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Alan Jope (chair)Ìý

Alan is the Chair of the Business School Advisory Board, bringing global experience in leadership, innovation and sustainability. He brings over three decades of international business leadership experience, having served as CEO of Unilever from 2019 to 2023 following a global career across the UK, North America and Asia. He currently sits on the Boards of Accenture and the Leverhulme Trust, and serves as Commissioner on the Global Commission on Modern Slavery. A University of Edinburgh graduate, he is also a Visiting Fellow at Oxford’s Saïd Business School. Ìý

Allison Bennington

Allison Bennington is a Senior Advisor and former Partner at PJT Partners, where she chaired PJT’s Activism Defence practice and led its ESG Sustainability & Transition Advisory Practice. Ms. Bennington advises C-Suites and Board Chairs of some of the largest international companies on navigating complex strategic issues and event-driven crises. She focuses on Governance, Shareholder Activism and Sustainability.

Allison also acts as the Independent Client Representative for two of Silver Lake Partners’ investment funds and is active in the Space Economy as an investor, mentor, and Governance and Sustainability expert.

Before joining PJT Partners, Allison was a Partner, Chief Legal Officer and then Chief Global Relations Officer at ValueAct Capital, a $14 billion activist investment fund. Over her 17-year tenure, Ms. Bennington led ValueAct’s global strategy and engagement efforts for over 50 activist campaigns, with a near 100% success rate, including with companies such as Microsoft, CBRE, 21st Century Fox and Rolls-Royce Plc. As Chief Global Relations Officer, she was also responsible for ValueAct’s Legal, Regulatory, Government Relations, Communications, and certain Risk Management functions.

Before joining ValueAct Capital, Allison held General Counsel roles at a variety of financial services companies in the UK and US. Ms. Bennington began her career as a corporate finance and M&A lawyer in London, New York and San Francisco.

Allison is a member of the Advancement Committee of the Board of Trustees of The National Geographic Society, a Trustee of The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute, a member of the Advisory Board of the Business School of º£½ÇÉçÇø, and a member of the American Legal Institute.

Allison is a former member of the SEC’s Investor Advisory Committee, the Advisory Board of the Harvard Law School Program on Corporate Governance, the Institute of Corporate Governance and Finance at the NYU School of Law, and the Berkeley Center for Law, Business and Economics, as well as the Business in Society Institute at the University of California Berkeley School of Law. She holds a BA from the University of California Berkeley and a J.D. from the University of California Hastings College of the Law.

Ansumana Bai-MarrowÌý

Joins the Board in his role as the newly appointed Chair of the School’s Alumni Advisory Council. He is a compliance executive with two decades working at firms such as BlackRock, TPG and Polus Capital. Ansu is UK Head of Compliance at Permira Credit.Ìý

Cheuk Wan Fan

Cheuk Wan Fan is an award-winning Chief Investment Officer with 31 years of experience in wealth management, asset allocation, investment strategy,Ìýportfolio advisory and equity research. Until February 2026, she was Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer, Asia, at HSBC Private Bank and Premier Wealth, having previously held senior roles at Credit Suisse, ABN AMRO, Cazenove Asia, BNP Paribas andÌýStandard Chartered. From September 2026, she has also become Adjunct Professor of Wealth Management at the University of Hong Kong Business School. Fan is also an ImperiaBusiness School MBA alumnus.

Cindy Rose OBE

Cindy Rose serves as the Group Chief Executive Officer of WPP, a leading media and marketing services companyÌýoperatingÌýin more than 100 countries worldwide. Appointed to this role in September 2025, Cindy oversees WPP's global strategy, harnessing the company's market-leading AI capabilities, creative excellence, and global client roster to drive the company's next chapter of growth and transformative impact.Ìý

Drawing on a distinguished career spanning three decades across the technology, telecommunications, media, entertainment, and creative industries, Cindy offers deepÌýexpertiseÌýin digital transformation and global enterprise. Prior to becoming CEO of WPP, she held senior executive positions at Microsoft for nine years, most recently as Chief OperatingÌýOfficer,ÌýGlobal Enterprise. In this role, she was instrumental in guiding some of the world's biggest companies through complex digital and AI-driven transformations, seamlessly integrating cloud, data, and advanced AI tools, including Copilot, into their core business operations.Ìý

