Governance
The Academy is governed by a Council of Management, composed of individuals elected by the general membership for a minimum of 3 years, and others co-opted for specific tasks as well as a few ex-officio members. It represents the interests of the membership and contributes to the activities of the learned society through working with the Vice Chairs. An elected Executive Committee develops the strategy, works with Council and oversee the longer term direction of the Academy and ensure an effective implementation of the agreed strategy.
Executive Committee
About the Committee
The Executive Committee consists of the President, the Chair, elected Vice-Chairs and an appointed Treasurer. The elected Vice-Chair roles cover the following portfolios of BAM activity:
- Equality, Diversity, Inclusivity and Respect (EDIR)
- Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
- Academic Affairs of Conference and Capacity Building (AACCB)
- Research and Publications (R&P)
- Management, Knowledge and Education (MKE)
- Sustainability
Ashley Roberts
Ashley is the Assistant Dean (Internationalisation) at WBS and has presented his research at many conferences, most recently at The Academy of Management, The British Academy of Management and also as a visiting scholar at Harvard University.
He researches organisational culture, shared leadership, creative learning and participatory pedagogies, publishing in a range of journals including, The Leadership Quarterly, British Journal of Management, and Work, Employment and Society.
Ashley is Director, Trustee and Executive Team Member for The British Academy of Management where he both formulates and implements strategic international policy. He is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, an Academic Member of The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, plus a Member of The International Centre for Research in Organisational Discourse, Strategy and Change.
He is a National Teaching Fellow, a winner of The Warwick Award for Teaching Excellence and is a Fellow of the Warwick International Higher Education Academy. Ashley also holds Visiting Professorships at leading global institutions and is External MBA Examiner to a Russell Group University. He is an editorial board member of the journal The British Journal of Management and reviews for top ranked academic journals.
Ashley gained a PhD from Cardiff University where he also previously taught on a variety of courses at Cardiff Business School. Ashley teaches on Undergraduate, Warwick MBA and Master's level courses. He is the internal examiner on the Organisational Behaviour Executive variant of the Warwick MBA (London), Leading Global Organisations (Dubai) and Strategic Luxury Leadership (Venice).
He has taught Organisational Behaviour MBA Modules in Brussels, Chile, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai and Venice. Each year Ashley wins an award for his outstanding contribution to Undergraduate teaching and he also receives the Warwick Business School Outstanding MBA Teacher Award annually.
Kate Black
Kate is a Professor of Management Learning and Education.
Following an early career as a Marine Ecologist at a Field Centre in rural Pembrokeshire, Kate moved into HR management (Recruitment and Development) within retail management. Her key role was to implement the recruitment and development strategy during a period when the branch was under considerable strain both locally in terms of staffing availability, and as a result of changing sales strategies.
Kate joined NBS in Summer 2014 following 10 years at the University of Chester, latterly within Chester Business School. She currently holds the role of Director of Education within the Business School.
Kate is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (PFHEA), a Certified Management and Business Educator (CMBE) and a member of the CIPD (AMCIPD). She co-Chair of the British Academy of Management (BAM) with responsiblity for Management Knowledge and Education (MKE). She also co-leads BAM’s Education-focused Professor programme. Kate has also been Chair of BAM's Identity SIG since 2018
Kate completed her PhD part-time at Lancaster University in August 2013. Her research examined the learning of professionals working within multi-agency teams within a local authority Children’s Services department.
Kate’s research interests lie in examining informal, workplace learning, as a process of ‘being’ and ‘becoming’ (identity) for professionals in the contemporary knowledge economy. Kate is currently working on a funded research project examining inter-generational learning and knowledge exchange within the knowledge economy.
Her research adopts a largely qualitative approach to data generation with particular emphasis upon visual methods such as photo-elicitation, artefactual conversations and the use of participant-generated pictors.
Kate’s pedagogic research examines such areas as student attendance and engagement and students-as-partners. She has worked to maintain the relevance of the research methods and dissertation elements of management education in the light of the changing demographic of management students in UK universities. This has informed one of her projects that examined the role of the undergraduate Business/Management dissertation in developing skills and capabilities for employment.
Kate is a keen road runner, distance trail runner and mountain/hill walker.
Stephanie Decker
BAM President
The role of BAM President is to:
- Provide leadership in external relations between BAM and stakeholders such as government and its agencies, other learned societies, practitioner and professional societies and universities.
- Bring to bear network contacts for the benefits of BAM membership.
