Here is your quarterly summary of some of the successes of Cranfield alumni:

  • features in an article, along with Rebecca Mayhew (BGP 2010), published by the Financial Times ‘Do entrepreneurs need an MBA?’ discussing his decision not to pursue a Cranfield MBA and instead return to undertake the Business Growth Programme after founding GoApe. 
  • , Chief Executive, Stonewall Housing, features in an interview with Housing Digital. 
  • Tal Horton-Horsman and Campbell-Ross Drummond (MSc Astronautics and Space Engineering 2019) feature in an article published by NatWest highlighting 2020’s rising stars in entrepreneurship, following their launch of Touch Immersion – providing virtual reality training programmes for industry and education.
  • has contributed to an article compliance aspects for at-home medical monitoring products.
  • has been involved in the design of a new revolver launched in India. 
  • , President of the CBI and Founder of Cobra Beer, discusses the Brexit deal. 
  • Paul Humphrey (MBA 2018) has been appointed as Chair of the Board of Trustees at Cransley Hospice Trust – a palliative care specialist. Additional coverage in
  • features in an article published by Haberler.com.
  • has been appointed as the new Chair at GlobalWelsh to lead the board through a new phase of growth. She is currently Group CEO of Four Communications, which she founded in 2001. GlobalWelsh's CEO, Walter May is also a Cranfield alumnus - graduating with a PhD in Engineering Mechanics in 1984.
  • Deputy Governor, Lagos State, features in a profile published by Nigerian Pilot.
  • will be succeeding Dick Elsy as CEO of High Value Manufacturing Catapult when he retires later in the year. Katherine was a panellist on our ‘Reimaging aerospace in 25 years’ time’ webinar in December as part of Aerospace and aviation week.
  • Brigadier Phillip Prosser (BEng Mechanical Engineering 1996), is leading the British Army’s 101 Logistics Brigade, helping the government to roll out the Covid-19 vaccination programme. He appeared during Boris Johnson’s press conference on 7 January and has been featured in several news outlets including the Daily Mail, Express Informer and The World News.
  • Kenny Gallo (MBA 2008) has been appointed General Manager of CAVALI, based in Peru.
  • has been appointed to the National Energy Council by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Indonesia.
  • features in an article published by KTN, after she was selected as one of their ‘30 inspiring women in manufacturing’ – which was picked up and publicised by The Manufacturer at the end of 2020 (previously covered in Alumni in the Media).
  • features in Medium’s Inspirational Black Men in Tech series, discussing the five things you need to know to create a successful tech company. Following the interview he also features in a
  • Alpa Parekh (MBA 1999) is facilitating a webinar, ‘The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence’, for the South East Asia chapter of the Risk Management Institute of Australasia on 17 February.
  • has been announced as interim Fairtrade International Executive Director, based in Bonn. Melissa has served on the Fairtrade International Board since 2015, and will step down from her Board roles on 5 February to take up her new position.
  • Ahmed Lawan (PhD Applied Remote Sensing 1991), Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is featured in a profile published by Nigerian Pilot.

  •  features in Irish Tech News with Jenny Robinson, discussing their research project ‘Leaders' Voices’.

  • features in the Daily Express discussing the opening of her MK-based clinic Makewell, which aims to bridge the gap between public health and high-end private care, contributing to the NHS vaccination programme and how the BGP programme at Cranfield has helped her to make the business into a success despite the challenges of Covid-19.
  • , CEO at the Post Office, features in an article published by The Times: ‘Making the Post Office a complete package in new era of eCommerce’.
  • has written an article for The American telling the story of General Malin Craig. 
  • has published a book analysing important political events of the past decade and looking at global indicators to discuss where the world and the Middle East region may be in the next 10 years.
  • Hugh Pelham (MBA 1995) is set to take over as CEO at Carr’s.
  • has joined the faculty at Tekedia Institute, developing a course on Procurement Management.
