Director of Deostara Limited, Leadership Consultancy

Just over four years ago I became the founder and Director of Deostara Limited, a leadership consultancy that provides support for leaders and leadership teams to flourish, in line with their values and purpose.  I provide 121 and team coaching, plus facilitation to support strategic and operational business planning, leadership, team development and change for example.  Over the last four years, I have designed and facilitated customised leadership development programmes for a wide range of clients. These have included:  health and social care organisations, a leading SW back-office and ITserviceS company, and also within higher education, local government, arts organisations and charities, plus environmental and social sector organisations.  During this time, I have been the independent Chair of the Wise Goose School of Coaching since 2020, and I co-facilitate on its foundation and advanced coach training programmes with its founder.    See www.wisegoose.co.uk

Associate Professor in Leadership – Lincoln International Business School, University of Lincoln, UK.

I am an internationally experienced academic with a strong profile in portfolio development, innovation and educational management.  I have senior strategic and operational leadership skills including the management of projects and inter-disciplinary teams. I’m involved in several funded research projects including a Management Knowledge Transfer Partnership and two international women’s equality project. I have university-wide roles in teaching and learning quality assurance and with research interests in leadership, entrepreneurship, and pedagogy.  I’m Director of the Lincoln International Business School DBA and experienced in digital delivery and content development. I’m creative and motivated with a wide range of project management experience. Am co-lead of this project Women Underrepresentation in Nigerian Higher Education Leadership: British Council – Gender Equality Partnership programme.

Associate Professor, Director of Student Inclusion at Eleanor Glanville Institute, University of Lincoln.

Dr Hanya Pielichaty is an Associate Professor at the University of Lincoln and is the Director of Student Inclusion for the Eleanor Glanville Institute. Hanya’s research expertise broadly relate to sport, equity, and education and more specifically to gender (in)justice across contexts. Institutionally, Hanya leads the MSc (Hons) International Sports Business Management programme and teaches across the BA (Hons) Sports Business Management degree. Externally, Hanya is the Founder and Director of the Critical Pedagogies in Sport international network and is a Director and Independent Trustee for the Active Partnerships National Board.

Deputy Chair of National Entrepreneurial Development in Higher Education (EDHE) CoP and EDHE Researcher

Prof Eunice was former DVC: Teaching, Learning and Community Engagement (Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, South Africa and Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Fort Hare, South Africa. She was the Director of the Albertina Sisulu Executive Leadership Programme in Health (ASELPH), a partnership amongst the Universities of Fort Hare (Faculty of Health Sciences), Pretoria (School of Public Health) and Harvard (School of Public Health). Prof. Eunice hold a PhD, MBA, M Soc Sc in Nursing Education. Her academic career started at the University of the Free State where she pioneered the development and implementation of a Problem Based Learning and Community Based Curriculum within the School of Nursing.

Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour and Management, Lincoln International Business School, University of Lincoln. 

Magda is an experienced academic with a strong track record in implementing practice-based learning. She specialises in Organizational Behaviour/Development, Decision-making, Leadership, Community organisations, Equality issues and Entrepreneurship. Magda have held various strategic and operational roles with Government Departments (both UK and abroad), local authorities, NGOs and private companies, some of which are part of Fortune 500, as well as consultancy businesses and business development. Currently, she teaches on postgraduate and undergraduate programmes at Lincoln International Business School and leads on some postgraduate modules. Magda is a member of Lincoln UNESCO Chair and leads on two international projects in gender and entrepreneurship.

Project Lead – Women Underrepresentation in Nigerian Higher Education Leadership: British Council – Gender Equality Partnership programme

Currently, I am the Programme Leader BA (Hons) Business with Entrepreneurship and the Regional Academic Lead – West and East Africa at Lincoln International Business School (LIBS), University of Lincoln, UK. Also, LIBS College Lead – Decolonising Curriculum and Research. I am a visiting Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Coal City University, Enugu, Nigeria. I am a founding member of UNESCO Chair on Sustainable Development and Foresight at University of Lincoln. I have led several projects including Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Higher Education (IE4HE) project, part of British Council – Innovation for African Universities programme. I have published over 70 articles in internationally top ranked Journals such as Studies in Higher Education, International Journal of Entrepreneurship & Innovation, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour Research, Politics & Policy, Innovations in Education and Teaching International, etc. Also, I have co-edited Four (4) Textbooks and contributed over 15 Book Chapters on diversity of concepts, theories and contexts.