Our alumni fully exemplify the extent to which success can be achieved from studying at Cranfield University.
The Cranfield University alumni community is vibrant, wide-ranging and knowledgeable, with 60,000+ alumni, working across the world in diverse industries and functions, from food safety and motorsport to forensics and management consultancy
We have a vast range of distinguished alumni making a significant impact within technology and management. Below is a handful of our prestigious Leadership and Management alumni:
Dr Alice Maynard CBE (DBA 2007)
Director, Future Inclusion
Board Member, Transport for London
Non-Executive Director, HM Revenue and Customs
Awarded CBE in 2015 for services to people with disabilities and their families
Andy Harrison (MBA 1983)
Chairman, Dunelm Group
Former CEO, Whitbread
Honorary Graduate
Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Award 2009
Dr Andy Wood OBE DL (DBA 2007)
Chief Executive, Adnams Plc.
Professor of Corporate Leadership, University of East Anglia
Non-Executive Chairman, SG Wealth Management Ltd
Honorary Graduate
Awarded OBE in 2013 for services to Business and the Community in East Anglia
Angus Thirlwell (Business Growth and Development Programme 2000)
CEO and Co-Founder, Hotel Chocolat
Entrepreneur Alumnus of the Year Award 2017
Sir Charlie Mayfield (MBA 1992)
Former Chairman, John Lewis
Chairman, UK Commission for Employment and Skills
Honorary Graduate
Awarded a Knighthood in 2013 for services to Business
Debra Charles (Business Growth and Development Programme 2007)
Honorary Graduate
Founder and CEO, Novacroft
Co-founder, The Kindness Movement
Trustee, Northamptonshire Community Foundation
Advisory Board member, Cranfield School of Management
Honorary Graduate
Entrepreneur Alumna of the Year Award 2013
Elena Ambrosiadou (MBA 1988)
CEO, IKOS Asset Management
Advisory Board member, Cranfield School of Management
Distinguished Alumna of the Year Award 2006
John McFarlane OBE (MBA 1975)
Former Group Chairman, Barclays
Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Award 2010
Honorary Graduate
Awarded OBE in 1995 for services to the Finance Industry
Lord Karan Bilimoria CBE DL FCA (Business Growth and Development Programme 1998)
Co-founder and Chairman, Cobra Beer
President, UKCISA
Chancellor of the University of Birmingham and Fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford
Life Peer, House of Lords
Entrepreneur Alumnus of the Year Award 2008
Honorary Graduate
Awarded CBE in 2004 for services to Business
Omobola Johnson (DBA 2013)
Partner, TLcom Capital LLP
Honorary Chairperson, Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI)
Member, World Wide Web Foundation Board of Directors
Non-Executive Director, MTN
Distinguished Alumna of the Year Award 2017
Sarah Willingham (MBA 2003)
Serial Entrepreneur and former Dragon on Dragons’ Den, BBC TV
Advisory Board member, Cranfield School of Management
Honorary Graduate
Warren East CBE FRS FREng FIET FBCS (Executive MBA 1990)
CEO, Rolls-Royce
Advisory Board member, Cranfield School of Management
Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Award 2011
Awarded CBE in 2014 for services to the Technology Industry