International Advisory Board
The International Advisory Board brings together men and women of influence who share our vision; who understand SOAS's contribution to scholarship; and who have agreed to help extend our network of friends around the world.
SOAS is proud to have the advice and support of distinguished individuals from the worlds of global commerce, diplomacy, the professions, media and institutions. Current members are:
Chairman, SOAS Governing Body: Lady Barbara Judge
Chairman, International Advisory Board: Sir Mark Moody-Stuart (Chairman, Anglo American plc)
Vice Chairman, International Advisory Board: Sheikh Mohamed bin Issa Al Jaber (MBI International)
- Mr Ahmed Al Sayegh (Chairman, MASDAR - Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company)
- Mr Charles Allen-Jones (Former Senior Partner, Linklaters LLP)
- Mr Simon Ball (Finance Director, 3i Group plc)
- Mr Abdul Bhanji (Special Adviser to the Sr Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers)
- Sir Graham Boyce KCMG (Chairman, Middle East Advisory Board, Lehman Brothers)
- Mr Samir Brikho (Chief Executive, AMEC plc)
- Baron Paul Buysse (Chairman, N.V. Bekaert S.A.)
- Mr Yash Chopra (Chairman, Yash Raj Fims Ltd)
- Mr Victor Chu (Chairman, First Eastern Investment Group)
- Mr David Courtley (Chief Executive Officer, Fujitsu Services Limited)
- Mr Andrew Crawley (Head of Sales, British Airways)
- Ms Fleur de Villiers (Chair, International Institute for Strategic Studies)
- Mr Ian Davis (Managing Director, McKinsey & Co)
- Mr Colin Day (Chief Financial Officer, Reckitt Benckiser plc)
- Sir Peter Duffell (former Chief Executive, Dechert LLP)
- Ms Amelia Fawcett CBE (Senior Advisor, Morgan Stanley)
- Mr Paul Fletcher (Senior Managing Partner, Actis Capital LLP)
- Mr Anthony Fry (Senior Managing Director, Evercore Partners Inc.)
- Mr Richard Gnodde (Co-Chief Executive Officer, Goldman Sachs International)
- Mr Walter Goldsmith (Chairman, Estates & Management, Consensus Business Group)
- Mr Stephen Green (Group Chairman, HSBC Holdings plc)
- Mr John Griffith-Jones (UK Chairman & Senior Partner, KPMG LLP)
- Mr Julian Ha (Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc., SOAS alumni representative)
- Mr Mehmet Habbab (Chairman, Delta Petroleum Products Trading Co.)
- HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan
- Mr Tony Hayward (Group Chief Executive Officer, BP)
- Mr Jeremy Heywood (Head of Domestic Policy and Strategy, Cabinet Office)
- The Rt Hon the Lord Howe of Aberavon CH QC
- Dr Mo Ibrahim (Mo Ibrahim Foundation)
- Mr Kevin Kelly (Chief Executive Officer, Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.)
- Baroness Helena Kennedy of the Shaws QC (President of SOAS)
- Professor Nasser David Khalili (Nour Foundation)
- Mr Shiv Khemka (Vice Chairman, SUN Group)
- Mr David Lammy MP (SOAS Alumnus Law ’93)
- Sir Sydney Lipworth QC
- Mr Kevin Lygo (Managing Director, ITV Studios)
- Mr Rod Macdonald (Chairman and Founding Partner, Buro Happold)
- The Hon Dr Philippa Malmgren (President, Canonbury Group)
- Sir Peter Mason KBE (former Chief Executive, AMEC plc)
- Mr Harvey McGrath (Chairman, London Development Agency)
- Mr Lee A McIntire (President and COO, CH2M HILL)
- Lady Moody-Stuart
- Mr Glen Moreno (Chairman, Pearson plc)
- Dr Nkosana Moyo (Partner, Actis Capital LLP)
- Mr Michael Naylor (Founder & Director, Forrester Partners Ltd)
- Mr Robert Ng (Chairman, Sino-Land)
- Mr Alan Parker (Chairman, Brunswick Group LLP)
- Mr Robert Peston (BBC Business and Economics Centre)
- Sir Michael Rake (Chairman, BT Group plc)
- Mr Nigel Rich CBE (Chairman, SEGRO PLC)
- Mr James Rogers (President & CEO, Duke Energy Corporation)
- Sir John Rose (Chief Executive, Rolls-Royce plc)
- Mr Wafic Saïd (Chairman, Saïd Holdings)
- Dr Nasser Saidi (Chief Economist, Dubai International Financial Centre)
- Mr Peter Sands (Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered plc)
- Mr Neil Sherlock (Partner, Public Affairs, KPMG)
- Mr Mark Slaughter (COO, Global Investment Banking, Citigroup)
- Mr Mike Strong FRICS (Chairman, EMEA, CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc.)
- Mr David Suratgar (Chairman, MediCapital Bank plc)
- Mr Robert Swannell (Vice-Chairman, Citigroup Europe)
- Mr Kevan Watts (Senior Vice President and Chairman, Merrill Lynch International)
- Mr John Winter (Managing Director, Head of European Investment Banking, Barclays Capital)
- Mr Paolo Zannoni (Partner, Goldman Sachs)