- Influence external stakeholders at a senior level, enhancing the stature of BAM in the eyes of others and increasing the impact of BAM in UK society and economy.
- Support the intellectual activity of the learned society.
- Encourage the development and expansion of knowledge in the field of management.
- In collaboration with the Chair and Vice-Chairs, contributing to, and influencing, the setting of strategic aims and communicating these internally to members and externally to other stakeholders.
- Support recruitment and growth in membership.
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Act as confidential recipient of ‘whistleblowing’ or complaints from members.
BAM Chair
BAM Chair
The role of BAM Chair is to:
- Develop BAM strategy and agree priorities with the Executive and Council
- Chair Council meetings and support Council activities
- Chair Executive meetings and support the activities of the Vice Chairs
- Support the CEO in the running of the office and the operation of society as a whole
- Support the BAM community in pursuing the vision and purpose of the learned society
- Work with the President to agree foci and liaise with external stakeholders
- Liaise with Fellows
Vice Chair Portfolios
All Vice-Chairs have the responsibility for reviewing and development of new membership services and recruitment of new members. In addition to chairing the relevant committee and playing a role in the strategic development of BAM, the Vice Chair are expected to develop their role in particular areas, including but not limited to:
Equality, Diversity, Inclusivity and Respect (EDIR)
- Ensure that the core values of Equality, Diversity, Inclusivity and Respect (EDIR) are fully embedded and reflected in all BAM activities, including Conference, events, SIGs, publications, research, grants, awards and the Fellows College.
- Work with the BAM Office to oversee monitoring of EDIR across all BAM activities, as above but also including website, social media and membership, and to report to the BAM Executive Committee on progress,
- Work across committees to advise, alert and recommend best practice actions to improve EDIR.
- Engage with appropriate external parties working with improving EDIR to bring best practice into BAM and the wider BAM community.
Sustainability
Sustainability
- Ensure that the core values of sustainability in all its forms are fully embedded and reflected in all BAM activities, including Conference, events, SIGs, publications, research, grants, awards and the Fellows College.
- Work with the BAM Office to oversee monitoring of sustainability across all BAM activities, as above but also including website, social media and membership, and to report to the BAM Executive Committee on progress,
- Work across committees to advise, alert and recommend best practice actions to improve sustainability and raise awareness and promote sustainability in business and management education and research.
- Engage with appropriate external parties working with improving sustainability to bring best practice into BAM and the wider BAM community.
Special Interest Groups
- Oversee governance rules for SIGs
- Implement the guidelines for the formation of SIGs
- Oversee funding of SIGs
- Enabling learning and knowledge sharing between SIG chairs
- Encourage SIG activities throughout the year
- Act as a route for SIGs to have voice and input in the executive
Academic Affairs of Conference and Capacity Building
- Oversee academic issues of the annual conference
- Oversee key events e.g. doctoral symposium and summer workshop
- Develop and monitor the provision of events which cover the academic career, writing and methods (with appropriate SIGs)
- Support capacity building for strategic priorities such as influencing policy making, engaging stakeholders and publicity and engaging with world-class academics internationally
- Liaise with other VCs and SIG chairs to support their capacity building activities.
Research and Publications
- Consider how we open up scholarly research work, rather than constraining it e.g. promoting monographs, considering the impact of the AJG list
- Consider how we encourage innovation and the development of management scholarship, possibly by holding a debate and bringing people of experience and standing in
- Consider what BAM might do to help increase the flow of researching funding to the community, and consult with BAM members who are in appropriate RC networks
- Journals – in consultation with those previously involved, as appropriate, work on establishing some ground rules for the relationship between the editors, the executive, council and BAM
- Investigate the possibility of having a new journal and/or a platform for on-line, open access journals
- Consider how we should best recognise the heterodoxy of people’s research careers – e.g. part time PhDs, people without PhDs but who have been teaching for 10 years – are they ‘early career’?
- Oversee the administration of the small grants fund
Management Knowledge and Education
- Develop BAMs approach to supporting high quality learning, teaching and management education by organizing activities and events and engaging with professional bodies and other learned societies
- Work with the Vice-Chair (Academic Affairs of Conference and Capacity Building) to develop capacity building programme for members
- Work with the Vice-Chair (Research and Publications) to develop and launch a management knowledge and education journal
- Develop and support BAM learning, teaching and management education awards
- Develop and support BAM MKE small grant scheme
Treasurer
- In liaison with the CEO, oversee BAM finances and resources and liaise with the auditors
- Present financial and resource issues and plans to the Executive Committee
- Participate with the Chair and other Vice-Chairs in decision making
Council
The role of Council is to formulate strategy and policy, and to implement strategy in conjunction with the Executive and Academy office.
