Marketing and Leadership MSc Brochure

Academic staff

Our faculty are renowned in their field, with broad industry experience. They work with operating boards of numerous global businesses, ensuring that their lectures are contemporary and stimulating. They are supported by a team of visiting speakers and professors from around the world.

Professor Vasilis Theoharakis, Course Director, Professor of Strategic Marketing Vasilis has spent several years in Silicon Valley at senior level marketing and business development positions and has co-founded successful high-tech start-ups. He is a partner and member of the management team of the PJ Tech Catalyst venture capital fund. His academic research focuses on strategic marketing, new product development and entrepreneurship. He has published in leading academic marketing and has been among the most downloaded authors worldwide on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN). Vasilis has extensive experience consulting national and international firms and is actively involved in executive education. Professor Stan Maklan, Professor of Marketing and Technology Stan is an experienced academic, marketeer and management consultant with senior, international line management experience in blue chip consumer and business marketing companies. He directs the Marketing Leaders Programme, is on the Editorial Advisory Board of the International Journal of Market Research and is a member of the Academic Liaison Committee at the Chief Marketing Officers Council. Stan's research focuses on big data – marketing analytics, customer relationship management, customer experience, marketing measurement and accountability and marketing leadership. Dr Valentina Battista, Lecturer in Human Resource Management Valentina’s research focuses on the interactions between technology and Human Resource Management (HRM). In particular, she investigates the impact of technology advancement on work, the workforce, and the workplace. Valentina regularly attends academic and practitioner conferences on the future of work, presenting the findings from her research. Prior to joining academia, Valentina held managerial roles working closely with the people management function and supporting the decision-making process in different organisations.

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