The AAF was started in 2008 by EMBA 5 and the 2008/2009 MBA class, who were seeking a new way to give back to the business school that had enriched their lives. The two classes deemed it imperative that alumni held a degree of oversight for the funds they donated, thus, with the support of the existing alumni body, the Alumni Annual Fund was born.
Thus far, three classes of SBS students have pledged £240,000 through the annual class gift. In addition, alumni, faculty and friends of the School have given over £55,000 through a combination of single, monthly and annual gifts.
The initial committee consisted of the following founding members of the AAF:
| Opeyemi Adamolekun (MBA) |
William de Laszlo (MBA) |
| Faisal Butt (MBA) |
Ryan Macaskill (MBA) |
| Jon Butt (MBA) |
Dominic Maffei (MBA) |
| Kar Leon Cheng (MBA) |
Priyank Patwa (MBA) |
| Frank Hajek (MBA) |
Diana Robles (MBA) |
| Matthew Himelstein (MBA) |
Sarah Sivyer (MBA) |
| Graham Howell (MBA) |
Colin Smith (MBA) |
| Julia Jansch (MBA) |
Neeraj Tulshan (MBA) |
| Tom Muchiri Kabuga (MBA) |
Siret Unsal (MBA) |
| Kent Killough (MBA) |
Emmanula Vartolomei (MBA) |
| Julianne Kissack (MBA) |
Sandra Steving Villegas (MBA) |
| Cliff Brown (EMBA) |
Yeang Leong Chong (MFE) |
| Kristina Manalo (EMBA) |
Himanshu Sharma (MFE) |
| Toine Roozen (EMBA) |
Geetha Tharmaratnam (MSc) |
|
Xiao Zhang (MSc) |
Today, the AAF has two key structures:
1. Alumni Representative Council (ARC)
2. AAF Committee
Find out more about the AAF structure and committees...