Aston Business School

Senior Management

Professor Marian Garcia, Executive Dean of Aston Business School

Dr Siham Aboujanah, Associate Dean Education and Student Experience, Undergraduate Programmes

Dr Paul Jones, Associate Dean Education and Student Experience, Postgraduate Programmes

Professor Helen Higson, Associate Dean Education and Student Experience, MBA and Executive Education 

Dr Ali Bigdeli, Associate Dean Research and Enterprise

Dr Ed Turner, Associate Dean Research and Enterprise (Impact)

Professor Sangeeta Khorana, Associate Dean International (Interim)

Dr Elinor Vettraino, Associate Dean Engagement and Development

Dr Chris Owen, Director of Accreditations and Rankings

Simon Ells, Operations Manager

Andrew Wilson, Director of Operations, College of Business and Social Sciences

Christopher Umfreville, Deputy Dean for Education, College of Business and Social Sciences

Professor Mark McCormack, Deputy Dean for Research, College of Business and Social Sciences

Steve Belt, HR Business Partner, College of Business and Social Sciences

Steve Jones, School Finance Business Partner, College of Business and Social Sciences

Angie Daniels, PA to the Head of School and Associate Deans

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Professor Andy Lymer, Head of the Department of Accounting and Finance

Dr Matt Olczak, Head of the Department of Economics and International Business

Professor Ben Clegg, Head of the Department of Operations and Service Management

Dr Anna Ackfeldt, Head of the Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship

Dr Leonidas Anastasakis, Head of the Department of Business Analytics and Information Systems

Professor Roberta Fida, Head of the Department of Leadership and Management

Accounting and Finance

Professor Andy Lymer, Head of the Department of Accounting and Finance

Linda Watts, Department Support Coordinator 

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Azizah Abu Bakar, Teaching Fellow in Accounting

Salman Ahmad, Lecturer in Accounting

Muhammad Akbar, Senior Teaching Fellow in Finance

Amir Allam, Senior Lecturer in Accounting

Laura Althorp, Teaching Fellow

Joanne Amos, Teaching Fellow

Alcino Azevedo, Reader

Antonis Ballis, Lecturer

Becky Bate, Senior Teaching Fellow

Ben Brophy, Industrial Fellow

Sajid Chaudhry, Reader

Ian Cornelius, Senior Teaching Fellow

David Cruz Poco Da Ressurreicao Cardoso, Lecturer in Finance

Mohit Dar, Lecturer

Matthew Davies, Associate Professorial Teaching Fellow

Aya Ghalayini, Teaching Fellow

Galina Goncharenko, Reader

Hira Gulshan, Teaching Fellow

Monina Hurl, Teaching Fellow

Christos Ioannidis, Professor

Hayley James, Senior Research Fellow

Michail Karoglou, Senior Lecturer

Rasha Kassem, Senior Lecturer in Accounting

Richard Kenyon, Teaching Fellow

Dr Polina Khrennikova, Lecturer 

Andy Lymer, Professor & Head of Department (Accounting and Finance)

Janet Mack, Reader in Accounting

Syed Mahmud, Teaching Fellow

Shafaq Malik, Teaching Fellow

Jonathan Mills, Senior Teaching Fellow

Christina Neokleous, Lecturer

Mandy Pachol, Industrial Fellow

Bobbie Retallack, Teaching Fellow in Accounting

Flavia Rodricks, Lecturer in Accounting

Frances Rosairo, Senior Teaching Fellow

George Salijeni, Lecturer in Accounting

Sara Saynor, Associate Dean, Education and Student Experience 

Teerooven Soobaroyen, Professor in Accounting

Lin Tian, Research Associate

Leonidas Tsiaras, Lecturer

Carlene Wynter, Lecturer

Cecilia Yekini, Professor in Accounting

Xuanchen Zhang, Lecturer

Anis Zras, Teaching Fellow

Business Analytics and Information Systems

Dr Leonidas Anastasakis, Head of the Department of Business Analytics and Information Systems

