People at Keele Business School
The academics at Keele Business School are multicultural and multinational bringing an international aspect to the School’s teaching, research and business activities. They are also active researchers in the core areas of management, marketing, economics and finance, accounting and human resource management and regularly present their work at conferences at home and abroad and publish in leading journals. Research informs their teaching and means students are introduced to the latest theories and thinking in each subject area. Working alongside our academics are a dedicated team of professional administrators who will help to support students throughout their studies and ensure their time at Keele is a rewarding experience.
School Leadership Team
Dr. Abhishek Behl
Senior Lecturer & Director of Internationalisation
- 1.006, Keele Business School; Denise Coates Foundation Building
- +44 7068325500
- a.behl@keele.ac.uk
Dr Xihui Chen
Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance; Deputy Director of KBS
- Room 1.001, Keele Business School
- x.chen@keele.ac.uk
Dr Colin Rigby
Reader and Director of Enterprise
- Smart Innovation Hub, UG.016
- +44 (0)1782 733456
- c.a.rigby@keele.ac.uk
Management
Dr Sunday (Sunny) Adebola
Lecturer, Programme Director - UG Business Management (Business Management and Business Management 'and' programmes)
- Smart Innovation Hub, 1.032
- +44 1782 7 33425
- s.adebola@keele.ac.uk
Dr Moshood Bello
Lecturer in Business, Programme Director - MBA (Online) and MSc Management (online)
- Smart Innovation Hub, 1.030
- +44 (0) 1782 733424
- m.a.bello@keele.ac.uk
Dr Xuebing (Jack) Cao
Senior Lecturer, Programme Director - MA Human Resource Management SPP, MA HRM
- Smart Innovation Hub, 1.036
- +44 (0)1782 733605
- x.cao@keele.ac.uk
Dr Aikaterini Koskina
Senior Lecturer in HRM, Programme Director - FTMBA
- Smart Innovation Hub, 1.038
- +44 (0)1782 733428
- a.koskina@keele.ac.uk
Dr Tolu Olarewaju
Institutional Athena Swan Co-Chair
Expert in economics, international business, entrepreneurship, SMEs, poverty reduction
- Smart Innovation Hub UG0.18
- +44 (0) 1782 733624
- t.olarewaju@keele.ac.uk
Dr Mick Pender
Lecturer HRM and Management
- Smart Innovation Hub, 1.040
- +44(0) 1782 734469
- m.a.pender@keele.ac.uk
Dr Carola Weissmeyer
Lecturer in HRM and Industrial Relations, Programme Director - UG HRM (plus HR with on Business Management 'with' programme); Employability Lead, Development Lead for UG Apprenticeship Provision, KBS Local Safety Coordinator
- Smart Innovation Hub, 1.034
- +44 (0)1782 733603
- c.weissmeyer@keele.ac.uk
Marketing, Operations and Digital
Dr Witold Bahr
Lecturer in Operations Management, Programme Director - MSc Project Management, Logistics and Supply Chain, Entrepreneurship; School Engagement and Retention Lead; AoL Lead
- Smart Innovation Hub, 1.038
- w.bahr@keele.ac.uk
Professor Samir Dani
Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management
Expert in Supply chains and logistics, operations management, food supply chains.
Dr Geetika Jain
Lecturer in Digital Transformation, Programme Director - Business Analytics, Fintech
- Smart Innovation Hub, 1.008
- +44 (0) 1782 733623
- g.jain@keele.ac.uk
Dr. Muddasar Ghani Khwaja
Senior Lecturer
- Smart Innovation Hub 01.029
- m.khwaja@keele.ac.uk
Rachel Lee
Lecturer in Marketing, Programme Director - UG Marketing; International College and Foundation Year Link Tutor
Expert in Retail, the high street, brands, marketing, economics.
