We are delighted to invite MBA and Exec MBA alumni from the classes of 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 to attend the MBA Reunion.
The MBA Reunion is an opportunity for alumni to meet and reunite with classmates and other alumni from 2020 - 2024 MBA/Exec MBA programmes as well as reconnect with faculty and find out what is happening at Cranfield School of Management.
Full event details are as follows:
Date: Thursday 3 April
Time: 18:00 – 20:00
Venue: The Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AG
Dress code: Business/ Smart casual
Format: Drinks and canapes
Bookings for this event have now closed. If you wish to attend please email alumni@cranfield.ac.uk.
Programme & speakers
The event will include an update from Professor Joe Nellis CBE (PhD in the School of Management 1990), Professor of Global Economy and Deputy Dean of Cranfield School of Management
Joe graduated from the University of Ulster with a BSc (Econ) in 1976 and was awarded the Adam Smith Tassie Medallion as the top graduate in Economics. He obtained his MA in Economics from the University of Warwick in 1979 and his PhD from Cranfield University in 1991. He was Midland Bank Research Fellow at Loughborough University (1978-81) and was appointed Director of the University of Keele's Management Science Degree (1981-84).
Joe joined Cranfield in 1984 and established the Economics Group ten years later, after his promotion to full Professorship in 1993. In 2017 the Economics Group was ranked Number 1 in the world by the FT for the teaching of economics on MBA programmes and has been consistently ranked as one of the Top 10 in the world for more than a decade. Joe has held a variety of senior posts within Cranfield including Director of the Full-Time MBA Programme, Director of Graduate Programmes and Academic Dean within the School of management. He held the post of Pro-Vice Chancellor of Cranfield University from 2005-08 and from 1st January 2014 until 31st January 2015 he served as Director of the School of Management. He is a recipient of: an 'Outstanding Professor' award in Hungary for his contribution to curriculum development, funded by the TEMPUS Programme of the European Union; a Distinguished Graduate Award' from the University of Ulster, and the 'Best Professor Award' on several occasions from several institutions including Purdue University (USA) and Tilburg University (Netherlands). He was jointly responsible for the research and development of the UK's leading house price measurement systems namely the Halifax and the Nationwide House Price Indexes. Joe lists his hobbies as golf, running (15 marathons) and Ghana (which he describes as his second home' as a result of two years spent there on Voluntary Service Overseas). He was formerly Chairman of Wellingborough Homes Housing Association.
Location & travel details
The Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AG
Who should attend
MBA and Exec MBA alumni from classes of 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
Cost & concessions
This event is free to attend.