Awards and Medals Ceremony

Founding Members

Professor John Adams

Professor of Economics, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh and the Former Director, China-EU Research Centre at Edinburgh Napier University, UK

Professor Ronald McQuaid

Emeritus Professor of Work and Employment at the University of Stirling and Former Director, Employment Research Institute at Edinburgh Napier, UK

Professor David J. Newton

Visiting Professor of Business Strategy and Former Dean of Business School and Vice Principal, Royal Agricultural University, UK

Professor W Paul Davies (Deceased)

 Former Deputy Vice Chancellor, Royal Agricultural University, UK

Professor Janet Druker

Professor, University of Westminster and Former Head of Business School, University of East London, UK

Professor Michael Thorne

Former Vice Chancellor, University of East London, UK

Professor Sonny Nwankwo

Emeritus Professor of Marketing and former Director for Research and Enterprise, University of East London, UK

Dr. Gale Rigobert

Dean of Academics, University of St. Martin, Sint Maarten and Former Minister for Education, Innovation, Gender Relations and Sustainable Development, St. Lucia

Professor Douglas Hensler

Dean Emeritus, Cofrin School of Business, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, USA

Professor Amer Al-Roubaie

Former Dean, Colege of Business and Finance at Ahlia University, Bahrain

Professor Michael Busler

Professor of Finance, Finance Track Coordinator and a Fellow at the William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy, Stockton University, USA

Professor Beverlee B. Anderson

Professor Emerita, California State University San Marcos, USA

Dr. Adil Ahmed Dafa’Alla

Professional Engineer, Airbus Company, UK

Professor Lynette Louw

Raymond Ackerman Chair of Management and Deputy Dean, Faculty of Commerce at Rhodes University in Makhanda, South Africa

Dr Ihab Tewfik

Senior Lecturer and Programme Director for Human Nutrition programme, University of Westminster, UK

Professor Allam Ahmed

Founding President World Association for Sustainable Development

International Partners

Professor Abdulla Al-Hawaj

Founding President and Chairman Board of Trustees, Ahlia University, Bahrain

Professor Bakri Osman Saeed

President, Governing Board, Association of African Universities (Ghana) and President Sudan International University (Sudan)

Dr. Petru Dumitriu

Senior Fellow and Lecturer, Diplo Foundation/University of Malta and Former Inspector, Joint Inspection Unit of the United Nations system, Geneva

Dr. Sarra Saad

Associate Research Professor Soil and Environmental Sciences, National Center for Research, Sudan

International Advisors

Professor Geoffrey Oldham (Deceased)

 Former Director of Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex, UK

Professor Joseph Ntayi

Former Dean, Faculty of Economics, Energy and Management Science, Makerere University Business School, Makerere Universit, Uganda

Professor Rocky J. Dwyer

Doctor of Business Program, College of Management and Technology, Walden University, USA

Sustainability Ambassadors

H. E. Ambassador Dr. Hend Al Muftah

Permanent Representative of Qatar to the United Nations Office at Geneva and other International Organizations, Switzerland

H.E. Ambassador Mr. Bader Mohammad Alawadi

Ambassador of the State of Kuwait to the UK

Sustainability Pioneers

Professor Seema Joshi

Professor of Economics, Department of Commerce, Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi, India

Professor Manuel Frutos-Perez

Chief Academic Officer, Digital Division, Cambridge Education Group, UK

Dr. Mohamed Hassan-Sayed

Founder and Director, Chemical Engineering Programs, University of Southampton, UK

Dr Hanan Al Mheiri

Deputy Senior Manager Knowledge Management, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, UAE

Dr Diab-Bahman

Senior Lecturer of Management and Head of Sustainability Committee, Kuwait College of Science and Technology, Kuwait)

Best of Diaspora

Dr Muna Abdel Aziz

Director of Public Health, UK

Professor Abdelkader Djeflat

Professor of Economics and Chairman, Maghtech, University of Lille, France

Sheikh Babikir Ahmed Babikir

Founding Chairman of Rumi’s Cave Project and Chairman of Ulfa Aid, UK

Olivia Aluko

CEO, Reinvent African Diaspora Network, UK

Professor Geoff Thompson

Founder and Chair, Youth Charter, UK

Professor Moiz Bakhiet

CEO (Founder) Princess Al-Jawhara Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Arabian Gulf University and a Senior Consultant Neurologist, Bahrain

Rudi Page

Chief Executive, Making Connections Work, UK

Dr Mohamed Kabbar

Founding President, Sudanese European Association for Peace and Development, Belgium

Cllr Sunny Lambe

Southwark Labour and Cooperative Councillor and Chief Executive, Building Blocks Initiative, UK

Dr Sara Taha

Senior Clinical Fellow in Hydrocephalus, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London, UK

SMART Volunteers

Dr. Abdelwahab Elshaarani

Founder and Director, Sudanese in Britain Organization, UK

Sahar Zeinelabdin

Training Assistant, UK

Zhang Ruoliu

Student English Major, Hefei University of Technology (China)

Nazar Mohamed

Projects Secretary, ‘Your Medicine is On Us’ Charity, Sudan