Academic Advisers

Head of the School of Business, Leadership and Enterprise, University Campus Suffolk, Affiliate Professor, ESC Rennes, Visiting Professor, Lancaster University Management School
Professor David Weir has had an extraordinarily successful academic career which has included leading four university Business Schools as Director of the Bradford Management School, Head of the Glasgow University Business School, Dean and Director of the Newcastle Business School and Dean of the Scottish Business School. He was also Chair of the Association of Business Schools (UK) and is a Visiting Professor for numerous universities including Lancaster University, one of the most highly rated Management Schools in the UK.

Dean, Lee Kong Chian School of Business at Singapore Management University
Howard Thomas is internationally recognized as a leading expert in the field of strategic management. He has published a wide range of articles in areas which include competitive strategy, risk analysis, strategic change, international management and decision theory. He is Chair of the Global Foundation for Management Education (GFME). Howard is also co-author of Promises Fulfilled and Unfulfilled in Management Education, written to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of EFMD.

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana
In addition to her work at KNUST, Helena Asamoah Hassan was once the President of the Ghana Library Association. She is also involved in PERI (Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information), INASP (International Network for the Availability of Scientific Information), is country coordinator for INASP and EIFL and is chairperson of the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Ghana (CARLIGH).

Professor – Marketing, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India
Abraham Koshy, working as Professor of Marketing at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad since 1989, is a reputed teacher, researcher, author, consultant and corporate trainer. He teaches in various long-duration programs such as the 2-year Post Graduate Program in Management, One-year Post Graduate Program for Executives, One-year Post Graduate Program in Public Policy and Management and in the Doctoral Program. He is also a program faculty in several short-duration executive training programs offerd by the Institute and designs and conducts customized programs for companies. He is a Visiting Professor at European School of Management, Paris and at Glasgow University, UK and a previous Visiting Professor at Strathclyde Business School, UK. Abraham is a many-times published author, including co-authoring Marketing Management with Philip Kotler, Kevin Lane Keller and Mithileshwar Jha.

Professor, Chair of International Business and Head of the Strategy, Marketing and International Business division, University of Sheffield Management School, UK
Professor Mehmet Demirbag has wide experience of research and teaching in International Business and International Strategic Management in the UK and abroad. Prior to joining the University of Sheffield Management School, he taught in Turkey for seven years at Inonu University. Professor Demirbag also has extensive experience in policy development having served as principal advisor for the Turkish Ministry of Industry and Trade. Over the years, he has completed research projects for a range of funding bodies including the European Commission. Currently, he teaches International Business at undergraduate, postgraduate and executive levels.

Director of Department of Information and Documentation Sciences, Charles de Gaulle University Lille 3 (IDIST), France
Joachim Schopfel holds the position of Directeur de l’UFR Information, Documentation et IST at Université Charles-de-Gaulle Lille 3. He has previously held positions in information sciences at INST –CNRS, Université Nancy 2 and University of Hamburg. An expert in usage evaluation and grey literature, Joachim is author of more than 60 publications in the information sciences.

Senior Sales Manager, City of London, UK
Deborah Regal MCIPR is very well-connected in the City of London; she also has many contacts in the field of Islamic Finance due to living for a time in the Middle East. She is completing her practitioner exams in Islamic Finance. Deborah is a specialist in electronic trading and e-commerce and has previously provided sales leadership and strategic advice to clients in EMEA region. She holds a BSc (Hons) in Business Studies and a Master's Degree in Law with Merit from the University of London: she specialised in criminology and criminal justice.