College of Business, Law and Social Sciences staff

Sue Jennings at Derby Law School One Friargate Square
Sue Jennings
Head of Law

Sue Jennings is an experienced solicitor and academic, and the Head of Derby Law School.

Parminder Johal
Parminder Johal
Head of Discipline for Accounting, Economics and Finance

As Head of Accounting, Parminder Johal leads a team of passionate and dedicated professionals. Parminder is a professionally qualified accountant and member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and Chartered Global Management Accountants (CGMA). Parminder previously worked in industry as a senior financial analyst for BT plc.

Chris Jones standing outside Buxton Dome
Chris Jones
Course Director - College of Business, Law and Social Sciences

As Course Director, Chris oversees the curriculum quality and development, learning and teaching and the student experience in the College of Business, Law and Social Sciences.

Dr Christine Jones
Senior Lecturer Operations and Marketing

As Director of Studies and First Supervisor, Christine's focus is on doctoral tutorship. Specialist areas small business development and management; operations and logistics and sustainability.

Peter Jordan Turner looking through a photobook of old images, in front of a bookshelf
Peter Jordan-Turner
Postgraduate Research Student

Peter Jordan-Turner is a postgraduate research student in the College of Arts, Humanities and Education. He is also an Associate Lecturer in 2 Photography modules, and a Marketing module in the College of Business, Law and Social Sciences.

Yousuf Kamal in a class room
Dr Yousuf Kamal
Lecturer in Accounting and Finance

Dr Yousuf Kamal is a Lecturer in Accounting and Finance. He has approximately 15 years of teaching experience in Australia, Bangladesh and China. His research interests include CSR, Social and Environmental Accounting and Reporting, Sustainability and Integrated Reporting, Corporate Governance and Accountability.

Ken sitting down wearing a black zip up fleece.
Ken Kaweesa
Postgraduate Research Student

Ken is a PhD candidate researching sustainable marketing, aiming to identify and evaluate the critical success factors in building sustainable marketing strategies to determine key priorities and devise a new framework for marketing decision-makers.  Teaches marketing at levels 4, 6 and 7

A head shot of Senior Leadership and Strategy Lecturer, Orla Kelleher standing by a bookshelf
Orla Kelleher
Senior Lecturer in Leadership and Strategy

Orla is a Senior Lecturer in Leadership and Strategy, who works in the Executive Education and Enterprise Development Department of the University's College of Business, Law and Social Sciences.

Joel in a classroom.
Joel Klaff
Senior Lecturer in Law Programme Leader, Law Admissions Tutor LLM Affiliate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Haifa

Joel is currently the Programme Leader for the Undergraduate LL.B Law Programmes. His areas of interest include Commercial Law, International Trade and International Economic Law. He has a further interest in ensuring that the Law School engages with the local community and thereby contributes and subscribes to values of Social Justice for the benefit of the local community.

Alison Lawson
Dr Alison Lawson
Head of Discipline of Marketing and Operations

Alison is Head of the Discipline of Marketing and Operations in Derby Business School, working with a team of expert lecturers across marketing, logistics, supply chain, purchasing and information technology management. Alison supervises PhDs in marketing and publishing and contributes to teaching in these areas. Prior to joining the University in 2010, she worked in publishing.