  • Viandre Cuevas (MSc Management and Corporate Sustainability 2019) featured in The Manila Times, after she began propagating Talisay Trees in Palayan City, based on a study that inspired her 10 years ago which found the oil produced from the tree’s seeds can be used as a sustainable cooking oil option.
  • Anne-CĂ©cile Colin (MSc Polymer Engineering 1995) has been appointed CEO of Elithis Solutions. 
  • has been appointed CEO of UTG Mixing Group.  
  • features in an article along with his father, Michael Kubenz discussing the transition after Konstantin took over as sole boss of Kube & Kubenz.
  • has been appointed Chief Data and Analytics Officer at AXA XL, and will be based in London after previously holding the role of Chief Data Officer and Customer Experience Director at AXA Hong Kong.
  • Angus Thirlwell (Business Growth Programme 2008) appeared on BBC Breakfast News on 22 January, in a feature on the high street post-Covid-19 - discussing Hotel Chocolat’s online offering and the eventual return of shopping on the high street once restrictions are lifted.
  • comments in a BBC article on the shipping crisis and sharp increase in freight costs caused by a shortage of empty containers in China and bottlenecks at UK deep sea ports.
  • features in an interview with Jesse Mulligan, discussing how she is going to take on the challenge of leading the UN’s Development and Innovation programme for the Asia Pacific region.
  • has written an opinion piece on the recognition of Nigerian doctorates in Western academia.
  • , founder of Kendor Consulting Ltd., is leading a course on Human Resources Management at Tekedia Institute.
  • will moderate an online discussion on 28 January, organised by ISIA Faenza, with Marco Benedetti – focusing on topics including bioeconomy, sustainable materials and renewable energy.
  • Chris Ashton (MBA 1996) delivered a talk yesterday to staff and students at the University of Sunderland ‘From a council estate to a global CEO’.
  • Arshad Hisham (MBA 2009) features in Bloomberg Press after his company, InGen Dynamics, received a $4m funding commitment to accelerate growth.
  • features in The Weekend Leader in an interview discussing his business Synchronized Supply Systems Limited and how completing his course at Cranfield changed his perspective on the business.
  • features in CEO World in an article discussing his work as CEO of Chartered Aviation Services and his strong leadership during these uncertain times. 
  • has been appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in recognition of his contribution to the Aerospace and Defence markets.
  • is resigning from his role as Chief Executive Officer at New Britain Palm Oil Ltd after 32 years to return to his family in Queensland, Australia.
  • , author of ‘Late! A Timebender’s guide to why we are late and how we can change’, features in an interview with Medium discussing wellbeing, forming good habits and how a personality test she was encourage to take by Professor Sue Vinnicombe during her time at Cranfield changed her life.
  • Daniel George (MBA 2014) has won the bronze award in the Association of MBAs 'MBA Entrepreneur of the Year' award category, for his business StepEx.
  • has taken over as CEO at Carrs.
  • , Chief Executive of NHS Providers, features in The Guardian discussing the recovery of the NHS to normal service after the Covid-19 crisis is over.
  • has written an article discussing the importance of good quality soil when it comes to protecting the planet.
  • has been appointed CFO of BBS-Bioactive Bone Substitutes Plc. 
  • has co-authored an article: “3 tips for designing at-home monitoring devices that deliver actionable information”.
  • has been appointed as the new Director of Logistics and Services for Latin America and the Caribbean at AP Moller-Maersk.
  • has written a blog post published by the Association of Project Management: ‘What does Brexit bring for the commercial strategy in project business cases?’
  • has been promoted to Managing Director of Ć»abka, Poland’s largest convenience chain, having previously been Operational Director since June 2018.
  • Jorge Vieira (MBA 1999) has been appointed Director of Administration and Finance at Suape Complex.
  • has written an article in People Management: ‘Why leaders should behave bravely – even when they don’t feel it’.
  • Phil Mathews (Executive Development: High Performance Business Teams 2008, Cranfield Advanced Development Programme 2009), CEO at ACC Aviation, has written an article for Business Travel News outlining the six key aviation trends for 2021.
