Below are the ECMLG Biographies of the Conference and Programme Chairs, Key Note Speakers and Mini-Track Chairs.
Conference and Programme Chairs
Dr Paul Griffiths BSc, MEng, DBA, A.Dip.C is Professor of Banking, Finance and Fintech and Academic Director of the MSc in Banking and Fintech at the Ecole de Management de Normandie and is based at the UK Campus in Oxford. Prior to becoming a full-time academic Paul spent many years in leadership positions at global management consulting firms, serving Boards of blue-chip companies, particularly in the financial services sector. He specialises in the management of intangible assets such as intellectual capital and artificial intelligence. He helps organisations and industry sectors set up knowledge networks on technological platforms such as cognitive computing, augmented reality and blockchain. Having lived in nine and worked in 15 countries he defines himself as multicultural.
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Tatiana Gladkikh SFHEA MCIL is currently a Senior Lecturer in Business Management at AFG College with the University of Aberdeen, Doha. She joined academia in 2007 after 11 years of management, academic and consultancy roles in Russia and the UK. Prior to her move to Qatar she worked at the University of Birmingham and the University of Winchester in the UK teaching and researching leadership, globalisation and cross-cultural issues in the global business environment. Dr Gladkikh is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, (SFHEA) and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Linguists (MCIL), UK.
Frank van Outvorst is associated to the research group Information Manangement and Process Innovation of the HU Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, The Lifecycle Company and the ASLBiSL Foundation. Frank works as a consultant in the field of (corporate) governance of IT and business information management. From curiosity derived from his professional practice Frank is also commited to doing research in the field of digital leadership, business information management, (corporate) governance of IT and maturity of business information management
Dr. Tatiana Gladkikh SFHEA MCIL is currently a Senior Lecturer in Business Management at AFG College with the University of Aberdeen, Doha. She joined academia in 2007 after 11 years of management, academic and consultancy roles in Russia and the UK. Prior to her move to Qatar she worked at the University of Birmingham and the University of Winchester in the UK teaching and researching leadership, globalisation and cross-cultural issues in the global business environment. Dr Gladkikh is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, (SFHEA) and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Linguists (MCIL), UK.