We are delighted to confirm the following plenary speakers for the BAM2022 Conference:
Professor Nic Beech
Professor Nic Beech is Vice-Chancellor of Middlesex University having previously been a Vice-Principal of the University of St Andrews, Provost of the University of Dundee and Lead Fellow of the ESRC Advanced Institute of Management. He is a former President of the British Academy of Management, Hon. Treasurer of the Academy of Social Sciences, Chair of the UK Standing Committee for Quality Assessment, Chair of AccessHE and on the board of the UK Quality Assurance Agency, London Higher and the Chartered Management Institute Race Network.
He has a particular interest in the role of education in social mobility and economic participation, and in inclusive innovation. His research focused on identity, diversity, change leadership and learning and he has held visiting chairs in the UK, Europe and Australia. Nic has been awarded fellowships or companionships of the British Academy of Management, the Academy of Social Sciences, the Royal Society of Arts, the Chartered Management Institute, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and the Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management.
Professor Beech begins his term as President of International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management (IFSAM) at the beginning of 2025.
Prof Quinetta M. Roberson
Quinetta M. Roberson is the John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor of Management and Psychology at Michigan State University. Prior to her current position, she was an endowed chair at Villanova University and a tenured professor at Cornell University. She has also been a visiting scholar at universities on every continent, except for Antarctica, and served an appointment as Program Director of the Science of Organizations at the National Science Foundation (NSF). She currently serves as Immediate Past President of the Academy of Management (AOM) for 2021-2022.
Professor Roberson’s research interests focus on developing organizational capability and enhancing effectiveness through the strategic management of people, particularly diverse work teams. Her research has appeared in such journals as the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Annals, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Organizational Research Methods and Personnel Psychology. Professor Roberson was an Associate Editor at the Journal of Applied Psychology (2008-2014) and edited a Handbook of Diversity in the Workplace published by Oxford Press.
Professor Roberson has over 20 years of experience teaching courses and workshops globally on diversity, leadership, and talent management. To translate her research into action, Dr. Roberson provides professional advice and guidance to for-profit and non-profit organizations on creating value and delivering on business strategy through diversity and inclusion. She also is a two-time TEDx speaker, serves on several corporate boards and advisory councils, and has been recognized as one of the most influential female scholars and scholars of color on social media around issues of responsible business. Both her scholarly work and research-in-action are informed by Professor Roberson’s background in finance, having worked as a financial analyst prior to obtaining her PhD from the University of Maryland.
Will Hutton
Will Hutton is a political economist, author and columnist. He is co-chair of the Purposeful Company, an associate with the London School of Economics Centre for Economic Performance, a non-executive director of the Satellite Applications Catapult, an associate of the Oxford Martin School, and writes a regular column for The Observer. He was principal of Hertford College, University of Oxford from 2011 to 2020.
His many bestselling books include The Revolution That Never Was (1986), The State We’re In (1995), The World We’re In (2000), with Tony Giddens On The Edge (2001), The Writing on the Wall: China and the West in the 21st Century (2008), Them and Us (2011), How Good We Can Be (2015), and most recently with Andrew Adonis Saving Britain: How We Can Prosper in a New European Future (2018).
Will’s writing has established him as one of the best critical thinkers and communicators of our times. He was appointed president of the Academy of Social Sciences in April 2021.
Tera Allas CBE
Tera is Director of Research and Economics in McKinsey’s United Kingdom and Ireland office. She leads McKinsey’s research on growth, productivity, innovation, technology adoption, and social impact.
Tera is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. She serves as a trustee of the Royal Economic Society, the United Kingdom’s Productivity Leadership Group and as a governor of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
Tera was previously on the board of Innovate UK, the United Kingdom’s national innovation agency. From 2004 to 2014, she worked as chief economist in the UK’s energy, transport and business departments and deputy head of the UK Government Economic Service. In 2018, Tera was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to economic policy.
Sacha Sadan
Sacha Sadan is the first Director of ESG to be appointed at the FCA (Financial Conduct Authority). In this newly created role, reporting to the CEO, Sacha is responsible for embedding ESG across the wide spectrum of the FCA’s regulatory activities. Prior to taking up this role, Sacha spent 10 years as Director of Investment Stewardship, and sat on the board, at Legal & General Investment Management, one of the largest asset managers in the world.
Sacha was recognised in the Financial Times 2017 as one of the ‘30 most influential people in the City of London’. He was previously a UK equity manager at Gartmore where he co-managed a range of UK equity hedge, retail and institutional funds. He was voted the top-rated Pan European fund manager in the Thomson Reuters Extel awards. He started his career at Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) pension fund. Sacha is a Fellow of ICSA and a founding member of the UK Investor Forum. The first person in his family to go to university, Sadan is an advocate of greater diversity in business and finance.
