Accelerated Development Programme

Experience

Dr Aneeta Rattan’s research interests focus on mindsets and intergroup relations (stereotyping, prejudice, and inequity). In one programme of research, she studies mindsets that promote belonging, commitment, and achievement among minorities and women in the face of stereotypes and implicit bias. In another programme of research, she investigates the mindsets that help individuals, organisations, and societies foster positive interactions among diverse group members (across gender, race/ethnicity, and sexual orientation status), even after incidents of explicit bias.

Dr Rattan’s research has been published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Science, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, and the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. She has received multiple research grants from major funding agencies in the United States. Her research has also been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes magazine, and Huffington Post among others.

Academic Focus

Herminia examines personal identity in a leadership context and brings expertise to help you maximise the benefits of your network.

Recent Clients

Herminia has directed programmes for Deutsche Bank, Unilever, Siemens and Clifford Chance.

Experience

Herminia is ranked eighth by Thinkers 50 in its list of the world’s most influential business gurus. Her most recent book Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader explains how to step up to a bigger leadership role. Her best-selling book, Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career describes how people reinvent their careers. Author of numerous articles in top academic journals, Herminia also writes for business publications and speaks internationally on leadership and talent management.

Academic Focus

Jessica has a wealth of expertise in translating strategy into action in real business environments. She has designed, led and run numerous client-tailored workshops and training events for LBS over the past 10 years.

Experience

She was formerly a partner at McKinsey, in both London and Johannesburg where she worked with senior leaders in some of the world’s largest corporations and government departments.

Experience

Dr Nick de Leon is a Teaching Fellow at London Business School, Head of Executive Education and Knowledge Exchange at the Royal College of Art and Professor of Systems Design at Liverpool Hope University. He is an expert in the Design of Customer Experience and Service Innovation and founded the Service Design department at the RCA; the largest of its kind worldwide. His research explores the interface between the design discipline, digital technology and business innovation and specifically the role of service design as an agent of change in the development of public policy, business strategy and organisational transformation.He is also the academic lead for the Terra Carta Design Lab, an initiative created by Sir Jony Ive with HM King Charles III to use the power of design in the service of people, planet and nature.

He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Art, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a member of the Royal Commission for the 1851 Exhibition and a Director and Trustee of the UN sponsored alliance - Design For Good, a collaboration of 8 Global Corporations with the RCA that engages hundreds of designers worldwide to develop breakthrough solutions that address the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Prior to joining Academia he had a corporate career in Design, Product Development and Business with IBM, beginning his career as an Industrial Designer at IBM's R&D Labs in the UK before working in the European and Global Headquarters of the company in a variety of senior executive roles including Director of Marketing, IBM Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Academic Focus

Professor Nicos Savva is an expert in data science, using it to solve operational problems and help large organisations develop data-science capabilities. He also advises on the policy implications of algorithms. His research focuses on hospital operations and healthcare management. His work has appeared in leading journals such as Management Science, M&SOM, Production & Operations Management, and Nature Biotechnology. He holds multiple editorial positions.

Experience

Professor Savva holds an honorary appointment at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, a large hospital system based in London. He has acted as a consultant to hospitals, biotech/pharma 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.

Academic Focus

Focuses on the design, analysis and application of quantitative models for managerial decision-making.

Recent Clients

ENDESA, Iberdrola, McKinsey & Company.

Experience

Published in top journals including Management Science, Operations Research and Mathematics of Operations Research.

Experience

Kostis Christodoulou was previously the Finance Director at Curzon Consulting Private Equity and a Visiting Professor at Università della Svizzera italiana, American College of Greece and ESMT. He has a PhD from London Business School, an MSc from London School of Economics and Political Science and a BA from Swarthmore College.

He has been teaching courses on Data Analytics, Decision and Risk Analysis, and Financial Modelling since 1998 to students and business executives at LBS, Cass, the American College of Greece, Università della Svizzera italiana, and ESMT.

He holds non-executive directorships at a private equity firm and in an alternative investment fund manager in Greece. He has extensive experience in entrepreneurial companies: he has served as CFO and an investor, and has managed both high-growth situations and restructured established firms in mature industries.

As a consultant, he has worked for companies in telecoms and digital media, banking and fund management. He sat on the board of the Greek Energy regulator from 2007 to 2009.
His research interests include regulation, big data and decision making, and his research has been published in Telecommunications Policy, the Journal of the Operational Research Society, and Technological Forecasting & Social Change.