Julian Franks, Oxera  Partner, is delighted to announce the launch of the Oxera Advisory Council and his Chairmanship. With leading members from the business, legal and academic communities, the Council will guide and inform Oxera on its long-term strategy and developments in its markets. 

Meeting for the first time on 8 October, thereafter the Council will come together twice a year with Oxera Partners. Current members are:
 

• Julian Franks (Chair), Oxera Partner, Professor of Finance, London Business School, and Academic Director of London Business School’s Centre for Corporate Governance
• Donald Brydon, Chairman of London Stock Exchange and Sage
• Professor Francesca Cornelli, London Business School, Independent Director of Telecom Italia, and Non-Executive of Swiss Re
• Professor Herman Daems, Chairman of BNP Paribas Fortis
• Suyong Kim, Partner in Hogan Lovells and co-head of its Antitrust and Competition practices
• Angela Knight CBE, Senior Independent Director of Tullet Prebon plc, and Brewin Dolphin plc  and Member of the Board of Transport for London
• Stephen Nelson, Asset Management Director of Infracapital
• Stefan Schreiter, Chairman of Supervisory Board (former CEO) and shareholder of Duales System Holding GmbH & Co. KG
• Sir John Vickers, of All Souls College, Oxford
   
  Julian Franks tells us: ‘I was delighted to welcome all our outside members to our first Advisory Council meeting. It’s a wonderful list of extraordinarily successful and experienced members of industry, financial services and academe. All of them know Oxera in one guise or another and we are privileged to have them on our council.’