1968
London Business School’s inaugural Sloan Fellowship programme welcomes 17 students.

“I was forcibly struck by the wide variation in skills and personalities among the original Sloans, but fascinated by the way in which the group so quickly pulled together. There can be no doubt that it was a highly stimulating experience, not only in terms of improving the academic knowledge of business, but in building personal relationships in a very different environment.” Malcolm Craig (British) SLN01
Freelance Financial Journalist and Author

1968
The first class undertake field trips to North America, Czechoslovakia and France to analyse the cultural differences in management within the automobile industry.

1969
The programme continues to develop its international outlook with field trips to the US and Romania.

1970
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II opens the School’s Regent’s Park campus on 18th November.

1971
The School installs its first computer terminal, linked to the University of London.

1975
Prime Minister Harold Wilson attends the School’s 10th Birthday Dinner.

1976
The programme becomes increasingly international with the number of countries represented to date totalling 15.

1986
The number of students admitted on to the programme rises to over 40, with women representing 15% of the class. Tony Eccles, Programme Director, steadily increases the class size to meet demand for the programme and to remain in line with the class sizes at MIT and Stanford.

1988
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher visits the School.

1992
The Queen’s Award for Export is awarded to the School in recognition of its provision of educational services to managers and companies worldwide.

London Business School continues to enhance its position among the world’s top international business schools; of the 52 participants admitted on to the programme 23% are women and 50% are international students from 18 different countries.

1996
In September, the School becomes a full College of the University of London.

The first satellite link up between Sloan programme participants at London Business School and their MIT counterparts in Boston takes place. The topic under discussion at the videoconference is ‘The Knowledge Age’.

2004
Frederick Pakis (SLN12) makes a challenge gift up to the value of £80,000 to the Sloan Alumni Scholarship Fund to ensure future generations of LBS Sloan students have the opportunity to experience this unique programme, irrespective of their means.

London Business School celebrates its 40th anniversary with a dinner attended by all of its Principals and Deans.

2005
London Business School teams up with Spencer Stuart and Saatchi & Saatchi to offer a fully-funded Sloan Fellowship scholarship to the female executive deemed to best exemplify what constitutes a great woman leader.

2009
The Sloan programme is renamed Sloan Masters in Leadership and Strategy.

Sloan faculty Sir Andrew Likierman becomes Dean of London Business School.

2017
François Ortalo-Magné becomes Dean of London Business School in August.

The programme also undergoes an extensive review, which enhances the learning experience and reaffirms the programme’s commitment to equip senior global professionals with the power to lay the very best foundation for their future.

2018
The LBS Sloan Masters in Leadership and Strategy celebrates its 50th anniversary. The 50th class are the largest and most experienced for many years; the 64 students have on average 19 years’ experience and come from 23 different countries.