modelled on the transatlantic EMBA-Global, the school states that because "EMBA-Global Asia is designed for people who have or will have significant trans-national responsibilities, all courses reflect a greater proportion of global material".

Sloan Masters in Leadership and Strategy

The

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hip was established in 1968 and is a

master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

programme designed for senior executives, accomplished professionals and entrepreneurs with significant experience of decision-making at strategic levels. The admission process is highly competitive and selective. On average, Sloan Fellows already have 15 years of management experience when being admitted to the programme. A typical class is highly diverse and includes attendees from 13 to 23 countries. This 12-month, full-time master's degree programme focuses on strategy, leadership and change, and globalisation. The Sloan programme is also offered at

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and the

Masters in Finance

The school offers a Master's in Finance ("MiF") programme on both a part- and full-time basis. Around 120 students attend the full-time programme, while 60 attend the part-time degree. In 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, and 2020 it was ranked in 1st place amongst Masters in Finance (post-experience) programmes in the world by the

Masters in Financial Analysis (MFA)

The Masters in Financial Analysis is the most recent programme offered by the London Business School, starting in September 2016 and consists of 12 months of courses. The programme targets recent graduates with less than a year of work experience who plan to start a career in finance, typically as an analyst in an investment bank or in

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. The curriculum consists of 12 core courses based on 5 pillars (

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Corporate Finance Corporate finance is the area of finance that deals with the sources of funding, the capital structure of corporations, the actions that managers take to increase the value of the firm to the shareholders, and the tools and analysis used to all ...

Asset Management Asset management is a systematic approach to the governance and realization of value from the things that a group or entity is responsible for, over their whole life cycles. It may apply both to tangible assets (physical objects such as buildings ...

Financial Markets A financial market is a market in which people trade financial securities and derivatives at low transaction costs. Some of the securities include stocks and bonds, raw materials and precious metals, which are known in the financial ma ...

, and Financial Econometrics). The 12 courses are: * Corporate Finance * Capital Structure * Mergers & Acquisitions * Investment Fundamentals * Asset Management * Analysis of Financial Statements * Securities Valuation and Financial Modelling * World Economy * Financial Institutions * Personal Finance * Private Equity * Data and Time Series Analytics Students must also complete three electives of which a minimum of two must be related to finance. The programme includes a business immersion week within a company (

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, CNN,

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etc.) to work on case studies. Finally, students participate in a Field Trip (study trip) that lasts a week. This travel experience consists of many networking dinners, company visits, and company presentations. The following destinations are available:

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and

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and

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, or

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Masters in Management (MiM)

The Masters in Management (MiM) is a one-year

in management aimed at recent graduates who have less than one year of full-time postgraduate corporate work experience or less than two years of experience in a non-traditional business role. The programme is structured in 3 terms, composed of the following core courses: First term: * Financial Accounting * Data Analytics for Management * Finance * Performance in Organisations Second term: * The Global Macroeconomy * Marketing * Strategic Analysis * Decision and Risk Analysis Third term: * Applied Microeconomics * Introduction to Management Accounting Students must also follow 2 electives and can choose among 30 different courses. The programme includes a business immersion week within a company (

, CNN,

etc.) to work on case studies. Finally, students have to participate in a Field Trip (study trip) that lasts a week. This travel experience consists of many networking dinners, company visits, and company presentations. The following destinations are available:

and

, or

. In 2018 & 2019 the programme was ranked 3rd in the world by the

, having been in the global top 10 since it became eligible for the ranking. The programme has a very good market placement. 96% of the 2015 graduates accepted an offer within three months of graduation. 40% work in consulting, 35% in finance and the rest in different industries. The most prestigious companies recruit on campus. The top 3 recruiters are the

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(11 students hired in 2015),

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(8 students hired in 2015), and

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(7 students hired in 2015). Among the other companies that recruited 2 MiM students or more in 2015 are, for example, Oliver Wyman, Arthur D. Little,

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, and

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Global Masters in Management

The Global Masters in Management (Global MiM) is a two-year, full-time course starting in September 2015, where students attain two internationally recognized degrees: a Masters in Management (MiM) and a Masters in Science (MSc) in International Business. Year one takes place in London. Year two takes place in Shanghai. Delivered jointly by London Business School and the renowned Fudan School of Management in Shanghai, the Global MiM gives an unparalleled grounding in international business challenges preparing for the opportunities of tomorrow.