Jennifer Willmott, Department Support Coordinator 

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Muhammad Azeem Abbas, Lecturer in IS and ICT  

Bogdan Adamyk, Research Associate  

Amara Ajaegbu, Senior Teaching Fellow  

Haider Al-khateeb, Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security  

Leonidas Anastasakis, Senior Lecturer & Head of Department (Business Analytics & Information Systems)  

Manimuthu Arunmozhi, Lecturer in Cyber Security and Business Analytics  

Majid Azadi, Lecturer in Business Analytics  

Vladlena Benson, Professor  

Yashika Bhadula, KTP Associate  

Victor Chang, Professor  

Anitha Chinnaswamy, Senior Lecturer  

Akram Dehnokhalaji, Senior Lecturer  

Ozren Despic, Teaching Fellow  

Paul Devadoss, Senior Teaching Fellow  

Laura Di Chiacchio, Lecturer in Information Systems and Cybersecurity  

Gosia Dzierdzikowska, Aston Centre for Cyber Security Innovation (CSI) Manager

John Edwards, Professor  

Alexeis Garcia Perez, Professor of Digital Business and Society  

Joy Garfield, Senior Teaching Fellow  

Matthew Hall, Senior Teaching Fellow  

Joshua Ignatius, Professor  

Farbod Khanizadeh, Teaching Fellow  

Jiabin Luo, Senior Lecturer  

Rosnida Mamat, Teaching Fellow  

Muhidin Mohamed, Teaching Fellow  

Shubhadeep Mukherjee, Teaching Fellow  

Priscilla Omonedo, Senior Teaching Fellow  

Christopher Owen, Director of Accreditation's, Reputation and Rankings and Senior Teaching Fellow  

Asma Patel, Teaching Fellow in Cyber Security  

Viktor Pekar, Senior Lecturer  

Panagiotis Petridis, Reader  

Gary Simpson, Senior Teaching Fellow  

Vidhya Sivakumar, Project Manager  

Victoria Uren, Senior Lecturer  

Yang Zhao, Senior Lecturer  

Economics and International Business

Surender Munjal, Head of the Department of Economics and International Business
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Ines Alvarez Boulton, Lecturer in Entrepreneurship  

Rakesh Bissoondeeal, Senior Lecturer  

Tim Burnett, Senior Teaching Fellow in Business Economics & Strategy  

Zheng Cao, Lecturer  

Angelos Delis, Senior Lecturer  

Chiara Paola Donegani, Senior Teaching Fellow in Economics  

Jun Du, Professor  

Jason Evans, Senior Teaching Fellow  

Jocelyne Fleming, Senior Teaching Fellow  

Dean Garratt, Senior Teaching Fellow in Economics  

Jonathan Guest, Senior Teaching Fellow  

Afshin Hamrabadi, Post Doctoral Research Associate  

Lisha He, Lecturer in International Business  

Hirohiko Izushi, Senior Lecturer  

Christopher Jones, Professor  

Sangeeta Khorana, Professor of International Trade Policy  

Anastasios Kitsos, Senior Lecturer  

Maria Kozlovskaya, Senior Lecturer  

Cher Li, Professor in Economics  

Xingyi Liu, Lecturer  

Tomasz Mickiewicz, Professor  

Surender Munjal, Professor in International Business  

Matthew Olczak, Reader in Economics

Karishma Patel, Teaching Fellow  

Neha Prashar, Lecturer  

Dalila Ribaudo, Senior Lecturer  

Robert Riegler, Senior Teaching Fellow  

Vahid Sadeghi, Senior Lecturer  

Muntasir Shami, Lecturer  

Oleksandr Shepotylo, Senior Lecturer  

Yujie Shi, Research Fellow  

Angelos Theodorakopoulos, Senior Lecturer  

Adam Thompson, Teaching Fellow  

Ngoc Dieu Linh Vi, Lecturer in Economics  

Xiaocan Yuan, Visiting Research Fellow

Lin Zhang, Research Assistant on Trade, Productivity and Region  

Yang Zheng, Lecturer in Economics  

Yichen Zhu, Teaching Fellow in Economics 

Leadership and Management

Professor Roberta Fida, Head of the Department of Leadership and Management

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Siham Aboujanah, Associate Dean Education

