Our President

Sir Paul Judge is President of the Association of MBAs and has been involved in the Association’s growth and development since the 1970s. As President he has chaired the International Accreditation Advisory Board and the International Advisory Council. 

He gained his MBA from the Wharton Business School and is the key benefactor of the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge. He is now involved primarily in education and financial services. His educational interests include being Chairman of Teachers TV, of the Lord Mayor's "City of London - City of Learning" project, of the Marketing Standards Board, of the Enterprise Education Trust, of Digital Links International and of St Dunstan's College and Deputy Chairman of the American Management Association based in New York.  He is Chairman of Schroder Income Growth Fund plc, a director of Standard Bank Group Ltd of Johannesburg and a member of the Advisory Boards for Barclays Private Bank and for Abraaj Capital of Dubai.

Sir Paul spent 13 years with Cadbury Schweppes and in 1985 led the £97 million buyout of their food companies to form Premier Brands which was successfully sold in 1989. He has subsequently been Chairman of Food from Britain, Director General of the Conservative Party and a Ministerial Adviser at the UK Cabinet Office.  He has just completed his term as Chairman of the Royal Society of Arts, where he remains as Deputy Chairman, and is a recent President of the Chartered Management Institute and a recent Master of the Worshipful Company of Marketors.