2014: Dr Rosamund Thomas

Dr Rosamund Thomas is director of the Centre for Business and Public Sector Ethics, Cambridge. The centre was established in 1988 at a time when Cambridge did not yet have a business school, and was the first of its kind in Europe. 

Rosamund, a Fulbright scholar, is an expert in corporate social responsibility, business ethics, business management and government ethics. She taught and examined in these subjects at the London School of Economics and Political Science, prior to undertaking further research at Cambridge University as a senior research fellow. Rosamund also has separate higher degree qualifications in social administration and policy in respect to third world countries.

Rosamund was named Woman of the Year in 2005 by the American Biographical Institute, honoring her overall accomplishments and contributions to society. She is also listed in the Dictionary of International Biography, 31^st Edition, 2004, and is included in Great Women of the 21^st Century, 2004-05; and The Cambridge Blue Book, 2006.