College of Business, Law and Social Sciences staff

Dr Mehdi Hasan is a Senior Lecturer in the discipline of Economics and Finance. He is the Programme Leader for the International Business Management. Currently, he leads a number of Economics and International Business modules at various levels. His research interests include, but are not limited to various aspects of third-sector and emerging economies. 

Elizabeth Haysom is the programme leader of the LLM Legal Practice Course here at the University of Derby. Elizabeth bring over 30 years experience as a qualified solicitor working in both large to small practice.

Professor Qile He is a Professor of Strategy and Performance Management within the College of Business, Law and Social Science at the University of Derby.

Katherine is a lecturer in Policing and currently the Programme Leader for the BA(Hons) Policing and Investigations. She was previously a Detective Constable for Derbyshire Constabulary for over eleven years. 

As Programme Leader for the MSc Financial Investigation and Digital Intelligence and the MSc Criminal Investigation, David Hicks supports candidates in masters level research skills achievement and their application to the challenges of professional practice. He supervises PhD, MSc and UG researchers, and teaches international criminology and research skills to undergraduates.

Mark Hoyle is a lecturer in Business and Management, predominantly working with online and apprenticeship teaching. His specific areas of interest are Enterprise, Small Business, Remote and Wilderness Recreation/tourism.

As a Professor of Law and Business, Flora Huang focuses her research on corporate and financial law, international trade law, arbitration, Chinese law as well as law and sustainable development. She is currently serving as the EU Chairperson for Arbitrations and the Trade-and-Sustainable-Development Expert Panel Proceedings at the European Commission.

Dr Shamaila Ishaq is Senior Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management. She is leading a range of modules on undergraduate, postgraduate and professional programmes in the Operations and Supply Chain Management domain. Along with teaching, she is actively involved in research. Her recent work is in the area of sustainable supply chains and circular economy. 

As Head of Accounting, Parminder Johal leads a team of passionate and dedicated professionals. Parminder is a professionally qualified accountant and member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and Chartered Global Management Accountants (CGMA). Parminder previously worked in industry as a senior financial analyst for BT plc.