- Leadership Team
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School Executive Professor John Skatun Dean and Head of School Dr William Jackson Deputy Dean and Director of Resources Professor W David McCausland Director of Education and Head of Economics Professor Keith Bender Director of Research Dr Joyce Chen Director of Internationalisation Dr Elham Moonesirust Head of Business Management Dr Chunxia Jiang Head of Accounting, Finance and Real Estate Philip Jenkins-Walsh Head of Administration Professor Jing Cai Director of Staffing School Wide Roles Director of Postgraduate Research Selma Carson Director of Quality Dr Yakubu Abdul-Salam Director of Online Dr Thereza Sales de Aguiar Ethics Officer Professor Alexandros Zangelidis Director of Research Impact Professor Zaheer Khan Director of REF Fiona Stoddard Director of Student Experience Dr Naser Makarem Partnership Programme Lead Dr John Lamb Academic Integrity Chair Dr Varuni Wimalasiri Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Lead Dr Laura McCann Senior Exams Officer Dr Martin Wersing Senior Exams Officer Dr Eva Pocher Senior Personal Tutor Adam Smith Enterprise and Innovation Champion Selma Carson AACSB Lead Alex Mackrell EQUIS Lead Dr Muhammed Bolomope PRME Lead Research Centre Directors Professor Audrey Paterson Director of Governance, Accountability and Sustainability Professor Alex Kemp Director of Aberdeen Centre for Research in Energy Economics and Finance Professor Norman Hutchison Director of Centre for Real Estate Research Professor Alexandros Zangelidis Director of Centre for Labour Market Research Professor Zaheer Khan Co-Director of Africa Asia Centre for Sustainability Professor Jie Wu Co-Director of Africa Asia Centre for Sustainability Dr Mauro Papi Director of Scottish Experimental Economics Laboratory (Research Facility) Heads of Group Dr Kenneth Weir Head of Accounting Group Dr Abraham Adu Head of Finance Group Dr Nan Liu Head of Real Estate Group Dr Agathe Rouaix Head of Economics Group Dr Shainaz Firfiray Head of People and Technology Group Dr Yanghong (Alice) Hu Head of Strategy, Marketing and Entrepreneurship Group Discipline Research Directors Professor M. Azizul Islam Director of Research for Accounting Dr Fotios Papadimitriou Director of Research for Finance Dr Rainer Schulz Director of Research for Real Estate Professor J. Ignacio Canales Director of Research for Business Management Professor Frans de Vries Director of Research for Economics - Administration Team
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Business School Office Philip Jenkins-Walsh Head of Administration Academic & Programme Support Louise McKenzie Academic & Programme Support Manager Accounting, Finance & Real Estate Julie Davidson Accounting, Finance & Real Estate Team Lead Carolyn Johnston School Administration Assistant Ruth Tweedie School Administration Assistant Business Management & International Business Cherie Connon Business Management & International Business Team Lead Anna Gaw School Administration Assistant Jennifer Salmond School Administration Coordinator (Online Programmes) Ashley Whyte School Administration Assistant Economics Louise McKenzie Economics Team Lead Kieran Leith School Administration Assistant Post Graduate Research Ashley Lim School Administration Coordinator Academic Enquiries bs-accounting@abdn.ac.uk Accounting Enquiries bs-finance@abdn.ac.uk Finance Enquiries bs-economics@abdn.ac.uk Economics Enquiries bs-management@abdn.ac.uk Business Management Enquiries bs-realestate@abdn.ac.uk Real Estate Enquiries bs-online@abdn.ac.uk Online & TNE Enquiries bs-extracredits@abdn.ac.uk Extra Credits & Waivers Enquiries pgrbus@abdn.ac.uk PhD Admissions Enquiries Enhancements & Reputation Jaye Carr Accreditation, QA & Engagement Manager Julie Adamson Senior School Administrator (Accreditation) Nathalie Kemp School Administrator (Quality Assurance) Samantha Begg Business Engagement Advisor Claire McArthur Partnership & Recruitment Officer businessschool@abdn.ac.uk External Engagement Enquiries bs-accreditation@abdn.ac.uk Accreditation Enquiries