College of Business, Law and Social Sciences staff

Devi Gill
Senior Lecturer in Marketing Programme Leader for BA (Hons) Marketing (Management) and BA (Hons) Marketing (Consumer Psychology)

Devi Gill is a Lecturer in Marketing within the College of Business, Law and Social Sciences and teaches across a range of modules in the areas of branding, market sensing, and design and creativity for marketers. Devi's research interests lie in the areas of brand heritage, authenticity and corporate social responsibility of retailers.

Associate Lecturer, MSc HRM - Programme Leader/CIPD Lead

Judith is an Associate Lecturer in Business and Management at the University of Derby.

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Professor of Economics

Mark has a particular interest in the areas of SME performance, growth and human resource management. He enjoys translating his research into tools that can help business leaders understand the dynamics of their organisation, its stakeholders, performance and wider growth.

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Academic Lead in Business and Management

Senior Lecturer in Business and Management, Dr Valentina Gorchakova, returned to academia after a number of years working in business, including running a start-up company in marketing and events, and for the UN Development Programme. Valentina joined the University of Derby Online Learning in 2017 and became a Programme Leader of the BSc (Hons) in Business and Management in 2018.

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Senior Lecturer in Marketing

Dr Elnerine Greeff lectures within the University of Derby's Business School, where she specialises in Marketing - both as her academic field and in support of businesses through various outreach programmes of the University. 

Senior Lecturer in Policing/Programme Lead

Amy has been with the University of Derby since January 2020 as a lecturer on the BA (Hons) Professional Policing degree course. This course is accredited by the College of Policing and is one of the new entry routes into a career in policing

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Lecturer in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Seyed Hamid Hashemi Petrudi is a Lecturer in Logistics and Supply Chain Management at Derby Business School, where he teaches and conducts research in Supply Chain Management. He brings extensive academic expertise to his current role, focusing on advancing the field through both teaching and research.

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Senior Lecturer in Events Management and Hospitality

Leanne Hampson teaches within the Centre for Contemporary Hospitality and Tourism, with expertise in Events, Tourism and Hospitality management. She also supervises final-year dissertation projects and undertakes Personal Academic Tutoring duties within the department.

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Senior Lecturer in Marketing

Charles is the programme leader for MSc Marketing Management. He is an award-winning lecturer with a passion for inspiring students to achieve. He has research interests in discovering deep customer value through using a visual research methodology and is currently interested in exploring the future of the high street.

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Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management

Colin Hanson-New is a Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management at the University of Derby and is Module Leader for several modules on the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) programme. Colin's main area of interest is in the use of Artificial Intelligence and how it can be applied in the fields of Logistics and Supply Chain.