 International Management Board |
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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:
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International Management Board 2008 |
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.
Christopher Stainow , Vice Chair and Deputy Finance Director
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.
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 Gorton
Business School: Open University Business School (OUBS)
Steve's MBA is from the Open University Business School in 1995. He teaches MBA modules in Marketing, Managing Knowledge and Strategy.
In real life Steve is primarily a business coach, helping people achieve more than they previously thought possible and adding value for themselves, their team and their organisation. His company, Enabling Development, specialises in Executive Coaching; Leadership Development; Strategy and Change Implementation Consultancy; and Managing Knowledge for Enhanced Performance. Previously, Steve spent 20 years in the pharmaceutical industry.
Steve is currently the Regional 'Chair of Chairs'.
Carol Groombridge
Business School: Open University Business School (OUBS)
 After 28 years in banking, Carol made the decision to change careers but recognised that she needed to attain qualifications other than the ACIB to be able to move outside of the finance sector. Her MBA is from the Open University and was gained in 2002.
Carol then managed a recruitment agency, set up a credit union and was then a marketing and communications manager at Business Link. She has now established herself as a self employed business consultant working solely with private dental practices in the North East, something which she finds hugely satisfying particularly as no two days are the same. This gives her the opportunity to draw from all of her past experience as well as enabling her to bring out and use many of the ‘tools’ which the MBA provided her with.
Carol has been actively involved with the Association of MBAs for 5 years and is currently Regional Chair for the North East region. She is passionate about providing quality events for members and improving member participation.
Steve Hooker
Business School: University of Strathclyde
Steve is currently Trading Director for Rowan International the largest European FMCG distributor to the discount sector. Previous to this, he worked for Burton’s Foods, the second largest UK biscuit manufacturer, developing third party alliances. He also worked for B&Q / Kingfisher, the third largest global home improvement retailer, in 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.
Charles Hughes
Charles has over 20 years of industry and consulting experience in government
and the  private sector. He is the European Head of the Government and Public
Sector Consulting Practice. He specialises in business and IT strategy and has worked with many public sector agencies, third sector organisations and private sector organisations. Charles held a number of senior positions with blue chip organisations in the Chemicals, Manufacturing and Distribution sectors. He gained extensive experience in designing and implementing change in conjunction with implementing new processes and IT systems. Charles graduated with a BA (Honours) Business Studies and has a Diploma in Market Research (Dip MRS). In addition he is a Chartered Company Secretary (ACIS), Member of the Institute of Directors and a Certified Member of the Institute of Management Consultants.
Santiago Iñiguez
Business School: IE Business School
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."
 Kathy Lewis
Business School: Middlesex University Business School
Bryony Moore
Business School: Henley Management College/Brunel Business School
Bryony Moore has had a successful business career with more than 30 years of experience in consumer products, business2business services and management consultancy. She was elected to the International Management Board of the Association of MBAs in November 2007 as she turned her attention towards non-executive directorships and the mentoring of senior management. She is a member of the Association’s HR Committee and is an MBA from Henley Management College/Brunel University.
Bryony was a co-founder in 1999 of Xchanging plc, the leading multi-national business process outsourcer, responsible for developing and leading the Service Competency. As the Managing Director of Service she played a key role in securing and developing Xchanging’s first customer, BAE Systems, with a value of £250 million. Xchanging was floated at 199th in the FTSE 250, in 2007, with a market cap of more than half a billion pounds.
Bryony has extensive experience in sales, customer service and marketing management, working with major multi-nationals, agencies and suppliers. During ten years of management consultancy she helped companies (e.g. Standard Chartered, Sara Lee, Johnson & Johnson, SEB) acquire, develop and divest brands, enter new markets and revitalise strategies. She was an International Business Manager for Braun Ag in Frankfurt and spent six of her formative years in Customer Service, Sales and New Product Development at Black & Decker.
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.
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