Discover the high quality candidates who have studied on our Executive MBA programmes in our digital Talent Profile Book.
Executive MBA Talent Book 2021
For the Change Makers
Executive MBA For the Game Changers
Our vision is to be Europe’s leading University-based business school, developing transformational ideas and people that shape how we do business. With our innovative learning culture, world-class teaching, practical skill development, and personalised careers support, we challenge and motivate all of our students to unlock their full potential and achieve their goals for the greater good.
Creating future leaders We are one of the few institutions to offer an assessed module in Leadership, designed to help our students develop the all-important skills required in today’s challenging business environment. Our Executive MBAs are required to undertake one overseas module, providing them with international business exposure and perspectives and the study programme introduces cutting- edge theories that can be applied directly from the classroom into the workplace.
Our Executive MBA students Warwick Executive MBA students are ready for personal and professional transformation and come to study with us from all over the world. They’re Change Makers who live and breathe our CORE values of Curiosity, Openness, Restlessness and Excellence. Our students are taught by some of the world’s leading academics alongside senior business people who join us as Professors of Practice and share their knowledge from years of board- level experience. Our real world knowledge is paired with our transformative research that seeks to lead debate, create impact, and build valuable links with international organisations. This research underpins our teaching, helping to develop inquisitive and entrepreneurial minds.
My mind is blown each time we take on a new module and I enjoy drawing from the experiences of a diverse cohort who are either experts or well versed in a relevant field.
Kennedy Ameh Executive MBA (current participant)
Executive MBA connections
Whether you are an Executive MBA student at WBS, or an employer looking to recruit our top talent, there are a number of ways you can connect.
Award-winning mentoring programme Our award-winning, Investors in People (IIP) accredited mentoring programme allows you to explore career options, workplace dilemmas and professional development challenges with someone who has already experienced similar situations. If you’re successful in gaining a place on the programme you’ll be mentored by a WBS alumnus for a period of two years, either during or beyond your studies. The programme costs £345 for two years. Recruiting our Executive MBAs If you are looking to recruit one of our talented and ambitious Executive MBA students into a permanent position in your organisation, contact our CareersPlus & Corporate Relations team:
Global community A valuable career asset open to you as an Executive MBA are the connections you will make during your studies, and the global community of WBS alumni that you will join on completion of your degree. The WBS global community is a network of over 50,000 graduates and students in over 140 countries. Professional and geographical networks You can join one of our professional networks which bring together students, graduates, and our faculty, to explore industry practice and the latest research in specific industry areas such as finance, technology and healthcare. You can also join a group local to your home which will get you involved with students and graduates at social and educational events, in person and online.
wbs.ac.uk/go/recruitment +44 (0)24 7657 4862 business@wbs.ac.uk
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Sufina Ahmad linkedin.com/in/sufinaahmad
■ Career history: Director, John Ellerman Foundation, UK
Corporate Strategy Manager, City of London Corporation, UK Policy and Learning Manager, National Lottery Community Fund, UK Head of Strategic Review, City Bridge Trust, UK ■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK University Advanced Diploma, Grant Funding, Derby University, UK BSc, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Sheffield, UK
■ Nationality: British Pakistani
■ Languages:
English (native)
■ Career achievements: Chaired the Institute of Fundraising’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Panel in 2018/19, resulting in the #ChangeCollective movement, which wants the fundraising profession to attract, retain and progress diverse talent, especially disabled people, LGBT+ and BME groups. Led the research and development of City Bridge Trust’s charitable funding strategy, Bridging Divides (2018-23). It focuses on distributing circa £100 million to tackle poverty, inequality and disadvantage in London. Over 800 cross- sectoral stakeholders were engaged with the design in person. Designed and influenced the distribution of circa £150 million of lottery funding, including as policy lead for the women and girls initiative, which in 2016 distributed £48.5 million into the women and girls sector. The initiative implemented co-design and participatory grant-making principles.
Qaiser Ahmed linkedin.com/in/qaiser
■ Career history: Head of IT - CITO group, GÉANT Association, UK IT Analyst - CDO group, GÉANT Ltd, UK Systems Analyst, Norton Rose Fulbright, UK
■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Master’s degree, Computer Science, Iqra University, Pakistan
■ Nationality: British Pakistani
■ Languages:
English (native) Urdu (native)
■ Career achievements: Led IT strategy and governance in GÉANT Association while working with 23 National Research and Educational Networks (NRENS) across Europe, saving circa £1.2 million for back office and £2.6 million for community services to be provided across teams in Europe. Designed and integrated IT systems between two major banks in Nigeria, from deployment to operational handover. The merger took four months, which was within the agreed project timelines. Re-designed data centres for a bank in Pakistan and introduced virtualisation, saving the bank approximately US$1.4 million with ROI in the second year.