Harry Allen, Senior Teaching Fellow

Vidyadhar Badigannavar, Senior Lecturer  

Derrick Boakye, Lecturer in Strategic Management  

Pawan Budhwar, Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor, International and Professor  

Laura Byrne, Lecturer in HRM and OB  

Karen Caine, Senior Teaching Fellow  

David Cantliff, Teaching Fellow in Human Resource Management/Organisational Behaviour  

Matthew Carter, Senior Lecturer and Deputy Head of Department

Jonathan Crawshaw, Senior Lecturer  

Johannes De Kam, Lecturer  

Dulini Fernando, Professor in Work and Organisation  

Roberta Fida, Professor & Head of Department (Leadership & Management)  

Anthony Henry, Teaching Fellow  

Helen Higson, Associate Dean, Education and Student Experience (MBA & Executive Education)  

Paul Jones, Associate Dean, Education and Student Experience (PGT)

Bahar Ali Kazmi, Senior Lecturer  

Clive Kerridge, Senior Teaching Fellow  

Zexi Li, Lecturer  

Sonya Lin, Lecturer in HRM or OB/Work Psychology  

Qing Liu, Lecturer in HRM, OB/Work Psychology  

Dewi Lloyd, Teaching Fellow in Marketing and Strategy  

Karen Maher, Lecturer

Simon Mccabe, Senior Lecturer  

Aoife Mcdermott, Professor in HRM  

Uwe Napiersky, Senior Lecturer  

Kanimozhi Narayanan, Lecturer  

Uchechukwuka Ogwude, Senior Teaching Fellow  

Jude Preston, Senior Teaching Fellow

Ali Radfard, Lecturer  

Claudia Sacramento, Reader  

Razieh Sadraei, Research Assistant

Sukhwinder Salh, Senior Teaching Fellow  

David Sarpong, Professor  

Sanjoy Sen, Teaching Fellow  

Zahida Shah, Teaching Fellow  

Shivani Sharma, Deputy PVC People, Planning and Performance  

Mahnaaz Siddiqui, Teaching Fellow  

Siqi Wang, Lecturer in HRM, OB/Work Psychology  

Hongmin Yan (Jess), Lecturer

Marketing and Entrepreneurship
Dr Anna Ackfeldt, Head of the Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship

Darshan Kitare, Department Support Coordinator

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Adriana Braje, Teaching Fellow in Marketing  

