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The International Management Board (IMB) provides a channel of communication between the Association and its membership.
Members of the International Management Board meet six times a year, and combine their personal experience and expertise to:
If you are a member of the Association and would like to find out how to get involved, please email Hannah Coles or call her on +44 (0)20 7246 2674 .
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International Management Board 2008
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Hilary Sears, Chair
Business School: Cranfield School of Management
 Hilary Sears has both private and public sector experience at senior levels. She most recently completed a 15 month secondment in the Cabinet Office where she headed the Brokerage Unit, which offers career support to senior civil servants across Whitehall, and inputs into the succession planning and talent management programmes.
After a first career in advertising (with the likes of the Interpublic and J Walter Thompson groups), and marketing with Johnson and Johnson, Hilary took an MBA at Cranfield. She then moved into executive search, working for both the largest firm in the world (Korn Ferry), and also one of the smallest (her own one-person firm!). She has more than 20 years of executive search and leadership assessment experience, leading assignments for local and global clients across general management, marketing and sales, finance and human resources.
As a professional, she built a reputation for quality, tenacity and strong client relationships, and represented A T Kearney Executive Search on the European Board of the Association of Executive Search Consultants (the professional body). Externally, she has maintained an involvement in the MBA environment: she served as Vice-Chairman of the Association of MBAs, sits on the Board of the Cranfield Management Association, and has presented at the Association of MBAs Employers Forum, and at a number of business schools. She has just been elected as Chairman of the Association of MBAs, and is keen to reach out to both schools and students.
She has also been active in trying to promote women onto boards, speaking at conferences, chairing City Women’s Network, sitting on the boards of International Women’s Forum and UK Forum, and recently chairing their Board Initiative.
Claude Sarfo, Finance Director
Business School: Warwick Business School
With a combination of banking, accountancy/professional services, an MBA and top tier multisector strategy, corporate and business development experience, Claude's skills lie in the faciltation of significant value-added contribution to developing organisations. His particular interest centres on perceived or real differences in quality of management in different global regions and causes thereof, specifically within the context of business education. Claude also hopes to explore how the Association can drive more UK schools to reaching - and in some cases setting - the global benchmark.
Richard Christou
Richard is Corporate Senior Vice President and Head of EMEA Regional Office with Fujitsu Limited, parent company of Fujitsu Services. He has been appointed as either Chairman or Board member to all of Fujitsu’s businesses in Europe.
Richard has written numerous articles and lectures on Commercial Law, EC Competition Law,
and Intellectual Property. He has written three books: International Agency, Distribution and
Licensing Agreements, Boilerplate – Practical Clauses, and Drafting Commercial
Agreements.
Before being co-opted onto International Management Board, Richard was a member of the Association's International Advisory Committee.
Steve Hooker
Business School: University of Strathclyde, 1989
Steve is currently a Purchasing Manager for Burton’s Foods, the second largest UK biscuit manufacturer, where he develops strategic partnerships for supplying finished products. Previous to this, he worked for B&Q / Kingfisher, the third largest global home improvement retailer, a role that involved spending a lot of time in China. Prior to that, he spent his career with Mars Inc where he worked in every functional area and in most European countries, being based in France for almost 10 years.
Elected onto the International Management Board in November 2004, Steve is a great believer in the power of networking and aims to help the development of the Association into a world-class organisation.
Santiago Ińiguez
Santiago is the Dean and Professor of Strategic Management at IE Businesss School. He has worked in the field of quality control and development of management education in Europe. He is a member of the board of EFMD (European Foundation for Management Development), is on the Awarding Body of EQUIS (European Quality System) and is also a member of the Associations International Accreditation Advisory Board.
He has been portrayed by the Financial Times as being "one of the most significant figures in promoting European business schools internationally"
Tim Instone
Business School: INSEAD
Tim discovered the (then) Business Graduates’ Association in 1980 when choosing a business school, and benefited from the loan scheme at a time of high interest rates. He became a member in 1983 and joined the East committee soon afterwards. As well as being a member of the IMB, Tim has been Regional Chair for the East region for several years, and is a member of the IT/website working group.
Tim's main interests at the Association are the enhancement of member benefits, and regional events.
