Our leadership

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President and CEO of the Metdist Group of Companies, the Hon Mr Apurv Bagri is Chairman of the Governing Body at London Business School.

Mr Bagri is a Board member of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) and Deputy Chairman and Member of the Board of the Dubai Financial Services Authority. He is past Commissioner of the Crown Estate Paving Commission, and a past Chairman of TiE Inc, a global non-profit organisation that promotes entrepreneurship and wealth creation.

An Honorary Fellow of London Business School, Mr Bagri is an Honours graduate in Business Administration from Cass Business School, and holds an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science from City, University of London. Mr Bagri is the Honorary Rector and former Pro-Chancellor and Chair of Council of City, University of London, and is a visiting Professor at Cass Business School.

He is a member of the Nominations and Governance Committee, the Remuneration Committee and the Audit Committee.

Made possible by a generous donation given by Mr Bagri, The Bagri Hive was opened in 2022. An exciting collaborative working space located on the ground floor of the School’s North Building, The Bagri Hive is central to the School’s Innovation pillar of its ambitious and transformational £200m Forever Forward fundraising campaign. It has been designed to champion community collaborative innovation through group ideation workshops, facilitated co-working environments, and smaller problem identification and solving sessions.

Dr David Pyott CBE will take over from Mr Bagri as Chairman of London Business School’s Governing Body on 1 May 2023.

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Dr David E.I. Pyott, CBE, OStJ is Deputy Chairman of London Business School’s Governing Body.

An LBS alumnus, MSc13 (1980), Dr Pyott has a longstanding relationship with the School. He will succeed the Hon Apurv Bagri, who stands down from the position on 1 May 2023 following 20 years’ service to the Governing Body.

Dr Pyott is a member of the Supervisory Board for Royal Philips, as well as a director on the boards of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Biomarin Pharmaceuticals, Pliant Therapeutics. In addition, he is a trustee and member of the Executive Committee of the California Institute of Technology.

He is also a board director for eight not-for-profit organisations across America, Europe and Africa. He and his wife Molly created the David & Molly Pyott Foundation, which educates ophthalmologists worldwide, supports young people into employment and improves care for disabled individuals.

A member of the Governing Body since 2015, and Deputy Chair since 2018, Dr Pyott passionately believes in the vibrancy of the School’s multinational community of faculty, students, alumni and staff. He will build on the School’s leading position in education of executives and will contribute to the School’s ambition to have a profound impact on the way the world does business and the way business impacts the world.

Dr Pyott, who became a Fellow of London Business School in 2006, received a CBE for services to British business excellence and management skills in the United States in the same year.

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Professor Julian Birkinshaw is a Fellow of the British Academy, the Strategic Management Society, and the (US) Academy of Management. He has been awarded Honorary Doctorate degrees by the Stockholm School of Economics (2009) and Copenhagen Business School (2018), and is regularly ranked among the Thinkers50 list of the top global management thinkers.

His main area of expertise is in the strategy and organisation of large corporations, and specifically such issues as innovation, corporate entrepreneurship, strategic agility and headquarters-subsidiary relationships.

Professor Birkinshaw is the author of 15 books, including Fast/Forward, Becoming a Better Boss, Reinventing Management and Giant Steps in Management, and more than 90 articles in journals such as Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Journal, Harvard Business Review and Sloan Management Review.

Professor Birkinshaw speaks at business conferences in the UK, Europe, North America and Australia. He is regularly quoted in international media outlets, including CNN, the BBC, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, Businessweek and The Times.

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Trusteeships

• The Carlsson Family Foundation

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Sendil Ethiraj received his PhD in Management and Strategy from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and was on the faculty at The Ross School, University of Michigan for over a decade before joining London Business School. His research and teaching focuses on competitive strategy in large and small corporations and has spanned a variety of industries such as software products and services, semiconductor, pharmaceutical drugs, sports, insurance, mutual funds, and airlines. Specifically, his research focuses on unpacking the implications of viewing firms as bundles of interdependent choices for strategy or decision making under complexity. Complexity is a salient managerial challenge since it hampers an efficient identification of alternatives, their ranking, and thus limits a complete understanding of the trade-offs among decisions and their performance implications.

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Trusteeships

• SOS Children Village Norway
• Grieg Foundation
• Sahara Forest Project
• WWF Norway

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Trusteeships

• Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneur Fund

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Trusteeships:

Prostate Cancer UK

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François Ortalo-Magné is the ninth Dean of London Business School, a position he has held since August 2017. As Chief Executive Officer of the School, he is implementing a plan to fulfil a vision of LBS as an engaged community walking the learning journey together.

With a faculty recognised for its world-class academic research and a School community rich in diversity, LBS advances careers, transforms organisations and shapes policy. Its London and Dubai campuses are at the hub of a prestigious global network inspired by their own stories of life-changing impact.

Dean Ortalo-Magné serves on the board of directors of the Graduate Management Admission Council and on the International Advisory Board of BritishAmerican Business. His research on the economics of land and housing markets has been published in leading academic journals and he has advised private, governmental and multilateral organisations around the world.

Prior to his appointment, Ortalo-Magné was the Albert O. Nicholas Dean and Robert E. Wangard Professor of Real Estate at the Wisconsin School of Business. He grew up in France in the Pyrénées and on the family farm in the Lot Valley, before training as an agricultural engineer. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Minnesota and his first academic appointment was at the London School of Economics.

