Not too many months ago we reported here that London Business School had appointed Robin Buchanan as its new president as part of a reshuffling of responsibilities at the school. Buchanan assumed the president’s role when Sir Andrew Likierman, professor of management practice in accounting, replaced him as the school’s dean. Earlier this week, the Financial Times reported that Buchanan has now stepped down as president, leaving the future of that role at the school unclear.

Before shifting to president in January of this year, Buchanan had served as dean at LBS for barely 16 months. Coming to LBS from management consulting firm Bain and Co., where he had worked for almost 25 years, he was only the second non-academic to hold the post, according to the FT report.

Likierman had served as acting LBS dean prior to Buchanan’s appointment and as the founder director of the executive MBA programme. “He was a popular choice to take over the dean’s job with both faculty and staff when Mr Buchanan moved into the newly-created role of president,” according to the FT. 

Quoting an LBS spokesperson, the FT reported that the school plans to consider the future role of president, which was created just over seven months ago, over the course of the next few months.

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