Beth Houghton
Beth Houghton is a Partner at Palatine Private Equity and head of the £100m Impact Fund. Palatine was the first private equity house in its market to raise an impact fund and Beth is one of only a few private equity funds in the UK run by a woman. She is passionate about growing businesses that create social and environmental change alongside commercial success. Her role includes defining the strategy and process for selecting impact investments, engaging with portfolio companies to drive value creation and reporting results to investors and other stakeholders. Beth is committed to raising the profile of ESG, impact investing and diversity in the Private Equity industry and is active on industry panels and BVCA Committees promoting a sustainable approach to investing.
Duncan Goose
Formely a director of a marketing agency, Duncan Goose is the founder of Global Ethics Limited and the One Water brand, The One Foundation and more recently, Water Unite. Global Ethics aim is to raise funds for humanitarian projects in developing countries by harnessing the power of everyday consumerism – rather than focusing on charitable models. By connecting products with human needs – on a like-for-like basis, he hopes to change the way we view our everyday purchases.
Duncan is now building on the expertise acquired over the past decade venturing into new areas for the brand & sustainability including making all products carbon neutral to scope 3 as well as increasing recycled content of packaging (some now being made from 100% recycled material) and as a founder of the B-Corp movement in the UK, maintaining their status as one of the top 5% of all organisations globally.
Duncan has celebrated numerous milestones during One’s history, including a Great Briton Award, European Entrepreneur of the Year, UK Entrepreneur of the Year, the Beacon Fellowship award, the European ‘Brand with conscience’ award and an Honorary Doctorate in recognition of his role and continuing efforts to bring clean, drinking water to the 844 million people without access to it. Two of his proudest moments remains being nominated to run with the Olympic torch during London 2012 and being recognised as one of 100 ‘Makers of Modern Britain’ in 2019.
Prof Richard A.L. Jones
Richard is a highly influential and respected authority on innovation, policy and civic engagement. In 2021 he was appointed to a new, senior role as Vice-President for Regional Innovation and Civic Engagement at The University of Manchester, to enhance links with regional businesses and policy makers.
In Greater Manchester, he is the Independent Science Advisor to Innovation GM, a public-private partnership bringing together business, the GM Combined Authority and GM’s universities with the goal of developing Greater Manchester’s innovation ecosystem to help level up communities, generate the solutions needed to achieve net zero, and create the conditions for more businesses in more places to benefit from global exporting and inward investment. He chairs the Greater Manchester Civic University Board, bringing together all five GM Universities to support the economy, people and communities of Greater Manchester
Before moving to The University of Manchester in 2020, he was Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation at Sheffield University from 2009 to 2016, was a member of EPSRC Council from 2013 – 2018, and chaired Research England’s Technical Advisory Group for the Knowledge Exchange Framework.
Prof Effie Kesidou
Effie Kesidou is Professor of Economics of Innovation & Sustainability at the Department of Economics, Leeds University Business School. She is also a Senior Research Fellow at Enterprise Research Centre, Warwick Business School and a Visiting Scholar at the School of Sustainability, Arizona State University.
Her research is interdisciplinary and uses applied economic methods to understand how businesses and regions can become more sustainable. Her research has been funded by funding by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), and the European Commission.
Professor Usha Haley
Usha Haley is W. Frank Barton Distinguished Chair in International Business, and Professor of management at Wichita State University. She is also director of the Center for International Business Advancement and elected chair of the World Trade Council of Wichita. She has over 300 publications and presentations on non-market economies, subsidies, multinational corporations, emerging markets, trade, strategy, and scholarly impact, including eight books. Her latest book is Impact and the Management Researcher. She led the Academy of Management’s strategic initiative on scholarly impact, and is currently co-editing a special issue of the Academy of Management Learning and Education on the topic. Her research has had regulatory impact over 40 times and has been directly incorporated into federal trade regulation in the USA, EU, Australia, and India. Competitive research grants include from the National Science Foundation.
Gilian Drakeford
Gillian has extensive international experience through a successful executive career at IKEA. She has lead large scale international retail enterprises across globally diverse markets focussed on securing business growth and sustained profitability. Recognised as a high impact leader, with a track record of delivering value for consumers, people and business.
Gillian is known as a strong leader with visionary strategic thinking ability and an aptitude for translating strategy into reality. She is acknowledged as having a focus on making a difference for people by leading the development of staff, spotting talent and nurturing qualities key to the success of future leaders. Gillian is directly responsible for the development of more than 20 leaders who have transitioned into roles with country and global role responsibilities, with a special passion for meritocracy, diversity and inclusion
Professor Paul Hibbert
Paul is Dean of Arts & Divinity and a Professor of Management at the University of St Andrews. He is also an Honorary Professor at the University of Auckland. Paul’s research is principally focussed on reflexive, relational and collaborative processes of organizing and learning. His work is published in leading international journals and his book How to be a Reflexive Researcher was published in 2021. Paul is widely involved in leadership and service to journals and learned societies. His current editorial roles include: Editor-in-Chief of Academy of Management Learning & Education, and editorial board member of Organizational Research Methods.
