History
In the 1980s, David Sainsbury (now Lord Sainsbury of Turville)
felt that there should be more people in the boardrooms of British
industry who have both the knowledge of how things are made
and effective management skills.
By contrast, he found that many overseas companies, particularly
those in Japan and Germany, were succeeding because their senior
executives and boards included qualified engineers.
To help bring about a change in business culture in the UK, in
1987 Lord Sainsbury set up the Sainsbury Management Fellowship
scheme, to develop UK engineers to be leaders in industry.
In 1993, the alumni of the Sainsbury Management Fellowship
scheme formed an association to promote networking amongst members
and the business community.
Our Aims
The aims of the Sainsbury Management Fellows scheme are:
- To promote continuing business education for all engineers to
develop their skills of innovation, and better management and
governance.
- To create and operate a charitable fund for the support of such
continuing education.
- To develop a network of engineers who are, or who have been,
engaged in such education in order to identify and illustrate its
merits for the public benefit.
Membership Profile
The Sainsbury Management Fellowship has 300 members - 10 of
these are studying for their MBA degree currently. All Fellows
have graduate degrees from the leading centres for engineering
education, as well as their MBA. About 89% are employed in industry
or services to industry and 70% of these are based in the UK or
work for UK firms. 60 Fellows own and manage small to medium sized
enterprises. The average age is 37. Most Fellows are multilingual,
having gained international exposure from working or studying
abroad.
Executive Committee
David Falzani BEng MTech MBA CEng FIMechE
James Raby MEng MBA CEng MIEE
Alpesh Amin BSc MBA
EurIng Paul Dolan BEng BSc MEng MBA CEng FIChemE
Julian Morley MA MBA CEng MIEE
Cathleen Breeze BA MBA
Contact us
To obtain more details about the SMF scholarships, go to
scholarships
For additional information about the scheme and Sainsbury
Management Fellows, contact Cathleen Breeze or
call on 020 8941 8584
