Advisory Boards

Cass Business School has two main volunteer advisory boards:

Cass Strategy & Development Board

The Cass Strategy & Development Board advises the School on its strategic development, external profile and fundraising activities.

Members - Cass Strategy and Development Board

Sir Malcolm Williamson
Chairman Cass Strategy & Development Board
Chairman, CDC Group plc (N.B. retires from this role in March 2009)
Chairman, Signet Jewelers Limited
Chairman, National Australia Group Europe Limited
Chairman, Clydesdale Bank PLC (member of National Australia Bank Group)
Non-executive Director, Principal Board, National Australia Bank Limited
Non-executive Director, JPMorgan Cazenove Holdings
Chairman, The Prince’s Youth Business International
Member of the Board of Trustees, The Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum

Alastair Clark CBE
formerly Executive Director and Adviser to the Governor, Bank of England

Peter Cullum
Chairman of Towergate Underwriting Group Ltd; MSc Administrative Sciences 1976

Alistair Johnston
Global Vice Chairman of KPMG

Robert Legget
Managing Director of Progressive Value Management Ltd; MBA 1974

Nick Roditi
Principal of N. Roditi & Co; MSc Management Science 1970

Vipin Sareen
Partner of IV Capital Limited; MBA 1985

Carol Sergeant
Chief Risk Officer, Lloyds Banking Group – MBA 1991

Ruth Storm
Partner of IRRfc; EMBA 1988

David Turner
Chairman WSP Group plc. DSc (Hon)

Richard Gillingwater
Dean, Cass Business School

Steve Haberman
Deputy Dean & Director, Cass Business School

Alex Fraser
Chief Operating Officer, Cass Business School

Paola Barbarino
Director of Development & External Relations, Cass Business School

Costas Grammenos OBE
Pro Vice Chancellor City University, Deputy Dean Undergraduate School

Cass Alumni Board

The Cass Alumni Board assists the School with developing and driving forward its alumni strategy, which focuses on engaging and retaining the long-term support and involvement of Cass’s alumni around the world.

Members - Cass Alumni Board

Alex Dimitrakoudis
Marketing Director of Cass Entrepreneurs Network (CEN); EMBA 1998.

Roy Golden
Business Analyst at Cisco Systems; MSc Management 2006.

Matthew Hubbard
Principal Consultant and Partner, Carbon. FT MBA 1998

Paul Lampey
Head of Key Clients at Standard Chartered Bank;
Chief Mentor at Cass Business School for Executive MBA Programmes;
Chairman of Cass Alumni MBAs (CAMBA);
Board Member City University Alumni Board: EMBA 1996

Robert Legget
Managing Director of Progressive Value Management Ltd; MBA 1974.

Ron Lis
Nine years at Citi; then Director at Schroder’s for 12/13 years; now retired but still involved in a number of activities; MBA 1972.

Nigel O’Sullivan
Managing Director at Goldman Sachs International, running Pension & Insurance Strategy Group; BSc Actuarial Science 1987.

Ruth Storm
Partner of IRRfc; EMBA 1988.

Yasmine Toussaint
Trainee Investment Analyst at Mercers HR Consulting; first Cass Roditi Scholar; MSc Actuarial Science 2007.

Alison McDowell
Chief Operating Officer for Global Transactional Sales in Barclays Commercial Bank. EMBA 2006.

Farshid Sadr-Hashemi
Previously Partner and Global Head of Marketing at GSA Capital LLP. EMBA 1992.

Chiara Viani
Client Director at Autonomy Zantaz; EMBA 2006

Richard Gillingwater
Chairman Cass Alumni Board. Dean, Cass Business School

Paola Barbarino
Director of Development & External Relations, Cass Business School

Theresa Dzendrowskyj
Head of Alumni Relations, Cass Business School

Both Boards are serviced and supported by Development and External Relations. For further information please contact Kelly Rush on kelly.rush.1@city.ac.uk.