Professor Lisa Schurer Lambert
Dr. Lisa Schurer Lambert is a Professor and William S. Spears Chair of Business at Oklahoma State University. She earned her undergraduate degree and MBA from Northwestern University, and her Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina. Her scholarship has focused on the employment relationship, leadership, and research methods. She is Co-Editor for Organizational Research Methods, and has served on Editorial Boards for the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and the Journal of Business and Psychology. Lisa was Division Chair for the Research Methods Division of the Academy of Management, and is the President of the Southern Management Association. She is a frequent instructor for the Consortium for the Advancement of Research Methods and Analysis (CARMA) and SMA Fellow.
Professor Sir Cary Cooper, CBE
Cary L. Cooper is the 50th Anniversary Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at Manchester Business School, University of Manchester. He is a founding President of the British Academy of Management, Immediate Past President of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). He was the Founding Editor of the Journal of Organizational Behavior, former Editor of the scholarly journal Stress and Health and is the Editor-in-Chief of the Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Management.
Cary has been an advisor to the World Health Organisation, ILO, and EU in the field of occupational health and wellbeing, was Chair of the Global Agenda Council on Chronic Disease of the World Economic Forum (2009-2010) and was Chair of the Academy of Social Sciences 2009-2015. He was Chair of the Sunningdale Institute in the Cabinet Office and National School of Government 2005-2010 and is currently the Chair of the National Forum for Health & Wellbeing at Work.
Professor Cooper is the author/editor of over 250 publications in the field of occupational health psychology, workplace wellbeing, women at work and occupational stress. He was awarded the CBE by the Queen in for his contributions to occupational health; and in 2014 he was awarded a Knighthood for his contribution to the social sciences.
Dr Marilyn Comrie OBE
Marilyn Comrie is an award-winning entrepreneur, green tech innovator and social justice campaigner. She is a director of motorsport STEM education provider The Blair Project, principal founder of the Black United Representation Network which exists to tackle racial inequalities in Greater Manchester through wealth generation, and CEO of the Manchester Innovation Activities Hub (MIAH).
The MIAH, which opened in April 2022 within Manchester Science Park, will accelerate clean growth by upskilling and reskilling people to fast-track them into hard-to-fill roles that require specialist technical skills. It will also provide access to industrial-grade equipment and technical expertise to help SMEs repivot, prototype and manufacture clean growth products, and scale up to achieve sustainable growth.
Dr Heiner Evanschitzky
Heiner Evanschitzky is Professor and Chair of Marketing at Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester (UK). Heiner received his PhD and Habilitation from the University of Muenster (Germany). He was Visiting Professor at University of St. Gallen (Switzerland), Curtin Business School (Australia), and Florida Atlantic University (USA). His research investigates interesting and relevant problems with an attempt to develop impactful conclusions. The current focus primarily lies in Retail Marketing/Management where he investigates customer inspiration and store atmospherics, customer participation, communication styles, relationship marketing, and profit chain models. His work has been published in journals such as Journal of Marketing, Journal of Management, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Retailing, Journal of Service Research, International Journal of Research in Marketing, British Journal of Management, and Journal of Product Innovation Management. Heiner currently serves as Associate Editor for the British Journal of Management.
Mette Morsing
As the Head of PRME , Mette oversees the strategic development and implementation of the PRME initiative.
Prior to taking on this role Dr Morsing was the Mistra Chair of Sustainable Markets and Scientific Director at Misum. She has been a professor at Copenhagen Business School (CBS) since 2007, where she was Founding Director of the CBS Center for Corporate Social Responsibility for 10 years. She also served as an Academic Director of the CBS Sustainability Platform.
She is a Member of the Board of Directors of the LEGO Foundation; the Claus Meyer Foundation: Melting Pot; Copenhagen Business School; and the International Advisory Board of the Amsterdam School of Communication Research at Amsterdam University.
Her PhD in organization theory at Copenhagen Business School was awarded the Tietgen Gold Medal in 1993.
Professor Audley Genus
Audley Genus recently retired as Associate Dean (Enterprise and Innovation) and Professor of Innovation and Sustainability at Kingston University London, having worked in UK higher education for over 30 years. He holds a PhD in technology policy and innovation (awarded by Aston University) and a BSc in economics/industrial relations (Cardiff University). His research concerns the contribution of users to innovation in and growth of the renewable energy sector, and problems of institutional change relating to sustainable consumption and production. At the start of his career, Audley won a joint ESRC/EPSRC doctoral studentship, whilst his last major project (‘ENERGISE’) was funded by the European Commission Horizon 2020 initiative. Audley has published extensively in leading journals, including Research Policy, Environment and Planning and Technological Forecasting and Social Change. He has written or co-edited five books and supervised seven PhD students to completion.
