Our notable alumni
Our alumni include business leaders, outstanding scientists and health professionals, academics, engineers, technologists, politicians, peacemakers and well-known media figures. Below is just a selection of some Braduates that have gone on to achieve great things.
Academia
Sir Anthony Finkelstein
BEng Manufacturing Systems Engineering 1981
Sir Anthony Finkelstein is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and was appointed CBE for services to engineering and computer science in 2016 and a knighthood in 2022 for public service. He is President of City, University of London and was formerly a Chief Scientific Adviser in HM Government between 2015 and 2021. Prior to his current role, he was Dean of the Faculty of Engineering Sciences and Professor of Software Systems Engineering at University College London (UCL).
Ashok Kochhar
PhD Systems Engineering 1975
Professor Emeritus Kochhar was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 1997. He was appointed in 1986, at the age of 37, as Professor of Manufacturing Systems Engineering at the University of Bradford. He took up appointments as Lucas Professor of Manufacturing Systems Engineering at the University of Manchester of Science and Technology (UMIST) in 1992, and Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering in 1997. He served as Executive Dean of the newly created School of Engineering and Applied Science at Aston University from 1999 to 2008. His research work involved extensive collaborations with manufacturing companies and received prizes for his research activities.
David Lyon
Sociology
David Lyon is Director of the Surveillance Studies Centre at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario. A pioneer in the field of Surveillance Studies, he has been studying surveillance since the mid-1980s. He has produced a steady stream of books – translated in to 18 languages. He has led several large collaborative research projects on surveillance, with research funding totalling almost $8 million. His work has been recognized in Canada, Switzerland, the USA and the UK with a number of fellowships, prizes, awards and an honorary doctorate.
Malcolm H.B. McDonald
MA(Oxon) MSc PhD DLitt DSc
Until 2003 Professor McDonald was Professor of Marketing and Deputy Director of Cranfield University School of Management, with special responsibility for E-Business. He works with the operating boards of the world's biggest multinational companies, but also he is an author of 46 books. He is currently a Chairman in Malcolm McDonald International.
Shahina Pardhan
BSc Optometry 1984
Professor Pardhan is a world-leading expert in vision and eye research. She has published extensively on the impact of low vision on gait and on hearing; diabetic retinopathy; visual short-term memory. She is Director of the Vision and Eye Research Unit at the Anglia Ruskin University School of Medicine and was the first woman to be appointed Professor of Optometry in the UK.
Arts & Media
Ravi Kamble Govid
BSc Computer Animation and Special Effects 2007
Ravi Kamble is a Supervising Animator at Dreamworks Animation Studios. He has worked on a number of well-known movies from Abonimable to Penguins of Madagascar to How to Train Your Dragon.
John Hegley
BSc Social Sciences 1976
John is a performance poet, comedian, musician and songwriter. He began his comedy career in 1980 and has gone on to appear on television and featured on radio. He has also written numerous books.
Jabbar Sardar
Executive MBA 2006
Jabbar is the Global HR Director for BBC Studios, an organisation with around 5,000 employees across 16 countries. Over the past five years, Jabbar has featured as one of HR magazine's Most Influential practitioners.
Sangeeta Sindhi Bahl
Executive MBA 1998
Sangeeta is an inspirational speaker, notably speaking at a TEDx event in 2019, an image consultant, a humanitarian, and also, a mountaineer, who has climbed 6 of the tallest mountains on 5 continents, including the world's tallest mountain in Mt Everest.
Nigel Wood
Executive MBA 1996
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Nigel is the current Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the International Rugby League and former CEO of the Rugby Football League. In total, Nigel has spent 18 years on the board of the Rugby League.
Business & Technology
Melih Abdulhayoglu
BEng Electronic Engineering 1998
Melih is an internet technologist and entrepreneur. He is the founder and Chairman of the Comodo Group, one of the worlds' largest internet security companies employing more than 1,000 staff and providing internet and website security for more than 85 million users worldwide. Since 2018 he is also the CEO of MaVeCap an incubator Venture Capital firm.
Tobias Feakin
BSc Security Studies 1998, PhD International Politics and Security Studies 2005
Dr Feakin is an international cyber-security expert and Australia’s inaugural Ambassador for Cyber Affairs and Critical Technology. He was formerly the Director of National Security Programs at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) where he established the institute's International Cyber Policy Centre.
