I am Head of the School of Engineering and Professor of Engineering Management at Kingston University London. I joined Kingston in June 2024 and was previously at London South Bank University (LSBU), where I was Professor of Engineering Management and held various roles including Interim Dean of the School of Engineering. I joined LSBU in 2018 having previously worked in senior management roles at Imperial College London for 15 years. Prior to joining Imperial College London in 2003, I was at the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency and QinetiQ, and initially worked as a research scientist in the field of energetic materials.
I hold a BSc (University of Birmingham) and PhD (Brunel University) both in chemistry as well as an MBA with Distinction (Open University Business School). I originally trained as a research chemist although several years later I changed my disciplinary focus from the physical sciences to engineering management and have undertaken research in several related areas. This includes project management, innovation and entrepreneurship as well as sustainable engineering. More recently I have carried out research on clean technologies, renewable energy technologies, digital transformation and engineering education.
Previous research positions include Visiting Fellow at Imperial College Business School and Visiting Fellow in the School of Business, Economics and Informatics at Birkbeck, University of London. I served as a Board Member of the American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM) from 2014 to 2021 and I was the 2019/20 President of ASEM. I am a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Management, Fellow of the Association for Project Management, and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. I currently serve as Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Engineering Management Journal.
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