Mr Peter Martins da Silva

About

Prior to starting a second career in academia in 2009 as an hourly paid lecturer, I had mid-level and senior management roles in the manufacturing (building systems, automotive and defence/aerospace), chemicals and telecommunications sectors. 

My specialty has been international project management, with a focus on the telecoms industry.  During my time at Ameritech and Sprint, I led their international expansion via privatisations.  At Ameritech I led their consortium formation, due diligence and competitive bidding process to privatise the Hungarian and Belgian government-owned telecoms monopolies.  Later I let Sprint's winning consortium to build a second long-distance carrier in Brazil.  

I also gained significant cross-cultural communications experience by helping expand a submarine cable company's operations and services into India and other countries in South Asia and the Middle East.

Academic responsibilities

Senior Lecturer and Course Director, International Business

Qualifications

  • BA (Economics), University of California, Berkeley
  • MBA, Harvard University Graduate School of Business
  • MRes, Kingston Business School
  • SFHEA, Higher Education Academy
  • PRINCE2 Agile® Practitioner

Teaching and learning

Research

Business, knowledge transfer and international

Professional practice, knowledge exchange and impact