Eyas Albakri linkedin.com/in/eyasalbakri
■ Career history: Corporate Last-Mile and Capacity Planning Manager, Aramex International Ltd, Saudi Arabia Project Operations Manager, Aramex international Ltd, Saudi Arabia Corporate Operations Leader, Aramex International Ltd, Jordan Express and Clearance Operations Leader, Aramex International Ltd, Jordan
■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK
BSc, Industrial Engineering, University of Jordan, Jordan Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP), APICS, Jordan
■ Nationality: Jordanian
■ Languages:
Arabic (native) English (fluent)
■ Career achievements: Established and directed a global team of six senior members and leaders to conduct forecasting, resource and capacity planning and align operations with the commercial team. Optimised operations cost, met service levels and ensured
operations production progressed as planned. Increased and maintained last-mile efficiency and
performance in KSA by 13% by implementing a series of approaches to adapt the dynamic growth of e-commerce in the region, such as control tower, incentive schemes, targets, gamification, digitalisation, and process renovation. Initiated and implemented a new operational paperless process, moving to a paperless environment and saving 40kg of carbon dioxide monthly in one country, as well as cost reduction, increased productivity, and a reconstructed information sharing process.
Rodrigo Alves linkedin.com/in/rodrigocesaralves
■ Career history: Contract Manager, Rockwell Automation, UK
Services Operations Lead, Rockwell Automation, Brazil Leadership Development Program Associate Engineer, Rockwell Automation, USA
■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK
BSc, Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, USA BSc, Control and Automation Engineering, Universidade Paulista (UNIP), Brazil
■ Nationality: Brazilian Portuguese
■ Languages:
Portuguese (native) English (fluent) Spanish (fluent)
■ Career achievements: Managed the major ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue)
customers in the UK and Ireland, and enabled new technology services sales through consultative initiatives, expanding the respective contractual business by 16% year on year. Led planning and development of a process and project management platform across Latin American operations, improving margins whilst reducing daily workloads of more than 100 staff. Global Innovation Challenge Winner in 2017 for a project initiative to improve communication across company by creating a solution to enable employees to avoid duplicate work and connect to the right person at Rockwell worldwide during critical activities.
Kennedy Ameh linkedin.com/in/amehken
■ Career history: Strategy Manager, Collins Aerospace (Subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies Corporation), UK Program Manager - Global Operations Strategy, UTC Aerospace Systems, UK Production Manager - Machining, Assembly & Test Operations, UTC Aerospace Systems, UK Operations Program Manager, Cummins Inc, UK ■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Global Operations Leadership Development Programme, Aston Business School, UK MSc, Engineering Management, Brunel University London, UK BEng (Hons), Aerospace Engineering, University of Hertfordshire, UK
■ Nationality: British Nigerian
■ Languages:
English (native) Igala (native) Hausa (fluent)
■ Career achievements: Developed an Actuation Systems Gears Machining Commodity Strategy, identifying areas of technological differentiation and delivering a cost reduction of 20% of the total spend. This improved the business unit’s P&L performance and created a template to scale and apply across multiple business units at Collins Aerospace. Established a direct ship logistics solution from Asia to Europe and North America for a business of US$35 million in annual turnover. This improved the lead time to supply while generating a cost saving benefit of US$1.2 million annually in freight, inventory and packaging costs. Led a production team of 65 employees, going through operational and performance challenges, to recover over US$5 million of customer arrears using lean tools over a six month period. Maintained the high performing culture and metrics through effective succession planning.
Carl Anthony linkedin.com/in/carl-anthony
■ Career history: European Business Development Manager - Retail, Samsung Electronics, UK Global AV Operations Manager, Burberry Group Plc, UK EMEA Service Delivery Manager, Astreya Partners, UK Technical Support Manager, Astreya Partners, UK ■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK BSc (Hons), Audio Visual Production, Nottingham Trent University, UK
■ Nationality: British
■ Languages:
English (native)
■ Career achievements: Achieved a 25% segment growth in strategic sub-verticals in Europe for the product launch of an enhanced high brightness range. Distributed intel across subs, identifying market trends and aligning target criteria. Challenged to lead subs without authority to drive growth in Europe. Agreed a commitment to become an exclusive OEM, with projected sales of €7.2 million in 2020, with a leading retail queue management partner. Negotiated a public framework agreement and aligned business process between subsidiary’s and partner’s subsidiaries and affiliates network, utilising target driven incentives, such as joint marketing funds, to deliver mutual deal satisfaction. Diversified existing channel partner network, after completing a review of retail standards component manufacturers, to establish an environment for predictable pricing globally. Enabled local business units to procure in their local markets and reduce entity tax liabilities.
Pankaj Arora linkedin.com/in/pankaj-ar
■ Career history: Senior Manager - Transformation, PepsiCo, Ireland Manager - Productivity, PepsiCo, Ireland Head of Process Excellence - Europe & Middle East, Thomson Reuters, Poland Deputy Head of Process Excellence - US & UK, Thomson Reuters, India ■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Bachelor of Technology, Industrial Engineering, National Institute of Technology, India
■ Nationality: Irish
■ Languages: Hindi (native), English (fluent)
■ Career achievements: Established the value engineering programme as a critical contributor to PepsiCo’s productivity programme, in partnership with R&D, procurement and supply chain functions. The programme has delivered more than US$20 million in the last three years and is on plan for US$30 million for the next three years. Lead a cross-functional team to identify the gaps in current and future supply resilience of the PepsiCo concentrate division. The group then established the optimum investment strategy and received the backing of PepsiCo board with millions of capital spend approved. Established the Lean Six Sigma programme for PepsiCo’s flavours division that has resulted in savings of US$18 million in the last five years, along with multiple benefits for quality and process efficiency. The programme was rewarded with the annual Chairman’s award.