Operations Laura Kruitbos Operations Manager Diane Hewitt Personal Assistant to Head of School Sarah-Anne Gervaise School Administration Coordinator (Operations) Nick Hindley School Administration Coordinator (Research) Fumi Nakamaru School Administration Coordinator (Editorial Assistant for the Scottish Journal of Political Economy & PA to Professor Kemp) bs-facilities@abdn.ac.uk Facilities Enquiries bs-purchasing@abdn.ac.uk Purchasing, Travel & Finance Queries bs-tempservices@abdn.ac.uk For Temporary PhD Tutor & Invigilator Contracts Marketing Lucy Derry Lead Marketing Officer Lewis Robinson Digital Marketing Officer - Programme Directors
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Undergraduate Programme Directors Dr Sarah Smith MA Accountancy Dr Laura McCann MA Finance Selma Carson MA Real Estate MA Economics Professor J Ignacio Canales MA / MBus International Business Professor Donald Hislop MA Business Management Postgraduate Programme Directors Dr Hossein Radmard MSc/LLM Energy Economics and Law Dr Hossein Radmard MScEcon Petroleum, Energy Economics and Finance MSc Energy Economics and Finance (Online) Dr Naser Makarem MScEcon Accounting and Finance Dr Fotios Papadimitriou MScEcon Finance and Investment Management Dr Chunxia Jiang MSc International Business and Finance John Storm MBA John Storm MBA Business Analytics
Dr Yanghong (Alice) Hu MSc International Business Management Dr Shainaz Firfiray MSc International Human Resource Management Dr Seungho Lee MSc Finance (Online) Dr Daniel Gyimah MSc Corporate Finance and Law Professor Gerhard Kling MSc Financial Technology Dr Seungho Lee MSc International Finance and Political Relations Dr Huda Khan MSC Marketing Management Director of Postgraduate Research Professor Audrey Paterson PGR Discipline Coordinators Dr Nglaa Ahmad Accountancy Finance Dr Rainer Schulz Real Estate Dr Benedikt Mihm Economics Management - Discipline Accreditation Leads
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Accreditation Lead Accrediting Body Dr Sarah Smith Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) Dr Sarah Smith Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) Dr Sarah Smith Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Fiona Stoddard Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Dr Hossein Radmard / Dr Prachi Singh Energy Institute Dr Huda Khan Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) Dr Shainaz Firfiray Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) - Accountancy
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Name Role Interests Accountancy Dr Thereza Sales de Aguiar Senior Lecturer in Accountancy Corporate social responsibility, climate change, gender, accounting education and MNCs.
Lecturer in Accountancy Critical accounting, corporate accountability, modern slavery in the global supply chain, gender equality, climate change, sustainability issues.
Professor Azizul Islam Professor of Accountancy and Subject Research Lead Sustainability accounting, Human rights & modern slavery related accountability and transparency, SDGs & social audits, corporate anti-bribery measures. Desidre Coopasamy Lecturer in Accountancy Accountancy Dr Bill Jackson Senior Lecturer in Accountancy, Deputy Dean of the Business School Accounting history, Healthcare accounting, Public and third sector accounting, Management control, Gender and the Accounting profession. Dr Naser Makarem Lecturer in Accountancy Financial reporting, earnings management, audit quality, real activities manipulation. Andrew Mulhern Lecturer in Accountancy (Scholarship) (part time) Accountancy education; philosophical issues in accounting; financial statement analysis; double-entry bookkeeping; and music and creative sector. Dr Mohamed Osman Lecturer in Accountancy Accountancy history, sustainable development reporting in emerging countries, accounting education. Professor Audrey Paterson Professor of Accountancy and Director of Postgraduate Research
Healthcare accounting, anti-fraud and corruption, public and third sector accounting, Gender in the accounting profession, Accounting history.
