Honorary Professors
WBS is proud to benefit from the academic and industry expertise of the following honorary professors.
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Philip AshdownMBA (Warwick), ACIB, FSA Director, Altima Partners LLP
Banking and private equity, strategic development, deal structures, financial leverage and key strategic drivers.
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Keith Bedell-PearceLLB (Exeter), MSc (Warwick), Solicitor Chairman, Norwich & Peterborough Building Society, and Chairman, The Student Loans Company
IT developments, the future and strategic implications of development in e-commerce.
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James W BryantBSc (Durham), BA (Open), MA, PhD (Lancaster), MBCS, CEng Professor of Operational Research & Strategy Sciences at Sheffield Business School/School of Business & Finance, Sheffield Hallam University
Operational research, management science, game theory and drama theory.
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Anthony CareyBSc (Brunel), MBA (Warwick), Fellow ICAEW Partner, Mazars LLP, in charge of corporate governance and international financial reporting standards
Corporate governance, corporate performance, international accounting standards.
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Clive FletcherBA (University College, Cardiff), PhD (University of Wales Medical School), FBPsS Emeritus Professor, University of London (Goldsmiths College)
Behavioural assessment, performance appraisal, leadership.
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Robert H Fryer CBEBA (Canterbury), MA (Cambridge), Diploma Social & Administrative Studies (Oxford), Hon DLitt (Staffs) Chief Executive and Vice-Chancellor designate, NHS University
Continuing education and lifelong learning.
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Jan Hall OBEMA (Oxford) JCA Group, and formerly European Chief Executive of Gold Greenlees Trott PLC
Brand identity, strategy and identity, marketing and corporate identity.
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Sir Alan LanglandsBSc (Glasgow), PhD (Glasgow), FRCP Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dundee, and former Chief Executive, NHS Executive, Department of Health.
Entrepreneurship, commercialisation of research bases in biotechnology and creative industries.
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John LeighfieldMA (Oxford), FBCS, FIDPM, FIOM Chairman, Research Machines, and current Pro-Chancellor of the University of Warwick and Chair of University Council.
Information systems, use of IT in education.
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Richard LilfordMB, MRCOG, MRCP, PhD, MFPHM Director of Research & Development, NHS Executive, West Midlands Regional Office
Health services and health services research.
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Malcolm McDonaldMA (Oxford), MSc (Bradford), PhD (Cranfield), DLitt (Bradford), FRSA, FCIM Emeritus Professor, Cranfield School of Management
Role of marketing, marketing planning.
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Kevin MorleyMSc (Surrey), MBA (Aston) Chairman of 5 private companies, and a non-executive director of two PLCs
Management of change, company turnaround, globalization, customer satisfaction, communication, creativity and innovation, entrepreneurship.
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Gillian MorrisLLB (Bristol) PhD (Cambridge) Barrister, Matrix Chambers
Employment law, employment relations in public services, human rights.
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Jacques PézierGrad Eng (Ecole Centrale des Arts et Manufactures), PhD (Dartmouth, USA), DEA (Institute Henri Poincaré) Professor, Doctoral School of Finance & Banking, Academy of Economic Sciences, Bucharest
Finance, financial options.
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Sir Alec Reed CBEFounder and Chairman of Reed Executive PLC
Innovation, entrepreneurship.
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Göran RoosMSc (Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden), MBA (INSEAD), Advanced Diploma in Management (Henley) Founder and Manager, Intellectual Capital Services
Intellectual capital, information management, strategy and innovative management.
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David TaylorBA (Strathclyde) Author and keynote speaker
Leadership, organisational change, change leadership.
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Jeffery TolmanBSc (Wales) Operating Partner, Duke Street
Strategy, corporate positioning and marketing, development of holistically robust business models to build sustainable competitive advantage.
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Robert G TompkinsBA, MA, MBA (Chicago), PhD (Warwick) Managing Director, Minerva Consulting Ltd
Finance and financial options.
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Peter WaineBSc (Bradford) Co-founder of Hanson Green
Corporate governance.