Professor Fiona Wilson
Fiona Wilson was Professor of Organisational Behaviour in the Adam Smith Business School. Having recently retired after over 21 years there, she is currently Emeritus Professor, an Affiliate and Honorary Senior Research Fellow.
She has published two books and around 44 articles in journals such as AMR, ASQ, Sociology, Work, Employment and Society, Organization, Organization Studies and Human Relations. Her research interests are focussed mainly on equality and gender at work.
Professor Pawan Budhwar
Pawan Budhwar is the 50th Anniversary Professor of International Human Resource Management at Aston Business School and the Associate Deputy Vice Chancellor International, Aston University, UK. Between September 2020 – April 2023, he was Head of Aston Business School. He is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of Human Resource Management Journal, a Consulting Editor of Journal of International Business Studies and is globally known for his research in the fields of strategic and international HRM, digitalisation, sustainability and emerging markets. He received his doctorate from Manchester Business School, UK in 1998. He has published over 160 articles in leading journals and has also written and/or co-edited over 31 books.
Pawan is the co-founder and first President of Indian Academy of Management, an affiliate of Academy of Management. He has served as an advisor to the Commonwealth Commission for six years and as a co-editor-in-chief of the British Journal of Management for 7 years (2014-2020).
He is the Co-Vice Chair Research & Publications of the British Academy of Management, the Governing Board Member of Centre for Responsible Business (India) and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (UK), Higher Education Academy (UK), the British Academy of Management and the Indian Academy of Management. He has received millions of pounds of research grants over the years and numerous awards for his contributions to the field of business & management, including the International Federation of Scholarly Management Award in 2022 for Exceptional Services to the Management field worldwide and British Academy of Management Medal for Research Leadership in 2021. In 2023, he was rated 4th in the World Top Business & Management/ Human resource Management Scientists.
Pawan has served or sits on a variety of national and international advisory panels, has presented at the UK Parliament on India-UK trade relations, and was part of the UK government’s Department of Business & Trade Higher Education Mission to India in September 2023.
Professor Mollie Painter
Professor Mollie Painter is an international scholar specializing in business ethics, CSR, sustainability and responsible leadership. She has held academic positions in South Africa, the USA, the UK, and Slovenia. She currently heads up the Responsible and Sustainable Business Lab (RSB Lab), a Research Centre within Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University, UK, is an Extraordinary Professor at the Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria. She also holds a Visiting Professorship at Copenhagen Business School, funded by an Otto Mønsteds Fellowship. Between 2015-2020, she held the Coca-Cola Chair of Sustainability at IEDC-Bled in Slovenia on a part-time basis, and has been a visiting professor at HEC, ESCP-Europe, EDHEC and IAE in France. She has been serving as co-Editor-in-Chief of Business Ethics Quarterly (with Frank den Hond) since August 2021
Professor Palie Smart
Palie Smart is the current Head of the School of Management at the University of Bristol and Professor of Operations Management. Palie has 25 years of interdisciplinary experience rooted in social sciences, business and management and engineering, culminating in over 90 publications with over 14,000 Google Scholar citations (August 2022). She has a high international academic standing in the scholarly community and published in top internationally ranked journals including Research Policy, British Journal of Management, Journal of Product Innovation Management (Awarded Best Paper of the Year, 2019) and International Journal of Operations and Production Management (Won Emerald Group Publishing Top 10 Prize). Her work on Systematic Reviews and Evidence-based Management has made significant methodological contributions to the field of Management and Organization Studies, leading to changes in academic practices. This work has gained further impact in other fields including psychology, education, medicine, health sciences and has become the most highly cited in the British Journal of Management’s history.
Palie has been Principal and Co-Investigator on a number of UKRI grants with the most recent being EPSRC Centre for Excellence in Innovative Manufacturing in Industrial Sustainability (£5.2m). Her work on Industrial Sustainability was cited in the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Digitalisation Review (Made Smarter), and she has advised on the BEIS Made Smarter Commission activities via the Economic and Social Science Research Council (ESRC), Policy Connect and Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE), All-Party Parliamentary Manufacturing Group (APMG) and Innovate UK/ESRC National Innovation Caucus. She has supported diversity and inclusion agendas at the University of Bristol, is an active participant in British Academy of Mangement’s academic study on the lived experiences of minority ethnic female leaders in business schools and led The FTSE 100 Women in Manufacturing EEF Report launched with the former Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS), the Rt Hon. Dr Vincent Cable.