College of Business, Law and Social Sciences staff

Mark has a particular interest in the areas of SME performance, growth and human resource management. He enjoys translating his research into tools that can help business leaders understand the dynamics of their organisation, its stakeholders, performance and wider growth.

Senior Lecturer in Business and Management, Dr Valentina Gorchakova, returned to academia after a number of years working in business, including running a start-up company in marketing and events, and for the UN Development Programme. Valentina joined the University of Derby Online Learning in 2017 and became a Programme Leader of the BSc (Hons) in Business and Management in 2018.

Dr Elnerine Greeff lectures within the University of Derby's Business School, where she specialises in Marketing - both as her academic field and in support of businesses through various outreach programmes of the University. 

Seyed Hamid Hashemi Petrudi is a Lecturer in Logistics and Supply Chain Management at Derby Business School, where he teaches and conducts research in Supply Chain Management. He brings extensive academic expertise to his current role, focusing on advancing the field through both teaching and research.

Leanne Hampson teaches within the Centre for Contemporary Hospitality and Tourism, with expertise in Events, Tourism and Hospitality management. She also supervises final-year dissertation projects and undertakes Personal Academic Tutoring duties within the department.

Charles is the programme leader for MSc Marketing Management. He is an award-winning lecturer with a passion for inspiring students to achieve. He has research interests in discovering deep customer value through using a visual research methodology and is currently interested in exploring the future of the high street.

Colin Hanson-New is a Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management at the University of Derby and is Module Leader for several modules on the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) programme. Colin's main area of interest is in the use of Artificial Intelligence and how it can be applied in the fields of Logistics and Supply Chain.

Phil has worked at the University for 11 years teaching within the hospitality, events and culinary team. Phil works as a Senior Lecturer for Hospitality and Events and is the Assistant Head of Discipline for CCHT