Council and Advisory Board
Dr. Ulrich Hoppe
Dr Ulrich Hoppe is Director General of the German-British Chamber of Industry & Commerce and Chairman of the European College of Business and Management. Before joining the German-British Chamber in May 1998 he held the position of Vice President and Treasurer of the German American Chamber of Commerce in New York. He joined the Chamber network in 1993 as a Finance Manager at the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce in Bonn.
On leaving school he started his professional career as a commercial apprentice with Kühne und Nagel in Bremen and after finishing university he joined Lufthansa in Frankfurt followed by a management training programme at Dresdner Bank in Frankfurt.
He holds a BA degree in Business Studies from Leeds Polytechnic, a Diplom-Betriebswirt from Hochschule Bremen, a MA degree in International Business from the University of Reading and a Doctorate in Governance from Queen’s University in Belfast. In addition, he attended various Senior Executive Programmes at INSEAD, Fontainebleau and Columbia University, New York.
Dr. Ann Thorne
Dr Ann Thorne currently works for the Quality Assurance Agency as a Reviewer of Higher Education quality across the UK and is a member of the Advisory Board of the European College of Business and Management. She also undertakes consultancy and advisory roles for several UK Universities.
Prior to this she worked as Executive Dean of a major UK private HE College and before that as Director of the Liverpool Business School and Director of Operations for the Faculty of Business and Law at Liverpool John Moores University. Ann also has practitioner experience working in both the private and public sectors in a range of senior HR roles.
Jon Pike
Jon had a 25 year career at the University of Westminster Business School (WBS) until May 31, 2020. He began at WBS as a visiting lecturer, teaching on business strategy and marketing modules, moving on to being Course Leader for MA Marketing Communications. In 2009, Jon became PG Director of Studies, with specific responsibility for international students. This focus led to him to take up the position of Director of Internationalisation in 2012, responsible for developing and implementing international strategy for WBS in conjunction with wider University. Jon maintains close links with activities in the transnational education sector and is conducting research into various aspects of TNE.
Ina Redemann
Ina Redemann is Deputy Director General of the German-British Chamber of Industry & Commerce in London and a member of the Council of the European College of Business and Management.
On leaving school she started her professional career as a commercial trainee with Sparkasse Münsterland Ost before going into law. After having studied law at Würzburg University with an Erasmus year in Bristol she trained to become a fully qualified German lawyer in Münster.
Ina started working for the German-British Chamber of Industry & Commerce in February 2016 and heads the Legal Department. She has joined the Chamber network in 2012 as a Legal and Tax Advisor at the Chamber of Industry & Commerce in Koblenz.
Anna Lowe
Anna joined Commerzbank in January 2005 after graduating with a MSc in Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations from UMIST. Her first role was in Learning and Development responsible for all the training for the London Branch. In 2012, she worked in our New York and Singapore offices introducing them to the Bank’s Talent Management practices. In 2013 Anna returned to London to the role Head of Talent Management for International Locations and in July 2017, was promoted into her current position, Head of HR for London.
Madlen Strobel
Madlen Strobel is Head of Training and Development for the UK and Ireland at Robert Bosch Ltd and an Advisory Board Member of the European College of Business and Management.
Before joining the Bosch Group in 2012 she held positions in Learning and Development at different companies in the UK after 5 years in Key Account Management and Training roles at a German manufacturing and design company in the Black Forest. After leaving school, Madlen obtained a Bachelor Degree in International Business and Marketing integrating academic studies with workplace training. She later gained a Diploma in Management and Leadership from the European College of Business and Management.
Nathan Taylor-Wright
Nathan Taylor-Wright graduated with the ECBM in 2006 having completed his vocational traineeship with Commerzbank.
Since this time, he has had spells on the Board of the Brokerage Citylink and was responsible for spearheading the vocational trainee programme at both Commerzbank and State Street Bank and Trust with the European College of Business and Management.
Nathan is a qualified chartered management account (CIMA) and now works as a Financial Crime professional for Toronto Dominion Securities. Nathan was appointed as a member of the Council of the ECBM in 2018.