Cord Partners with Warwick Business School

Five MBA students at Warwick Business School are partnering with the international peace building organisation Cord to help develop their social networking programme.

The five, all from overseas, visited the Leamington based charity to hear first hand of its work with refugees and people affected by violent conflict in Africa and S E Asia. Their assignment will cover the academic year and draw on the students’ business experience in the aviation, banking and manufacturing sectors.

Cord’s Chief Executive Brian Wakley, himself an MBA, said that engaging with the prestigious Business School was an exciting proposition.

‘Communications and the world of new media are vital components of Cord’s operation, and offer huge potential to engage with more people in the work of building peace’ he said. ‘With the complexities of running programmes and offices across three continents and the varied remit of our work, the students have a wide brief to further involve the public which I am sure they will find challenging. Equally we look forward to implementing some of their ideas.’