The Chartered Association of Business Schools is governed by a Council of business school leaders from within our membership.
Members are elected annually at the Chartered ABS Annual General Meeting, held every November.
The responsibilities of the Council's governance are outlined in our Royal Charter.
The Association's Annual Report 2024 is available here.
Chair - Professor Stewart Robinson
Professor Stewart Robinson, Dean and Professor of Operational Research, Newcastle University Business School.
Stewart Robinson holds an honours degree in Management Science (Operational Research) and a PhD in Management Science, both from Lancaster University. He is a Fellow and former President of the Operational Research Society (2014-15).
Stewart started his career in industry as a business analyst and consultant using computer simulation to improve manufacturing and service operations. He took up his first academic post at Aston Business School in 1992, subsequently working at Warwick Business School (1998-2011), Loughborough University School of Business and Economics (2011-2022) and now at Newcastle University Business School.
During his academic career Stewart has held various leadership roles including: Director of the Executive MBA Programme, Associate Dean for Specialist Masters Programmes, Head of the Operational Research and Management Sciences Group and Associate Dean Research. In 2015 he took up the role of Dean of the School of Business and Economics at Loughborough University and has been Dean at Newcastle University Business School since July 2022.
Stewart’s research interests are in the practice and use of computer simulation models. He has published six books and over 200 refereed journal and conference articles.
Vice-Chair - Professor Mohammed Ali
Professor Mohammed Ali, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean of Anglia Ruskin University.
Professor Mohammad M Ali is a dynamic leader with expertise in the higher education sector and in the automotive industry. Mohammad is highly proficient in creating strategies for capability development and for the production of high-quality deliverables. He is also skilled in creating teaching and learning delivery models focused on personalised learning, technology enhanced learning and learning by doing.
Members of the Chartered ABS Council
Professor Julia Bennell
Executive Dean, Leeds University Business School
Professor Marian Garcia
Dean, Aston Business School
Professor Conor Moss
Dean, College of Business, Technology and Engineering at Sheffield Hallam University
Professor Adam Shore CMBE
Director, Liverpool Business School
Professor Sankar Sivarajah
Head of School, Kingston Business School
Professor Catherine Robinson
Dean of the School of Business & Law, University of Brighton
Professor Baback Yazdani
Dean, Nottingham Business School
Professor Yanguo Jing (co-opted member)
Dean, Faculty of Business, Computing and Digital Industries at Leeds Trinity University
David Meech Mazumdar (Co-opted member)
Department Manager - Strategic Planning & Development, Department of Management, London School of Economics and Political Science
Professor Fatima Annan-Diab
Executive Dean and Professor International Business & Corporate Sustainability, University of East London
Professor Hannah Holmes CMBE
Deputy Faculty Pro-Vice Chancellor and Dean of Business School, Manchester Metropolitan University
Professor Edgar Meyer
Dean of Birmingham Business School
Professor Shirley Rate (co-opted member)
Dean, Glasgow School for Business and Society, Glasgow Caledonian University
Remuneration Committee
Professor Stewart Robinson (Chair)
Professor Mohammed Ali (Vice-Chair)
Professor Sankar Sivarajah (Treasurer)