If you would like to know more about becoming a member of BAM Council please email the BAM office team at [email protected].
Current elected members of Council (2025) and their committee role can be found below:
Current co-opted and ex-officio members of Council (2025)
Professor Alexandra Beauregard
T. Alexandra Beauregard is a Professor of Organisational Psychology at Birkbeck, University of London and Oslo New University College.
Her research interests are centred on the work–life interface, flexible working arrangements and workforce diversity and inclusion, with a particular focus on gender identity and gender equality. She has published widely on these topics in outlets such as Human Relations, Human Resource Management, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Journal of Applied Psychology, and British Journal of Management.
A former editor at Work, Employment and Society, Alexandra has been guest editor for special issues of Human Resource Management, Journal, International Journal of Human Resource Management, European Management Review and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal. She currently serves as an editorial board member for Journal of Organizational Behavior, British Journal of Management, Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal.
Professor Jamie Callahan
Jamie L. Callahan (EdD, PhD) is Professor of Organisation and Ethics at Durham University. Her EdD from George Washington University explored systems of emotion in organisational change. Her PhD from Tilburg University addressed issues of power in Critical HRD. A USAF veteran, she served as a personnel officer and member of the Pentagon Air Staff Total Quality consultancy team. Jamie’s academic career has spanned multiple institutions prior to her present position, including Virginia Tech, Texas A&M, Drexel, and Northumbria universities. Her research addresses issues of power and privilege in organised contexts, leading her to explore marginalised groups’ experiences of leadership, learning, and organisational transformation. Her particular passion is championing gender equity. The former Editor of Human Resource Development Review and current Co-Editor of International Journal of Management Reviews, Jamie has published extensively, including in journals such as Human Relations, Organization Studies, Violence Against Women, International Journal of Management Reviews, Human Resource Development Quarterly, and Human Resource Development International. She has also earned numerous research awards, including the Academy of Human Resource Development 2020 Scholar of the Year Award and 2015 Outstanding Book of the Year Award. As an educator, she has been a visiting professor in Saudi Arabia, France, England, and Thailand. She is a feminist, editor, author, mentor, activist, and educator.
Prof Adina Dudau
Adina Dudau is Professor of Public Management at the University of Glasgow Adam Smith Business School. She serves as Associate Research Director and leads on People, Culture, and Environment within the School. Externally, she is Associate Director of the Scottish Graduate School of Social Science (SGSSS). Deeply committed to doctoral development and research capacity building, Adina has held a number of leadership roles in the doctoral training ecosystem, including Director of Postgraduate Research in her School. She will serve as Doctoral Symposium Convener at the 2025 BAM Annual Conference.
Adina brings extensive editorial experience to her work, as Co-Editor of the European Management Journal, and Associate Editor for Public Management Review and Journal of Management Inquiry. She is a regular contributor to major international management conferences, fostering collaboration and engagement across institutional and national boundaries. This breadth of experience underpins her strong commitment to the mission of the Academic Affairs of Conference and Capacity Building Committee, particularly in advancing inclusive capacity-building and international stakeholder engagement across the management research community.
Adina's own research span three key areas: research policy (research ecosystems including doctoral training, people, culture and environment), public service ecosystems, and the impact of digitalisation on the future of work and on integrity management and corruption. Her work has been funded by the Horizon Europe, UKRI, CIMA and Carnegie Universities Trust. More about Adina’s work can be found on her University of Glasgow profile.
Professor Paul Hibbert
Specialisms: Reflexivity, Learning, Knowledge, Practice, Collaboration, Leadership, Qualitative Methods
Professor Patricia Lewis
Professor Patricia Lewis is a Professor of Management at Kent Business School, University of Kent.
She was previously the Director of the People, Management and Organisation Group and has also taken on other leadership roles within the School including Director of Learning & Teaching (2012-2015), Director of Student Experience (2012-2013) and Programme Director for the BBA, BBA (Marketing) and International Business degrees (2007-2011).
She has just completed a 3 year term as Joint-Editor-in-Chief of Gender, Work & Organization (2018-2020) and was an Associate Editor on the journal between 2011 and 2017. She has also served on the editorial boards of several journals including Organization (2019 to date), Gender in Management: An International Journal (2010 to date), International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation (2002 to 2006) and International Journal of Work, Organisation and Emotion (2003 to 2007).