  • Callum McDonald (MSc Advanced Motorsport Engineering 2016) is to become Carlos Sainz’s engineer on the Ferrari F1 team.
  • , Co-Founder and CEO of Citispotter, features in an interview published on YouTube by University of Essex after Citispotter won funding from ‘Angels@Essex’.
  • features in a number of biography profiles published across Turkish media outlets, after he was said to have been put forward as a candidate for the Head of the Felicity Party. Additional coverage .
  • , Vice Chancellor of Elizade University, has been awarded the fellowship of the National Academic of Science by the academy in recognition of his contribution to the field of science in Nigeria and beyond.
  • has joined the Board at Cybertonica, a fraud and risk management provider.
  • , Co-Founder and CEO of Citispotter, features in an interview published on YouTube by University of Essex after Citispotter won funding from ‘Angels@Essex’. The company is also featured in a round-up of published by Analytics India Magazine.
  • features in an article published by the Institute of Food Science and Technology, highlighting the achievements of some of their female members in celebration of International Day Women and Girls in Science 2021.
  • Accountancy firm Tayabali & White have published a best practice document, discussing their future strategy and how Imran Tayabali’s completion of the Business Growth Programme in 2011 has helped both their business and enjoyment of work.
  • Peter Musoko (BEng Agricultural Mechanisation Engineering), Representative of the United Nations World Food Programme, presented his credentials to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) , working with the government and partners to achieve the goal of Zero Hunger.
  • has been appointed Chief Operating Officer at QUANTA Dialysis Technologies Ltd.
  • is the proposed President and Chief Executive Officer and Director for Buckhaven.
  • has been brought on board by SGO to assist with strategic customer and technology partnership development.
  • Current DBA student has published an eBook Supply Chain for Dummies.
  • features in an article published by the Guardian on the benefits of pursuing a master’s in marketing.
  • features in a profile on Gibraltar Law. He is a partner in Hassan’s corporate and commercial department and co-leads the firm’s fintech team.
  • WestAfrica ENRG, co-founded by MBA alumni Paul O’Callaghan and Lolade Oresanwo (MBA 2011) will be leading a . The company will be investing $125-150 million to build a 25 megawatts waste-to-energy facility that would process 2.5 tonnes of waste daily.
  • has been appointed as the new Managing Director of BollorĂ© Transport & Logistics.
  • has become the first Malaysian woman to receive a professional drone pilot licence from the Civil Aviation Safety Board, Australia. Dr Juita is a lecturer in the Department of Aeronautical Engineering at Tun Heissinn Onn University of Malaysia, and is also the Head of Structure Analysis Unit for the Malaysian Giant Drone development project at the University. She is also a board member for Avitex Solution.
  • (MSc Forensic Engineering and Science 2012, PhD Defence and Security 2018) was a speaker at a webinar on 18 February, hosted by the Insurance Institute of Aberdeen, discussing flooding and water ingress.
  • has written a blog post for the Association of Project Management, discussing what 2021 will bring for project managers and delivery teams.
  • John Browne (MSc Industrial Management 1968) features in an interview with English Living, discussing Brexit, Covid-19 and UK-US relations after Trump.
  • Nicci Daly (MSc Motorsport Engineering and Management 2013) featured in an interview with Radio Kerry.
  • will be speaking at the Michigan Wheat Program’s ‘Wheat-tastic Wheat Wisdom Webinar Series’ tomorrow, focusing on wheat production and soil considerations.
  • Ciara Moore (Executive Development: Leadership and Management 2011), founder of the Female Leaders at Fifty network has written a blog post on the value of writing a short biography.
  • has been appointed Chair of the eSkootr Championship’s Sustainability Commission.
  • , Director of Technical Innovation at Severn Trent, provides an update on the UK’s mainstream Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor project.
  • is a lead engineer on InSight – NASA’s spacecraft which recently landed on Mars. He is in charge of the mission’s robotic arm mechanism.