Dr Cathurani Rathnayake Lecturer in Accountancy (Scholarship) Accountancy Professor Alan Sangster Professor of Accounting History Accounting history, the theory, practice and teaching of double entry bookkeeping, accounting education, accounting systems, accounting theory.
Dr Sarah Smith Lecturer in Accountancy (Scholarship) Financial accounting & reporting; Corporate communication including voluntary disclosure and impression management; Leasing; Academic faculty issues and Accounting education. Dr Kenneth Weir Senior Lecturer in Accountancy and Head of Accoutancy Discipline - Economics
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Name Role Interests Economics Dr Yakubu Abdul-Salam Senior Lecturer Energy and environmental economics
Dr Yu Aoki Lecturer Health economics Reader Economics of education, employment contracts, regional inequality
SIRE Chair in Economics, School Director of Research, Subject Research Lead Labour Economics, Economics of Ageing, Subjective Well-being, Health Economics
Dr Juergen Bracht Lecturer Trust and reputation Chair in Economics and Finance (part-time) Innovation and enterprise, investments, income risk
Professor of Petroleum Economics North Sea economics, international petroleum economics
Director: Aberdeen Centre for Research in Energy Economics and FinanceSenior Lecturer
Energy and environmental economics, public economics
Dr Likun Mao Lecturer Health Economics, Education Economics, Economics of Ageing Professor W David McCausland Personal Chair macroeconomics, labour economics
Dr Marco Mello Lecturer Health Economics, Labour Economics, Political Economy Lecturer Economics
Dr Aatishya Mohanty Lecturer Economics Emeritus Professor in Economics
International trade theory; firms in the global economy; labour markets, trade, FDI; globalisation and labour markets; welfare state policies
Senior Lecturer Economic theory, experiments, and bounded rationality
Chair in Economics (part-time)
Economics of spatial labour markets
Lecturer
Labour Economics, International Labour Migration, Gender Pay Gap, Minimum Wages and Trade Wars
Lecturer
Economics of spatial labour markets
Lecturer, Head of Economics Group Economics
Lecturer Economics
Dean and Head of School, Head of Economics
Labour economics, labour market contracting, trades unions
Chair in Economics (part-time)
Wage determination, unemployment, macroeconomics
Lecturer Energy and environmental economics
Chair in Environmental and Resource Economics Environmental Economics; Environmental Policy and Technological Change; Industrial Organisation; Applied Game Theory
Personal Chair Labour economics
- Finance
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Name Role Interests Finance Dr Abraham Adu Lecturer in Finance (Scholarship), Head of Finance Discipline Finance
Emeritus Professor of Finance Asset pricing, household finance, corporate finance
Dr Filipa Da Silva Fernandes Senior Lecturer in Finance Corporate finance, financial economics, banking
Dr Daniel Gyimah Senior Lecturer in Finance Finance
Dr Weihao Han Lecturer in Finance FinTech, Climate Finance, Asset Pricing Dr Chunxia Jiang Senior Lecturer in Finance and Head of Department for Accountancy, Finance and Real Estate Finance
Dr Semih Kerestecioglu Lecturer in Finance Finance Professor of Finance Finance
Dr Yaodong Liu
Lecturer in Finance Finance
Dr Seungho Lee Lecturer in Finance Finance
Senior Lecturer in Finance Corporate finance, debt source, relationship banking
Senior lecturer in Finance, Subject Research Lead Finance
Dr Son Pham Lecturer in Finance Finance Dr Pranjal Srivastava Lecturer in Finance Finance Dr Huong Vu Lecturer in Finance Corporate finance, quantitative finance Dr Zeyu Zhang Lecturer in Finance Finance - Business Management
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Name Role Interests Professor Pervaiz Akhtar Personal Chair Business Analytics
Dr Scott Allan Lecturer The sociology, management and governance of professionals and professional work. In that context, financialisation of professional services and related metricisation of performance and control mechanisms; identity and subjectivity; power relations; knowledge/expertise and trust; technology and its effect on work Dr Iva Atanassova Lecturer Management consulting, innovation and marketing strategy Dr Ali Bayat Lecturer Firm policy, corporate governance, strategic leadership, policy implications of big data
