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FACULTY

Meet the facilitators

Our faculty combines the permanent instructors listed below, alongside other thought leaders, where we draw upon individual subject matter experts from the fields of academia, industry and business at large to complement the programme.

Professor Jennifer Howard-Grenville

Professor Jennifer Howard-Grenville

Diageo Professor of Organisation Studies, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge

Jennifer Howard-Grenville is the Diageo Professor in Organisation Studies at Cambridge Judge Business School and Head of its Organisational Theory and Information Systems group. Her research explores organisational change, sustainability, and culture, with in-depth studies
across industries like manufacturing and energy. A Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, she has published extensively and served as Deputy Editor of the Academy of Management Journal.

Dr. Simon Learmount

Dr. Simon Learmount

Associate Professor in Corporate Governance, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge

Simon Learmount is a Fellow of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge and Associate Professor of Corporate Governance at Cambridge Judge Business School. He has served as Director of both the MBA and Executive MBA Programmes at Cambridge, and is recipient of the Pilkington Prize, awarded by the University of Cambridge to honour outstanding teaching across the university. His focus is on international corporate governance, sustainable business practice and ethics (especially in the US, UK, Japan and China) and digital governance (including cyber-security and AI). He serves as co-chair of the World Economic Forum Climate Governance Expert Committee, is a member of the Global Futures Council on Climate and Nature, advises multiple organisations on climate and digital governance, sustainability and green transition, risk management and director development. Before joining Cambridge Simon was a successful entrepreneur.

Dr Manuel Hepfer

Dr Manuel Hepfer

Head of Knowledge & Insights, ISTARI
Research Affiliate, University of Oxford

Dr Manuel Hepfer leads research at ISTARI and is a Research Affiliate at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School. Before joining ISTARI, he completed a PhD in cybersecurity and Strategic Management at the University of Oxford. His research won several awards and appeared in academic and practitioner journals such as MIT Sloan Management Review and was covered by the Financial Times.

Professor Danny Ralph

Professor Danny Ralph

Professor of Operations Research, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge

Professor Danny Ralph is the Director of the Centre for Risk Studies (CRS) for the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. He is a world-leading expert on risk management and leads the Business School’s efforts to understand new and emergent risks for corporate leaders. He also acts as the Director of Studies in Management Studies and is a Fellow of Churchill College at the University of Cambridge.

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