 the association of mbas (amba) is the only global mba-specific accreditation and membership organisation, advising, supporting and connecting the worldâs leading business schools, their mba graduates, students and potential mbas and the worldâs leading mba employers. amba accredits less than 2% of the worldâs business schools with mba programmes. the london-based association is one of the three main global accreditation bodies in business education (see triple accreditation) and styles itself "the world's impartial authority on postgraduate management education". it differs from aacsb in the us and equis in brussels as it accredits a school's portfolio of postgraduate management programs but does not accredited undergraduate programs. amba is the most international of the three organizations, having accredited schools based in 53 countries, compared with 48 for aacsb and 38 for equis. amba's long-serving president is sir paul judge, the founding benefactor of cambridge judge business school. the chief executive, andrew main wilson, joined the association in august 2013. the chairman of the amba board of trustees, len jones, was elected in september 2014. thumb|right|240px|feb 2014 survey results among mba applicants, in response to the question: "which of the following accreditations is/was most important to you when choosing a business school?" == global presence == as of september 2014, the association of mbas has accredited 219 business schools offering more than 800 different mba, dba and mbm programs in over 53 countries. forty-five of the amba-accredited schools are in the bric countries and 33 are in latin america (see list of institutions accredited by amba). the association has accredited only one business school in the united states as most top us schools do not meet its criterion for a minimum of three years of full-time work experie
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