Strategic International Advisory Group
Meet the experts who contribute to the strategy and leadership of our Business School.
Our advisory group members
Our advisors hold high-profile roles in businesses and public institutions. They work in partnership with the Dean to support our progress and improvements. This benefits our students, staff and partners, and helps us deliver local, national and international impact.
Meet our advisors
Lee Chambers
Lee is the chief psychologist and founder of Essentialise and Male Allies UK. His diverse career has ranged from corporate finance to building a tech company. He now focuses on supporting organisations to embed and deliver effective wellbeing and inclusion.
Go to Lee’s LinkedIn profile.
Laoise Flanagan
Laoise is a Director at Deloitte with over 20 years’ experience, leading the UK Education sector’s focus on Organisational Resilience and Strategy and also leading the Deloitte Private Growth team across North South Europe whilst mentoring a significant network across the business. Laoise is a Visiting Professor at Manchester Metropolitan University and Chairs the Strategic International Advisory Group at The Business School.
Katie Gallagher, OBE
Katie runs two not-for-profit organisations, chairs the UK Tech Cluster Group and sits on the Digital Skills Council. She is an experienced founder and strategist with over 15 years’ of experience across start-ups, scale-ups, corporates, and public and private sector partnerships.
Silvia Hernandez
Silvia is a Managing Director in Accenture’s Strategy and Consulting practice. She is the European Industries Lead and Global Automotive Lead for Talent and Organisation.
Mark Jarvis
Mark is an experienced Non-Executive Director and former Global and Group Chief Finance Officer with over 37 years of success in driving high-level strategic developments across the global arena.
View Mark’s LinkedIn profile.
Sahib Patel
Sahib is currently the Global Finance Leader for Amazon Business Payments and Lending, responsible for steering the firm’s long-term payments strategy and FP&A function.
View Sahib’s LinkedIn profile.
Tim Williams
Tim is the Chief Executive of Oxford United Football Club. He has over 25 years of professional finance experience, including more than 15 years in sport, media, advertising and entertainment.
View Tim’s LinkedIn profile.
