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Cass Dean awarded with Chevalier

Richard Gillingwater has been appointed as chevalier dans l’ordre des Palmes, one of France’s 
highest honours for academic and cultural figures. Richard Gillingwater CBE, Dean of Cass Business School, which is part of City University London, has been appointed by decree of the Prime Minister of France to the rank of chevalier dans l’ordre des Palmes académiques for services to education. 


Dean Richard Gillingwater discovered he was to receive this award in a personal letter from 
French Minister of Education, Luc Chatel. L’ ordre des Palmes académiques was established in 1808 by Emperor Napoleon I. Its three ranks, Knight, Officer and Commander, were later extended to include those who make distinguished contributions to the expansion of French culture and education around the world. 

Richard says: “This is a real honour for Cass which recognises the role the School has 
played in educating French students and the effective partnerships we have been able to 
forge with several major French business schools, such as I'ESCP and ESSEC. It is an 
important recognition of the growing reputation of Cass Business School in Europe. 

Richard Bio 

Richard has been Dean of Cass Business School since April 2007. He has previously held senior appointments in the City and Government and most recently was Chairman of the Shareholder Executive, the body created in September 2003 to improve fundamentally the government's performance as a shareholder in government-owned businesses. He began his career as a banker with Kleinwort Benson and completed an MBA at IMD, Lausanne while at the company. He then moved to BZW, where he rose to be Joint Head of Global Corporate Finance. After BZW's takeover by CSFB he became Chairman of European Investment Banking. In this role he acted as an adviser to the UK Government on many projects, which ultimately led to his appointment as Chief 
Executive and then Chairman of the Shareholder Executive. 


He is currently Chairman of CDC Group, a member of the Advisory Boards of TheCityUK and of the Association of Corporate Treasurers. He was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List 2008 in recognition of his services to the financial services industry. 

Cass Business School 

Cass Business School, which is part of City University London, delivers innovative, relevant and forward-looking education, consultancy and research. Located in the heart of one of the world’s leading financial centres, Cass is the business school for the City of London. 

Our MBA, specialist Masters and undergraduate degrees have a global reputation for excellence, and the School supports nearly 100 PhD students. Cass offers the widest portfolio of specialist Masters programmes in Europe. It also has the largest faculties of Finance and Actuarial Science and Insurance in the region. It is ranked in the top 10 UK business schools for business, management and finance research and 90 per cent of its research output is internationally significant.

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