She was Institute of Directors (Kent) Ambassador for Education & Skills from December 2020 to December 2021. Patricia has received funding from the British Academy, ESRC and Leverhulme and has received a number of awards for her work
Professor Ashish Malik
Bio: Ashish Malik is a Professor of Human Resource Management and Head of the Business School at UNSW Canberra, at ADFA, Australia. He was a Director of The William J. Clinton Leadership Institute, the Executive Education arm of Queen's Business School, Belfast, UK.
Ashish has published more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles, 10 books, and 22 book chapters, and his research has attracted over AU$ 2.8 million in grant funding from 15 internal and external grant schemes. Ashish's research has been accepted/published in several ABDC A*, CABS 4*/4 and FT-50 ranked journals, such as Human Resource Management (US) (ABDC Rank A* and FT-50), Human Resource Management Journal (ABDC A/ABS4*), British Journal of Management (ABDC A/CABS 4), Harvard Business Review (FT-50), MIT Sloan Management Review (FT-50), Industrial Marketing Management (ABDC A*), Journal of Business Ethics (FT-50) and several ABDC and CABS A and 3-ranked journals such as, International Journal of Human Resource Management(ABDC A), Health Care Management Review, International Journal of Manpower, Knowledge Management Research & Practice, Organizational Dynamics, Personnel Review and Journal of International Management, among others.
Ashish also holds several editorial appointments, including serving as the Associate Editor of the Human Resource Management Journal (ABS4*/ABDC A), the Journal of Business Research (ABDC A) and is on Editorial Boards of Human Resource Management Review (ABDC A), Journal of Service Theory and Practice (ABDC A), and Journal of Knowledge Management (ABDC A). In 2022 and 2023, Ashish also featured on the Stanford List among the top 2% most widely cited scientists in his discipline.
Alisha Masih
Alisha Masih is a doctoral researcher at the University of Liverpool Management School.
Alisha's current work focuses on incumbent firms, ecosystems, and industries' responses to disruptive technological innovation.
Noma Mguni
Noma Mguni is a doctoral student at the University of Derby in the UK.
Noma has 7+ years of working in HR and as an employment mentor.
Finally, Noma is the host for Ph.D. hard-talk.
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Thanos Papadopoulos
Professor Thanos Papadopoulos is the Head of the Department of Analytics, Operations & Systems at KBS and member of the Centre for Logistics and Heuristic Optimisation (CLHO). Thanos has published over 140 articles in peer reviewed journals and conferences including:
- Inter alia, the British Journal of Management, Decision Sciences
- European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, International Journal of Production Research, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
- International Journal of Production Economics, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, and Production Planning and Control.
Thanos is an Associate Editor for ‘British Journal of Management’, 'International Journal of Operations and Production Management' and 'Benchmarking: an international journal'. He also serves as an Editorial Board Member for Technological Forecasting and Social Change, International Journal of Information Management, International Journal of Information Management Insights, and Industrial Management and Data Systems.
Professor Riikka Sarala
Specialisms: Mergers & acquisitions, Culture, Ambidexterity, Agility
Professor Fiona Wilson
Fiona Wilson was Professor of Organisational Behaviour in the Adam Smith Business School. Having recently retired after over 21 years there, she is currently Emeritus Professor, an Affiliate and Honorary Senior Research Fellow.
She has published two books and around 44 articles in journals such as AMR, ASQ, Sociology, Work, Employment and Society, Organization, Organization Studies and Human Relations. Her research interests are focussed mainly on equality and gender at work.
We also have a number of members who act as Special Advisors (SPADs) to support activities of sub-committees:
Caroline Chaffer
Caroline Chaffer is a Senior Lecturer at University of York Management School. A chartered accountant, Caroline has extensive experience in undergraduate, postgraduate and professional education. Caroline’s interests are in the factors that influence undergraduate management and accounting students’ ability to engage with careers and skills based provision and understand how this provision might be shaped in order for them to reach their full potential. Caroline has published in areas including students as partners, accounting trainee competence and millennial ambitions.
Prof Qile (Horace) He
Professor Qile He, also known as Horace, is a Professor of Strategy and Performance Management at the University of Derby, UK. He was previously a Reader in Operations Management and the Associate Head of School for Research of the School of Strategy and Leadership at Coventry University, UK, successfully leading the school research portfolio.
His research expertise and interests are in the area of interfirm alliances and partnerships, innovation strategies and processes of organizations, as well as sustainable and responsible business, and inter-organizational knowledge transfer. He has published over 80 papers in refereed journals, books, and leading international conference proceedings.