Executive education

About 10,000 executives attend the school's non-degree programmes each year. The school offers a portfolio of 31 Executive Education programmes in general management, strategy, leadership, marketing, human resources and finance. These programmes are split into two main areas, open and custom. About 45 companies per year commission London Business School to design and deliver customised corporate programmes for them, 60% of which are delivered outside the UK.

International university rankings

2022

MBA - 8th in world, 2nd in Europe Executive Education - 5th in the world

Research

The school's 150 faculty work through 16 research centres or institutes. According to the 2014

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, the school had the joint highest percentage of world-leading research of any British higher education institution (along with the

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) with 56% of research rated in the 4* category.

PhD programme

The school offers a 5-year full-time

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programme. It supports 60 fully funded PhD candidates in seven doctoral programmes: Accounting, Economics, Finance, Management Science & Operations, Marketing, Organisational Behaviour, and Strategic & International Management.

Student life

Clubs

There are over 70 student clubs at the school. These range from professional clubs such as consulting, entrepreneurship and energy clubs, to regional clubs including the Latin American and China club. There are also general interest and sporting clubs such as football, wine and cheese and the salsa club.

Notable people

Alumni

* Kaveh Alamouti, MBA & PhD – CEO of Citadel LLC Asset Management Europe * Simon Borrows – CEO of 3i * Ashley Almanza – CEO of G4S * Prince Chad Al-Sherif Pasha of the

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and Turkey *

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, MSc, 1978 – former chairman of

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Asset Management * Sir David Arculus – chairman, O2 *

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, MBA *

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, "a degree", 1991 – former Prime Minister of Mongolia * Pablo Zalba Bidegain, Executive MBA – Member of European Parliament (Spain) * Kumar Birla, MBA, 1992 – Chairman,

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* Ronald Boire – Former President and CEO of

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*Vice Admiral Paul Boissier, MSc – Former CB Deputy Commander-in-Chief, British Navy Maritime Forces; CEO of

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(RNLI) * Jonathan Coleman – Member of Parliament (

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) * Don Cowan – Former CEO and President of

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Bank Canada *

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– member of the British House of Commons and former Secretary of State for Wales and for the Department of Work and Pensions * David Davis – UK Cabinet Member responsible for Brexit negotiations *Sir John Egan – Former CEO of

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, Former CEO of BAA, Chairman of Severn Trent plc *

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– Chairman of

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– Secretary of State for Education and member of the British House of Commons * Gillian Keegan – British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament for Chichester * Sir Richard Greenbury – former Chairman and CEO,

Marks & Spencer Marks and Spencer Group plc (commonly abbreviated to M&S and colloquially known as Marks's or Marks & Sparks) is a major British multinational retailer with headquarters in Paddington, London that specialises in selling clothing, beauty, home ...

* Illugi Gunnarsson – Minister of Education, Science, and Culture,

Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its ...

* Prince Faisal bin Al Hussein – Special Assistant to Chairman & Joint Chiefs of Staff, Jordanian Armed Forces *

Hassan Jameel Hassan Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel"BRJ creates thousa ...

, Saudi businessman *Sir John Jennings (businessman) – former CEO, Shell *

Moez Kassam Moez Kassam (born August 27, 1980 Toronto, Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian alternative Asset management, asset manager. He is a founder and principal of Anson Funds, which manages a collection of long-short equity funds - most notably, Anson In ...

– Founder of Anson Group *

Maria Kiwanuka Maria Kiwanuka (born 12 May, 1955) is a Ugandan economist, businesswoman and politician who served as Minister of Finance in the Cabinet of Uganda from 27 May 2011 to 1 March 2015. Since 2015 she has been Senior Advisor to the President of Ugand ...