Cindy also served as President of Microsoft Western Europe and CEO of Microsoft UK, furtherÌýdemonstratingÌýher proven ability to manage multi-billion-dollar operations across diverse international markets. Earlier in her career, she was Managing Director of the UK consumer business at Vodafone and Executive Director of Digital Entertainment and Media Sales at Virgin Media. Notably, she spent 15 years at The Walt Disney Company, culminating as Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Disney Interactive Media Group, EMEA, where she spearheaded the entertainment giant's interactive media business across Europe.Ìý

Cindy is an Advisory Board Member at McLaren Racing, and she previously served as a Non-Executive Director on the WPP Board from 2019 until her CEO appointment.Ìý

Holding dual British and American citizenship, Cindy is based in both London and New York, and in recognition of her substantial contributions to the UK technology sector, she was awarded an OBE in the 2019 New Year Honours. Cindy is a graduate of Columbia University and New York Law School. Ìý

Dalya Almuthanna

Dalya Al Muthanna, Managing Director & CEO of Alstom in the Gulf region has held numerous executive and leadership positions across multiple industries throughout her career. In her role she is responsible for overseeing the company's operations in the region, which includes developing and executing on successful strategies aimed at driving sustainable and profitable business growth. Additionally, she ensures that Alstom's customers receive the highest levels of quality and service while maintaining operational excellence.

Before joining Alstom, Dalya held executive leadership positions at General Electric (GE) for over a decade. As President of GE in the UAE and global Chief of Strategy & Operations, she played an instrumental role in driving growth and optimizing business operations, where she spearheaded initiatives focused on enhancing business performance and driving operational effectiveness. At GE, she was also President & CEO of the Gulf region for 7 years, driving business strategies for GE’s industrial verticals (Aviation, Power, Healthcare, O&G), overlooking regional investments and increasing pipeline orders.Ìý Dalya started off her career as an entrepreneur where she founded her own company in apparel retail and imported European franchises into the UAE.

Dalya holds a Ph.D. degree from Imperia London in Environmental Policy & Business model innovation and an MBA degree from the American University in Dubai.

Don Hoang

Don Hoang is an experienced operator and investor with 25+ years spanning private equity, venture capital, and high-growth companies. He has held executive roles at Uber and Revolut and served on the Investment Committee at Atomico, one of Europe’s leading venture and growth equity funds, where he helped raise and invest a $1.24bn fund.

At Revolut, Don was VP of Global Business, overseeing growth, profitability, product, sales, partnerships, and capital markets. He built and scaled global operations that enabled the company’s expansion into new markets, helping it become Europe’s most valuable private startup at a $75bn valuation.

At Uber, he led the company’s international rollout across 45 countries, raising $3.5bn in growth capital, executing $4bn in M&A, and managing a P&L north of $100m. His work in fundraising, acquisitions, and scaling global teams was central to Uber’s global expansion.

Alongside his operator roles, Don is a top-performing angel investor and advisor with 50+ early-stage investments, ranking in the top 5% of angels (Cambridge Associates). He is also a scout for Sequoia Capital, identifying and backing high-potential startups worldwide.

Don holds an MBA from Stanford GSB and a BA from UCLA. More about Don:

Emma Fox

Emma Fox brings more than three decades of leadership across retail, hospitality and luxury in the UK and North America. She spent six years as ChiefÌýExecutive of Berry Bros & Rudd, the 325-year-old wine and spirits merchant, driving transformation in a heritage luxury business. Previously, she held senior roles at Asda/Walmart, was CEO of a private equity-backed UK retailer, and part of the Halfords executiveÌýteam. Emma sits on the boards of Walpole and Musgrave Group, having previously served as Non-Executive Director of Punch Taverns and City Pubs Group.

