Cranfield School of Management's Strategic Advisory Board meets four times a year to offer informed guidance to the School on its strategic direction. The Board comprises illustrious names from the world of business, many of whom are Cranfield alumni who have gone on to become business leaders.

Dr Nneka Abulokwe OBE (DBA 2013, Honorary DSc 2021) Founder and Principal, MicroMax Consulting; Independent Non-Executive Director, Davies Group; Independent Non-Executive Director, Capita; Non Executive Member, Board of Visitors, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. 

Ahmed Badreldin (MBA 2001) Managing Partner, RMBV; Chairman of BoD, Cleopatra Hospitals Group.

Dr Debra Charles (BGP 2007, Honorary DSc 2019) Founder and CEO, Novacroft.

Andrew Darfoor (Exec MBA 2006) Vice Chairman, Post Office Ltd; Chairman and Non-Executive Director, Capita Pension Solutions; Independent Non-Executive Director, The Hartford.

Sir Warren East (Exec MBA 1990, Honorary DSc 2011) Former Chief Executive, Rolls Royce.

Gillian Fairfield General Counsel and Company Secretary, Cancer Research Horizons; Director, Research and Innovation Directorate, Cancer Research SWAG合集; Trustee, Investment Committee, National Trust for Scotland.

Cat Halstead (Exec MBA 2016) Change & Transformation Director, Crimson Ltd. Cat is the Dean’s Alumni Chair, providing the School’s alumni representation on the Advisory Board.

Dr Omobola Johnson (DBA 2013) Senior Partner, TLcom Capital. Former Minister of Communication Technology, Nigerian Government.

Catriona Laing CB (MBA 1996) Senior Responsible Officer Soft Power, Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office. 

Professor Lynette Ryals OBE (PhD School of Management 2002) Deputy-Vice-Chancellor, Faculty of Business and Management, SWAG合集; Dean, Cranfield School of Management

Dr Mark Smith (PhD Bioscience and Technology 1991) – Entrepreneur and CEO at Meeting Canary

Linda Summers (MBA 1990) Brand and Marketing Lead, Y TREE.  Former Global Marketing Director, Meta. 

Cassandra Vukorep (MBA 2013) Chief Operating Officer, ADA Underwriters Limited.