Robin Buchanan

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Before joining London Business School, he spent 25 years at Bain & Company. He joined Bain in 1982, becoming partner in 1986.^[1] He was elected the Managing Partner of Bain in the UK in 1990 and appointed the Senior Partner for the UK and South Africa in 1996. He was a member of the management buy-out team that acquired Bain in 1991. From 1990 to 2007 the UK business grew at over 25% per annum. He also served as a member of the Management Committee, Compensation Committee and chaired the Nominating Committee of the worldwide Board of Directors.

He headed both the worldwide Acquisitions & Alliances practice and the UK Organisational Enhancement and Change Management practice. He remains a Senior Advisor to Bain.

From 1979 to 1982 Robin worked for American Express International Banking Corporation,^[3] now part of Standard Chartered. Prior to that he was employed by Mann Judd Landau^[1] (now Deloitte & Touche) and McKinsey & Company.

Robin is Chairman of [1] of Michael Page International plc, the FTSE global specialist recruitment company. He is a non-executive director of Schroders plc, the FTSE 100 global asset management company.^[4] and LyondellBasell NV, the NYSE $20billion refinery and petro-chemical company.

He was a director of Liberty International plc,^[4] where he chaired the Remuneration Committee and sat on the Audit, Nominations and Chairman’s Committees. He was also a director of Shire plc^[4] and sat on its Remuneration Committee.

He is a member of the Professional Standards Advisory Board of the Institute of Directors,^[1] a member of the UK India Business Council Advisory Board, and a member of the Trilateral Commission. He is also an adviser to private equity firms, family offices and voluntary organisations.

Robin is a published author on strategy, acquisitions, customer loyalty, leadership, board effectiveness and corporate governance, remuneration, family companies and private equity (see articles).

Robin was awarded an MBA with High Distinction from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar^[3] and member of the Harvard Business School Rugby Club. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales.^[3]