– Minister of Finance in

Cabinet of Uganda There are 32 Cabinet ministers and 50 Ministers of State in the Cabinet of Uganda (2021 to 2026). According to Section 111 of the 1995 Constitution of Uganda, as amended in 2005, "There shall be a Cabinet which shall consist of the President, ...

Timothy Kopra Timothy Lennart "Tim" Kopra (born April 9, 1963) is an engineer, a Colonel in the United States Army and a retired NASA astronaut. He served aboard the International Space Station as a flight engineer for Expedition 20, returning to Earth aboar ...

– NASA Astronaut *

Thomas Kwok Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Ap ...

– Vice Chairman and Managing Director,

Sun Hung Kai Properties Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited (SHKP; ) is a listed corporation and the largest property developer in Hong Kong as of 2019. The company is controlled by the Kwok family trust, largely the Kwok brothers. The Kwok family trust was set up by Kw ...

Alex Loudon Alexander Guy Rushworth Loudon (born 6 September 1980) is an English former professional cricketer. A right-handed batsman and off spin bowler, he was considered a promising future international player. Early life Raised in the family home at ...

– former professional cricketer * Dame Mary Marsh – former CEO of NSPCC * Stephen Martin (MBA 2003) – former CEO of Clugston Group, director general of the

Institute of Directors The Institute of Directors (IoD) is a British professional organisation for company directors, senior business leaders and entrepreneurs. It is the UK's longest running organisation for professional leaders, having been founded in 1903 and incor ...

Cyrus Pallonji Mistry Cyrus Pallonji Mistry (4 July 1968 – 4 September 2022) was an Indian businessman. He was the chairman of the Tata Group, an Indian business conglomerate, from 2012 to 2016. He was the sixth chairman of the group, and only the second (af ...

, former Chairman and CEO of the

Tata Group The Tata Group () is an Indian multinational conglomerate headquartered in Mumbai. Established in 1868, it is India's largest conglomerate, with products and services in over 150 countries, and operations in 100 countries across six continent ...

Nigel Morris Nigel William Morris (born June 1958) is a British businessman. He is the managing partner of QED Investors and co-founded Capital One Financial Services with Richard Fairbank. Early life Nigel William Morris was born in Billericay, Essex, t ...

– co-founder,

Capital One Capital One Financial Corporation is an American bank holding company specializing in credit cards, auto loans, banking, and savings accounts, headquartered in McLean, Virginia with operations primarily in the United States. It is on the li ...

Financial Services *

David Muir David Jason Muir (born November 8, 1973) is an American journalist and the anchor of ''ABC World News Tonight'' and co-anchor of the ABC News magazine ''20/20'', part of the news department of the ABC broadcast-television network, based in ...

– Director of Political Strategy, to then British Prime Minister

Gordon Brown James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951) is a British former politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in Tony ...

MP * Ray O'Rourke – CEO of

Laing O'Rourke Laing O'Rourke is a multinational construction company headquartered in Dartford, England. It was founded in 1978 by Ray O'Rourke. It is the largest privately owned construction company in the United Kingdom. History The company was founded by ...

* Idan Ofer – Chairman of

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/ Principal of Quantum Pacific International Limited * Paul Onwuanibe – CEO of Landmark Group *

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– vascular surgeon and medical researcher * Mike Parsons – CEO of

Barchester Healthcare Barchester Healthcare Ltd is an independent care provider in the United Kingdom, running over 250 care homes and seven registered hospitals across the country. The organisation employs over 17,000 staff in care homes which offer residential and ...

* Ted Pietka – Supervisory Board Member of Boryszew * Roys Poyiadjis – entrepreneur and financier * David E.I. Pyott – former Chairman, President, and CEO of Allergan * Ramji Raghavan – founder and Chairman of Agastya International Foundation * Jim Ratcliffe – Chairman and CEO of Ineos Chemicals Group * Omar Samra – first Egyptian and youngest Arab to climb

Mount Everest Mount Everest (; Tibetan: ''Chomolungma'' ; ) is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border runs across its summit point. Its elevation (snow hei ...

