VIEW FROM THE TOP
A TRIUMPHANT YEAR DESPITE TURBULENCE
AMBA & BGA CEO Andrew Main Wilson is pleased to report that ongoing global geopolitical and economic pressures have failed to curtail growth and innovation for the association, noting an impressive tally of new accreditations, record numbers of delegates attending conferences and the launch of the MBA Directors’ Club
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BGA has now established itself as the fourth major accreditation brand, alongside AMBA, AACSB and EQUIS. Our Global Deans & Directors Conference took place in May in Berlin, attracting a record number of delegates – almost 20 per cent more than our Global Conference in Budapest the previous year. Kuala Lumpur hosted our Asia Pacific Deans & Directors Conference last November and also attracted a record number of delegates. Meanwhile, our Latin America Deans & Directors Conference was held in August in Viña del Mar, Chile and was attended by the deans and directors of almost all the leading Latin American schools in the AMBA & BGA network. We launched a brand new event this year: our Programme Excellence Conference, designed to champion and debate the key issues facing senior programme staff. At a time when online communications and networking continue to grow, our conferences highlighted the strength of our AMBA & BGA community and the power of
face-to-face meetings and networking. This, and our annual Accreditation Conference, both took place in the Polish city of Krakow – with the latter boasting our highest-ever delegate attendance. We continued to strengthen our range of Beyond Accreditation services, with the launch of our MBA Directors’ Club. The inaugural meeting was held during our Global Conference in Berlin and has been very well received by our network of MBA directors. The publication frequency of our two thought leadership magazines, AMBA’s Ambition and BGA’s Business Impact was increased to 12 issues a year, with each showcasing the most innovative ideas and industry views of our 520 AMBA & BGA schools. Once again, it is a pleasure to be able to report that AMBA & BGA is in its strongest-ever position, both financially and in terms of growth, since its formation in 1967. I look forward, together with the team, to another exciting and fulfilling year of further growth and innovation in 2025/26, as we continue to support all our schools worldwide.
30th September and we were very pleased to have achieved another year of positive growth and
innovation. Such success must be measured against a backdrop of ever-increasing global geopolitical and economic pressures impacting the business school sector worldwide. We accredited nine new AMBA schools during the financial year and the AMBA-accredited portfolio now comprises some 311 schools globally. We have made a board-level decision to remove the current 300 cap and accredit a few more schools, the details of which will be announced early in the new year. BGA schools’ membership grew by 50 new schools during the year and the portfolio currently comprises 330 schools. In total, 66 BGA schools have now achieved accreditation, with BGA’s emphasis on continuous impact, responsible management and lifelong learning proving highly relevant and attractive to schools. Consequently,
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