significantly improved teaching and administrative accommodation, a new Learning Library and Enterprise Zone. Research profile In the previous 2001 Research Assessment Exercise (pre-merger) the 'old' Manchester Business School and Manchester School of Management were both rated 5. Manchester School of Accounting and Finance is one of only two accounting and finance schools in the UK rated as 6* by the RAE (i.e. with RAE 5* rating for two consecutive periods). According to a survey published by Accounting and Finance in 2008, MBS is ranked as the "world number one for accounting research". Manchester has several research centres of international standing. These include those in the areas of decision sciences, employment and labour studies, technology management and innovation, and critical management studies. Among its Professors with World-ranked reputations are Fiona Devine (Sociology), Luke Georghiou (Policy), Ian Miles (Technological Innovation and Social Change), Giovanni Dosi (Innovation Economics), Paul Jackson (Corporate Communications), Joseph Stiglitz (Economics), Thomas Kirchmaier (Corporate Strategy/Governance), Colin Talbot (Public Policy and Management), Jikyeong Kang (Marketing), John Hassard (Organization Studies), Mick Marchington (HRM), Jill Rubery FBA (Employment Studies), Trevor Wood-Harper (Information Systems), Peter Kawalek (Information Systems and Strategy), Maria Nedeva (Innovation Management), Andrew Stark (Finance), Martin Walker (Accounting and Finance) and Richard Whitley (Business Systems). Karel Williams is currently co-heading a major new centre for the research of social change called CRESC. Notable alumni Tom Bloxham, founder of regeneration firm Urban Splash; former Chancellor of the University of Manchester Parineeti Chopra, Indian actress Karen Cook, chairman (global) of investment banking division of Goldman Sachs Sola David-Borha, Chief Executive for Africa Region, Standard Bank Vish Dhamija, Indian author Andy Duncan, chief executive of Channel 4 television Keith Edelman, managing director of Arsenal Football Club Rijkman Groenink, chairman of the managing board, ABN AMRO Vincent Kompany, football player, defender and former player and captain of Manchester City FC Nicholas Lander, restaurant critic for the Financial Times and consultant to the restaurant industry Terry Leahy, former CEO of Tesco, the largest UK supermarket chain Tony Lloyd, former Member of Parliament for Manchester Central, now Police and Crime Commissioner for Greater Manchester Andrew Pettigrew, currently Dean of the University of Bath School of Management Brian Quinn, former Deputy Governor of the Bank of England and chairman of Celtic FC board Paul Skinner, former chairman of Rio Tinto Group Aung Tun Thet, Myanmar economist and management consultant David Varney, executive chairman, HM Revenue and Customs Amitabh