Strategic Advisory Board
The University of Glasgow Adam Smith Business School works closely with its Strategic Advisory Board to ensure the relevance of our business education offering. The Strategic Advisory Board is drawn from a range of international and national public and private sector organisations and consists of highly influential and successful individuals, including executives from Women Enterprise Scotland, AlbaCo Limited, Clyde Blowers Capital, Glasgow Chamber of Commerce and several other public and private institutions and government.
Internal members
| Nina Blakey | Head of Professional Services |
| Sara Carter | Vice Principal and Head of College of Social Sciences |
| John Finch | Head of Adam Smith Business School |
| Denis Fischbacher-Smith | Deputy Head of School |
| Jillian Gordon | Director of Learning and Teaching |
| Anna Morgan-Thomas | Director of Postgraduate Research |
| Herve Moulin | Director of Research and Knowledge Exchange |
| Anton Muscatelli | Principal |
| Robert Paton | Director of Development |
| Melanie Simms | Head of Subject: Management |
| Greg Stoner | Head of Subject: Accounting & Finance |
| John Tsoukalas | Head of Subject: Economics |
| To be announced | Director of Connections with practice |
External members
| Roderick Ashley | Chief Executive, AlbaCo Limited |
| Stuart Brown | Head of SME (Scotland and Northern Ireland), Barclays Bank |
| Carolyn Currie | Chief Executive, Women Enterprise Scotland |
| Andrew Duncan | Executive Chairman at Soar, Swarm Online |
| Sharon Hamilton | Head of Business Development – Inward Investment, Scottish Enterprise |
| Nick Kuenssberg OBE | Horizon Co-invest |
| Austin Lally | Group CEO, Verisure Holdings/Securitas Direct AB |
| Suzanne Lamont | |
| Afzal Mahmood | Director, ChangeOne Consulting |
| Jim McColl OBE (Chair) | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Clyde Blowers Capital |
| Alison McGregor | Non-Executive Director |
| Stuart Patrick | Chief Executive, Glasgow Chamber of Commerce |
| Colin Stewart | Managing Director, Citi Scotland |
| Eve Wallace | Vice President - Chief Operating Officer, Morgan Stanley (Technology) |
| Petra Wetzel | Founder, WEST Brewery |
Mission
The purpose of the Advisory Board is to provide an advisory, ambassadorial, and philanthropic function for the University of Glasgow Adam Smith Business School.
Advisory
- Shaping the future (market trends and opportunities)
- Programme content and delivery
- Facilitating and originating research opportunities
Ambassadorial
- For the School in general
- For current students and alumni
Philanthropic
- Scholarships
- Key initiatives – pump priming
- Sabbatical support
- Industry secondments