Ever wondered who the team behind Salford Business School really are? Find out and hear from our academics on their fields of expertise, and how they could help your business.
Meet Dr Ayesha Chowdhury, Lecturer in Law here at Salford Business School, and a keen academic who has spent years researching a series of complex legal fields, including Terrorism Law, Human Rights Law, and Legal Ethics and Concepts. Inspired by her family’s own passion for education, she decided early in her career to leave her prestigious Barrister role and pursue a role in academia.
Whilst travelling the world working for an international bank, Sandra Donnelly realised her true ambition was to help inspire the next generation of ethically conscious business leaders. After spending several years teaching in a secondary school, she returned to university to further her own research and hasn’t looked back since.
Salford Business School’s Law Lecturer, Sean Ell, has enjoyed a highly successful legal career. Specialising in immigration law, he headed the immigration team at Keoghs, Nicholls, Lindsell & Harris Solicitors before progressing to become a barrister at Garden Court North Chambers in Manchester.
Meet Paul Walters, Lecturer in Business Management with Sport here at Salford Business School, as well as a seasoned events consultant who has worked across the globe covering many world-renowned, large-scale events.
Salford alumnus, Gabi Round, left university and entered the hectic world of international events management where she spent her days catching flights, managing large teams of people and working on high-profile events, including the Ryder Cup.
Meet Dr Silvia Tedesco, a trailblazer in the field of sustainability, advancing a series of diverse multidisciplinary research projects across engineering, chemistry, microbiology and more.
Meet Dr Vicki Harvey, Senior Lecturer in People Management and Programme Leader for MSc Human Resource Management, here at Salford Business School. Vicki spent over a decade working on the expansion of the National DNA Database for The Forensic Science Service, where she acquired her expertise in project management and stakeholder engagement.
Professor Mandy Parkinson, Chair of Business Innovation here at Salford Business School, has a long history of advancing entrepreneurship within Greater Manchester, developing innovation clusters that span digital and sustainable ecosystems in the region. Her vast experience in the enterprise and innovation spaces has had a lasting impact on the regional economy, helping to drive growth and productivity across many now successful businesses.
Meet Dr Anjana Basnet, a Lecturer in International Business and Strategy here at Salford Business School. Anjana took the leap into academia after realising her original career path, accountancy, wasn’t where her true interests lay. She soon discovered her passion for corporate social responsibility (CSR), focusing on the reporting methods of sustainability practises in developing countries, completing both her MSc and PhD on the topic.
Meet Dave Lowe, Lecturer in Management and Sport at Salford Business School. From developing and executing marketing strategies at multiple major sports clubs, including St Helens RFC and Bolton Wanderers Football Club, to becoming a Business Management with Sports Lecturer, Dave’s career is multi-faceted and interesting to say the least.