ABOUT
Connecting scholarship, education and professional practice.
My work exists at the intersection of scholarship, education and professional practice.
I believe knowledge fulfils its greatest purpose when it informs better decisions. Throughout my career, I have sought to connect scholarship with professional practice through teaching, research, entrepreneurship and leadership.
MY PHILOSOPHY
Knowledge fulfils its greatest purpose when it informs better decisions.
Scholarship should not exist in isolation from the world of professional practice. My work attempts to connect the general insight of research with the realities of education and work, and to question how knowledge is interpreted, applied and acted upon.
WHAT I CONTRIBUTE
Education
Developing thoughtful, ethical and globally minded future leaders through business education, critical thinking and applied learning.
Research
Generating knowledge that improves decision quality, trust and responsible innovation through rigorous scholarly inquiry.
Practice
Applying scholarship through entrepreneurship, strategic advisory work and collaboration with wider industry.
MY JOURNEY
Learning
Learning is a continuous practice of questioning assumptions, widening perspective and remaining open to better ways of understanding complex problems.
Teaching
Teaching creates space for ideas to be tested, challenged and applied, helping future leaders develop judgment alongside knowledge.
Research
Research brings discipline to curiosity, turning careful inquiry into knowledge that can improve trust, decisions and responsible innovation.
Practice
Practice keeps scholarship accountable to the real world, where ideas gain meaning through entrepreneurship, collaboration and thoughtful action.
ACADEMIC & EXECUTIVE EDUCATION
Education shaped by academic inquiry and applied development.
My academic and executive education spans business, management, hospitality and entrepreneurship, bringing together formal study, applied development and current doctoral research.
Glasgow Caledonian University
LOOKING AHEAD
Building bridges between academia and professional practice.
My ambition is to contribute internationally through teaching, research, entrepreneurship and collaboration, helping develop future leaders while translating knowledge into meaningful practice.
The most valuable knowledge is not simply discovered - it is shared, challenged and applied.