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Dr. Lynda Diane Irving

Assistant Professor in Human Resource Management | diane.irving@coventry.ac.uk Dr. Irving is responsible for the delivery of all law modules within the School of Marketing and Management. Her main research interest is ageism and age discrimination.


Dr Stuart MacLennan | Business and Law

Associate Professor of Law | Coventry Law School | Faculty of Business and Law | Email: stuart.maclennan@coventry.ac.uk


Gerry Urwin

Associate Professor in Business Strategy | bsx026@coventry.ac.uk Dr. Urwin is Associate Professor in Business Strategy, with research interests in project management, strategic management and knowledge management.


Ian Webster

Assistant Professor in Event Management| i.webster@coventry.ac.uk Ian Webster is an Assistant Professor in Event Management, and a module leader for various modules. He also supervises research students, including serving as a subject expert for numerous PhD candidates.


Dr. Amir Khorasgani

Assistant Professor in Finance |  ab8394@coventry.ac.uk Dr. Khorasgani is an Assistant Professor in Finance, with research interests that cover bankruptcy, risk management, corporate finance and small business financing.


Alan East

Associate Head of School | College of Business and Law | alan.east@coventry.ac.uk


Rachelle Viader Knowles

Associate Head of School- International | ab7307@coventry.ac.uk Dr Rachelle Viader Knowles is an artist, educator and researcher. Her most recent works explore text and language, translocality, dialogue as art, and artistic practices/methods developed through participation, collaboration and networks. 


Dr Michael Asinyaka

School of the Environment


Gwénola Bescond

Course Director, Languages for Global Communication | School of Humanities | Faculty of Arts and Humanities | Email: aa2799@coventry.ac.uk


Dr. Natalia Rocha Lawton

Lecturer in Human Resources and Organisational Behaviour | ab8502@coventry.ac.uk Dr. Lawton has experience as an advisor in the Energy sector, and has presented and organised numerous Conference Streams. Her research focuses on international HRM, international employment relations and gender and diversity studies.


Julian Robinson

Assistant Professor in Event Management | ab7723@coventry.ac.uk Julian Robinson is Course Director for BA (Hons) Event Management and Assistant Professor within the School of Marketing and Management.


Dr. Nicholas Wylie

Associate Professor in Human Resource Management | nick.wylie@coventry.ac.uk Dr. Wylie is Course Director for numerous postgraduate HRM courses, as well as teaching Leading Managing and Developing People at postgraduate level. His research focuses on internal consultancy.


Adrian Pritchard

Associate Professor in Marketing | aa1092@coventry.ac.uk Adrian is a Assistant Professor in Marketing. He is a member of the Market Research Society and Chartered Institute of Marketing.


Dr. Paul Gower

Assistant Professor in Finance; Course Director MSc Banking and Finance | paul.gower@coventry.ac.uk Paul Gower is an Assistant Professor in Finance and Course Director for MSc Banking and Finance - he teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate modules. His research interests focus on the impact of financial regulation on the banking sector.


Gail Forrester-Gale

Course Director MSc Manual Therapy | School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health | Faculty of Health and Life Sciences | Email: hsx286@coventry.ac.uk 


Dr. Tom Williamson

Head of School | tom.williamson@coventry.ac.uk Dr Williamson has been head of the School of Economics, Finance and Accounting since 2018. His research interests include Business Start-Ups, Regional Development, Student Entrepreneurship, and Entrepreneurship Education.


Dr Gavin Leigh

Course Director for LLB Programmes, Assistant Professor | Faculty of Business and Law | Email: Gavin.Leigh@coventry.ac.uk


Simon Horsman

Assistant Professor in Accounting | bsx036@coventry.ac.uk Simon Horsman is an Assistant Professor in Accounting, with research interests in personal financial education, especially amongst the retired.


Jennie Randall

Lecturer in Event Management | aa9806@coventry.ac.uk Jennie Randall is a Lecturer in Event Management, and is also a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and an active member of both the Association for Event Management education (AEME) and EuroCHRIE.


Dr. Abdoulie Sallah

Lecturer in Human Resources and Organisational Behaviour | Abdoulie.sallah@coventry.ac.uk Abdoulie is an Assistant Professor in International Business in the School of Strategy and Leadership at Coventry Business School. He has worked at numerous universities, as well as at organisations such as the British Red Cross.