Meet our Team

Essa Bah is an international trade economist with a focus on regional trade and integration, and economic development. Essa has a publication in the Journal of International Development and the Conversation, which is part of his developing research pipeline. 

He is very passionate about the process and success of regional integration schemes, and its economic and social implication.

Vic Benuyenah is Assistant Professor at the Birmingham Business School. He has a background in organisational psychology and the application of economic theory to HRM/management decisions. Vic is a Senior Fellow of the HEA, MCIPD and a Fellow of the Royal Economic Society of England. He has extensive experience in teaching business courses and the management of higher education ...

Dr Senika Dewnarain joined the University of Birmingham in Dubai as an Assistant Professor in Marketing, in April 2022. Senika was awarded her PhD in Hospitality Marketing and Management in 2020. Prior to joining the UoBD, she was working as a Senior Lecturer in Marketing and Tourism Management at Curtin University, in Mauritius, where she also served as a Corporate Trainer in Marketing and Managi ...

Saneesh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Strategy & International Business. His research explores how strategic leadership groups and entrepreneurial teams shape strategic outcomes such as innovation and internationalization. He uses Multivariate Analysis including Meta-analysis, and Topic Modeling in his research.

His emerging interests lie in extending the scholarly ...

Nikos Fatouros is an Assistant Professor in Economics, at the University of Birmingham. His research focuses on Economic Growth, Environmental policy, and Natural Disasters. 

Yusuf Hartavi is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Finance at the Birmingham Business School.

UmmeSalma holds a BSc (Honours) degree in Computing and Information systems, an MS in management and a Doctorate in Business Management. She joined the University of Birmingham as the Programme Director to launch the BSc.(Hons) Business Management in Dubai campus. She is a Senior Lecturer in Management and Fellow of UK Higher Education Academy. 

She teaches Organisational behaviour and ...

Heather Jeffrey is a lecturer in marketing with research and teaching interests in Cultural Studies. Heather is a member of the European Commission-funded International Network for Comparative Analysis of Social Inequalities, and an associate for the non-profit organisation Equality in Tourism. She has published peer reviewed articles on the topic of gender (re)presentations, and her research has ...

Fiona Oster is a Lecturer in Business Management at the University of Birmingham Dubai.

Fiona has 13 years of academic experience in both the Irish and German Higher Education systems. She has taught at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels to AACSB standards and has been an active member in curriculum design and quality assurance teams.

She has considerable expertise in innovation ...

Dr Lohrasp Sadri is a Lecturer at the School of Accounting at University of Birmingham.

Lohrasp has a number of years’ experience in teaching Accountancy, Economics and Finance at Under-Graduate, Post-Graduate and Professional level. Lohrasp is a competent lecturer, trainer and researcher with relevant industry experience. He is an effective communicator with strong mentoring, ...

Sheikh Selim is a Senior Lecturer in Economics and Programme Director for BSc Economics and BSc Money Banking Finance.

He previously led the BSc Business Economics programme in the University of Westminster where he held the position of  Senior Lecturer of Economics. He served as a visiting professor of Political Economy in the New College of Humanities, and as a Lecturer of Economics in ...

Dr Mahmoud Zakarneh is an Assistant Professor in Marketing at Birmingham Business School (BBS), Dubai campus. He joined BBS in 2022, teaching at the Postgraduate Taught level (MSc.). Prior to joining BBS, he was part of the Kent Business School (KBS) teaching team since 2018 and was appointed to a lectureship in 2020. His educational background includes a BSc in Marketing from the University of ...