Oxford General Management Programme

Paul graduated from the University of Liverpool with a degree in politics and is also a certified business coach and cross-cultural trainer with over 20 years’ experience in the field of communications, education and capacity building.

Paul also programme directs leadership programmes for major organisations including the UN World Food Programme and the Bank of Jamaica and is Programme Director of the Women’s World Banking Leadership and Diversity Programme for Regulators and the Oxford Senior Executive Leadership Programme. Paul also sits on the advisory panel for the ‘Enhancing Leadership and Governance in Public Financial Management Program in Africa’, run by the African Capacity Building Foundation.

Andrew Stephen is one of the world’s leading academic marketing experts. At Oxford Saïd, Andrew is Associate Dean of Research, responsible for all academic matters at the School. As L’Oréal Professor of Marketing, he is the University’s most-senior marketing academic and leads the School’s group of marketing faculty members and research staff, as well as serving as the director of the Oxford Future of Marketing Initiative. Andrew is one of the world’s top marketing academics and is a leading voice on the future of the marketing, media and advertising industries. His research and industry engagement work focuses predominantly on issues related to new technologies in marketing (such as AI) and how both customers and businesses can benefit from new technologies.

He is a leader in developing research strategy and organisation theory that integrates cultural understandings of organisations, industries and fields with a concern for the role of individuals and organisations in creating change. This work has appeared in the leading organisation and strategy journals, including Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, Organization Studies, Journal of Management Studies, Human Relations, and the Journal of Management.

Thomas holds a BA from the London School of Economics and a PhD from Stanford University, where he wrote his thesis under Professor Joseph Stiglitz (winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, 2001). He previously was faculty at the Graduate School of Business (Stanford, USA), and at the Sauder School of Business (University of British Columbia, Canada). He also held visiting positions at Harvard Business School, Wharton, the Hoover Institution, INSEAD and the University of New South Wales.

He has taught numerous undergraduate, MBA, doctoral and executive courses in the areas of entrepreneurship, finance and strategic management.

Pinar Ozcan is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Saïd Business School, Oxford University. She is also the academic director of the Oxford Entrepreneurship Centre and the Oxford Future of Finance and Technology (Fintech) Initiative.

A globally recognised expert in fintech, strategy, AI governance, and digital transformation, Pinar advises governments, regulators, and boards on innovation strategy in fast-moving, highly regulated sectors. Her current work focuses on AI-enabled business models, digital platform and ecosystems, the role of technology in financial inclusion, and the evolving role of Big Tech in regulated industries.

Benn Lawson is Professor of Operations Management.

Benn’s research focuses on the operation of global supply chains. In particular, his main programme of work explores the dynamics and governance of inter-organisational relationships, and their influence on supply chain performance, product innovation, and sustainability. Recent work examines the influence and implications of digital technologies on supply chain operations

He is co-author of two textbooks: Process Theory: The Principles of Operations Management and Strategic Supply Management: Principles, Theories, and Practice

Agni is a Fellow in Management Studies at Exeter College and a visiting scholar at the Harvard Kennedy School as a Harvard Data Science Initiative fellow.

Agni’s research agenda has primarily focused on developing new methods and models for healthcare practitioners using data-driven techniques. She is also studying the implications of these models on automated decision making, setting the foundations in the novel field of algorithmic insurance. Prior to joining Oxford, Agni received a PhD in Operations Research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

PLudovic is the author of the bestseller ‘Private Equity Laid Bare’, and professor of Financial Economics at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. He specialises in private market investments with a focus on fee tracking, interest alignment, and return benchmarking.

Named as one of ‘The 40 Most Outstanding Business School Profs Under 40 in the World’ in 2014, and as one of the 20 most influential individuals in private equity in Europe in 2016, Ludovic has strong links with senior practitioners in the industry, routinely speaks at practitioner conferences, and appears in the media internationally. Ludovic’s research papers have been widely cited in academia, in the press, and in regulatory circles.

Sue is Deputy Dean for People and Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), and Rhodes Trust Professor of Organisational Behaviour. She is also a Fellow of Green Templeton College.

She has a BSc in sociology, MSc in sociology with special reference to medicine, MA (Oxon) and a PhD studying the introduction of general management into the NHS. She is a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.

Sue conducts research in a range of public and private sector organisations.

Michael’s research focuses on professional service firms (PSFs), especially their internationalisation, innovation and regulation.

Professional services play an increasingly significant role not only as an important business sector in their own right, but also as a lubricant for business transactions and government activities more broadly. Critically, with the increasing ‘servitisation’ of manufactured goods and the rise of ‘hybrid’ organisations that bring together experts from a variety of disciplines, understanding professional service firms and the lessons we can learn from them helps address a wide range of challenges faced by 21st century organisations.

