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People
We are leading experts in our fields and have a wide range of specialised interest including, retail marketing and distribution management, service marketing and management, consumer and shopper behaviour. We invite contact from prospective postgraduate research students.
Meet the team
Head of Department
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Professor Chanaka Jayawardhena
Professor of Marketing and Head of Department
Deputy Head of the Department
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Dr Nima Heirati
Senior Lecturer in Marketing and Deputy Head of Department
Academic staff
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Dr Liliane Abboud
Lecturer in Marketing & Programme Director MSc Strategic Marketing (Online)
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Professor Andrew Alexander
Professor of Retail Management; PGR Director Surrey Business School
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Dr Birgit Altrichter
Lecturer in Marketing Analytics
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Dr Joanna Anninou
Senior Lecturer in Marketing
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Dr Zhiying Ben
Lecturer in Marketing Analytics
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Professor Sabine Benoit
Professor of Marketing
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Dr Alvina Gillani
Senior Lecturer in Marketing and Strategy
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Dr Mohamed Sobhy Hassan
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Marketing Analytics
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Dr Nima Heirati
Senior Lecturer in Marketing and Deputy Head of Department
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Professor Jane Hemsley-Brown
Professor Emeritus
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Claire Hobson
Lecturer in Marketing
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Dr Sheena Karangi
Lecturer in Marketing, Prog. Director MSc Digital Marketing
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Justin O'Brien
Professor
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Mick O'Conchuir
Lecturer in Marketing
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Dr Valentina Pitardi
Senior Lecturer in Marketing
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Dr Farhana Sajjad
Senior Lecturer in Marketing and Retail Management/ Programme Director MSc. Strategic Marketing
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Dr Anastasios Siampos
Director of Undergraduate Programmes / Senior Lecturer in Marketing
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Amy Xie
Lecturer in Marketing
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Filippo Zanasi
Lecturer in Marketing. Module Leader for Channel Management and Consumer Behaviour.
Visiting staff
Name | Role |
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Bryan Roberts | Visiting Fellow |
Dr Iain Watson | Visiting Fellow |
Emeritus staff
Name | Role |
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Professor David Gilbert | Emeritus Professor |
Postgraduate research students
Name | Role |
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Yujing Chen | Postgraduate Research Student |
Heer Paleja | Postgraduate Research Student |
Ahmed Gamal ElKattan | Postgraduate Research Student |
Mohamed Mohamed | Postgraduate Research Student |