Tim is a business consultant specialising in foreign trade (exports – back office, administration structures and methods, communications, information and data flows, training, specialist software, marketing methodology), and is involved in a manufacturing project in the U.S. and a publishing venture for 2008.
 Kathy Lewis
Business School: Middlesex University Business School
Katie Porkess
Business School: Open University Business School (OUBS
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With a background in Mathematics and Computing, Katie spent her early career in IT and business systems development, operating from the executive board through to the shopfloor. Since 1995, she has been working as an independent consultant in change management, for both the private and the public sectors. In 1999, she set up her own company K.P. Management Solutions Ltd.
Since then, her work has increasingly focused on the prevention of stress in organisations and she has come to equate its management with good management. She is also currently undertaking doctoral research into the impact of stress on the culture of an organisation. Her work includes workplace surveys, facilitation of solutions, stress awareness workshops, both open and customised, and mentoring for individuals.
Katie took on the new Chair of the West Country in January 2002 and is still enjoying the experience, particularly meeting new people. In 2005 she was elected to the International Management Board. She finds that these two aspects of her involvement with the Association complement each other and add richness to her experience as a member of the Association.
Christopher Stainow
Business School: Wharton University of Pennsylvania
After completing an MBA at The Wharton School, he spent many years working with Anheuser-Busch International, brewers of Budweiser beer, where he was involved in building up and managing the UK operation, which at the time was the brewery’s most successful international operation. He was then was responsible for the Asian operations.
He is currently the owner of a process improvement software company and an investor in a pricing consultancy. He has management responsibilities with both companies.
Christopher brings strong business development and negotiation skills at strategic and commercial levels. He also has board experience with a multi national and with a venture capital backed manufacturer.
He is currently the owner of a process improvement software company and an investor in a pricing consultancy. He has management responsibilities with both companies.Christopher brings strong business development and negotiation skills at strategic and commercial levels. He also has board experience with a multi national and with a venture capital backed manufacturer.
David Tewkesbury
Business School: Open University Business School (OUBS)
David has over 20 years of experience in Information Technology.
Since completing his MBA at the Open University Business School in 2002, he has worked in a variety of companies in the IT sector as a Service Manager and business improvement consultant. He was elected to the Association's International Management Board in March 2007.
An advocate of personal improvement, David believes the success of any organisation lies within its people. Because of this, he has focussed much of his activities on coaching and mentoring teams he works with. A fan of Anthony Robbins, he believes that a lot of the power for success lies within the individual.
Alongside his daytime role, David is an Inspector in the Special Constabulary responsible for a large team of officers in Hertfordshire. This provides an insight to the differences between public sector and private sector, and really helps with personal and life priorities.
Ronald Tuninga
Ronald is Director Dean and Professor International Business and Marketing of the Maastricht School of Management. He is also currently President of the International Management Development Association, with members in over 100 countries.
Ron's experience includes lecturing extensively in North and South America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. He has been involved in many international projects funded by the Dutch Government, World Bank, European Union, UNDP, African Development Bank and other international organisations. Ron has also been a consultant for companies such as Melitta North America, Orbis Health Care and GE, and a partner of the Holland Consulting Group.
Matt Watts
Business School: The University of Strathclyde
An experienced MBA graduate Matt has a successful track record of achievement during 15 years in financial services. He was elected to the International Management Board in December 2005.
Since completing his MBA at the University of Strathclyde Graduate School of Business, Matt has been working at the Royal Banking of Scotland Group (RBGS) as a freelance Change Manager. Recent assignments include complex multi-million pound enterprise-wide change programmes focused on income generation, cost savings and Regulatory compliance.
Career experience, gained at RBSG across a number of operational units and central support functions, includes Programme Support Office, change & project management, business analysis, performance coaching, and business development & planning.
An experienced MBA graduate Matt has a successful track record of achievement during 15 years in financial services. He was elected to the International Management Board in December 2005. Since completing his MBA at the University of Strathclyde Graduate School of Business, Matt has been working at the Royal Banking of Scotland Group (RBGS) as a freelance Change Manager. Recent assignments include complex multi-million pound enterprise-wide change programmes focused on income generation, cost savings and Regulatory compliance. Career experience, gained at RBSG across a number of operational units and central support functions, includes Programme Support Office, change & project management, business analysis, performance coaching, and business development & planning.
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