Jonathan Berg, Business Enterprise Development Coach

David Carrington, Senior Lecturer  

Fahmida Choudhury, Research Fellow  

Prateek Devaraju, KTP Associate 
                                         
Rajinder Dool, Teaching Fellow in Marketing  

Arezoo Fakhimi, Lecturer  

Andrew Farrell, Senior Lecturer  

Alan Graham, Teaching Fellow in Sales  

Narek Grigorian, Teaching Fellow in Marketing  

Trevor Jones, Professorial Research Fellow  

Eva Kasperova, Research Fellow  

Susan Lanz, Impact Fellow  

Reza Marvi, Lecturer  

Francis Mulleady, Senior Teaching Fellow  

Emma Neale, Senior Teaching Fellow  

Nathalie Ormrod, Senior Teaching Fellow  

Geoffrey Parkes, Associate Professorial Teaching Fellow  

Aimee Postle, Senior Teaching Fellow  

Helen Pugh, Teaching Fellow  

Shuai Qin, Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Marketing

Monder Ram, Professor  

Richard Roberts, Professorial Research Fellow  

Andrew Salmon, Senior Teaching Fellow in Marketing  

Kristina Schmidt, Teaching Fellow  

Vijayakumar Sethuraman, KTP Associate  

Doaa Shohaieb, Teaching Fellow  

Lucia Silvestro, Lecturer in Digital Marketing  

Aarti Sood, Teaching Fellow in Marketing  

Shihang Su, Lecturer in Strategy  

Iftakar Sultan, Senior Teaching Fellow  

Wendy Tabrizi, Associate Professorial Teaching Fellow

Peter Tasi, Business Enterprise Development Coach  

Xiuzhu Tian, Teaching Fellow  

Enobong Udondian, Impact & Commercialisation Officer, KTP Associate  

Elinor Vettraino, Associate Dean, Engagement and Development  

Kamil Wyczynski, Teaching Fellow  

Vignesh Yoganathan, Professor in Marketing  
Operations and Service Management

Professor Ben Clegg, Head of the Department of Operations and Service Management

Judith Moyle, Department Support Coordinator

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Ammar Al-bazi, Senior Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Simulation  

Pavel Albores-barajas, Professor  

Hamza Ali, Business Engagement Manager  

Praveen Anand, Business Engagement Manager  

Daniel Andrews, Research Fellow in Gamification  

Komal Aryal, Lecturer  

Timothy Baines, Professor  

Menoka Bal, Teaching Fellow in Project Management  

Krishna Balthu, Lecturer  

Luciano Batista, Reader  

Ahmad Beltagui, Reader  

Carl Cattell, Teaching Fellow  

Ashmita Chitlangia, Marketing Manager  

Benjamin Clegg, Professor & Head of Department (Operations & Service Management)  

Prasanta Dey, Professor  

Martin Grant, Project Manager  

Gillian Holmes, Senior Research Manager  

Mithun Joy, Business Engagement Manager  

Anuradha Kamble, Digital Transformation and Business Intelligence KTP Associate  

Maaz Khan, Business Engagement Manager  

Yash Khare, Business Engagement Manager  

Adeesha Eshani Kodhagoda Gamage, KTP Associate  

Peter Lee, Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management  

Darash Mantri, Business Engagement Manager  

Antonio Masi, Lecturer in Operations Management  

Iain Mckechnie, Director of Strategic Programmes  

Aishwarya Menon, Business Engagement Manager  

Melania Milecka-forrest, Senior Teaching Fellow  

Breno Nunes, Reader  

Gajanan Panchal, Senior Lecturer  

Naeem Akthar Puliyullathil, Business Engagement Manager  

Raveen Ramachandran Menon, Research Fellow  

Dipti Rathi, Research Fellow  

Oscar Rodriguez-espindola, Reader  

Seyedmojtaba Sajadi, Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Simulation  

Olanrewaju Sanda, Digital Transformation and Business Intelligence Associate  

Afsana Sharmin, Business Engagement Manager  

Amrik Singh, Senior Teaching Fellow  

Andrei Stan, Digital Platform Specialist, KTP Associate  

Trung Hieu Tran, Senior Lecturer  

Balint Newton Turcsanyi, KTP Associate in Digital Transformation and Business Intelligence  

Eliseo Vilalta Perdomo, Senior Teaching Fellow in Service Operations Management  

Mohammad Hossein Zarei, Lecturer  

Alinaghi Ziaee Bigdeli, Associate Dean, Research and Enterprise 

Professional Support Staff

Aston Business School 

Andrew Wilson, Director of Operations - College of Business and Social Sciences
+44(0)121 204 3271 - a.r.wilson@aston.ac.uk

Joanne Duggan, Accreditation Lead
+44(0)121 204 3217 - j.duggan1@aston.ac.uk

Angie Daniels, PA to Deputy PVC, Dean of Aston Business School, Deputy Deans for Business and Social Sciences and Director of Operations for the College of Business and Social Sciences
+44(0)121 204 3562 - a.daniels3@aston.ac.uk

Stephen Belt, HR Advisor
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Steven Jones, ABS Finance Partner
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Law and Social Sciences