- Smart Innovation Hub, 1.037
- +44(0) 1782 733112
- r.s.lee@keele.ac.uk
Dr Helen Millward
Lecturer in Marketing, Programme Director
- Smart Innovation Hub, 1.039
- +44 (0) 1782 733111
- h.a.millward1@keele.ac.uk
Accounting and Finance
Professor Ghulam Sorwar
Professor of Finance
Expert in Economics, finance, macroeconomics, fiscal policy.
Dr Akrum Helfaya
Senior Lecturer
- Smart Innovation Hub, 01.027
- +44 (0) 1782 733432
- a.n.ekara.helfaya@keele.ac.uk
Dr Alena Audzeyeva
Senior Lecturer in Finance, Strategic Research Group Co-Chair
- Smart Innovation Hub, 1.004
- +44 (0) 1782 733271
- a.audzeyeva@keele.ac.uk
Dr Xiafei Li
International Partnership Link Tutor; Research Seminar Co-ordinator
- Smart Innovation Hub, 1.006
- x.li2@keele.ac.uk
Dr Anup Kumar Saha
Lecturer in Accounting, Disability Inclusion Tutor
- Smart Innovation Hub 1.001
- a.saha1@keele.ac.uk
Dr Shirley Geyi Xu
Lecturer in Accounting, Programme Director - MSc Accounting and Financial Management, Banking and Finance, Investment Management
- Smart Innovation Hub, 1.010
- +44 (0) 1782 733254
- s.xu@keele.ac.uk
Dr Thanamas Kungwal
Lecturer in Accounting, Library Representative
- Smart Innovation Hub, 1.023
- + 44 (0)1782 734264
- t.kungwal@keele.ac.uk
Dr Robina Iqbal
Lecturer in Banking and Finance
- Smart Innovation Hub, 1.025
- r.iqbal@keele.ac.uk
Tracy Clewlow
Senior Teaching Fellow Accounting, Programme Director - UG Accounting & Finance; School Marketing and Student Recruitment Lead; Academic Assessment Officer
- Smart Innovation Hub, 1.021
- + 44 (0)1782 733107
- t.e.clewlow@keele.ac.uk
Eiman Mohamed El-Sayed
Lecturer in Accounting, School EDI Lead
- Smart Innovation Hub, 1.024
- e.mohamed.el-sayed@keele.ac.uk
Dr. Mobeen Ur Rehman
Senior Lecturer
- Smart Innovation Hub, UG 0.21
- m.ur-rehman@keele.ac.uk
Economics
Dr Nick O'Donovan
Senior Lecturer, Executive Education Lead; Programme Director - Help to Grow
- Business School, 1.30
- 07971534108
- n.j.o'donovan@keele.ac.uk
Dr Shiva Sikdar
Senior Lecturer, Faculty Research Ethics Committee – FREC Chair
- Smart Innovation Hub, 1.007
- +44 (0) 1782 734372
- s.sikdar@keele.ac.uk
Dr Christopher Tsoukis
Senior Lecturer in Economics, Programme Director - UG Economics (Economics, Economics 'And' Programmes)-teach out; Deputy Academic Conduct Officer
- Smart Innovation Hub, 1.009
- +44 (0) 1782 733101
- c.tsoukis@keele.ac.uk
Dr Rumman Khan
Lecturer in Economics and Econometrics, Programme Director - UG Economics (Economics, Economics 'And' Programmes) Level 4/5-revalidated; Academic Conduct Officer
- Smart Innovation Hub, UG0.20
- +44 (0) 1782 733781
- r.khan2@keele.ac.uk
Emeritus Professors
- Professor Robin Bladen-Hovell, Emeritus Professor
- Professor Istemi Demirag, Emeritus Professor
- Professor David Knights, Emeritus Professor
- Professor Peter Lawrence, Emeritus Professor
- Professor David Leece, Emeritus Professor
- Professor Roland Munro, Emeritus Professor
- Professor Carole Thornley, Emeritus Professor
Keele Business School
Denise Coates Foundation Building
Keele University
Staffordshire
ST5 5AA
Tel: +44 (0) 1782 733430
General enquiries:
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