Women on Boards, Board diversity, Board effectiveness, Board Chairs and role effectiveness, Women on Boards and the glass cliff, Enlightened leadership, Functional diversity on boards, Passport diversity on boards

Daljit Kaur - Part Time PGR

"Exploring the Bespoke framework for BAMER organisations to address the three Ps - Power, Politics, and Prejudice in managing change and giving strategic direction for longevity and sustainability of the third sector. "

Minacyrial Makin - FT PGR

"The role of strategic leadership in influencing the technological innovation in the Egyptian National Railway"

With articles in world-leading academic and practitioners' publications and for practitioners' global teaching and speaking engagements, I am an accomplished academic with a research focus on board diversity, women on boards, board effectiveness and corporate governance, and gender-based discrimination in board appointments. I routinely present my research at international conferences, including BAM, EURAM, EGOS and GWO. I have won internal and external research grants and work with international partners for board research. 

I am an Assitant Professor (Research) at the Centre for Financial and Corporate Integrity (CFCI), Coventry University, supervising PhD studies for part-time and full-time researchers. In a quality assurance role, I am also the Academic Conduct Officer for research at Coventry University. Additionally, I am an external examiner for the University of Salford, Manchester and for St Mary's University, Twickenham, London. 

Previously, I led the MBA programme at Coventry University for two years, bringing in a 10-fold rise in student numbers and significantly improving the student experience. I am passionate about mentoring and coaching peers to support their professional development. I actively facilitate our students' opportunities to network with industry stalwarts for enhanced employability and learning. 

Having 20+ years of industry experience in middle and senior management roles, including 8 years as the CFO in the largest public sector undertaking in the telecommunications sector, I bring a bouquet of leadership and cross-cultural and multi-market experience to academia. In my leadership role in industry, I led large teams (500+), participated in high-level tender evaluation and negotiation committees, and led arbitration panels for the organisation. 

I hold a PhD in Corporate Governance and have an MA in Medieval History (with a Silver Medal) and a BSc in Mathematics (First Class). Also, I am a Senior Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy, a Chartered Management and Business Educator and a member of Women on Boards charity. I am also a member of the Equality Diversity and Inclusion working group in the Faculty of Business and Law (Coventry University).

I love reading, travelling, and taking long walks and drives. I sponsor a girl child through a well-known charity, SOS. I am fluent in Hindi and English and have elementary knowledge of Spanish.