We are delighted to welcome this outstanding group of Executive Fellows to King’s Business School. I know that their insight will make a great contribution to our research, and through their access to real organisations and their challenges, they will play an important part in our applied approach to learning, helping us make London our classroom.
Professor Stephen Bach, Executive Dean of King’s Business School
23 September 2026
King's Business School welcomes six new Executive Fellows
King’s Business School has appointed six new Executive Fellows, bringing both global and UK expertise from sectors including impact investing, consulting, non-profits, policing, technology, sustainable fashion and responsible business.
The Executive Fellows programme strengthens connections between the Business School and leaders at the forefront of industry, public service and social impact. Fellows contribute to the School’s mission through engagement with students and staff. They support teaching, research and knowledge exchange activities, while sharing insights from their professional experience.
The new appointments include entrepreneurs, senior business leaders, a technology founder, an impact investor and a policing leader, and include three King’s alumni.
Kate Adams
Kate Adams is a leadership advisor, author and non-executive director who works with CEOs, executive teams and boards on leadership, strategy, culture and accountability.
Her career spans more than 25 years across business, consulting and the non-profit sector in both the UK and United States. She has held senior leadership roles at organisations including Comic Relief, Nesta, Tech Nation, the Forward Institute and Conscious Capitalism.
Kate is the author of Accountability Under Fire: How society is demanding more from business and what great leaders are doing about it, and co-host of the Seat for Society podcast.
She serves as a Non-Executive Director of ParalympicsGB and is a King's alumna, having completed an MSc in Human Resource Management and Organisational Analysis.
Katy Barrow-Grint
Deputy Chief Constable Katy Barrow-Grint serves with Gloucestershire Constabulary and is the National Police Chiefs' Council lead for Investigations.
Since joining Thames Valley Police in 2000, Katy has held leadership roles across crime, criminal justice, intelligence, public protection and neighbourhood policing.
Alongside her policing career, Katy has developed a strong academic profile focused on domestic abuse, teenage relationship abuse and policing practice. She is an Honorary Research Fellow and Practitioner in Residence with the VISION consortium at City St George's, University of London, and is co-author of Policing Domestic Abuse: Risk, Policy and Practice.
In 2026, she became a Trustee of the charity It Does Matter, which supports victims of non-contact sexual offences.
Jian Li Yew
Jian Li Yew is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Citrine Capital, an investment firm focused on generating both financial returns and positive outcomes across health and wellbeing. Her career has spanned impact investing, social innovation, entrepreneurship and international development.
She currently serves on Malaysia’s National Advisory Board for Impact Investment and sits on the board of a publicly listed renewable energy company. Jian is a graduate of King’s having completed a Masters degree in Emerging Economies and International Development following an undergraduate degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of Melbourne.
William Moore
William Moore is Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Airbox Systems, a leading provider of situational awareness technology used by emergency services across the UK.
He founded Airbox in 2008 and under his leadership, the company has grown from developing navigation tools for private pilots into a technology business supporting more than 75,000 emergency service operations annually, helping emergency responders make informed decisions in complex and high-pressure environments.
Josephine Philips
Josephine Philips is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of SOJO, a fashion technology company building infrastructure for a more circular fashion industry.
She launched the UK's first clothing alterations and repairs app in 2021 and has since developed SOJO into a global business-to-business platform working with leading brands including Ralph Lauren, Selfridges and Marks & Spencer.
Josephine has secured venture capital investment from organisations including eBay Ventures and Google. A prominent voice on sustainability, entrepreneurship and retail innovation, she has spoken at TED and COP events on the future of fashion and circular business models.
She holds a BSc in Physics and Philosophy from King's College London.
Kate Thompson
Kate Thompson a portfolio non-executive director and behavioural scientist specialising in purpose-driven strategy, transformation and social impact.
Following an early career in strategy consulting, she co-founded and scaled BusinessFourZero to multimillion-pound revenues before its acquisition by a NASDAQ-listed company.
A recognised authority on wellbeing economics, gender equity and responsible business, Kate serves on several boards, including The Forward Institute, The World Wellbeing Movement, Tech She Can and Action for Happiness. She is a UN Women UK Delegate, an accredited executive coach and a Visiting Lecturer at London School of Economics, King's College London and the UK Government's Help to Grow programme.