I am a Professor of Strategy at the University of Bath School of Management, a Research Associate at the University of Cambridge's Centre for Business Research, and a EURAM Fellow. I previously held academic posts at Oxford University's Saïd Business School and Alliance Manchester Business School. My past leadership roles include Director of the Bath PhD Programme, Management Pathway Lead for the ESRC South West Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP), EURAM Vice President for Research Funding, and Co-Chair of the EURAM 2024 Conference. I have also been a Visiting Scholar/Professor at the University of Cambridge, HEC Paris, McGill University (Canada), and the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland).

I hold a first-class BSc in Economics from University College London (UCL) and an MPhil in Economics from Churchill College, University of Cambridge. I completed my PhD in Management at Cambridge Judge Business School as an ESRC and Lloyd's of London scholar, and later attended the International Teachers Programme (ITP) at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management (USA).

My research focusing on mergers and acquisitions, business models, and IP management has appeared in journals including Research Policy, Journal of Management Studies, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, British Journal of Management, Strategic Organization, Long Range Planning, European Management Review, and Cambridge Journal of Economics. It has won the Best Paper Prize of the Strategic Management Society (SMS) Corporate Strategy Interest Group and the Best Paper Award in the EURAM Strategic Management M&A track, and has been nominated for the Carolyn Dexter Award for Best International Paper at the Academy of Management (AOM). I have been Principal Investigator on a large Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) grant. I am an Editor of European Management Review, sit on the editorial boards of Long Range Planning and International Business Review, and am a member of the ESRC Peer Review College, and have served as a panel member for the European Research Council (ERC) SH1 panel.

I teach competitive and corporate strategy across several programmes, including MBA and executive education.

I welcome enquiries from potential PhD students in the areas of competitive and corporate strategy with particular interests in IP Management for capturing value from innovation; and the use of M&As, strategic alliances and corporate venturing as a means of accessing knowledge and enhancing performance.

Mergers and Acquisitions
Business Models