Jane Lee Astley linkedin.com/in/jane-lee-astley
■ Career history: Business Development, Party City Holdco Inc, UK Group Sourcing Manager, Party City Holdco Inc, China Operations Management Trainee, Party City Holdco Inc, China Project Coordinator, Party City Holdco Inc, UK
■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK BSc, Biological Science, Lancaster University, UK
■ Nationality: British
■ Languages:
English (native)
■ Career achievements: Led a development and resourcing project to increase 80% share of shelf within our retail business. Captured an additional US$100 million of profit by bringing these products through our own sourcing channels vs buying from our competitors. Instrumental in the diversification of supply base to reduce reliance on China suppliers. After five years, the business manufactures 40% of target product groups through non- China routes, with savings of US$11 million to date and additional capacity secured overseas. Build and maintain relationships and lead pricing negotiations with over 100 suppliers in eight countries in Asia and Africa, ensuring our supply base is secure and diverse to meet the extensive product range and varied business requirements of our global offices.
Mark Atterton linkedin.com/in/mark-atterton
■ Career history: Director of Corporate Planning, Reall, UK Head of Programme Portfolio Oversight and Development, Oxfam, UK Country Director, Oxfam, Ethiopia Director of Human Rights, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Fiji ■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK MSc, Poverty Reduction and Development Management, University of Birmingham, UK BSc, Geography, Coventry University, UK
■ Nationality: British
■ Languages:
English (native)
■ Career achievements: Extensive development and humanitarian experience having lived in Ethiopia, Fiji, Zimbabwe and Zambia overseeing complex humanitarian responses in numerous countries across Africa, including as Country Director for a US$60 million drought and refugee response programme. Director of Human Rights for the Inter-governmental body of the Pacific, SPC. Initiated the Denarau Declaration for Human Rights and Development and represented the Marshall Islands Government delegation to the Human Rights Council in Geneva. Co-founder of the Toilet Twinning Movement which to date has raised over £8 million in indirect funding for INGOs working in water and sanitation.
Omar Babar linkedin.com/in/syedomarbabar
■ Career history: Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Leicester Royal Infirmary, University Hospitals of Leicester, NHS, UK Clinical Entrepreneurial Fellow, NHS Innovation, UK
■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK
MBChB, Leicester Medical School, University of Leicester, UK PG Cert, Clinical Leadership and Management, De Montfort University, UK Fellow of The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (FRCEM), UK
■ Nationality: British
■ Languages:
English (native) Urdu (native) Hindi (fluent)
■ Career achievements: Led a Quality Improvement Project in the Emergency
Department. Successfully changed culture of practice in the use of urine dip tests to diagnose urinary tract infection in the older population, improving diagnosis and documentation by 89%. Designed and implemented a new work pattern for junior doctors working in the Leicester Royal Infirmary Emergency Department to better match capacity and demand issues faced by one of the busiest EDs in Europe. Successfully re-designed and implemented internal processes to enhance patient-flow from booking to reaching destination ward in the Emergency Department, leading to an improvement in patient satisfaction from 65% to 85%.
Winnie Baffoe linkedin.com/in/winnie-baffoe
■ Career history: Director, Mummies Republic, UK Licensing Officer, Camden Local Authority, UK Legal and Democratic Services Officer, St Albans City & District Council, UK Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion, Hounslow Racial Equality Council, UK
■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK MSc, Criminology, University of Leicester, UK BA (Hons), Law, De Montfort University, UK
■ Nationality: British
■ Languages:
English (native) Shona (fluent)
■ Career achievements: Founded Mummies Republic, a nonprofit organisation providing early intervention to mitigate socioeconomic inequalities. Pioneered Fresh Start Cleaning, an entrepreneurial social action response for single unit households and their need for entry-level roles, indexed to the London Living Wage and the provision of pedagogical childcare. Initiated Covid-19 response with provision of laptops to pupils within deprived wards of Southwark, to close the digital divide and mitigate the prospects of a lost generation. Implemented a food voucher scheme for vulnerable households during the lockdown and beyond.
Steven Bagshaw linkedin.com/in/stevenbagshaw ■ Career history: Business Development Manager, CPI, UK Marketing Executive, CPI, UK
■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK BA, Business Studies, Northumbria Business School, UK
■ Nationality: British
■ Languages:
English (native)
■ Career achievements: Created and deployed an exemplar ‘wedge’ stage-gated approach to the commercialisation of new technology projects to reduce client and organisational risk, and grow and manage key strategic corporate accounts. Nurtured CPI’s first multinational Fortune 500 account from zero to £745,000 revenue in two years, selling new technology development. Managed and chaired all customer reviews and customer communication. Programme delivered to schedule, performance and cost. Regularly invited to talk as a thought leader at technology and businesses conferences, and to provide mentoring advice to University students and CPI colleagues. Enjoys helping others to achieve their potential.
