Prior to joining the Centre for Enterprise at MMU in November 2021, I had spent 5 years at Keele managing ERDF backed projects in SME innovation and leadership including student-mediated knowledge exchange and innovation-centred leadership.  From 2010-2016 I was part of the Corporate Programmes team in the Faculty of Business, Education & Law at Staffordshire University (Heading the team from the beginning of 2012), where I led on CPD and executive education provision.

From 1999-2010 I worked in the field of economic development and regeneration, managing programmes and projects within local government and regional development agencies around inward investment and investor development, business start-up, site development, tourism, town centre regeneration and skills & employability.

In my spare time I am a sled dog racer (2x UK Championship wins); I took up Paddle-boarding in 2021 and have been an intermittent student of Tai Chi since 2001.

My core interests are leadership and strategy, particularly in small and medium-sized enterprises.  I am also interested in the specifics of teaching and learning for practicing, experienced managers and other work based learners.

I hold post-graduate qualifications in Marketing, Business Administration, Philosophy, Higher & Professional Education, and Environmental Information Technology.  My undergraduate degree was in Zoology.

I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute, and a Chartered Management & Business Educator.