Biography
My research examines how business schools negotiate competing institutional demands and construct organisational identity and educational purpose. Through an ethnographic study, I explore how academics’ professional identities, relationships and everyday practices shape the balance between commercial priorities, academic values and wider societal responsibilities. My work aims to contribute to understanding how business schools can advance responsible management education, sustainability and public value.
I hold an MA in Anthropology from Queen’s University Belfast, where my dissertation on ethical pedagogy in business schools received the John Blacking Memorial Fund Prize for joint best dissertation in 2024. The dissertation was also accepted for an Academy of Management Learning & Education Paper Development Workshop. I also hold an MBA from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, and a BA in Sociology and History from the National University of Singapore.
Before pursuing doctoral research, I spent two decades in financial services, holding senior leadership roles in wealth management, insurance and fintech-related strategy. This experience informs my interest in organisational governance, institutional legitimacy and the relationship between commercial objectives and societal responsibility. My research brings together this professional experience and my academic training in anthropology to investigate how business schools can reconcile competing expectations while remaining committed to their educational purpose.
Research Expertise
Responsible management and organisational sustainability