Rayman Bains linkedin/in/raymanbains
■ Career history: Executive Director - Strategy, Business Development and Corporate Communications, MTC, UK Head of Marketing and Communications, Amey, UK Head of Change, Transformation and Strategy, Amey, UK Senior Policy and Public Affairs Manager, Amey, UK
■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK
Certificate in Investor Relations, Investor Relations Society, UK BA (Dual Honours), International History and International Politics, University of Sheffield, UK
■ Nationality: British
■ Languages:
English (native)
■ Career achievements: Achieved revenue target of £200 million within three years to establish MTC as provider of services to the UK government. Included growing existing revenues streams by £10 million and identifying new revenue channels of £170 million through successful entry into new markets. Established and enhanced the reputation of MTC in the justice and health market as the most trusted provider and a thought leader on delivering quality public services. Improved MTC’s reputation amongst customers and key stakeholders by 63% in December 2020. An active community activist, I entered local politics to support young people from similar socio-economic backgrounds to aspire and transform their lives by encouraging them into education. This led me to becoming an elected Councillor, Deputy Leader and a Parliamentary Candidate.
Paolo Baj linkedin.com/in/pabaj
■ Career history: Head of Markets Reporting - EMEIA Financial Services Organisation, Ernst & Young LLP, UK Senior Operations Manager - EMEIA Financial Services Organisation, Ernst & Young LLP, UK Business Development Coordinator - EMEIA Financial Services Organisation Italy, Reconta Ernst & Young S.p.A., Italy Internship - Avionic & System Department, Alenia Aermacchi S.p.A., Italy ■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK BCS Foundation Certificate in Business Change, The Chartered Institute for IT, UK MSc, Aeronautical Engineering with Major in Avionic and Systems, Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy BSc, Aerospace Engineering, Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy
■ Nationality: Italian British
■ Languages:
Italian (native) English (fluent)
■ Career achievements: Within EY Financial Services, progressed from a country team supporting the local leadership to build the BD department, through to a Regional Sector Operation Manager role to lead a multi-geographic high performing team working directly for the regional leadership. Progression and promotion to higher levels and broader responsibilities, as well as sponsorship of CIMA certifications and learning badges for all 12 team members. Had a professional ski racing career with the achievement of the Downhill bronze medal at the Italian Junior Championship in 1998. Have been a ski instructor since 2001.
Douglas Bates linkedin.com/in/douglasscottbates ■ Career history: Client Services Manager, WorkSafeBC, Canada Team Manager, WorkSafeBC, Canada
■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Bachelor’s degree, Fine Arts, University of Victoria, Canada
■ Nationality: Canadian British (UK Ancestry visa)
■ Languages:
English (native) French (basic)
■ Career achievements: Project lead in designing and implementing a successful pilot to make insurance benefit payments to clients through e-transfer, becoming the first business known to the organisation and its financial institution to deliver consumer e-transfer transactions. Led a campaign to improve client satisfaction through coaching and staff engagement, resulting in the team becoming the first ever to achieve an annual client satisfaction rating above 90%. Two years after becoming the youngest Client Services Manager, led the Claims Management team to achieve historical best outcomes in all key performance indicators for recovery and return to work for injured workers.
Paul Bayliss linkedin.com/in/paulbaylissMRICS ■ Career history: Operations Director, Capula Ltd, UK Commercial Director, Capula Ltd, UK
Solution Centre Tendering Manager, Schneider Electric Ltd, UK Divisional Commercial Manager, Schneider Electric Ltd, UK
■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Chartered Quantity Surveyor, Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS), UK BSc (Hons), Quantity Surveying and Construction Commercial Management, Nottingham Trent University, UK
■ Nationality: British
■ Languages:
English (native)
■ Career achievements: Lead a team of five business managers to provide 10% year on year growth, doubling EBITDA over a three-year period through robust operational leadership. Negotiated an international dispute to recover £2 million in disputed contractual claims, successfully recovering the project losses. Led a team of 10 to successfully negotiate a five-year £26 million framework on the EDF new nuclear power station.
Amar Bhundia linkedin.com/in/amar-bhundia
■ Career history: Business Transformation Consultant, Army Advanced Development Programme, Headquarters of the British Army, UK Deputy Chief of Staff (Chief Personal, Logistics and Infrastructure Officer), 11 (Infantry) Brigade and Headquarters South East England, Aldershot, UK Officer Commanding (Operations Manager), Joint Air Mounting Centre, 29 Regiment Royal Logistic Corps, Cirencester, UK Chief Planning Officer, 77 (Information Activity and Outreach) Brigade, Hermitage, UK ■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Diploma, Financial Advising, IFS School of Finance, UK Level 7 Diploma, Strategic Leadership, Chartered Management Institute, UK BSc, Economics, University of Warwick, UK
■ Nationality: British
■ Languages:
English (native) Gujarati (native) Nepali (intermediate)
■ Career achievements: Identified savings of £91 million in the Army’s operational stock holding spend through process efficiency and development of a digital platform with automation and API connectivity to inform operational war stock investment decisions. Developed the Army’s Contingency Plan for support to government in the South East of England (including ports, border force, police, local authorities) in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Reduced aircraft delays by 20% at the Joint Air Mounting Centre (the UK’s military airport terminal) whilst delivering more than 800 deployments to 27 countries. Awarded both the Defence ‘GEMS’ Customer Focus Award and the Engineer and Logistic Corps prize for transformational change.
