Board of Advisors of the School of Business and Economics

Lord David Alliance (United Kingdom)

• Member of the House of Lords (London, United Kingdom)

• Chairman of N Brown Group Plc (operates in 67 countries with a 22% market share, employing 77,000 people)

• Retired as Chairman from Coats Plc in 1999

• Serves on a number of Boards and charitable institutions including the Prince's Youth Business Trust, the Council for Industry and Higher Education and the Weisman Institute

• Founder of the Alliance Foundation to support the relief of poverty and advancement of religious education and medical knowledge

Education

• Doctorate of Sciences from Heriot Watt University

• Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa) from the University of Manchester

Patrick Choffel (France)

• Formerly Regional President of ALICO, subsidiary of American International Group (AIG), Middle East, Africa and South-Asia, based in Dubai (UAE)

Education

• Diplôme de l'ESCP, Paris, France

• Master of Science

John L. Langton (United Kingdom)

• Formerly Chief Executive and Secretary General of International Capital Markets Association (ICMA), Zurich, Switzerland

• Member of the governing council of the Centre for the Study of Finaicial Innovation (CSFI), London, UK

Education

• Doctor of Laws (Honorary degree), University of Reading, United Kingdom

Dr. Parviz Mina (France)

• International Petroleum Advisor

• Former Secretary of the Iranian Petroleum Institute

• Former Member of OPEC's Long Term Strategy Committee

Education

• B.Sc and Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering, University of Birmingham, England

Farah Nayeri (United Kingdom)

• Senior Correspondent at Bloomberg News, London

• Formerly journalist at Time and AFP (Agence France Presse) and regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal and Business Week

Education

• B.A. in International Affairs, American University of Paris

• M.A. in International Journalism, Centre for Journalism Studies, City University of London, United Kingdom.

Dr. Gerardo Della Paolera (France, Argentina)

• Former President of the American University of Paris

• Former Founding President and Rector of Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (UTDT) , Buenos Aires, Argentina (1990-2001)

Education

• M.A. in Economics, University of Chicago, USA

• Ph.D. in Economics, University of Chicago, USA

Jonathan S. Paris (United States)

• Middle East policy analyst and Senior Advisor at MBI International and Partners (hotel, food, construction and port services conglomerate based in London, Paris and the Middle East)

• Former Middle East Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York (1995-2000)

• Former Member of Saint Antony's College, Oxford, United Kingdom (2004-2005 and 2006-2007)

• Former Vice President of Merrill Lynch International Bank

Education

• Graduate of Yale University (Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude)

• Graduate of Stanford Law School

Puja Schams (United Kingdom)

• Ex-Portfolio Manager at Axial Investment Management, London, UK

• Ex-Portfolio Manager at ABP Investments, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Education

• MBA in Finance, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

• B.S. in Finance, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, USA

• Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)

• Member of the CFA Institute

Khosrow A. Shahabi (France)

• Founder and Senior Executive Vice President of KSINVEST, Paris, France

• Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales