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Suresh George

Associate Professor in International Business | aa3262@coventry.ac.uk Dr. George is Associate Professor in International Business within the School of Strategy and Leadership, with research interests in the links between institutional environments and the geopolitical context of doing business.


Dr. Alaa Alhaj Ismail

Assistant Professor in Accounting | ac2210@coventry.ac.uk


Dr. Steve Jewell

Assistant Professor | bsx287@coventry.ac.uk Dr. Jewell is an Assistant Professor in the School of Strategy and Leadership, teaching research methodology and overseeing dissertations for postgraduate students.


Dr. Kirsten Stevens

Assistant Professor in Human Resource Management | Kirsten.stevens@coventry.ac.uk Dr. Stevens is Assistant Professor in HRM, as well as a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and an External Examiner.


Yashar Sadigh

Yashar Sadigh is a Lecturer in the School of Life Sciences at Coventry University and Course Director for the MSc Biotechnology programme.


Dr. Aqsa Aziz

Assistant Professor in Finance; Course Director MSc Islamic Finance | a.aziz@coventry.ac.uk  Dr Aziz is an Assistant Professor in Finance, and the course director of the MSc in Islamic Finance. She specialises in Islamic Finance, and teaches it at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.


Dr. Anvita Kumar

Assistant Professor in Marketing |  Anvita.Kumar@coventry.ac.uk Dr Kumar is an Assistant Professor in Marketing with teaching experience for both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Her main areas of teaching interest are Consumer Behaviour, Global Marketing and Applied Marketing.


Perihan Yavash

Associate Professor in Economics | ecx906@coventry.ac.uk Perihan Yavash is Associate Professor in Economics, with research interests in macroeconomics, international trade and the global economy.


Jennifer Okolai

Lecturer in Human Resource Management |  jennifer.okolai@coventry.ac.uk Dr Okolai delivers and teaches human resource management from a global perspective. Her research interests include gender leadership differences, intercultural teams and expatriate training and development.


Michael Walsh

Assistant Professor in Economics | bsx158@coventry.ac.uk Michael Walsh is an Assistant Professor in Economics. He has experience working in the insurance industry and has taught in the US through the Fullbright Exchange Programme.


Lara Chaplin

Assistant Professor in Marketing/Advertising |  lara.chaplin@coventry.ac.uk Lara Chaplin is an Assistant Professor in Marketing and Advertising, as well as Course Director for Postgraduate Marketing. She has academic and industry experience, with time spent as a marketing and business consultant.


Philip Perry

Course Director and Assistant Professor in Graphic Design| phillip.perry@coventry.ac.uk Philip joined the Graphic Design team during spring 2000, following the completion of his degree the previous year. He is currently Level 1 Tutor for Graphic Design and teaches across all three years of the programme. Previous roles include University-wide assessment on level 2 and 3 Employability Learning Programme (ELP) submissions, teaching on the Graphic Design MA, and leadership of the Foundation Visual Communication pathway.


Edward Turner

Assistant Professor in Marketing | edward.turner@coventry.ac.uk Edward Turner's teaching interests are in marketing and brand strategy, with a specialism in simulation based learning. His research investigates firms under private equity ownership, and the impact of that on marketing.


Dr Wei Song

Assistant Professor in Economics | ab0149@coventry.ac.uk Dr. Song is Assistant Professor in Economics, and teaches a variety of modules, as well as leading modules and supervising dissertations.


Lisa Perry

Lisa Perry is an award-winning former journalist working across print, digital and broadcast media for 15 years. Newspapers; local, regional, national, press agencies and trade magazines, BBC local radio and ITV Regional News.


Dr Abi Rhodes AFHEA

Dr Abi Rhodes is an academic, a researcher, and project and campaigns coordinator with a specialism in grassroots story telling and social movement communication, and professional experience in the third-sector.


Dr Lewis Herrington

Dr Lewis Herrington | Lecturer in International Relations | School of Humanities | College of the Arts and Society


Dr Emma Sheppard

Lecturer in Sociology | School of Humanities | Faculty of Arts and Humanities | Email: Emma.Sheppard@coventry.ac.uk


Angela Armstrong

Course Director and Assistant Professor in Fashion| angela.armstrong@coventry.ac.uk Angela is leading research on testing the latest smart fabrics, coatings and trims and their assessment in relation to current health and safety standards, investigating the sustainability of materials and manufacturing processes.


Gwénola Bescond

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