Gurdev Bilkhu linkedin.com/in/gurdev-kaur
■ Career history: Project Lead for the Opioid IAPT Analgesic Pathway, Inclusion NHS, UK Specialist Pain Management & Clinical Pharmacist, Spire Healthcare Plc, UK Resident & Clinical Pharmacist, Bart’s Health, NHS, UK ■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Postgraduate Certificate, Independent Prescribing, Medway School of Pharmacy, UK Postgraduate Certificate, General Pharmacy Practice, University College London (UCL) School of Pharmacy, UK MPharm (Hons), Medway School of Pharmacy, UK
■ Nationality: British
■ Languages:
Punjabi (native) English (fluent)
■ Career achievements: Led the first opioid detoxification pilot project in the South East of England, combining pharmacological and psychological therapies to reduce opioid dependence by 80%. Implementation of strong review processes developed patient- clinical relationships and enhanced potential for positive medical outcomes. Developed opioid detoxification guidelines for NHS Thurrock and led clinical training at Spire Hartswood hospital. Drove improved quality of prescribing and reduced both risk and public sector expenditure. Devised new procedures that enhanced safe practice and promoted lean working within the NHS by streamlining existing clinical processes, thus halving the time for patient discharges during out of hours services.
Lucy Blanchard linkedin.com/in/lucy-blanchard-1b79a345 ■ Career history: Head of Marketing & Communications, FirstPort, UK Marketing Manager, Curzon Consulting, UK UK Marketing Manager, Ayming, UK Marketing Executive, Aston Martin Lagonda, UK ■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Professional Diploma, Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK
BA (Hons), History of Art, University of Warwick, UK
■ Nationality: British
■ Languages:
English (native) French (basic)
■ Career achievements: Introduced new marketing and external communications strategies (B2B and B2C) at FirstPort to support growth and brand improvement, resulting in a 300% increase in positive PR coverage, a 200% increase in award wins and a 103% increase in inbound leads over two years. Established and grew an in-house marketing department for UK division of French consultancy group Ayming. Diversified B2B marketing to take a multi-channel approach and launched three new consultancy service offers, helping to more than double UK revenue in the first two years. Repositioned the vehicle accessories marketing approach at Aston Martin to increase product visibility, improve awareness and generate dealer (B2B) and owner interest (B2C). Annual e-commerce target achieved in first six months and new collateral generated a 25% sales increase.
Aoife Cameron linkedin.com/in/aoifecameron
■ Career history: Clinical Operations Lead, Virtus Respiratory Research Ltd, UK Clinical Operations Lead, Therapeutic Frontiers Ltd, UK Project Manager, Therapeutic Frontiers Ltd, UK Postdoctoral Research Associate, Imperial College London, UK ■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK PhD, Immunology, Imperial College London, UK MSc, Immunology, King’s College London, UK MBiol (Hons), Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Bath, UK
■ Nationality: British
■ Languages:
English (native)
■ Career achievements: Developed and delivered a Covid-19 antibody test to the market, within PHE sensitivity, specificity and validation requirements, in a two-month accelerated timeframe. Involved preparing regulatory submissions, identifying clients and coordinating testing for NHS and businesses. Designed and implemented corporate systems for start-up Therapeutic Frontiers. Included quality management and data protection systems, which added value through improving corporate and clinical operations and saved significant consultancy fees. Submitted PhD thesis in three years, receiving the 2016 Young Investigator Award at the Macrae Foundation Respiratory Viral Infections Symposium. This research was part of a £5 million GSK-MRC Strategic Alliance study which identified key immunological features of viral infections in asthmatics.
Chandan Trivedi linkedin.com/in/chandantrivedi ■ Career history: HIL Team Leader, BorgWarner, UK Senior Hardware Engineer, Delphi Technologies, UK Technical Lead, Delphi Technologies, India
■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Bachelor of Technology, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, CUSAT, India
■ Nationality: Indian (UK indefinite leave to remain)
■ Languages:
Bajjika (native) Hindi (native) English (fluent)
■ Career achievements: Led the development of a new test set up in Technical Center India. Improved design and localised component procurement, saving US$30,000 per annum. As hardware lead, achieved 100% on-time production approval for EURO 6 and EURO 7 Diesel Control Module. Empowered engineers by providing training across multiple sites and in recognition received the Delphi Blue Chip Award.
Aurélie Charpentier linkedin.com/in/aurélie-charpentier-business- development ■ Career history: Senior Business Development Manager, Oxford Biomedica, UK Transaction Manager - Strategy & Business Development, Sanofi, USA and Germany Business Development & Intellectual Property Manager, Irstea, France Patent Agent, Becker & Associates, France ■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Leadership Programme, University College London, UK MEng, Biotechnology, University of Nice, France
■ Nationality: French
■ Languages:
French (native) English (fluent) Hindi (intermediate)
German (basic) Spanish (basic)
■ Career achievements: Developed and executed business plans to license key technologies in the pioneering field of gene therapy, dealing with highly complex intellectual property issues. Negotiated two major agreements, with European grant funding of €6 million and €9 million respectively, for multidisciplinary research projects involving several international public and private entities. Implemented new procedures and commercially-focused KPIs which were adopted by cross-functional teams, to achieve consensus more efficiently, significantly reducing execution time of major deals.
