Henley Business School Receives Visit from Kazakhstan Ambassador
Henley Business School recently welcomed the new Kazakhstani Ambassador to the UK. Since its inception in 1996, the Centre for Euro-Asian Studies at Henley Business School has developed a close relationship with the Kazakh Embassy in London, and this first visit to a UK institution by His Excellency Erzhan Kazykhanov was in keeping with that relationship.
During the visit, His Excellency Kazykhanov and Professor John Board, Dean of Henley Business School, discussed the similarities, differences and areas of mutual interest between the UK and Kazakhstani educational systems. The on-going collaboration with partner institutions – including the Kazakh-British Technical University, Kainar University, Economic Research Institute, and the national statistics agency of Kazakhstan – were also high on the agenda. “This level of collaboration that allows us to draw on the practical experience of our Kazakhstani partners is fundamental to the success of the relationship,” commented Professor Kalyuzhnova, Director of the Centre for Euro-Asian Studies.
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London Business School Awards £30,000 Scholarships to Leading Female Execs
Two female business executives, Andreea Moldova, General Manager (Czech Republic and Slovakia) at Avon Cosmetics, and Yasmin Becker, Assistant Director at the Nursing and Midwifery Council, have been awarded £30,000 scholarships for London Business School’s Senior Executive Programme. This was the conclusion of an initiative, launched in August with the 30% Club, aimed at encouraging women in leadership positions with C-Suite potential. Current research indicates a much higher proportion of men participate in business school-led programmes; the 30% Club aims to address this imbalance.
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London Business School Launches Dubai Entrepreneur Mentor Scheme
Aspiring entrepreneurs at London Business School can now benefit from a new mentoring scheme launched in Dubai. This new programme follows a successful 18-month run with the School’s MBA students in London.
Launched at an event in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) by Kamalini Ramdas, Professor of Management Science and Operations and Deloitte Chair in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the ‘Entrepreneurship Mentor in Residence’ scheme gives entrepreneurial students and alumni access to year-round mentorship from four successful business personalities in the region.
Three former alumni – Genny Ghanimeh, Mohamed Nassar and Tommy Wakefield Smith – join Aman Merchant to sit the School’s first Dubai-based mentoring panel. Students, who currently have remote access to London-based mentors, will now have direct access to mentors up to twice a month for one-on-one consultations.
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Cranfield Scholars Note Increase in Number of Women on FTSE Boards
With just over 12 months left to reach the 25% target set by the Government, the number of women on the FTSE 100 and 250 boards has reached 22.8% and 17.4% respectively, according to the latest progress report from Cranfield School of Management.
Since the Lord Davies report into women on boards was published in March 2011, great progress has been made with the percentage of women on the boards of the FTSE 100 companies increasing by 82% and by 124% on the FTSE 250.
Dr. Ruth Sealy, Visiting Fellow at Cranfield and Lecturer in Organisational Psychology at City University London, co-authored the report. She commented: “What is most encouraging is that, finally, we are seeing the percentage of female Executive Directors starting to rise, after having stagnated at 5-6% for many years. In the FTSE 100, 24 women now hold 8.4% of executive directorships.”
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Socially-minded Entrepreneurs Selected at Cambridge Judge School Event
A new cohort of 14 ventures with social impact was announced by Social Incubator East, a Cambridge-based organisation, which selected the ventures at a three-day event at Cambridge Judge Business School.
The ventures – which come from a range of fields including genomics, finance and community arts – will receive 12 months of business support, office space and loan finance as they seek to scale up. This support includes training from Cambridge Judge experts aimed at creating viable business plans and securing early customers.
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London Business School Survey Finds Executives Struggle to Identify Chinese Brands
Almost half of business executives struggle to identify leading Chinese brands, according to a survey of more than 1,000 business executives by London Business School’s China Business Forum. The survey found that 45% were unable to correctly identify what Hisense, a leading consumer electronics brand, produces.
Nirmalya Kumar, visiting Professor of Marketing and author of Brand Breakout: How Emerging Market Brands Will Go Global, said: “While western consumers are surrounded by products made in China, Chinese brands are invisible. China hopes Haler and Lenovo are leading the transformation to global brands from China just as Toyota and Sony did for Japan or Samsung and Hyundai did for South Korea.”
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