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Trusteeships:

Cranach Foundation
Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation

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Trusteeships

• The British Museum
• Cambridge University Press and Assessment
• The Society of Legal Scholars
• Previously, various trustee roles including The British Academy

Experience

François Ortalo-Magné is the ninth Dean of London Business School, a position he has held since August 2017. As Chief Executive Officer of the School, he is implementing a plan to fulfil a vision of LBS as an engaged community walking the learning journey together.

With a faculty recognised for its world-class academic research and a School community rich in diversity, LBS advances careers, transforms organisations and shapes policy. Its London and Dubai campus are at the hub of a prestigious global network inspired by their own stories of life-changing impact

Dean Ortalo-Magné serves on the board of directors of the Graduate Management Admission Council and on the International Advisory Board of BritishAmerican Business. His research on the economics of land and housing markets has been published in leading academic journals and he has advised private, governmental and multilateral organisations around the world.

Prior to his appointment, Ortalo-Magné was the Albert O. Nicholas Dean and Robert E. Wangard Professor of Real Estate at the Wisconsin School of Business. He grew up in France in the Pyrénées and on the family farm in the Lot Valley, before training as an agricultural engineer. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Minnesota and his first academic appointment was at the London School of Economics.

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Professor Julian Birkinshaw is a Fellow of the British Academy, the Strategic Management Society, and the (US) Academy of Management. He has been awarded Honorary Doctorate degrees by the Stockholm School of Economics (2009) and Copenhagen Business School (2018), and is regularly ranked among the Thinkers50 list of the top global management thinkers.

His main area of expertise is in the strategy and organisation of large corporations, and specifically such issues as innovation, corporate entrepreneurship, strategic agility and headquarters-subsidiary relationships.

Professor Birkinshaw is the author of 15 books, including Fast/Forward, Becoming a Better Boss, Reinventing Management and Giant Steps in Management, and more than 90 articles in journals such as Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Journal, Harvard Business Review and Sloan Management Review.

Professor Birkinshaw speaks at business conferences in the UK, Europe, North America and Australia. He is regularly quoted in international media outlets, including CNN, the BBC, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, Businessweek and The Times.

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Sendil Ethiraj received his PhD in Management and Strategy from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and was on the faculty at The Ross School, University of Michigan for over a decade before joining London Business School. His research and teaching focuses on competitive strategy in large and small corporations and has spanned a variety of industries such as software products and services, semiconductor, pharmaceutical drugs, sports, insurance, mutual funds, and airlines. Specifically, his research focuses on unpacking the implications of viewing firms as bundles of interdependent choices for strategy or decision making under complexity. Complexity is a salient managerial challenge since it hampers an efficient identification of alternatives, their ranking, and thus limits a complete understanding of the trade-offs among decisions and their performance implications.

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Prior to joining LBS, Joyce worked at UCL which she joined as interim CFO in May 2021. She has considerable experience in public sector finance roles after starting her career as a chartered accountant working with the big 4 companies in a range of audit and consultancy roles.

She has subsequently worked for the Civil Service in Northern Ireland, where she held posts in estates, housing, health, social security. Whilst working in the Health Department, she was instrumental in a range of large complex hospital projects for which she developed new financing structures improving affordability and value for money.   As Director of Finance and Commercial Services in the Social Security Agency (SAA), Joyce led the organisation through transformation and modernisation projects, delivering services to around 800,000 customers and managing complex commercial contracts.

Joyce then moved into education, working with Northern Ireland’s largest local authority. Prior to her role at UCL, she worked with the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency developing new strategies, efficiency and business partnering approaches, and advised on proposals to grow the UK Maritime economy and financial products to decarbonise of the maritime sector.    

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Listed as the most transformational and disruptive technology leader in the UK by CIO 100 in 2020 Danny is responsible for helping London Business School realise its digital potential. Accountable for the School’s digital, data, and technology strategy and delivery he is passionate about utilising innovative technology to enrich the lives of our students and alumni through lifelong learning.”

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The Engagement department’s role is to enable LBS to deliver on our purpose - having a profound impact on the way the world does business and the way business impacts the world – by attracting, inspiring and connecting our brilliant academics, students, participants, corporate partners, staff and alumni.

We bring together Advancement, Brand and Marketing and Communications teams serving an LBS community who contribute their advocacy and support to a strong, global network including more than 50,000 alumni.

Martin Fewell worked as a journalist for the BBC and ITN (Channel 4 News) before becoming Director of Communications for the Metropolitan Police in 2012. After five years in that role, and four years leading communications for a sport’s governing body, he joined LBS in November 2021.  

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Professor Savva’s current research focuses on hospital operations and healthcare management. His research has appeared in leading journals such as Management Science, M&SOM, Production & Operations Management, and Nature Biotechnology. He is an Associate Editor of Management Science, M&SOM and senior editor of Production & Operations Management. He holds an honorary appointment at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation trust, a large hospital system based in London, and has acted as a consultant to hospitals, biotech companies, high-tech start-ups, retail firms and a hedge fund. He has also taught at The Wharton School, Columbia GSB, and at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.

He holds a PhD in Management Science, an MPhil in Finance (Financial Engineering) and a BA in Physics, all from the University of Cambridge.