Tribeni Chougule linkedin.com/in/tribenichougule
■ Career history: Head of Change Management - CFO office, Europe, Visa Inc, UK Head of Innovation Centre Technology - Europe, Visa Inc, UK Program Manager (Data Products) - Europe, Visa Inc, UK Program Manager - Change Delivery, Visa Europe, UK
■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK
Bachelor’s degree, Electronics and Power Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, India
■ Nationality: British
■ Languages:
English (native) Hindi (native) Assamese (native) Bengali (basic) Marathi (basic)
■ Career achievements: Established a Technology team within Visa’s UK Innovation Centre by defining the target-operating model, streamlining engagement with various global and local teams, and navigating in a transforming organisation. Delivered Agile transformation of Visa’s in-house Technology organisation and pioneered project and programme governance, leading to successful deliveries of multiple digital and value-added service programmes. Awarded ‘Women in Fintech Powerlist - Stand out 35 (2019)’ and ‘Women in Tech100 (2018)’ for professional achievements, as well as mentoring and contribution towards developing and increasing gender diversity in Technology.
Rob Coates linkedin.com/in/rob-coates-accamba
■ Career history: Chief Management Accountant, IMI Critical Engineering, UK
Finance Manager GTO RtR, National Grid Plc, UK Group Management Accountant, IMI Plc, UK Group Financial Analyst, IMI Plc, UK ■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK ACCA, Kaplan, UK BSc, Mathematics, University of York, UK
■ Nationality: British
■ Languages:
English (native)
■ Career achievements: Led and delivered a group wide Forecast Simplification project, developing minimum viable product aligned to all stakeholder needs and deployed within nine months, achieving 90% reduction in data entries per cycle and time-saving of eight to 10 days per annum per site. Overhauled sector and segmental reporting to provide clarity of sales and orders by market for commercial teams, improving accuracy and reducing processing time by circa 5,000 man-hours per annum across the Division. Improved accuracy of cash flow forecasting across UK regulatory businesses to target reduction in interest expense of circa £10 million per annum on short-term borrowings.
Sorina Lia Constantinescu linkedin.com/in/slc1983
■ Career history: Senior Commercial Manager, Travelport LLC, UAE Manager Planning and Analytics - Sales Strategy, Travelport LLC, UAE Senior FP&R Analyst - Corporate & Regional, Travelport Ltd, UAE and UK Finance Analyst, Cargiant, UK ■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Chartered Certified Accountant, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Economics and Marketing, University of Craiova, Romania Certified Data Visualisation Professional, The KPI Institute
■ Nationality: Romanian British
■ Languages:
Romanian (native) English (fluent) French (basic) Italian (basic) Spanish (basic)
■ Career achievements: Currently managing a customer portfolio of over US$100 million and leading the development of a global strategic initiative for Travelport, to enhance opportunities for revenue generation while helping customers to navigate current travel demand challenges. Successfully researched retail strategies as part of MBA programme, using a range of qualitative and quantitative techniques. Proposed retail/distribution strategy by understanding broader business model challenges. Completed five marathons across three different continents whilst raising money for various charity causes.
James Davies linkedin.com/in/james-m-davies
■ Career history: Head of Projects (Motorcycles), Triumph Motorcycles Ltd, UK Project Manager, Triumph Motorcycles Ltd, UK Workstream Lead - Business Connected Programme, Triumph Motorcycles Ltd, UK Project Engineer, Triumph Motorcycles Ltd, UK ■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK BEng (Hons), Mechanical Engineering, Loughborough University, UK
■ Nationality: British
■ Languages:
English (native)
■ Career achievements: Delivered several major projects, including the design, development and delivery of new motorcycle models to market and ongoing development and supply of engines to the Moto2 F.I.M. World Championship, exposing the brand to the worldwide MotoGP television audience of millions. Project managed the design and build of a £5 million Factory Visitor Experience, winning first place in the Society of British and International Interior Design Awards 2018 and achieving a first year footfall five times greater than anticipated. Presented and gained approval for a change management business case, to roll out a new product lifecycle management system across a department of 350 design and production engineers, ultimately proving to reduce product structure workload by over 50%.
Luísa de Mello linkedin.com/in/luisademello
■ Career history: Sales Operations Manager, Bosch Thermotechnology, UK Lean Management Project Leader, Bosch Thermotechnology, International Lean Management Consultant, Bosch Thermotechnology, International Manufacturing Engineer, Bosch Thermotechnology, UK ■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Master’s degree, Industrial Engineering and Management, University of Porto, Portugal BSc, Industrial Engineering and Management, University of Porto, Portugal
■ Nationality: Portuguese
■ Languages:
Portuguese (native) English (fluent) German (intermediate) Spanish (intermediate)
■ Career achievements: Created a dashboard system with holistic sales metrics, allowing transparency across the business and data driven decisions. Led a team of three to five lean management consultants to achieve waste reduction, leadership development and implementation of a continuous improvement culture. Achieved an average of 20% efficiency gains. Headed lean manufacturing projects focused on business requirements such as efficiency, output and quality. Achieved target results with a 30% increase in production line output and a false failure rate decrease of 25%.