  • features in an interview with Bedfordshire Live discussing her ambitions to become an astronaut and her upcoming missing to Utah’s Mars Desert Research Station, with six other women who will experience living under strict extra-terrestrial conditions for two weeks to gather data on women’s performance in space.
  • has been promoted to Head of International Business Europe, Middle East and Africa at Trox Austria, commencing in the role from 1 March. 
  • comments on the testing of Warden Biomedia’s moving bed biofilm reactor product at Ăć±±ÂÖŒé.
  • Charan Sekhon (MSc Energy Conservation and the Environment 1997), Chairman of SEVA Trust UK, comments on a new ‘adopt a student’ project launched by the charity connecting international students from India who have lost their income, with local families in and around Cranfield/Bedford with similar cultural backgrounds to provide support and hot meals.
  • Sal Carta (MSc Astronautics and Space Engineering 1997) will be featuring as a guest speaker at a webinar hosted by the Royal Aeronautical Society New Zealand, on 2 March.
  • Katharina McFarland (Honorary Graduate DSc Defence and Security 2013) has been appointed to the Board of Directors at Transphorm.
  • has been appointed as the new CEO of Coastal Bottlers Ltd.
  • Jeff Delaune (MSc Astronautics and Space Engineering 2009) features in an article published by Archyde, discussing how he came to be an engineer at NASA working on the Ingenuity helicopter which travelled to Mars within the Perseverance rover.
  • is a speaker at a webinar on logistics for businesses in South America, taking place on 18 March.
  • has published an article in the Times of Malta discussing the need for better travel infrastructure to reduce congestion on the island.
  • Orkun Cetinkaya (Executive MSc Air Transport Management 2009) features in a biography published by HaberX.
  • features in a ‘How we met’ article published by the Guardian, discussing how he met his late wife Janet and touching on his time at Cranfield.
  • has taken over as the Flag Officer Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Commander, in the Indian Navy.
  • Sanjay Swarup (MBA 1997) has been appointed CFO at Leading Edge Materials Corp, effective as of yesterday (1 March).
  • has published a new book, The Financial System Limit – The World’s Real Debt Burden, discussing the issue of unaffordable debt and the failure of Keynesian economics – arguing that our current debt-based financial system needs to be replaced by a different system.
  • , Global Vice President, Sage, is taking part in a panel discussion today celebrating Women’s History Month, focusing on ‘women in the workplace’.
  • comments in an article published by media street: ‘A master’s in marketing: why advocates say courses offer unlimited opportunities’.
  • Citispotter, co-founded by Pallav Sethiya (MSc Management and Entrepreneurship 2018), are l of the .
  • has been promoted to Vice Chairman of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission.
  • has been appointed as the British High Commissioner to Cameroon and Non-Resident Ambassador to the Republic of Equatorial New Guinea.
  • Henry Kasadha (MSc Procurement and Supply Chain Management 2020) features in a summary of 2019/20 Ugandan Chevening scholars, following a reception held by British High Commissioner to Uganda, Kate Airey, last week to welcome the graduates back to Uganda.
  • Ebiaho Emafo (MSc Logistics and Supply Chain Management 2014) has joined the board at Notore Chemical Industries as Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer.
  • has co-written a guest column for Med Device Online, ‘The 6-step checklist for IVDR compliance.’
  • Fergal Sherry (Agricultural Engineering, Silsoe College) has joined McAree Engineering as a Sales Manager. 
  • has started writing for Simple Flying – his most recent article discusses the record capacity planned for flights from Heathrow to Greece this summer.
  • Dr Sarah Qureshi (PhD Aerospace 2016) features in an article published by Gulf News: ‘10 Pakistani women inspiring the country’.
  • Mohsen Ahmad Alawadhi (MSc Logistics and Supply Chain Management 2007), CEO Logistics District, Dubai South, features in an article published by Customer Experience Magazine discussing how the idea for the EZDubai initiative, which he is leading, came about.
  • , Head of Consultancy at TEAM, discusses what the Government’s net zero plans really mean to UK businesses and considers how businesses can be a part of the journey to decarbonisation.
