George Iliev
Accreditation Director and China Director at the Association of MBAs (AMBA & BGA)

George ILIEV is Accreditation Director and China Director at the Association of MBAs (AMBA & BGA) in London. He manages the AMBA and BGA accreditation of 180 business schools in Asia, Europe and Latin America. In 2023, he co-authored “The MBA Compass”, an MBA guide published by Springer Nature. 

Before joining AMBA in 2011, George had a career in management consulting and media, and taught China Business at Sofia University. George has an MBA from Emory University, where he was a Fulbright Scholar, and an MSc from the London School of Economics, where he was a Chevening Scholar. In China, he has pursued specialisations at Anhui University and at HKUST. 

George speaks Mandarin Chinese, English, Spanish and his native Bulgarian. As a hobby he writes a blog exploring the parallels between nature and business.