Hugo Deed linkedin.com/in/hugodeed
■ Career history: Managing Director, Pegasus Strategic Advisory Ltd, UK Micro Sales Analyst, Goldman Sachs International, UK Sales Manager (Middle East), De La Rue Plc, UK Captain, The Parachute Regiment, British Army, Various ■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK MA (Hons), Arabic and French, University of Edinburgh, UK
■ Nationality: British French
■ Languages:
English (native) French (native) Arabic (fluent) Spanish (basic)
■ Career achievements: Founded an independent Middle-East focused political risk consultancy, working for UK clients. In response to client demand, developed a unique risk model that enables clients to personalise analysis received based on risk tolerances. Coordinated the financial management and planning of the British Army’s Parachute display team strategy for recruiting and keeping the Army in the public eye. Planned and coordinated personnel and resources to provide continuous security cover and protection for a large geographical area in Afghanistan over a six-month period, which included civilian towns, villages, schools, hospitals and infrastructure, together with their inhabitants.
Joe Devlin linkedin.com/in/dr-joe-devlin ■ Career history: Senior Market Analyst, Power NI, UK Forecasting Analyst, Viridian Group, UK
■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK
PhD, Electrical Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast, UK MEng, Mechanical Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
■ Nationality: Irish
■ Languages:
English (native)
■ Career achievements: Led business unit market analysis and trading strategy development for three large power plants, ensuring cost recovery of up to £1 million per day. Selected as a member of the British Council’s Future Leaders Connect programme alongside 49 other emerging leaders from across the world. Developed a policy action plan to achieve 100% renewable electricity systems and had extensive engagement with members of UK Parliament. Key member of the transformational change project team which prepared and successfully transitioned the business to operate under a new Irish electricity market design.
Stewart Dines linkedin.com/in/stewart-dines
■ Career history: Commanding Officer, 159 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps, British Army, Coventry, UK Executive Officer to the Army Staff, British Army, Andover, UK
Advanced Command and Staff Course, Joint Services Command and Staff College, Defence Academy, UK Chief of Staff, 29 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps, Cirencester, UK
■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK MA, Defence Studies, King’s College London, UK Postgraduate Diploma, Food Logistics Management, Bournemouth University, UK BSc (Hons), Operations Management, University of Lancaster, UK
■ Nationality: British
■ Languages:
English (native)
■ Career achievements: Planned and executed the deployment of over 1,200 troops, vehicles, material, and equipment from the UK to Jordan for a major British Army exercise. Led a 300 strong task force to manage the in-country logistic support chain and the UK air- bridge during the three-month deployment. Mentored the senior leadership of an Afghan National Army Battalion to develop logistics, transport, equipment support, medical support and patient care, while operating in an austere combat environment. Managed the storage, distribution and quality control of all food and catering services, including £10 million worth of conservancy contracts, to support British Forces in Iraq during 2004.
Anand Dossa linkedin.com/in/ananddossa
■ Career history: Automotive Economist - Public Policy and Vehicle Legislation Directorate, The Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders Ltd (SMMT), UK Agri-Food Sector Economist - Policy Services Directorate, The National Farmers’ Union (NFU), UK Agricultural Analyst, Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, UK Agricultural Analyst, Meat & Livestock Commission, UK ■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK BA (Hons), Economics and Business Studies, University of Northampton, UK
■ Nationality: British
■ Languages: Hindi (native)
Gujarati (native) English (fluent) Spanish (basic)
■ Career achievements: Initiated and managed the NFU Banking Forum for heads of agricultural banking, as a think tank for credit policy and finance access for NFU members. Formed an NFU Business Symposium to deliver flagship events, preparing farm businesses to manage post-Brexit changes. Developed an economic intelligence function at the NFU, undertaking media interviews and research to launch six new value adding publications to aid membership decision-making.
Clare Dunn linkedin.com/in/clare-dunn
■ Career history: Gas Supply & Origination Operations, RWE Supply & Trading, UK Chief Operating Officer, RWE Supply & Trading GmbH, Germany Head of Back Office, RWE Supply & Trading GmbH, Germany ■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Finance for Executives, Insead, France BSc (Hons), Psychology, Nottingham Trent University, UK
■ Nationality: British
■ Languages:
English (native) German (basic)
■ Career achievements: Led a global settlements team of 140 FTE, delivering operational stability and increased employee satisfaction whilst simultaneously reducing costs by 25%. Worked with commercial areas to develop strategy in Gas and LNG, and project managed the cross functional implementation of growth initiatives designed to double revenues. Chaired Operating Committee with delegated Board authority for the company-wide advancement of cost control processes, organisational health and wellbeing, and regular operational risk and compliance reviews. The role included design and delivery of a global lean steering programme.