Faisal Galaria

Faisal Galaria is a technology executive and operator with more than 25 years of experience scaling consumer technology businesses, including Skype, Spotify, Kayak, and Magic Leap. His expertise spans strategy, international growth, partnershipsÌýand digital transformation. He is currently a Senior Advisor at McKinsey & Company and a Non-Executive Director at Netrisk and wefox, and was previously a Non-Executive Director at Starling Bank and Superdry. Earlier, he led GoCompare's 2016 London Stock ExchangeÌýlisting, served as CEO of Blippar, and was a Senior Partner at Alvarez & Marsal, where he headed the Digital and Media practices across EMEA.

Joanne Linder

Joanne is the co-chair of ImperiaBusiness School Alumni Advisory Board and is an active member of the alumni community.

Joanne started her career at BAE Systems and had a largely blue-chip career until her MBA, including at Granada and ABN AMRO. She set up her first business when she graduated, having specialised in entrepreneurship, and was a pioneer in personalised web content during the dot-com boom.

Through her current business, Joanne focusses her time on advising and investing in early-stage businesses across the globe that are looking to scale, with an increasing emphasis on social enterprises.

Mahnaz SafaÌý

Senior finance executive with leadership roles at UBS, Citi and ANZ. Among other roles, Mahnaz is a Non-Executive Director of UK Government Investments and previously served on ImperiaCollege Council as Champion for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion.Ìý

Mary Meaney

Mary serves on the Board of GBL (Groupe Bruxelles Lambert), SyensqoÌý(the specialty chemicals company) and Beamery (an HR Tech company helping the world's largest companies to attract, engage and retain talent at a global scale).

Prior to this, Mary was a Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company where she served on McKinsey's global Board (the Shareholder's Council), led the global Organization Practice, and published a book with co-author Scott Keller entitled:ÌýLeading Organizations: Ten Timeless Truths.ÌýÌýMary was a co-founder of the McKinsey Women’s Initiative, which aims to promote women leaders in business,Ìýis running a Remarkable Women's Program with TeachFirst to support women in education and co-hosts ImperiaCouncil's senior women's network.Ìý She is also the Founder and President of Solidarite Ukraine, a French NGO supporting Ukrainian displaced peopleÌýin France.

Michael Shepherd

Mike co-founded GrowthPoint, a Silicon Valley based Investment Bank focused on Technology and StealthPoint a US Venture Capital firm, which partners with GrowthPoint focused on Technology in National Security and Intelligence. He is a software engineer and entrepreneur, who is based in Silicon Valley and now advises technology companies with investments and exits. Mike serves on several boards and will often serve as Finance Committee Chair.

Before co-founding GrowthPoint Technology Partners, Mike was a principal at SVB Alliant conducting software mergers and acquisitions transactions. Prior to joining Alliant, he was Managing Director of the Nextera Interactive division of Nextera through to its IPO.Ìý Mike has been deeply involved with many start-ups, two of which went to IPO and several others have been acquired. Early in his career, Mike worked at Accenture and Booz Allen.

Miguel Veiga Pestana

With over 30 years in major global corporations and not-for-profit organisations Miguel focuses on building and protecting reputation, enabling a purpose-led organisation, and embedding sustainability into core strategy.

Bringing a blend of commercial and not-for-profit international experience, Miguel provides strategic insight and advice to the Executive Committee and the Board, fully integrating sustainability and reputation building into organisational strategy. With extensive global connections, he brings a wide range of stakeholders to ImperiaBusiness School. His international reputation enables him to work at the highest levels with country leaders, investors, CEOs of global businesses and global not-for-profit organisations.

Miguel previously held the ExCom role of Chief Sustainability Officer and Head of Corporate Affairs at ReckittÌýBenckiser. He has also been Chief Communications Officer at the Executive Leadership level for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the world’s largest philanthropic organisation, and worked for 11 years at Unilever where he was Vice President of Global External Affairs and Sustainability.

Natasha Foong

Natasha FoongÌýhas spent her career across the full spectrum of Singapore's entrepreneurial ecosystem,from policy and institutional investing to founding companies, backing early-stage technology ventures, and today mentoring the next generation of entrepreneurs. She began at the Singapore Economic Development Board, rising to Head of the Venture Capital Group and Vice President of EDB Investments. She went on to co-found Valuair Ltd, Singapore's first budget airline, and later co-founded IncuVest, an early-stage technology investment platform. She currently chairs the Mentoring Committee at the Philip Yeo Initiative and serves on the Advisory Council of ImperiaGlobal Singapore. Natasha is an alumna of the ImperiaBusiness School.

