The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Programme

Nicos Savva

Professor of Management Science and Operations; Chair, Management Science and Operations Faculty

Professor Savva’s current research focuses on hospital operations and healthcare management. His research has appeared in leading journals such as Management Science, M&SOM, Production & Operations Management, and Nature Biotechnology. He is an Associate Editor of Management Science, M&SOM and senior editor of Production & Operations Management. He holds an honorary appointment at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation trust, a large hospital system based in London, and has acted as a consultant to hospitals, biotech companies, high-tech start-ups, retail firms and a hedge fund. He has also taught at The Wharton School, Columbia GSB, and at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.

He holds a PhD in Management Science, an MPhil in Finance (Financial Engineering) and a BA in Physics, all from the University of Cambridge.

Yiorgos Mylonadis

Adjunct Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship

Professor Yiorgos Mylonadis specialises in business ecosystems, digital strategy, entrepreneurial communities, social enterprises and methodologies for strategic thinking. He has led large, multi-year advisory and teaching programmes for many firms including Nestle, IBM, Emirates, Oracle, GEA, Xstrata, Nokia, SKF and Mars.

After earning a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he has held appointments on the faculties of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the Athens Laboratory of Business Administration (ALBA) before joining London Business School in 2000, where he created Developing Strategy for Value Creation – the School’s first executive education strategy programme.

Henri Servaes

Richard Brealey Professor of Corporate Governance; Professor of Finance

Professor Henri Servaes’ areas of interest include corporate finance, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility and mutual funds. At London Business School, he teaches corporate finance, corporate governance and mergers & acquisitions.

He has been involved in consulting and executive education for Anglo American, Barclays, Bertelsmann, BG Group, Continental, Deutsche Bank, E.ON, The Financial Times (Lex Team), Freshfields, Mars, PwC and Suez, among others. Professor Servaes has also published articles in all leading finance journals. He is also a Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research and a Research Associate of the European Corporate Governance Institute.

Julian Birkinshaw

Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship; Academic Director, Institute of Entrepreneurship and Private Capital

Professor Julian Birkinshaw’s main area of expertise is in the strategy and organisation of large corporations and specifically such issues as innovation, corporate entrepreneurship, strategic agility and headquarters-subsidiary relationships.

He is a Fellow of the British Academy, the Academy of Social Sciences and the Academy of International Business. Professor Birkinshaw is the author of 15 books, including Fast/Forward, Becoming a Better Boss, Reinventing Management and Giant Steps in Management and more than 90 articles in journals such as Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Journal, Harvard Business Review and Sloan Management Review.

Costas Markides

Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship; Robert P. Bauman Chair in Strategic Leadership

Costas Markides is recognised as one of the world’s foremost experts on strategy and innovation. His specialties include strategic innovation, business model innovation, diversification and international acquisitions. His work focuses on understanding how established organisations can open up new avenues for disruption and create a culture of continuous innovation by competing with two business models in the same industry.

He received his BA (Distinction) and MA in Economics from Boston University and his MBA and DBA from Harvard Business School. He is the Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship and holds the Robert P Bauman Chair of Strategic Leadership at London Business School. Costas is also a widely published author with his latest book Business Model Innovation: Strategic and Organizational Issues for Established Firms, published in 2023.