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Michael Barker

Associate Head of School (Recruitment and Marketing) | aa5973@coventry.ac.uk Mark, as an Associate Head for Recruitment and Marketing, is responsible for developing and implementing marketing, recruitment and communications strategies, at both UG and PG level.


Holly Vass

Assistant Professor in English and Languages| holly.vass@coventry.ac.uk Holly works in the area of TEFL and she is a Cambridge-approved CELTA tutor. Holly’s background is in Spanish and applied linguistics, and she lived and taught EFL in Spain for over two decade.


Dr Tariq S. Almontaser

Lecturer in Accounting | School of Economics, Finance and Accountancy | College of Business and Law | Email: ad5854@coventry.ac.uk


Philip McCosker

Associate Professor in Accounting | aa9137@coventry.ac.uk Dr McCosker is an Associate Professor in Economics, and teaches undergraduate and postgraduate modules. He is also a Chartered Certified Accountant with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.


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.


Siddra Iqbal

Assistant Lecturer in Accounting | ab5866@coventry.ac.uk Siddra Iqbal is an Assistant Lecturer in Accounting in the School of Economics, Finance and Accounting.


George Hulene

Lecturer in Finance | School of Economics, Finance and Accounting | College of Business and Law | Email: ab1778@coventry.ac.uk


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.


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.


Dr. Graham Sadler

Associate Professor in Finance | aa8935@coventry.ac.uk Dr Sadler is an Associate Professor of Finance. His research interests cover shareholder activism, executive remuneration and the structure and function of the Board of Directors.


Hamza Bukenya

Lecturer in Accounting | ab0149@coventry.ac.uk Hamza is a Lecturer in Accounting, with teaching specialisms across both undergraduate and postgraduate modules. He is also involved in preparing students for professional exams.


Shane Grimes

Assistant Professor in Accounting | ab9586@coventry.ac.uk Shane is Assistant Professor in Accounting, as well as being a qualified Chartered Certified Accountant with over 10 years experience.


Dr. Daniel Herring

Research Centre for Computational Science and Mathematical Modelling


Alan East

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


Professor Gideon Maas

Director, International Centre for Transformational Entrepreneurship | gmaas@coventry.ac.uk Dr Gideon Maas is the Director of the International Centre for Transformational Entrepreneurship at Coventry University, and has broad international business and academic experience in various countries such as China, Europe and Africa.


Sharon Heeney

Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy and Course Director: MSc Social and Therapeutic Horticulture | School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health | Faculty of Health and Life Sciences | Email: hsx103@coventry.ac.uk 


Dr Michael Cribb

Assistant Professor of English Language | School of Humanities | Faculty of Arts and Humanities | Email: aa6177@coventry.ac.uk


Monika Koehler-Ridley

Assistant Professor in English Language| michael.cribb@coventry.ac.uk Michael spent many years teaching English language and linguistics in the Far East before returning to the United Kingdom in 2004. He currently teaches English language at Coventry University where he specialises in discourse analysis and psycholinguistics. A fellow of the HEA (Higher Education Academy) and he has presented at many conferences, the most recent one being in Valencia, Spain.


Simon Smith

Assistant Professor in Academic English| simon.smith@coventry.ac.uk Simon is a published, research-active corpus linguists who consider himself first and foremost language teacher.


Jay Taylor

Course Director and Assistant Professor in Fine Art and Illustration| jay.taylor@coventry.ac.uk Jay Taylor graduated in 2005 with a BA (hons) Illustration degree from the University of Central Lancashire. He has since gone on to work as a freelance illustrator internationally for clients in editorial, design and advertising, publishing, music and new media.