The Strathclyde Business Fellow Network (SBFN) has been in operation since July 2012 and from this time the network has gone from strength to strength.
There are currently 24 business fellows within the network, comprising a range of senior professionals from different specialisms including finance, HR, marketing, hospitality and tourism, and entrepreneurship. The types of activities business fellows have engaged with include actively contributing at events such as guest lectures, providing project opportunities and placements for students, engaging in alumni activities, and working with SBS in an advisory capacity both at operational and strategic levels.
All business fellows have an allocated academic champion within SBS who principally works with the fellow on an individual basis in areas of mutual interest.
The latest business fellow event took place in SBS on October 22, with Professor Jonathan Levie of the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship addressing the group. The first event of 2014 scheduled to take place is on February 25, again in Glasgow.
Importantly, a new international branch of the Strathclyde Business Fellow Network is scheduled to be launched at a glitzy event in Dubai on January 22 2014. A further eight international Business Fellows have been invited and accepted roles as business fellows on this exclusive network. Professor Susan Hart will host these new fellows at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dubai, and formally welcome them in person to the network.