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Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya is number one in Insiders 2011 Power 100 list
Independent business publisher Insider have ranked Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya number one in their new 2011 Power 100 list.
Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya is founder and director of WMG. He received this accolade from Insider for:
“…his groundbreaking work in promoting joint ventures between business and academia and the huge amount of influence he wields over the regional economy.”
Other business figures to feature in this year's Power 100 top ten include JLR chief executive Dr Ralf Speth, Hadley Group chief executive - and Black Country LEP chairman - Stewart Towe and SCH founder and chairman Sir Peter Rigby.
2010 saw the 30th Anniversary of WMG, that was established by Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya in 1980 in order to reinvigorate UK manufacturing, through the application of cutting edge research and effective knowledge transfer.
More details of the Insider Power 100 list can be found on the InsiderMedia website
For further information please contact:
Peter Dunn, Head of Communications
Communications Office, University House,
University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 8UW, United Kingdom
email: p.j.dunn@warwick.ac.uk
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PR92 23rd June 2011