Daniel is the BT Professor and Chair of Major Programme Management at Saïd Business School and a Professorial Fellow of St Anne’s College. He also holds a Courtesy Appointment with the Department of Engineering Science.

He is also a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Leadership at Tsinghua University in Schwarzman College. He was previously an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University.
Daniel holds Bachelor’s degrees from the University of Pittsburgh in Mechanical Engineering (BS) and Political Science (Economics Minor) (BA), where he was a Goldwater and Truman Scholar.

Ivona is a passionate researcher and educator. Her main programme of research includes workplace equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI). In her work, she focuses on gender, but also examines issues surrounding race, ethnicity, language and accent including intersection of various identities that we all hold. She is also a Fellow at Jesus College at the University of Oxford.

Ivona’s work has provided important insights for leaders, organisations and governments on how to effectively manage and leverage an ever increasingly diverse workforce to thrive in today’s global economy. Importantly, her work has provided insights into how to do so in a socially responsible way by promoting and increasing equity, diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Mahima Mitra is a Senior Lecturer in Organisation Studies, with special reference to Inclusion.

She is also an Executive Coach on the School’s MBA Leadership Coaching Programme. During the early stages of her career, Mahima worked for the World Bank in India. Between 2018 and 2022, she served as a researcher co-investigator at the Saïd Business School on a Wellcome Trust-funded study examining professional identity development of under-represented academics.

Felipe is an expert in marketing strategy, structure and management, as well as a leading scholar on illicit and criminal markets. In addition to being an Associate Professor of Marketing, Felipe is also Deputy Director Oxford Future of Marketing Initiative and Director of the Diploma in Artificial Intelligence for Business.

His research addresses the role of social networks’ impact on brand and firm performance, the management and architecture of intangible market-based assets (such as brands), as well as the behaviour of consumers in digital marketplaces and interactive marketing channels.

Marc Ventresca is an economic sociologist in the Strategy, Innovation and Marketing Faculty at Saïd Business School and a Governing Body Fellow of Wolfson College.

Marc’s areas of expertise include market and network formation, entrepreneurship, governance, and innovation and technology strategy.

His research and teaching focus on the formation of markets and networks in business and social settings. Specifically, he researches how markets are built and the actors who build them. He is also an expert in the areas of governance, innovation and technology and how they interact with markets and networks.

Violetta Splitter is an Associate Professor of Strategy at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford and a Fellow of St Peter’s College, Oxford. Violetta joined the School in 2024.

She holds a PhD from the University of Zurich.

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• Open strategy
• Strategy as practice
• Practice theories

Rafael is the first Professor of Practice at the University of Oxford.

Rafael is the Director of the Oxford-Hyundai Motor Group Foresight Centre and co-created the award-winning Oxford Scenarios Programme.

He is one of the world’s leading experts on scenario planning. As a researcher and advisor, Rafael has worked extensively with non-governmental organisations, corporations, inter-governmental organisations, governments and think tanks. Rafael holds a PhD from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and masters’ degrees from York University in Toronto and Oxford.

Mark is an independent business advisor, executive coach and is currently one of the co-programme directors of the Oxford Advanced Management and Leadership Programme. He is one of the founding partners of The Berkeley Partnership, a management consultancy based in London and New York, where he worked for more than 30 years before stepping back from the business in 2021.

As a consultant, he has worked across a wide range of industry sectors, advising organisations on strategy as well as initiating and leading major programmes of transformational change. Many of his clients are multinational or household names, including Prudential, Barclays, NatWest, Lloyd’s of London, Hiscox, Unilever, Allen & Overy, Roche, AstraZeneca, GSK, Burberry, Marks & Spencer, Cathay Pacific and Booking.com.

Marc de Swaan Arons is a global (marketing) leadership thought-leader, coach, inspirator, author, teacher, consultant and entrepreneur.

With over 30 years of innovation and growth leadership experience, Marc enjoys simplifying complexity and inspiring positive change to generate business results. Marc is an Associate Fellow at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford and co-leads the Institute for Real Growth (IRG) – a prestigious executive leadership program to help business leaders drive more humanised growth within today’s stakeholder economy.

Rhonda is an academic expert in the field of marketing, investigating the profound impact of emerging technologies on consumer experiences and behaviour.

Her work explores a wide array of technologies – including immersive technology, mobile and wearable computing, and consumer-facing artificial intelligence – shedding light on how these innovations are reshaping the modern consumer landscape. She is an Associate Editor at the Journal of Consumer Psychology and sits on the editorial review boards of the Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Marketing Research, and Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science. She regularly publishes her research in top-tier academic journals and her work has been designated as a ‘must read’ by the Marketing Science Institute.