*Sir John Sunderland – former Chairman, Cadbury Schweppes plc * Amina Taher – VP, Etihad Aviation * Stewart Wallis – Executive Director of New Economics Foundation * Tony Wheeler – founder,

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* Wong Kan Seng – former Deputy Prime Minister, Singapore *

Roberto Vedovotto Roberto Vedovotto (born 30 September 1965) is an Italian businessman, twice the CEO of the Safilo Group from 2002 to 2006, and from 2009 to 2013. He has been the President and CEO of Kering Eyewear since 2014, and a member of Kering's executiv ...

, CEO of

Kering Kering () is a French-based multinational corporation specializing in luxury goods. It owns the brands Balenciaga, Bottega Veneta, Gucci, Alexander McQueen and Yves Saint Laurent. The timber-trading company Pinault S.A. was founded in 1963, by ...

Eyewear since 2014

Alumni association

The London Business School has 39,000 alumni in more than 150 countries. Many local clubs (Paris, New-York, Zurich etc.) organise recurrent events in their city.

Faculty and staff

* Sir James Ball, economist *

Süleyman Başak Süleyman Başak (born c. 1964) is a financial economist of Turkish Cypriot origin. He is Professor at the Institute of Finance and Accounting of the London Business School, an MBA-granting part of the University of London and has previously ta ...

– financial economist * Sir Alan Budd – professor of economics, director of the Centre for Economic Forecasting, economic advisor for

Barclays Bank Barclays () is a British multinational universal bank, headquartered in London, England. Barclays operates as two divisions, Barclays UK and Barclays International, supported by a service company, Barclays Execution Services. Barclays traces ...

, and member of the Advisory Board for Research Councils * Terence Burns, Baron Burns – Chairman of

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, Non-Executive Chairman of

Glas Cymru Glas may refer to: * Hans Glas GmbH, a former German automotive company * ''Glas'' (film), a 1958 Dutch documentary film * ''Glas'' (book), a 1974 book by Jacques Derrida * ''Glas'' (publisher), a Russian publishing house * Glas (surname) * E ...

, and a Non-Executive Director of Pearson Group plc. * Rajesh Chandy – Professor of Entrepreneurship and Marketing. *

Gary Hamel Gary P. Hamel (born 1954) is an American management consultant. He is a founder of Strategos, an international management consulting firm based in Chicago. Biography Hamel graduated from Andrews University in 1975, and from Ross School of Bus ...

– originator (with C.K. Prahalad) of the concept of

core competencies A core competency is a concept in management theory introduced by C. K. Prahalad and Gary Hamel.Prahalad, C.K. and Hamel, G. (1990)The core competence of the corporation", Harvard Business Review (v. 68, no. 3) pp. 79–91. It can be define ...

of an organization, and contributed to the theoretical development and evolution of the resource-based view *

Charles Handy Charles Brian Handy CBE (born 25 July 1932) is an Irish author/philosopher specialising in organisational behaviour and management. Among the ideas he has advanced are the " portfolio career" and the " Shamrock Organization" (in which professi ...

– former professor – London Business School, rated among Thinkers 50 – a list of the most influential living management thinkers * Jack Mahoney – Dixons Professor of Business Ethics and Social Responsibility * Constantinos C. Markides – Robert P. Bauman Professor of Strategic Leadership * Kamalini Ramdas – Professor of Management Science and Operations and Deloitte Chair in Innovation & Entrepreneurship * Hélène Rey – Professor of Economics *

Richard Portes Richard David Portes CBE is a professor of Economics and an Academic Directior of the AQR Asset Management Institute at London Business School. He was President of the Centre for Economic Policy Research, which he founded. He also serves as Dir ...

– economist *

Herminia Ibarra Herminia Ibarra is the Charles Handy Chair in Organisational Behaviour, Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Chair, Organisational Behaviour Faculty at London Business School. Early life Ibarra was born in Cuba and obtained her M.A. and ...

– Charles Handy Professor of Organizational Behavior * Julian Birkinshaw - Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship

References

External links

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