  • features in a BBC article discussing the challenges Rolls-Royce has faced over the last year due to Covid-19, and the prospect of stability and future growth thanks to actions taken to reduce costs/raise funds and the predicted uptick in air travel during the second half of 2021.
  • is a speaker on a webinar ‘Slip, trips and falls’ – examining the science behind understanding whether a reported injury is consistent with the incident or accident.
  • Robert Blakemore (Project Leadership Programme 2020) is a panellist on an Association of Project Management webinar, ‘Leading projects – a year in review’.
  • Simon McNamara (MSc Air Transport 1995) is a speaker at a Royal Aeronautical Society virtual conference ‘Aviation recovery post-Covid-19, a pragmatic near term perspective’.
  • features in an Irish Tech News article discussing business “super powers” and the importance of being both kind, and tough.
  • Jessica Parrish (Executive MBA 2018) features in an interview with Black Beauty and Hair, discussing the launch of her new vegan haircare brand Shedid & Parrish.
  •  features in an interview discussing cyber attacks and what India can learn from China. 
  • Dr Sarah Qureshi (PhD Aerospace 2016) features in an article published by Technology Times.
  • Country Director and CEO of Thales in Singapore, is speaking at a France Alumni Singapore lecture series, discussing ‘lessons from 10 years in France’. 
  • has called for an extension of the Kickstart Scheme deadline during a speech delivered to the Association of School and College Leaders on the power of education.
  • has been appointed as the Director of Engineering at the Petroleum Training Institute.
  • has been appointed Managing Director at Outset Global, joining the firm at its Hong Kong office to further expand their Asia-Pacific offering.
  • features in an article discussing how he came to found his NGO ‘Bridges of Sports’, providing sports training to young people.
  • Karel Loos (MSc Motorsport Engineering and Management 2010) features in an interview with Motorsport.com discussing his role as a Formula 1 race engineer for Fernando Alonso.
  • will be taking part in a panel discussion on 24 March organised by the El Debate Group to showcase three women who have excelled in their field.
  • features in an interview discussing the future of Formula E racing.
  • , Founder of Argo Navis, is a speaker at a press briefing webinar being held by Echochlor on 14 April.
  • Neha Chauhan (MSc Thermal Power 2017) has been named as a finalist in the 2021 Study UK Alumni Awards in India, and features in Business News This Week, Media Brief, India News Republic and India Education Diary. The winners will be announced at a virtual awards ceremony on Friday 26 March. 
  • has been appointed Deputy Managing Director France at specialist electronic label firm, Pricer.
  • is speaking at a conference organised by the Prehistoric Society of Cantabria on Friday 26 March, discussing “New technologies applied to the research, conservation and dissemination of rock art.” 
  • , who recently became CEO of Rhum Barbancourt, features in a Q&A with Bar Business Magazine.
  • , President of the Senate of Nigeria, features in an article published by Naija Vibe after he called for the Federal Government to ensure the safety of electoral officials and election materials during elections.
  • Sanjay Swarup (MBA 1997) features in Morning Star, and after Leading Edge Materials – where he was recently appointed Chief Financial Officer – reported their quarterly results.
  • features in an article published by Gramersi on her recently launched haircare brand, Shedid & Parrish.
  • features in The Times, discussing her journey to the Tokyo Olympics, her experiences as a motorsport engineer and the initiatives she is leading to improve visibility of women in motorsport and encourage more young women into STEM careers.
  • features in an article published by Debate, after she took part in a panel discussion last week showcasing successful Sinoloan women. The article discusses her career successes and how she overcame memory loss after a car accident to become a space consultant for an initiative of the Mexican Space Agency.
  • has been appointed Director of Finance and Operations at Badminton School.
  • is set to be a guest speaker on a webinar organised by ChamberForce, discussing ‘Leadership and planning: strategic and operational lessons from the front line’.
  • has been appointed as Director of the School of Labor and Employment Relations at Penn State University.
  • has been appointed President/CEO at Royal Jordanian airlines.

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