Leonid Eletskikh linkedin.com/in/yeleleo
■ Career history: Director of Sales - EER, Adjust GmbH, Germany Head of Sales, Alibaba Mobile Business Group, Russia Country Manager - Russia & CIS, App Annie, Russia and UK ■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK MSc, Economics (Public Administration), Voronezh State University, Russia BSc, Regional Studies, Voronezh State University, Russia
■ Nationality: Russian
■ Languages:
Russian (native) English (fluent) German (basic)
■ Career achievements: Managed to gain regional presence for multiple IT companies, including two industry leading start-ups (App Annie and Adjust), from no presence to top three of performing markets in the company. Influenced regional expansion for one of the global corporations (Alibaba Mobile). Working as a Regional Manager in Adjust, built and managed a team of 10 people, maintaining group performance by over 200% KPI during the last two financial years. Built and co-founded four IT start-ups with two successful exits, multiplying the return by up to five times.
Nikhil Eswaran linkedin.com/in/nikhil-eswaran
■ Career history: Project Manager, AVL Powertrain, UK Vehicle Engineering Leader, Aston Martin Lagonda, UK Principal Engineer, McLaren Automotive, UK Project Leader, Jaguar Land Rover, UK ■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK MSc, Automotive Systems Engineering, Loughborough University, UK B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering, SASTRA, India
■ Nationality: British
■ Languages:
Tamil (native) Hindi (native) English (fluent) French (basic) Spanish (basic) German (basic)
■ Career achievements: Led the vehicle attribute development and sign-off for the 2013 Range Rover diesel hybrid, the world’s first production luxury diesel hybrid. The project marked a paradigm shift in JLR’s capabilities in cutting-edge powertrains and proprietary vehicle control systems. Introduced elements of AGILE software development model and achieved ASPICE 3 accreditation, increasing team engagement and co-ordination as well as 40% faster turnaround of software releases. Managed technical delivery of turnkey bespoke vehicle projects through strong product definition, strategic business case creation and implementation of innovative processes, significantly shortening time to market.
Glyn Evans linkedin.com/in/glyn-evans
■ Career history: Networking Product Manager, Abaco Systems Ltd , UK Product Owner, Abaco Systems Ltd, UK Hardware Engineer, Abaco Systems Ltd, UK Engineering Intern, GE Intelligent Platforms Ltd, UK ■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK BEng, Electronic Engineering, De Montfort University, UK
■ Nationality: British
■ Languages:
English (native)
■ Career achievements: Devised a strategy for, and delivered on, revenue growth in excess of 25% year-on-year since taking over two lines of rugged embedded electronic products. Achieved through shifting focus onto providing customer solutions and simplified ordering options. Generated a single product concept to replace a range of legacy products sold into several markets. Received approval for funding the product development. The product is market leading in all key areas and was pre-ordered by multiple customers of the legacy products. Conceived an optimised plan and subsequently led a team of eight to transfer the design and manufacturing of a large range of products from an overseas site to the UK. The transfer was completed 18 months ahead of the original schedule and significantly under budget.
Rodolfo Falcao linkedin.com/in/rodolfofalcao
■ Career history: International Congress and Conferences Logistics Associate, Markey Coffee Communications Europe, UK Property Manager, London First Steps, UK Duty Manager & Event Executive, Mary Ward House Conference Centre, UK ■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Instituto de Educação Superior da Paraíba, Brazil
■ Nationality: Brazilian Portuguese
■ Languages:
Portuguese (native) English (fluent) Spanish (fluent) French (basic)
■ Career achievements: Over the course of four years, conducted high-quality
hospitality services around Europe for over 200 international congresses and conferences. Ensured best practices and consistent quality for all clients. Led, coached, and supervised 20 junior members of staff to drive high performance working. Managed own business of student accommodation, averaging 100 tenants and 30% rotation per month. Conducted lasting relationship with all clients and partners, including landlords, students and state agencies in Brazil, the UK, and Spain. Maximised sales in existing contracts and accounts for ongoing and future events. Co-ordinated and optimised external suppliers, catering and hospitality staff for each event (up to 300 delegates). Guided clients during sales process for event management approach. Responsible for more than £3 million yearly total contract value.
Max Fenlon linkedin.com/in/max-fenlon
■ Career history: Financial Controller UK, PPHE Hotel Group, UK Regional Assistant Financial Controller, PPHE Hotel Group, UK Financial Controller, Stemcor Global Holding Ltd, UK Assistant Financial Controller, Stemcor Global Holding Ltd, UK
■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK
Certified Practicing Accountant (CPA), CPA Australia, Australia Bachelor of Business (Accounting Major), Australian Catholic University, Australia
■ Nationality: British Australian
■ Languages:
English (native)
■ Career achievements: Awarded The Caterer’s ‘Acorn Award 2019’, recognising the top 30 under 30 in the hospitality industry. Responsible for the successful approval of the UK budgeting process worth over £230 million in revenue, presenting the proposed targets for the nine UK hotels to the Executive Vice Presidents of the business. Reviewed company leases and management agreements, identifying opportunities which materialised into a rent uplift of 35% and greater profit generation.
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