Deputy Lead for Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) from 2018.
Director of Business Programmes with Engineering, Sciences, Law and Languages from 2010 to 2017.
Coordinator of Europe China High Value Engineering Networks (EC-HVEN) from 2012 to 2016, www.birmingham.ac.uk/hven.
External Examiner for Aston, Glyndrw, Nottingham and Warwick Universities.
Visiting Professor at Zhejiang University
Senior Fellow of Henan Academy of Social Sciences
Guest editor for IJPD and IJMTM.
Scientific committee member for GMC, ProLog, etc.