Ilze Lansdell-Zandvoort

Ilze specializes in leadership and management development at top, senior and middle levels, and delivers Executive Education programs across the globe. Her focus areas include the interface between leadership, teamwork, change and strategy implementation. Ilze’s facilitation brings theories to life and ensures that leaders and teams can understand and apply theoretical concepts and frameworks in a practical and applied manner.

Ilze is the Program Director for our Open Portfolio Management Development Program, and has been the Academic Director of our Level 7 Degree Apprenticeship Programs, the Executive Masters in Leadership and Management, and the Executive MBA for a number of years. She works with a wide range of clients in a variety of Industries, within the Corporate, Public and Not-for-Profit Sectors. Some of her clients include Capita, the NHS, Civil Service, Continental, Otsuka, Rittal, DSM, Merck KGgA and NATO.

Ilze’s professional and personal life is a testimony of transformation. She graduated with a Masters in Chiropractic (MSc) in South Africa and a Doctorate of Chiropractic (DC) in the USA. After a successful career as a Chiropractor and Entrepreneur, Ilze moved to the UK. Here she transformed her career and graduated with a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) (with distinction) from Ashridge Business School, before joining the fold as part of the MBA team. In 2019 Ilze completed her Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) from the University of Liverpool, where her research focussing on the lessons leaders can learn from those living through transformation, won the prestigious award of ‘Best Thesis of the Year’.

Companies

• Professor of Leadership and Management Hult International Business School (Ashridge) (2019)
• Academic Director of Masters in Leadership and Management Programme Ashridge (2015 — 2019)
• Director MBA Operations and Faculty member Ashridge International Business School (2013 — 2014)
• Associate MBA Director and Faculty Ashridge Business School (2009 — 2013)
• Associate MBA Director Ashridge Business School (2009 — 2012)
• Management Consultant and Leadership Development Trainer Private and Public Sector (2006 — 2009)
• Lecturer/Tutor/Module Leader/Clinician University of Surrey, University of Hertfordshire, McTimoney College of Chiropractice (2002 — 2008)
• Career and Project Manager Ashridge International Business School (2007 — 2008)
• Consultant and Practice owner Private practice - Chiropractic (1995 — 2001)

Education

• Doctorate of Business Administration University of Liverpool (2012 — 2019)
• MBA Ashridge Executive Education, Hult International Business School (2006 — 2006)
• Doctorate of Chiropractic Life Chiropractic College West
• Master of Science (MSc) Durban Institute of Technology (1989 — 1993)