AlumniNews
February 2026
Many of you will already have seen the news that London Business School has been ranked fourth in the world in the latest Financial Times Global MBA Rankings, with our faculty research placed fifth globally. A big “thank you” to all the alumni who filled in the survey and to our faculty and staff for all of their efforts.
Reflecting the strength and engagement of our alumni community, we’re currently inviting applications to join the LBS Alumni Council. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute your voice, connect with fellow alumni and support the School’s strategic goals. Applications close on Monday 20 April. I hope you’ll consider getting involved.
Next month, we’ll be hosting TEDxLondonBusinessSchool in Nuffield Hall. This year’s theme, Spaces, explores the moments between where we are and where we’re going, through a day of talks, performances and conversation across our community – I look forward to seeing many of you there.
Finally, our global community continues to come together on MyLBS, which now has more than 2,000 alumni members. If you haven’t joined yet, please look out for your invitation, (from: MyLBS). We’d love to welcome you onto the platform.
Warm wishes,
Ramsey Sargent EMBAG2005
Executive Director, Alumni Engagement
School updates
MBA places fourth in FT MBA rankings
The programme also scores highly for the quality of LBS faculty research, which the FT ranks fifth in the world.
Unique You: Professor Nigel Nicholson on why individuality matters more than ever
New book argues individuality is essential in the age of social media and AI.
Plowden Building refurbishment wins Education Property Award
The refurbishment has been named ‘Higher Education Project of the Year’ at this year’s Education Property Awards.
Redefining leadership in a fragmented world: voices from LBS Corporate 100
Business leaders, industry experts and LBS faculty explore how geopolitical forces are reshaping the global economy.
MBA graduates in high demand in the workplace
88% of MBA students from the Class of 2025 received employment offers within three months of graduation.
The Middle East conference explored AI and regional growth
Opened by the UAE Trade Undersecretary, the event brought together business, policy and academic leaders to explore the region's growing global influence, AI innovation and economic resilience.
London Blockchain Summit returns to LBS for its fifth year
Industry leaders explore blockchain and finance.
New Insights Playbook
Based on a session with Professor Luisa Alemany and Karim Chaiblaine EMBAG2013, this playbook offers a practical guide for leaders making strategic bets in volatile environments, distilling lessons on sensing before investing, anchoring innovation in customer value, testing ideas early and treating course-correction as a strength.
New Forever Learning content
Two faculty sessions from the Alumni Reunion in Dubai – Generative AI at Work: Who Gains the Most and Why? and Why Wellbeing and Performance Are Not Mutually Exclusive – are now available on Forever Learning, alongside new faculty insights on team conflict, sustainability challenges and gender bias in scientific research. Take a look here.
Electives
Explore our four upcoming March electives: Building a Scalable Business, No-Code Data Science Using Generative AI, Behavioural Economics in Action and Inter-Personal Dynamics, now available on Forever Learning.
Community
Share your voice
We’d love your feedback: share your views on your connection to LBS and help strengthen the alumni community. Take this month’s survey here. Want to share your insights regularly? Join the Alumni Insights Forum for short surveys that shape the future of LBS.
Giving to the School
How Shopify’s low-code model is diversifying entrepreneurship
Your support of research helps faculty investigate how entrepreneurial trends are shaping the future of business.
Congratulations
Dr John Mullins, Associate Professor of Management Practice, recognised by The Case Centre for world-class impact on case method teaching.
Upcoming events
London
26th Annual EQUALL Conference – rewriting the rules: women shaping power in a changing world
The LBS Women in Business Club invites you to Europe’s largest student-led gender equity conference, celebrating women redefining leadership and driving change. Hear from Anna Bateson (CEO, Guardian Media Group), Afua Kyei (CFO, Bank of England) and senior leaders from Uber, AVON, Co-Op and beyond.
Leave with new thinking on power, purpose and what leadership looks like now. Then stay for the gala, one of the highlights of the LBS social calendar. Explore the agenda here.
Location: London Business School
Date: Thursday 5–Saturday 7 March
Summit Series with Sir Ronald Cohen
Hear from Sir Ronal Cohen, “Father” of impact investment and European venture capital.
Location: LBS, Sammy Ofer Centre
Date: Wednesday 11 March
If you graduated between 2022–2025, come and reconnect with peers, refresh your thinking and move forward with purpose. Enjoy a day of world-class faculty sessions and career workshops, then head to the LBS Fair to explore all kinds of exciting alumni-led ventures, connect with alumni clubs and engage with School departments.
Location: LBS, North Building
Date: Saturday 14 March
Summit Series with Miki Kuusi, CEO of Deliveroo
Join us for a candid fireside chat with Miki Kuusi, which will explore ambition, resilience and the realities of scaling European companies globally, from early-stage creation to operating complex, multinational businesses at scale.
Location: LBS, Sammy Ofer Centre
Date: Monday 16 March
TEDxLondonBusinessSchool invites you to explore Spaces. From liminal moments and uncharted territories to places of recharging and renewal, Spaces asks us to slow down and reflect on what lies between where we are and where we’re going.
Location: LBS, Nuffield Hall
Date: Friday 27 March
The hybrid future of money: where stablecoins, deposit tokens & bank rails converge
Join us for a thought-provoking fireside chat with Rhomaios Ram, former CEO of Fnality International and Honorary Research Fellow at Warwick Business School’s Gillmore Centre for Financial Technology.
Location: LBS, Sammy Ofer Centre
Date: Wednesday 29 April
Online
Everyone should be talking about... Burnout
Led by alumna Capucine Codron MBA2022, former startup founder and consultant turned burnout specialist, this Business Breakfast explores how to recognise the early warning signs of burnout and implement practical strategies to prevent it.
Date: Friday 6 March
Join authors Jamie Hopkins and Bonnie Treichel for an insightful, forward-looking conversation inspired by their latest work, Your Retirement Sketchbook. A guide that reimagines retirement not as an ending, but as a deeply personal, purpose-driven new chapter.
Date: Wednesday 11 March
Ask the Coach: informational interviews
Bring your informational interview questions and challenges to a group coaching discussion, facilitated by two Alumni Career Coaches.
Date: Monday 23 March
Power and politics in professional careers
Professor Laura Empson, Professor in the Management of Professional Service Firms at Bayes Business School, explored how to deal with power and politics at work.
Date: Thursday 26 March
Events around the globe
Navigating geopolitics and generational change in family enterprises and offices
A joint event hosted by IMD Alumni Club Denmark and Family Business Network Denmark, bringing together senior leaders to explore geopolitics, generational change and leadership transitions in family enterprises and family offices.
Location: A.P. Moller-Maersk, Esplanaden 50, 1098 København K, Copenhagen
Date: Tuesday 3 March
Join us for an intimate Suhoor in the Ramadan Garden at Jumeirah Beach Hotel.
Location: Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Dubai
Date: Thursday 5 March
Join fellow alumni for an evening of networking, exchanging news and having fun with the LBS community in Lisbon. Please RSVP by emailing janete.macedo@gmail.com.
Location: Patio - Rua Rodrigues Faria, 103 - Lx Factory, Lisbon
Date: Tuesday 10 March
The Paris AI Series - AI basics or what ChatGPT will never tell you
Cut through the AI buzz at this session with Delphine Botherel, AI Solutions Director, as she demystifies AI hype, explores practical applications and shares what not to do with AI.
Location: 18 rue de Tilsitt, Paris
Date: Thursday 12 March
For more events, please visit www.london.edu/alumni/events.