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Management Board

The Business School Management Board is responsible for the overall management of the School and the delivery of the School’s strategy.

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Professor Peter Todd (Chair)

Peter Todd joined the Business School as Dean in September 2024. His academic expertise lies in information technology and innovation management, spanning computer science, psychology and management. He has previously been Director General (CEO) and Dean of HEC Paris, and Dean of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University in Canada.

Markus Perkmann

Professor Markus Perkmann

Vice Dean (Faculty & Research)

Markus Perkmann is Professor of Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Imperial Business School and academic director of the Imperial Enterprise Lab. He curates the Entrepreneurial Journey, the School's experiential start-up programme across all MBA programmes. In 2023, he became the Associate Dean for Faculty & Research.

Leila Guerra

Leila Guerra

Vice Dean (Education)

Leila joined the School in 2018 and directs the postgraduate programme portfolio, including marketing, recruitment and admissions, programmes management, global student initiatives, Careers and the Edtech Lab. She is on the GMAC Board of Directors and, before joining Imperial, worked at Singapore Management University, IE Business School and London Business School.

Richard Green

Professor Richard Green

Head of Department, Economics & Public Policy

Richard Green has been Professor of Sustainable Energy Business at Imperial Business School since 2011. He was previously Professor of Energy Economics and Director of the Institute for Energy Research & Policy at the University of Birmingham, and Professor of Economics at the University of Hull. He started his career at the Department of Applied Economics and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, and has spent time on secondment to the Office of Electricity Regulation.

Wolfram Wiesemann

Professor Wolfram Wieseman

Head of Department, Analytics, Marketing & Operations

Wolfram Wiesemann is Professor of Analytics & Operations in Imperial Business School's Department of Analytics, Marketing & Operations. His research interests evolve around decision-making under uncertainty, with applications to supply chain management, healthcare and energy. Wolfram is an elected member of the boards of the Mathematical Optimization Society and the Stochastic Programming Society, and he serves as an area editor for Operations Research Letters as well as an associate editor for Mathematical Programming, Operations Research, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management and SIAM Journal on Optimization.

Robert Kosowski

Professor Robert Kosowski

Head of Department, Finance

Robert Kosowski is a Professor in the Finance Department of Imperial Business School, Imperial College London. He is also a research fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and an associate member of the Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance at Oxford University. Robert is on the editorial board of the Journal of Alternative Investments and a member of AIMA‘s research committee.

Kevin Corley

Professor Kevin Corley

Head of Department, Management and Entrepreneurship

Kevin Corley is a Professor of Management and PhD Director for the Management & Entrepreneurship department. His expertise lies in understanding how individuals and organisations approach change, and how leaders can use times of uncertainty and ambiguity to the benefit of their organisation and followers. With both academic and industry experience, and a career-long interest in leading organizational change, Kevin brings value to a broad cross section of industries and organizations.

Sankalp Chaturvedi

Professor Sankalp Chaturvedi

Associate Dean of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

Professor Chaturvedi joined Imperial in 2008 and is currently a Professor of Organisational Behavior & Leadership at the Imperial College Business School. Currently, Sankalp is also the Associate Dean of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion since 2022, and leading the Gandhi Centre for Inclusive Innovation since 2014 within the school. He is leading several interdisciplinary research projects and initiatives around leadership, mindfulness, collaboration mechanisms in teams, and inclusivity to create tangible social impact.

Ramana Nanda

Professor Ramana Nanda

Associate Dean for Enterprise

Ramana Nanda is Professor of Entrepreneurial Finance and Associate Dean for Enterprise at Imperial’s Business School.  He also serves as Director of the Institute for Deep Tech Entrepreneurship at Imperial and as the Academic Theme Lead for Deep Tech Entrepreneurship at Imperial’s Global USA hub.  His research focuses on financial intermediation including bank finance of small businesses, venture capital, and the financing of innovation.   He is a research fellow at the Banking and Corporate Finance Programme of the CEPR and a Visiting Scholar at Harvard Business School.  

 

Cloda Jenkins

Dr Cloda Jenkins

Associate Dean of Education Quality

Cloda is a Professional Teaching Fellow in the Department of Economics and Public Policy in the Imperial Business School. In 2023 she was appointed to the role of the Associate Dean, and she is responsible for leading and protecting the Business School's Education Quality and Quality Assurance

Helen Oakley

Helen Oakley

Faculty Finance Officer

Helen is a qualified Chartered Accountant and joins from London Business School, where she was Director of Financial Planning & Analysis. Prior to that she spent some time in the city as a management accountant at Deutsche Bank and Bank of America.  She is a graduate of Imperial.

richard johnson

Richard Johnson

Faculty Operating Officer

Richard joined Imperial Business School in January 2022 and offers strategic leadership and operational oversight to all professional services and support functions of the School. He is a highly experienced leader in the higher education sector, with a track record of developing and delivering on the global strategy of top-tier business schools and universities. He has previously worked at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Washington University.

Dimitrios Kraniotis

Dimitrios Kraniotis

Director of Operations and Planning

Dimitrios has joined Imperial Business School in July 2023. His main role is to coordinate, manage and deliver effective operations services and support within the Business School and identify, define, and manage projects and initiatives of strategic importance. Dimitrios also oversees the Central Business School Administration team. He has previously worked at UCL and City University of London.

Megan Irving

Megan Irving

Executive Assistant to the Dean and FOO

Megan first joined Imperial Business School in 2019 and has been in the role of EA to the Dean and Faculty Operating Officer since September 2023. Her role involves facilitating meetings, travel and events, and providing strategic reporting information to the Management Board. Megan has a Bachelor of Arts, Honours and has worked in administrative roles for private and public sector across the UK and New Zealand.