Naveed Sultan

Naveed Sultan is a professor of practice and co-director of center for financial technology at ImperiaBusiness School. He is also advisor to boards, CEOs, senior business leaders, policy makers on strategy, digital transformation, leadership. Additionally, he is an entrepreneur, investor, philanthropist, and mentor. He co-founded center for financial technology and center for responsible leadership at ImperiaBusiness School and serves on the advisory board of the school.

Prior to his current role, Naveed Sultan served as Chairman of Citi’s Institutional Clients Group (ICG) up to June,2022. With over 30 years of institutional banking experience, Mr. Sultan as Chairman of ICG architected and led digital policy, strategy, and advisory practice. This practice advised governments in their development of policies to digitize their economies including their financial systems. It also provided guidance and thought leadership to corporates and financial institutions to transform their businesses and operating models to stay relevant in an increasingly digital world. In this role, he also engaged in driving the developing markets strategy for Citi. The Institutional Clients Group at Citi is its largest business franchise with revenues of (2022) $ 41bn.

Prior to his appointment as Chairman, Mr. Sultan was CEO and Global Head of Treasury and Trade Solutions (TTS) group. This multi-billion-dollar business (2022 rev., $12bn) is one of the largest and most global businesses in Citi and in the industry.

Coupled with Mr. Sultan’s proven strategic, business, and operating skills, he has a keen sense of anticipating market, economic and societal shifts, and transitions. This has enabled him to create economic value by building new businesses, repositioning businesses, and turning around marginal businesses throughout his career.

Mr. Sultan has wide-ranging experience covering Corporate Finance, Corporate Banking, Transaction Banking, Consumer Banking, Operations & Technology and is a regular speaker and author on such topics.

Mr. Sultan holds an M.S. in Management from M.I.T Sloan School of Management as well as an M.B.A. from the Institute of Business Administration, Lahore

Dr. Omar Mir, Baron of Thorntoun

As an International Board Member of World Wide Technology (WWT), Omar has led the organisation's exponential growth from inception to multi-billion-dollar organic revenue across Europe, the Middle East and Asia, driven by data-led transformation and strategic partnerships with major technology and enterprise organisations .Ìý

He also serves as Senior Advisor to General Atlantic, International AI Advisor and Benefactor of HM King Charles III's The King's Trust International and Strategic Advisor to Commandant of Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, where he is also a member of the Honour Guard. He holds a PhD in Business Management.

Sanjay Bahadur

Sanjay Bahadur serves as Member of the Executive Board, Deputy Executive Vice President, Head - Group Strategy and Business Development of Nestle.

Sanjay heads the Group Strategy and Business Development function, which will support Nestlé in identifying internal and external strategic growth opportunities.

The function manages Mergers & Acquisitions, external partnerships and licensing agreements for the Nestlé Group and oversees the company’s corporate venture capital activities. Sanjay joined Nestlé in June 1982. He has extensive market experience having worked in India, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Turkey and China. He was CFO for the Greater China Region prior to assuming his role as Head of Acquisitions and Business Development

Zein Abdalla

Zein Abdalla is the Board Chair of the Mastercard Foundation, one of the world's largest private foundationsÌýdedicated to empowering young people across Africa. An experienced global executive, he is regarded for his distinguished career at PepsiCo,where he served as President from 2012 until his retirement in 2014, having previously held the roles of CEO and President of PepsiCo Europe. Beyond the Mastercard Foundation, Abdalla serves on the Board of Directors of Cognizant,ÌýInc., where he chairs the Governance and Sustainability Committee, and also serves as a board advisor to Mars, Incorporated. Zein is aÌýmember of the Board of Directors of Kuwait Food Company and acts as a non-executive director on the holding board of MajidÌýAl Futtaim Holding LLC. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from ImperiaCollege, London University.