Positions

• Leader of the International Entrepreneurship Forum, a unique platform of researchers, policy makers and business practitioners concerned with entrepreneurship, innovation and regional development (annual referred research conferences held each year across the world for the past 18 years and continuing)
• Scientific Adviser to the Centre for Entrepreneurship at the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) and its LEED (Local Economic and Employment) Programme, Trento Centre, Italy and Paris, France (till 2015)
• Visiting Professor, University of Luneburg, Germany, since 2017.
• Visiting Professor, Dangote Business School, Bayero University, Nigeria
• Visiting Professor, Externado University, Bogota Colombia (2011-2017)
• Member of the Advisory Board of the European Business Angels Network (Impact Investment Committee)
• Member of the Board for the International Network of SMEs (INSME), Rome, Italy (since 2016)
• Member of the European Logistics Council Advisory Board for the Global Coalition of Efficient Logistics
• Member of the Advisory Board, Cambridge Innovation Academy, Cambridge UK

• Member of the Advisory Committee T20:20 Global Programme for Women in Entrepreneurship, Trestle Foundation, Trestle Group, Switzerland (2014-16)
• Director of the Board of the International Council for Small Business (ICSB), Washington, USA (2010-2012)
• Visiting Professor, Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad India (2013-15);
• Visiting Professor at the School of Management at Fudan University in China (2007-8 to 2010-11)
• Visiting Professor, Jilin University, China (2008-9)
• Visiting Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Bologna University, Italy (1996-1999)
• Professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Bedfordshire, (2003-4)
• Professor of Entrepreneurship and Director of Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (founder), Birmingham City University, (1998 -2003)
• Reader in Entrepreneurship, Birmingham City University (1997-98)
• Head of Economic Development Unit, University of North London, (1991-97)
• Principal Business Adviser, Department of Town Planning and Economic Development, London Borough of Lambeth (1984-1991)
• Business Adviser, Department of Town Planning and Economic
• Development, London Borough of Lambeth (1983-84)
• Trainee and Audit Assistant at Blakemore Elgar & Co., London (1976-83).

Member of Editorial Board for:

• Editor, Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economies (published by Sage) http://eie.sagepub.com )
• Editor, Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economies (published by Sage) http://eie.sagepub.com )
• Journal of Entrepreneurial and Organisational Diversity (new Open Access Journal launched in late 2011, published by EURICSSE, Italy);
• International Journal for E-Entrepreneurship and Innovation (IGI-Global);
• Industry and Higher Education Journal (Sage);
• International Journal of Business Innovation and Research (Inderscience);
• Kindai Management Review (Kindai University, Japan);
• SN Business and Economics (Springer Nature). Member of Professional Organisations
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
• American Economic Association
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Academy of Management
• Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (UK)
• European Council for Small Businesses
• International Council for Small Businesses
• Regional Studies Association
• Association of University Professors, UK
• International Association of Science Parks Advisory Council (till 2002)

• Director of the Venture Academy (since 2015). Leadership of applied research and knowledge exchange with industry and policy organisations and academic institutions
• Led the MBA programme from 2014 to 2015, staging its recovery to a successful and viable project; revising and reaccrediting the programme completely in 2014-15; increased student numbers 6 fold in first year and then another 40% in the second (from2014 -15 to 2015-16);
• Devised, formulated, established and led the first ever School of Entrepreneurship and Business (a brand new department at a new campus), at University of Essex, 2005 -2014
• Contributed directly to development of new campus for University of Essex at Southend-on-Sea, 2004-2014
• Contributed directly to development of merger of School of Entrepreneurship and Business and School of Accounting and Finance to form Essex Business School, 2008
• Head of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group, Essex Business School, (2008-2011)
• Head of School of Entrepreneurship and Business (2005-2008) with responsibility for School budgets, new and growing staff (x14); student liaison, programmes of study, academic administration, grew School from scratch to over 250 students
• The development of 8 successful fully accredited postgraduate programmes of study and over 25 modules (from creation through to validation and successful implementation)
• Creation and Management of 2 separate PhD programme of study – PhD in Entrepreneurship and PhD in Business Administration (since 2005);
• Development of 6 undergraduate programmes of study from creation through to validation and successful implementation)
• Consolidation of PG and UG programmes since 2009
• Management of several successful research and knowledge transfer projects (see below and separate profile);
• Director of the University’s Social Responsibility Forum (2010-11);
• Organisation, leadership and management of 13 International Entrepreneurship Refereed Research Conferences around the world with institutional partners.

Previous appointments as Director of Centres of Entrepreneurship at Birmingham City University and at University of Bedfordshire, Head of Economic Development, London Metropolitan University. Add to that 15 years of experience in industry and public sector.

• Established the first Centre for Entrepreneurship Research at the University of Essex in 2005, now a vibrant focal point for research and knowledge transfer projects and activities focused on entrepreneurship, innovation, technology-based entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, regional development, and public policy (see sections on publications, knowledge transfer, doctoral supervision income generation and attached document on ‘Publications, etc.’); - now renamed the Venture Academy
• Established the first set of PhD programmes in Entrepreneurship and Business Administration at Essex Business School
• Founding and leading since 2000 the annual International Entrepreneurship Forum conferences (http://ieforums.org)
• Managed several income generating projects of significant overall sums (see separate profile).
• Regular review of ESRC bids and evaluation reviews
• Editorship of refereed journal
• Regular peer reviewer of leading journal articles

