In 2020 Cass Business School took the decision to remove the Cass name from the School, undertaking a comprehensive consultation process to find a new name that was reflective of its values.

After the events in June 2020, there was increasing awareness of the links between Sir John Cass and the slave trade. The School decided that, in line with its values and principles, it should change its name and increase its focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

We are glad to officially announce that the school has been renamed Bayes Business School, after the 18th-century statistician, philosopher, and Presbyterian minister Thomas Bayes. Bayes, whose theorem provided a simple way of calculating how likely a certain hypothesis is given some observed evidence, is buried in Bunhill Fields graveyard, close to the campus of City, University of London. The choice of Bayes was driven by his academic achievements, as his theorem is credited with helping develop machine learning, among other things.

The Fund remains closely associated with the School and continues to be supported by Peter Cullum, CBE, a successful entrepreneur and alumnus of the Business School. Therefore, the Fund is adopting the same naming approach and will now be known as the Bayes Entrepreneurship Fund.

Our email addresses, telephone numbers, operations and overall fund vision remains the same.