Ruth Bender

Ruth is Emeritus Professor of Corporate Financial Strategy, having researched and taught at Cranfield for many years. Prior to this she was a partner in Grant Thornton, where latterly she specialised in corporate finance. During this period she undertook various secondments, including a year working as a private equity investment manager in the City. She is a chartered accountant and was for 13 years a committee member of the ICAEW's Faculty of Finance and Management. Other outside roles have included non-executive directorships of a Health Authority and an NHS Trust, membership of the Independent Remuneration Panels for two local authorities. She is the Chair of The Case Centre, the independent home of the case study method.

Ruth has a broad range of teaching experience, including degree courses, open programmes and customised executive education, from new recruits through to board level. Her main teaching areas include corporate finance and corporate governance. Her research concerned the practical implications of corporate governance as it affects boards and board committees. In particular, she has worked with non-executive directors on remuneration committees and audit committees of larger companies.

Her latest book is the 4th edition of Corporate Financial Strategy, published by Routledge.

Education

• PhD University of Warwick - Warwick Business School (2001 — 2005)
• MBA Cranfield School of Management (1993 — 1994)

Books

• Bender R & Franco-Santos M. (2017) Executive remuneration: Factors influencing consultants’ advice. London: ICAEW.
• Bender R (2013) Corporate Financial Strategy. Abingdon: Routledge, ed. 4th edition.
• Bender R (2012) Telling it like it Is: Reporting sustainable performance. In: Cranfield on Corporate Sustainability, Sheffield: Greenleaf Publishing, p. 199-212, ed. 1.
• Bender R (2012) Executive compensation consultants. In: Research Handbook on Executive Pay, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, p. 320-337.
• Bender R (2011) Valuation. In: The European Law of Commercial Agency, Oxford: Hart Publishing, p. 175-183, ed. 3.
• Bender R. (2011) Reinvesting in the Company versus Rewarding Investors with Distributions. In: Qfinance: The Ultimate Resource, London: Bloomsbury, p. 645-647, ed. 2.
• Bender R (2009) Remuneration Committees - Where Next?. In: FTSE 350 Executive Pay 2009, London: Addleshaw Goddard, p. 4-6.
• Bender R. (2009) Reinvesting in the company versus rewarding investors with distributions. In: Qfinance: The Ultimate Resource, London: Bloomsbury, p. 172-173, ed. 1.
• Bender R & Ward K (2008) Corporate Financial Strategy. Butterworth Heinemann, ed. 3rd edition.
• Bender R (2004) Shareholder value: who performs wins. In: Management accounting: business strategy: CIMA's official study system, Oxford: Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, p. 443-447, ed. [2005 edition].
• Bender R & Ward K (2002) Corporate Financial Strategy. Butterworth Heinemann, ed. 2nd edition.
• Bender R (2001) Shareholder value: who performs wins. In: CIMA study system. Management accounting: business strategy, London: Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.
• Bender R (1998) Strategic Working Capital Management. ICAEW.
• Bender R, Ward K & Quinlan J (1996) Using the strategic management process to establish cost effective services in the NHS. In: Strategic Business Finance, Kogan Page, p. 231-252.