Strategic International Advisory Group
Meet the experts who contribute to the strategy and leadership of our Business School.
Our advisory group members
Meet our advisors
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.
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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.
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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.
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