BRIAN BUCKLEY

Director of Executive and MBA Education, GSM London

Brian Buckley is the Director of Executive and MBA Education of GSM London one of the largest independent providers of university management education in the UK. Brian has over eighteen years professional experience within higher education and has been instrumental in the development and growth of the schools undergraduate and postgraduate student portfolio. More recently, he has been appointed Director of External Engagement and Collaborative Provision and will be leading on a number of national and international projects with a view to develop organisational partnerships.

Prior to his career in university education he was the owner and director of two successful London based fitness centres. Brian holds an MBA from the University of Hull and an MSc in European Politics from Birbeck College, University of London.

Brian has a keen interest in widening access to higher education and the benefits this brings to greater social mobility and sustainable economic growth.