Georgia Brown Lecturer Business Consulting and Project Management Personal Chair Technology management, innovation, dynamic capability, strategic management, gorporate governance
Professor J Ignacio Canales Personal Chair and Subject Research Lead Strategic Management
Dr Xiaoqing (Joyce) Chen Lecturer, Director of Internationalisation Tourism Management, Customer Experience, Interpretive Paradigm, Asian Management Culture, Philosophies in Management
Dr Shainaz Firfiray Senior Lecturer, Interim Head of People and Technology Group HRM, work-life balance, employee well-being, diversity, and family firms. Dr Tatiana Gladkikh Lecturer leadership, cross-cultural issues in the global business environment Professor Donald Hislop Personal Chair technology and work, mobile working, teleworking, knowledge management, artificial intelligence
Dr Yanghong (Alice) Hu Lecturer, Interim Head of Strategy, Marketing and Entrepreneurship Group Sub-national institutions in emerging economies, institutional theory, corporate diversification, strategic management, entrepreneurship in emerging economies
Dr Loliya Kagher Lecturer behavioural, cultural, and African studies Dr Esraa Karam Lecturer Adeel Khalid Lecturer Dr Huda Khan Senior Lecturer Management (Marketing)
Professor Zaheer Khan Professor in Strategy & International Business Global technology management, Knowledge transfer, international alliances, post-acquisition behaviour of emerging markets' firms, automotive industry, internationalisation of SMEs, and CSR practices of firms operating in emerging markets
Dr Youngsoo Kim Lecturer Tourism Lecturer Operational research, combinatorial and stochastic optimisation and simulation
Alex Mackrell Teaching Fellow Business Management Dr Elham Moonesirust Lecturer, Head of Department Identity and subjectivity; power; science and technology studies; critical management studies; gender studies, ethics of care; qualitative methodologies
Emeritus Professor Stephanie Morgan Emeritus Professor and Director of Enhancements & Reputation Business School accreditations, use of social media in HE, IT outsourcing, staff responses to change.
Lecturer (Scholarship) Recruitment and selection, organisational behaviour, knowledge management and coaching
Lecturer Leadership, institutional logics and organisational trust
Professor Simon Parker Chair in Entrepreneurship (fractional contract) Entrepreneurship Dr Xiaohui (Leo) Shi Senior Lecturer Management
Senior Lecturer Management (Entrepreneurship and Management Practice)
Dr Carol Smith Lecturer (Scholarship) Management
Lecturer Qualitative consumer research on ageing, religion, or quality of life
John Storm Senior Lecturer Business Management Dr Muhammad Wasim Teaching Fellow Business Management Senior Lecturer (Scholarship) Marketing and entrepreneurship: online trust (peer reviews and peer endorsements), crowdfunding (project pitches), entrepreneurship (entrepreneurship education).
Dr Varuni Wimalasiri Lecturer, EDI Lead Professor Jie Wu Professor in Strategy and Entrepreneurship Internationalisation of emerging multinational enterprises, top management team, the behavioural theory of a firm, institutional complexity, culture and strategy, innovation, entrepreneurship,
- Real Estate
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Name Role Interests Dr Muhammed Bolomope Lecturer in Real Estate Selma Carson Senior Lecturer in Real Estate (Scholarship), Director of Quality Assurance Professor Martin Hoesli Professor of Real Estate (part-time) Professor Norman Hutchison Professor of Real Estate Finance, commercial property valuation and investment, risk measurement and communication, and more Dr Nan Liu Senior Lecturer in Real Estate and Head of Real Estate Discipline Property investment and property market analysis Emeritus Professor Bryan MacGregor Emeritus Professor of Real Estate Dr Rainer Schulz Senior Lecturer in Real Estate and Subject Research Lead Housing market analysis and statistical modelling Fiona Stoddard Lecturer in Real Estate (Scholarship) Property valuation Dr Martin Wersing Lecturer in Real Estate Housing market analysis and statistical modelling