Mohammed Ibrahim
MSc Electrical and Electronics Engineering 1977
Mohammed is a mobile communications entrepreneur and billionaire. With a background in telecommunications, he founded Celtel in 1998 which operated in 14 African countries with over 24 million users. Upon selling Celtel, he founded the Mo Ibrahim Foundation to encourage better governance in Africa, as well as creating the Mo Ibrahim Index, to evaluate nations' performance.
Kate Swann
BSc Business Studies 1986
Kate is a senior retail executive and one of the UK's most successful businesswomen. She is currently the CEO and Executive Director of SPP, following ten years as CEO of WH Smith. She was awarded an honorary degree from Bradford in 2007 and was appointed as Chancellor of the University in 2015.
Engineering, Health and Science
Paul Bennett
BPharm 1984
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Paul was the Founding Member and Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS), where currently he is the Chief Executive. He was previously Chief Officer of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Local Pharmaceutical Committee, and also served as Professional Standards Director and Superintendent Pharmacist at Boots UK.
Kate Hall
BEng Civil and Structural Engineering 1995
Until June 2019 Kate was a leading civil engineer and currently the Design Director at High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd. She is a former Director of Arup where she led the Infrastructure Design Team for the London 2012 Olympic Park. Currently Kate is Global Sailing Sabbatical and she is sailing 28,000 miles around the world with her family.
Dr. Murthy Venkata Renduchintala
BEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1987; PhD Information Systems 1990; MBA 1991
Dr Renduchintala is a Board Member in Accenture, Jacob School Engineering and Berkleys College of Engineering at University of California. He was a Group President of the Technology, Systems Architecture & Client Group and Chief Engineering Officer at Intel Corporation.
Stephanie Travers
BEng Chemical Engineering 2016
Stephanie is currently the Petronas Trackside Fluid Engineer in F1, where she is responsible for monitoring and analysing the fluids that are used to power the Formula One cars. Previously she was an Asset Care Engineer in BASF and Project Manager in PolyGen Ltd.
Albert Williamson-Taylor
BEng Civil and Structural Engineering 1982; MSc Structural Engineering 1983)
Albert is Design Director and one of the founding members of AKT II. He has worked on projects all over the world including Zayed National Museum, Abu Dhabi, UAE, King's Cross Central, London, Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center, Baku, Azerbaijan and the UK Pavilion at Expo 2010, Shanghai, China.
Peace, Politics and International
Priscilla Elworthy
PhD in Peace Studies 1993
Dr Elworthy is a world-renowned peace-builder. She founded the Oxford Research Group NGO in 1982 to develop effective dialogue between nuclear weapons policy-makers worldwide, for which she was nominated three times for the Nobel Peace Prize. She also founded Peace Direct in 2003, a charity supporting local peace-builders in conflict areas, and was awarded the Niwano Peace Prize. In 2017 she founded Business Plan for Peace to shift humanity's habit away from violent conflict. She is also a member of the World Future Council and author of many books on non-violence.
Clive Lewis
BSc in Social and Economic Studies 1993
Clive is a British MP for Norwich South and previously served as Shadow Minister for Sustainable Economics and as Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Before entering politics, he was a BBC News TV reporter for more than a decade.
Raissa Rossiter
MBA 1995 & PhD in Strategy and International Business 2008
Dr Rossiter has worked in non-profit and government institutions in the areas of small business support, entrepreneurship education and human rights policies. Raissa was previously Deputy Secretary of Policies for Women, Racial Equality and Human Rights of the Federal District in Brazil. She is a Social Ambassador for the NGO Izaías Luzia da Silva, which works on the outskirts of São Paulo. She is also a Chevening Program Ambassador in Brazil (British Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and a volunteer collaborator with the NGO Elas no Poder.
Winifred Ann Taylor
BSc Social Sciences 1969
Baroness Taylor of Bolton is a former Minister for International Defence and Security (UK). She was the first woman to serve as Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Privy Council. She is currently Chair of Council at the University of Bradford.
Gavin Williamson
BSc Social Sciences 1997
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Gavin is a British Member of Parliament (MP) and was appointed as Secretary of State for Education in July 2019. He was elected as MP for South Staffordshire in 2010.