Andrew Wilson, Director of Operations - College of Business and Social Sciences
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Stephen Belt, HR Advisor
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Steven Jones, ABS Finance Partner
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Admissions

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Research Office

Dan Thomson, Research Manager
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David Richardson, Research Officer
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Shrook Ahmed, Research Support Co-ordinator
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Research and Centres of Excellence

Aston Business School

Advanced Services Group

Iain Mckechnie, Director at The Advanced Services Group, Aston Business School
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Dr Daniel Andrews, Research Fellow
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Professor Tim Baines, Professor
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Dr Alinaghi Ziaee Bigdeli, Reader
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Dr Andreas Schroeder, Reader 
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Dr Ahmad Beltagui, Senior Lecturer
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Dr Chris Owen, Senior Teaching Fellow 
+44 (0)121 204 3078 - c.owen@aston.ac.uk

Aston Centre for Growth

Professor Mark Hart, Associate Director, Aston Centre for Growth and Deputy Director, Enterprise Research Centre
+44(0)121 204 3048 -  mark.hart@aston.ac.uk

Paula Whitehouse, Director, Aston Centre for Growth
+44(0)121 204 3122 -  p.a.whitehouse@aston.ac.uk

Kate Angel, Programme Manager, Aston Programme for Small Business Growth
+44(0)121 204 4523 -  k.angel@aston.ac.uk

Wendy Ferris, Enterprise Research Centre Manager
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Faye Oliver, Project Co-ordinator, Aston Programme for Small Business Growth
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Christine Foss, Project Coordinator, BSEEN
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Wray Bennett, Relationship Manager, Mentoring for Growth
+44(0)121 204 5300 - w.bennett@aston.ac.uk

Ibrahim Abbas, Business Engagement Manager
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Chrisitan Byron, Birmingham Innovation
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Ravinder Claire, Centre for Growth Coordinator

Eugenie Golubova, Research Fellow
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Neha Prashar, Research Fellow
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George Paily, Research Fellow

Anastasia Ri, Research Fellow
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Katherine Rice, BSEEN Enterprise Consultant
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Keerti Rajput, Marketing, Events and Alumni Coordinator

Chantel Thompson, Marketing and Engagement Manager
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Aston Crisis Management Centre

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Aston Indian Centre for Applied Research

Professor Pawan Budhwar

Professor Prasanta Dey

Professor Sangeeta Khorana

Professor Surender Munjal

Dr Komal Arya

Dr Krishna Balthu

Dr Vidu Badigannavar

Dr Amit Chattopadhyay

Dr Soumyadeb Chowdhary

Dr Philip Davies

Dr Kani Narayanan

Dr Gajanan Panchal

Mr Kirit Vaidya

BSEEN

Carolyn Keenan, Project Manager, BSEEN
+44(0)121 204 4452 - c.a.keenan@aston.ac.uk

Kath Preston, Enterprise Consultant, BSEEN
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Zhenya Parnell, Project Coordinator, BSEEN
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A-GamE Centre

A-GamE (Aston Games in Education) was launched in November 2018 to share best practice in the use of games, experiments and simulations in teaching.

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Centre for Business Prosperity

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Centre for Circular Economy and Advanced Sustainability

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Centre for Enterprise, Coaching and Innovation

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Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship (CREME)

Professor Monder Ram, CREME Director
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Professor Richard Roberts, Visiting Professor CREME
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Professor Trevor Jones, Professorial Research Fellow, CREME
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Dr Eva Kasperova, Research Fellow
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Dr Imelda McCarthy, Research Fellow
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Dr Heila Sha, Research Fellow

Fahmida Choudhury, PhD Researcher
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Aziz Abdul Muhammad, PhD Researcher
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Susan Lanz, Impact Fellow

Shuai Qin, Impact Fellow

Gurdeep Chima, Centre Manager
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Farnum Taruvinga, Marketing and Events Assistant
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Cyber Security Innovation Research Centre

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Enterprise Research Centre (ERC)

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