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Staff

Our academic staff actively research and publish in their chosen fields and are highly respected. In total, eighty academics act as tutors to our distance learning students.

Academic Staff

Professor Laixiang Sun

Head of Department (DeFiMS)

Professor of Chinese Business & Management

Mr Norman Flynn

Director, CeFiMS

Academic Director of Public Policy and Management

Ms Sonja Ruehl

Deputy Director, CeFiMS

Professor Laurence Harris

Academic Director of MSc Finance (major: Economic Policy)

Dr Fabrizio Adriani

Academic Director of MSc Finance (major: Financial Sector Management)

Lecturer in International Business and Finance

Dr Pasquale Scaramozzino

Academic Direcor of MSc Finance (major: Quantitative Finance)

Reader in Economics

Dr Bassam Fattouh

Academic Director for the MSc in International Management for the Middle East and Africa

Reader in Finance and Management

Dr Richard Alexander

Academic Director of Finance & Financial Law

Lecturer in Financial Law

Dr Damian Tobin

Academic Director of International Management (China) - Distance Learning

Lecturer in Chinese Business Management

Dr Richard Mead

Convenor of MSc International Management Programmes

Professor Christine Oughton

Professor of Management Economics

Dr Helen Macnaughtan

Lecturer in International Business and Management (Japan)

Dr Hong Bo

Senior Lecturer in Chinese Business and Management


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Associates and Research Associates

Professor Christopher Howe

Emeritus Professor of Chinese Business and Management

Mr Nick Foster

Lecturer in Commercial Law

Professor Robert Ash

Professor in Economics with reference to China and Taiwan

Dr Dafydd Fell

Lecturer in Taiwan Studies

Deputy Director of the SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies

Dr Sanzhu Zhu

Lecturer in Chinese Commercial Law

Professor Machiko Nissanke

Professor of International and Development Economics

Dr Tao Li

Research Associate

Professor Tony Allan

Professorial Research Associate


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Student support staff

A dedicated administrative team of student advisors supports our operations, led by the CeFiMS Distance Learning Deputy Registrar Mr Greg Wood.

As a CeFiMS student, you will be assigned one of the Student Advisers, below, who will support you throughout your studies. They are always available to answer your questions.

                                                    
Sarah Jones           Wilbur Moser          Jo Fung                  Mark Mullan          Gary Somers
Administrator         Administrator          Clerical Officer         Clerical Officer        Clerical Officer