Faculty staff

Dr Abiodun Adegbile

Associate Professor in Management

Abiodun Adegbile is an Associate Professor in Management and a Senior Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy. He has a PhD in Business Administration and Economics from the European University Viadrina, Germany. Abiodun’s research interests lie in the broad fields of international business, entrepreneurship, and strategic...

Professor Vikas Kumar

Associate Dean for Research Innovation and Enterprise

Prof Vikas Kumar is an Associate Dean for Research Innovation and Enterprise at the Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences, Birmingham City University, UK. He is also a Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management. Prof Kumar has over a decade of teaching and research experience. Prof Kumar holds the title of...

Professor Deborah Lock

Deputy Dean

Professor Deborah Lock is an experienced academic leader with more than 20 years’ strategic level experience in higher education. As a career-hopper she has had numerous jobs (Bid Writer, Business Development Manager, Director of Enterprise, College Director of Education to name a few) through which she has developed a...

Professor Eileen McAuliffe

Pro Vice-Chancellor Executive Dean

As Pro Vice-Chancellor Executive Dean for the Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences, Professor McAuliffe sets the vision and direction of travel of the faculty, making all major strategic decisions and implementation of operational policy. A qualified accountant, Professor McAuliffe obtained her PhD in International...

Catherine Shirley

Senior Teaching Fellow

Catherine is an experienced & CIMA qualified senior teaching fellow in Accountancy and Finance. Her specialisms are in management accounting, audit and financial management. Additional responsibilities held include objective test examiner, reviewer, content author and article writer for professional bodies (ACCA & CIMA)....

Professor Arun Sukumar

Professor of Digital Business Innovation

Arun Sukumar is a Professor of Digital Business Innovation at Birmingham City University. His research interests are in technology based transformational entrepreneurship especially, in exploring societal transformation and sustainability achieved through the study of complex sociotechnical systems. Prof Sukumar has published...

Dr Lucian Tipi

BLSS Associate Dean Teaching, Education and Student Experience

Dr Lucian Tipi joined Birmingham City University (BCU) in December 2022 as Associate Dean Teaching, Education and Student Experience in the Faculty of Business, Law and Social Science (BLSS). Dr Tipi is leading on the Teaching and Student Experience strategy of the BLSS and is responsible for the delivery of high-quality...