Director of MBA programmes
MBA programmes at the School the Liverpool
MBA, the MBA (Business and Finance) and
the Football Industries MBA. Her role involves
designing and developing programmes to
ensure they meet the needs of students,
employers and other stakeholders. She is also
involved in teaching on the programme, and in
developing and managing activities that support
the MBA, such as student placements and
internship services, the guest speaker series
and various networking events.
reputation and is a very dynamic environment;
I've always felt that there is scope here to
make changes, try new things and really
make a difference. On our MBA programmes
we are preparing future leaders leaders of
organisations and communities. Our
programmes should make a difference to
individuals, to their organisations, and to the
communities that they can impact.
values and attitudes that help to develop
graduates who will be successful, and
committed to making a positive contribution
to the world."
Senior Lecturer
Economics at the University of Glasgow and,
before that, as a Norwich Union (AVIVA)
postdoctoral research fellow in the Department
of Economics at the University of York. He holds
a first-class degree in Banking and Financial
Management from the University of Piraeus,
an MSc in Econometrics and Economics with
Distinction and a PhD in Economics, both from
the University of York.
asset pricing, particularly looking at dynamic
asset allocation, predictability of asset returns,
liquidity effects and preferences over higher
moments. He is also working on topics related
to fund management, such as investment
performance evaluation and the impact of
institutional investors on financial markets.
England and in a series of major international
conferences, while his papers have appeared in
leading journals such as Management Science
and the Journal of Banking and Finance.
Reader in Marketing
subjects on a variety of undergraduate and
postgraduate programmes.
projects relating to the marketing of places, and
in particular how towns and cities can be thought
of as `products' which can then be marketed to a
variety of different audiences. He is also looking
at the nature of the `place consumer's'
experience of towns and cities, considering
issues such as how the study of toponymy (or
place naming) relates to place names as `brand'
names, and also the range of factors that
influence urban place users' attitudes and
behaviour within a town or city.
generally - is a vocational, applied discipline
which is firmly rooted in the real world," said
Gary. "For me it's this practical application that
helps to `make a difference' to the students
I teach when they leave Liverpool and go out
into the world."