UWE Bristol appoints Professor Andrew Simpson as new Dean and Head of Bristol Business School
UWE Bristol has appointed Professor Andrew Simpson as Dean and Head of Bristol Business School.
Andrew, who starts his new role on November 1st, has spent the last 10 years at Sheffield University Management School where he was Chair of Management. His research interests are wide-ranging, and include forecasting techniques in military supply chains, data-led decision-making in organisations, and lean within public sector contexts.
Prior to undertaking his PhD in Statistics from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Andrew worked in consultancy in the SME sector.
He is also a reviewer for The International Journal of Production Economics and the European Journal of Operational Research.
Andrew is an experienced Association of MBAs (AMB) assessor.
Andrew said: “UWE Bristol and Bristol Business School have strong foundations, both rooted in their community and with an international reputation and reach.
“I look forward to starting at UWE to build on these foundations and to develop a clear identity for the School in both regional and international communities.”
Professor Yvonne Beach, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Head of the College of Business and Law at UWE Bristol, said:
“I am thrilled to welcome Professor Andrew Simpson as Dean of the Bristol Business School. I am looking forward to working with him on building upon our successes and realising our future ambitions in outstanding practice-led learning and excellent research with real-world impact, and fostering an aspiring culture where we collaborate to solve future global challenges.”
Andrew joins two other new senior members of staff that have been welcomed into UWE’s College of Business and Law this academic year. In September, Dr Kos Siliafis and Professor Rachel Granger joined UWE as Dean and Head of Bristol Law School and Dean of Research and Enterprise respectively.
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