Biographies

Professor Christopher Turner
Economist and Information scientist, Chris Turner worked initially as an Information Officer at the British Institute of Management then moved into research and teaching at Birmingham Polytechnic and then Brighton University where he became Professor of Information Studies. Professor Turner has undertaken consultancy for the British Council, Post Office, Probation Service, Home Office, Citizens Advice Bureaux, a number of NHS Trusts and the World Bank; he has completed Research on Workforce Planning and Online public access systems for the British Library and has also worked on projects in India, Germany, Chile, Singapore, Greece, Malaysia, Hungary, Brazil, Kenya and Nigeria.

He has published a variety of papers as well as two monographs: Organising Information: principles and practice and The Dissemination of Information.

He is currently Chair of the Association for Information Management, Chair of the Hampshire and Solent Learning Hub, a member of the British Library Advisory Board, President of the North Hampshire Chamber of Commerce and a board member of a number of other research based trusts.

Christopher Turner

Professor Neil Marriott BSc (Econ) (Hons) (Wales), MBA, PhD, IPFA, MILT, DipM
Neil is the Head of Winchester Business School and Hoare Chair of Business.He was formerly the Associate Dean of the Faculty of Business at Glamorgan University, where he had been Professor of Accounting and Finance since June 2000. Neil is a former management consultant for a Big 4 firm and spent eleven years at Cardiff University. His research embraces three main areas: accounting education, NHS financial management and small business financial management. His research output includes over 70 academic articles, research reports, textbooks and articles in professional journals. Neil has also presented over 50 papers at national and international conferences. Amongst a wide variety of other activities, Neil currently is the Chair of the British Accounting Association and the editor of The International Journal of Management Education published by the Higher Education Academy.

Neil Marriott

Professor David Brooksbank BSc (Wales) MSc (Bristol) PhD (Wales) PGCEd FHEA MInstD.
David is Director of Enterprise at Cardiff School of Management and is Professor of Enterprise, responsible for the promotion and development of enterprise activities within the School. Before joining CSM in 2008 he was Director of the Welsh Enterprise Institute at University of Glamorgan Business School in South Wales, where he led a team of thirty academics and project staff within the Department of Enterprise and Economic Development. With over sixty academic publications in his areas of research interest, David is well known across the UK and Europe for his work amongst his peer group.

David has served as Vice-President of the Institute of Small Business & Entrepreneurship and is a current Board Member of Enterprise Educators UK. He sits on the 3rd Mission Committee of the Welsh Funding Council, HEFCW, and the Association of Business School’s 3rd Steam Committee. He is also Vice Chairman of Venture Wales, the largest business support organisation of its kind in Wales and is a regular commentator in the local and national media.

David’s commercial consultancy work with the Institute has included the production of the Entrepreneurship Action Plan for Wales (for the National Assembly), as well as economic development strategies for local and national agencies. He was Co-Director of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor project in Wales for eight years and has developed numerous EU funded projects focussed on developing a better understanding of enterprise and entrepreneurship, including a portfolio of undergraduate and Masters level qualifications in Entrepreneurship.

David Brooksbank

Dr Leo Paul Dana, B.A., M.B.A, Ph.D

Dr. Dana was educated in Canada, where he obtained undergradute and graduate degrees at McGill University; he was subsequently awarded a Ph.D. by the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales. He served as Expert Witness for the Government of Canada, House of Commons Standing Committee on Transport.  He began lecturing at Concordia University in 1984, and he taught at McGill from 1992 to 1997. He then joined the University of Pittsburgh Semester at Sea Program, in conjunction with the Institute for Shipboard Education. In 1998, he joined Nanyang Business School, where he served as Deputy Director of the International Business M.B.A. Program. His biography appears annually in the Canadian Who's Who (published by the University of TorontoPress), as well as in Who's Who in the World.  He is frequently invited to serve as Keynote Speaker. He is senior advisor of the World Association for Small and Medium Enterprises and founding editor of the The Journal of International Entrepreneurship. He is currently Associate Professor in Marketing at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

Leo-Paul Dana

Katrina Easterling PgDip(HRM), MSc, PgCert (Coaching & Mentoring), Chartered FCIPD

Katrina is a Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management and Programme Leader at the Winchester Business School, UK. Katrina is a former HR Director and specialised in the healthcare sector, including biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and medical devices. Her specialist research interests include Consultancy Informed Teaching and Knowledge Management. She is a frequent contributor to professional journals and speaker at professional HR conferences. Beyond her academic role, Katrina holds several public appointments.

Katrina Easterling

Dr Heather Fulford
Dr Fulford is Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship at the Charles P Skene Centre for Entrepreneurship, Aberdeen Business School, The Robert Gordon University, Scotland. 

Her research interests include: social enterprise startup; social entrepreneurship education; innovation diffusion; IT in SMEs; small business strategy and her teaching focus is new venture creation and business planning at undergraduate and postgraduate level. She is Coordinator of part-time MBA programme.

Heather Fulford

Sam Kongwa
Sam obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Politics and Economics at the University of Zambia and a Master’s degree in International Relations at the University of Southern California.

Sam Kongwa is senior lecturer Political Studies and Enterprises Development Center, Walter Sisulu University, South Africa. Sam Kongwa’s research has focused on the development and sustainability of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Government SME policies. He has consulted with national Governments in Southern Africa. He has published several articles in International Journals.

Sam Kongwa