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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Otto C FrommeltMBA (Warwick), DBA (Nottingham) Managing Director, Volvo Austria GmbH, and General Manager, Volvo Truck Center Austria, and Lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences, Vienna
Strategy under uncertainty, foresight, strategic leadership, low carbon society and alternative energy in the automotive industry.
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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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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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Alyson WarhurstBSc (Bristol), MSc, DPhil (Sussex) Chief Executive Officer and Founding Director, Maplecroft - global risk advisory firm
Global risks, ethical supply chains, human rights, corporate reputation, CSR.
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Peter WaineBSc (Bradford) Co-founder of Hanson Green
Corporate governance.

