PRESS RELEASES, ARTICLES AND MEDIA COMMENTS FROM SMFs

SMFs have a wealth of experience and expertise and many either start-up their own successful businesses or go on to take up senior positions in industry.

They make excellent resources for case study information and are happy to contribute on a range of topics covering both engineering and wider business themes, including: 

• Managing risk in business
• Investment
• Business planning, development and growth
• Leadership skills
• Fostering entrepreneurship /intrepreneurship in British business
• Board level mentoring 
• Business education (MBA and Chartered Directorship)
• Innovation
• Harnessing Information Technologies
• New / clean technologies
• Energy and environmental issues
• Corporate governance
• Organisational change

Members of the media can contact SMFs' Press Office by emailing Althea Taylor-Salmon at althea@fortunepr.co.uk or call 07711 624 267 for interviews, comments or articles from  Sainsbury Management Fellows.

Below is a selection of recent media releases, articles and comments:

• Monday 03 October 2011
  MBA Bursaries Open Business Doors to Engineers
  Eight new MBA Graduates from the Sainsbury Management Fellowship bursary scheme.
• Friday 08 July 2011
  News of the World Hacking Scandal
  Real Business asked four business owners what they would do if they were in Rupert Murdoch's shoes. Julian Fagandini, an SMF and owner of Fagandini Associates, comments.
• Wednesday 06 July 2011
  US firm Acquires Irish Start-up
  SMF Co-founder's sleep apnoea diagnostic firm bought by US sleep therapy group ResMed
• Friday 01 July 2011
  The Vital Ingredient in Creating a New Brand of Crisps - An Engineer?
  David Falzani, CEO of business consultancy Polaris Associates and President of SMF explains the vital role he played in developing an original brand of crisps.
• Friday 24 June 2011
  Creating Strategy Middle Up
  Are you unleashing the hidden power of your senior team and creating breakthrough strategies? Top-down strategy is dead. Modern strategy is middle-up – involving cross-functional teams and interactive workshops. Paul Christodoulou, a strategy leader with 22 years experience in blue-chip companies and a Sainsbury Management Fellow, discusses this new approach to strategy development that can tap the hidden strategic ideas within your senior team to constantly refresh your competitive advantage whilst saving a fortune in consultancy fees.
• Wednesday 15 June 2011
  Recruiting Trends in Engineering
  Mike Astell comments on recruiting trends in engineering for Recruiter magazine's Engineering Sector Analysis feature.
• Friday 01 April 2011
  Re-Engineering the Boardroom
  Graeme Purdy, CEO of Ilika plc ask if it's time to shake up how UK companies operate.
• Wednesday 12 January 2011
  Can An Enginer Add Value In the Boardroom?
  A company’s board of directors is like the bridge of a ship. It’s the forum where overall direction is set, major gauges are monitored, and risks assessed. The title director is often misused today, particularly in industries such as investment banking, where graduates appear to start as vice presidents and titles such as director, managing director, executive, and principal are compounded and interwoven to dazzling effect.
• Monday 25 October 2010
  Are HR Bosses Right to Lack Confidence in Engineers at Board Level?
  Only 66% of HR directors believe engineers possess the necessary skills and attributes to make a valuable contribution on a board of management, according to a new study being debated by an organisation set up to develop engineers as leaders in UK industry.
• Wednesday 19 May 2010
  Manufacturing company performs strongly in higher-value sector
  Manufacturing and engineering company Ilika plc has recently been floated on AIM, the London Stock Exchange’s international market for smaller growing companies.
• Thursday 13 May 2010
  Speech to Sainsbury Management Fellows at by Lord Sainsbury
  Lord Sainsbury addresses SMFs and guests at the 2010 Annual Dinner
• Tuesday 11 May 2010
  HR directors must re-engineer the board of directors to both mitigate and capitalise upon an increasingly ‘crash’ prone global marketplace
  Many of the news events of the last two years and the damage done to company balance sheets and brands show that the traditional focus on financial, legal and accountancy qualifications and experience within UK company boards are not enough to avoid business disaster, according to SMF (Sainsbury Management Fellows’ Society).
• Wednesday 10 December 2008
  The UK is in the top tier of manufacturing nations. Innovation, not interest rate cuts will keep us there.
  Ernie Poku, President of the Sainsbury Management Fellowship
• Sunday 26 October 2008
  UK Businesses Need to Embrace Innovation to Succeed in Economic Downturn
  New Sainsbury Management Fellow’s Society president sets out his vision
• Thursday 29 May 2008
  Response to NESTA report calling for 'Total Innovation'
  The Sainsbury Management Fellows' Society (SMF) issued the following statement in response to NESTA's report calling for 'Total Innovation' to ensure UK firms compete internationally.