Dr. M. Rammohan Rao is a Former Dean and Professor Emeritus at the Indian School of Business Hyderabad Campus, which during his tenure as Dean was ranked in the Top 20 Global B-Schools by Financial Times. He was also a leading architect of excellence at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, which during his tenure as Director was ranked as the best B-school in India by the Business Today – Cosmode survey. He was the Provost at the Woxsen School of Business from July 2014 till April 2016.

He was appointed the Chairman of All India Board of Management Studies constituted by the All India Council for Technical Education. He was the first Dean of an Indian business school to be appointed a member of the Graduate Management Admission Council. He has been nominated by the Ministry of Human Resources as a Member of the Executive Committee of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council.

He is the recipient of several awards including the prestigious Fulkerson Prize, the Ravi J Mathai National Fellow Award and the 2013 AIMA-Kewal Nohria Award for Academic Leadership in Management Education.

Chris currently holds the position of Chief Executive Office at Profectus Education, Consulting and Coaching Services, Adjunct Professor at Swinburne University, Academic Director of the Australian Data Institute and Director of Teaching and Learning Quality at LINC Education Services (Singapore).

Previous educational management roles include: Executive Dean of School of Education at Edith Cowan University (during his tenure the School was ranked in the top 100 in the world), Dean of Teaching and Learning at the Curtin University Business School, Director of Quality and Head of School for Regional Remote and e-Learning at Curtin University. In these roles Chris has been a driver of significant change in teaching and learning including face to face, online and blended learning settings. He has also been a strong advocate for developing a positive staff and student experience.

Chris has received several research awards including the Faculty Research Medal (Edith Cowan University), the Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia award for Excellence in a Thesis and Best Paper awarded by the World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications. His current research includes the exploration of learning communities, blended learning, the use of technology to support learning, quality in higher education and effecting change in school settings.

In addition to academic awards Chris has received several awards from students including excellence in teaching (2004) and the student experience award (2014).

Deepak Chandra is the Secretary at Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, a social sector organisation focusing on Education. Deepak has over three decades of experience in education and industry. His last assignment was as Deputy Dean at the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. As a top management member at Indian School of Business, he spent over 12 years building a global higher education institution. Deepak is an acknowledged thought leader in the field of executive education. He regularly consults for Educational organisations, global consulting firms & private equity firms. Deepak has been a board member at the Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel National Police Academy, on the MHRD committee on Innovation University Bill, ISB’s Business Incubator, Healthpoint Inc., Kaizen Management Advisors Private Limited, etc.

Deepak has an MBA from the University of Allahabad and has attended several education programmes at the Indian Institute of Management at Ahmedabad, Indian School of Business at Hyderabad, IMD Business School in Switzerland, Kellogg School of Management in the US, and others.

Belinda Howell is an Australia-based board director, consultant and executive coach, specialising in the education and professional services sectors. From her board and senior executive experience in both higher and vocational education, she has deep knowledge of international education markets and transnational education.

She relishes working with institutions and international students to identify and leverage strategic opportunities and is passionate about developing intercultural understanding.

Belinda completed an MBA at Lancaster University (UK) and the Advanced Management Programme at INSEAD (France). She is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has tertiary qualifications in counselling and coaching.

Her current roles include board directorships of Plan International Australia (international aid and humanitarian organisation) and Dunmore Lang College at Macquarie University. She also coaches executives at an international management consultancy.

Scott Featherston is a partner at Caerus Capital ( www.caeruscapital.co ), an investment and advisory firm focused on the health and education sectors in emerging markets. Caerus recently published a groundbreaking report on the private education sector in Sub-Saharan Africa. Scott is a former Principal Investment Officer for the IFC, the private sector arm of the World Bank Group. During his time at IFC (2005-2015), Scott led numerous transactions in the health and education sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa, South and South East Asia, MENA, and Eastern Europe. Scott’s early career was in engineering and finance. He worked for a global construction and project management firm before joining the finance advisory practice of a “Big 5” global consulting firm.

Scott lectures in finance at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. He also sits on the boards of George Health Enterprises – an Australia-based CRO, pharmaceutical, and health technology company with a focus in emerging markets; and Luminus Education — a Jordanian vocational education company with MENA operations.

Scott did his Bachelor’s and Master’s in Engineering. Aditionally, he holds a Master of International Studies from the University of Sydney and a Master of International Public Policy from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.