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• Programme Director MBA (2014-15)
• MSc in Entrepreneurship and Innovation (2004 to 2014)
• Module Leader:
• Theories and Practice of Entrepreneurship (BE250) and Managing the New Enterprise (BE 253)
• MBA – Innovation and Entrepreneurship (BE 853) and contribution to module on Innovation Management + BE 243 Creating and Growing a New Venture and BE 867 Developing Business Plans
• Created and managed the development of the full portfolio of successful postgraduate (x 8) and undergraduate programmes (x 6) of the School of Entrepreneurship and Business (now part of Essex Business School), their validation, accreditation and delivery (’05-’08)
• External Examiner: London School of Economics, Entrepreneurship Programme (2007-10)
• PG Certificate in New Business Creation (for all graduates of the University, from 2013 to date)
• As Visiting Professor at University of Luneburg developed 4 new modules: Citizen Entrepreneurship (UG, final year, 2020) Science Technology and Society (PG, 2019); Industry 4.0 (UG Final year; 2019); International Entrepreneurship (PG 2018)

As Visiting Professor at University of Luneburg developed 4 new modules: Citizen Entrepreneurship (UG, final year, 2020) Science Technology and Society (PG, 2019); Industry 4.0 (UG Final year; 2019); International Entrepreneurship (PG 2018)

• 'Unified start-up valuation framework for Venture Capitalists', (FEP - Porto University; Portugal; current)
• Ethical and Sustainable Entrepreneurship in the Child Food Industry in Bangladesh (current)
• Well-Being and Mental Health in Entrepreneurial firms (main supervisor; completed 2019))
• Agglomeration of high- tech firms and New Product development in the UK (main superviser; completed 2009)
• The Emerging Identity of the Social Enterprise (main supervisor: completed 2011)
• The Interplay of Social, Financial and Human Capital in New Venture Creation in UK regions (main superviser: completed 2012)
• Personal Networks of Ethnic Minority Female Entrepreneurs in the UK (main supervis0r: completed, 2012)
• Challenges and prospects of small and medium scale entrepreneurship in achieving the millennium development goals in Nigeria (second supervisor; completed 2013)
• Business Incubators and New Venture Creation (second supervisor; completed 2014)
• Roles of Socio-cultural factors in female entrepreneurship (second supervisor; completed 2013)
• BPR and the Development of State-Owned Companies in Iraq (second supervisor – completed, April 2012)
• Internationalisation strategy in emerging economies - an analytical study (completed, 2013)
• The Influence of Financial and Knowledge Factors on SMEs New Market Pioneering in Developing Economies (second supervisor - completed, 2014)
• Agile Firms and Innovation Developing Economies (second superviser - completed 2015)
• 2 other completions since 2008-9; Previous doctoral supervision to completion and examination at Birmingham City University, Bedfordshire University
• External Examiner (2018). Lived Experiences of Black African Immigrant Entrepreneurs in South Yorkshire, Sheffield Hallam University
• External examiner (2017) Spatiality of Power Surrounding “the Nenets” Involvement in Local Tourism Industry Development, Sheffield Hallam University
• External examiner (2016) ‘ Institutional Voids and Transnational Entrepreneurship, Sheffield Hallam University;
• Plus External examiner for successful doctoral submissions at Indian Institute of Management, Kochi, RMIT, Australia, Indian Institute of Technology. Mumbai, Madras Kamraj University, University of Madras, India, University of Mysore, India, University of Peshawar, Pakistan, Quaid Azam University, Pakistan; National Institute of Technology, India and Anglia Ruskin University, UK.
• ESRC. The Determinants and Impact of Innovation in UK Social Enterprises ESRC Standard Grants Open Call (ESRC Reference: ES/H025766/1) July 2009

• UKRI Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). ‘Employment Creation through Psychological-Oriented Entrepreneurship Training? ECPERT (Grant Reference: ES/T010908/1), 2020
• Economic and Social Research Council, UK (ESRC) "Please mind the gap!" Youth unemployment, poverty reduction strategies and the missing link of entrepreneurial co-creation in The Gambia, 2018.( ESRC Reference: ES/S004866/1)
• The Research Promotion Foundation Programmes for Research, Technological Development and Innovation, “RESTART 2016 – 2020”:Research and Innovation Policy, Productivity and Economic Growth: The case of Cyprus (Pillar II, EXCELLENCE/1216/18 PROPOSAL, Excellence Hubs Programme, European Union, IRIS Programme and Cyprus, 2018
• The Research Promotion Foundation Programmes for Research, Technological Development and Innovation, “RESTART 2016 – 2020”: ‘Cultural distance and mobility as determinants of productivity and economics of research and innovation (Pillar 1, EXCELLENCE/1216/0009, European Unio IRIS Programme and Cyprus, 2018
• Leverhulme Trust : Community Origins of Industrial Entrepreneurship: Theory and Historical Evidence from India’ (Ref:RPG-2015-448; 2015)
• ESRC. ‘Entrepreneurial Capacity to Exploit Opportunities, New Product and Human Capital Development in African Organisations (Ref: ESRC. MO11/283/1, 2015
• ESRC. ‘Development and Firm Performance: A Comparative Study of UK and Chinese High-Tech Firms’ Rapporteur (Ref: ESRC; RES-061-25-0023), 2014
• ESRC. ‘Bilateral Germany: Product Innovation under Uncertainty and the Effect of Dynamic Resource Allocation Bilateral Grants Open Call, 2012-13, (ESRC Ref: ES/H036326/1), January, 2010 Investigating the Connectivity Between Workforce & Management Skills, Organisational Practices and Innovation (Innovation Research Initiative – Distributed Projects 2nd wave July, 2011 (ESRC Ref: ES/J008419/1)
• (ESRC) Centres: Spatial Economics Research Centre Mid-Term Review, London School of Economics, 2009