Alumni Profiles and Testimonials
These pages contain testimonials from some of our students and alumni, in which they talk about why they chose Lancaster, what they found valuable on the programme, and how their time at Lancaster has helped them in their careers. View each profile by clicking on the thumbnail or name.
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Joana Cardoso Fontes | PhD Accounting & Finance | Ongoing | Portugal | Joana completed an MRes in Accounting at LUMS before starting her PhD. |
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Lixian Qian | PhD Management Science | 2012 | China | Lixian and his family have returned to China, where he is working as a lecturer at the Business School of Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. |
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Taghreed Al-Ghaith | PhD Management Science | 2011 | Saudi Arabia | Taghreed's PhD is in stakeholder management in information and communication technology strategic projects. |
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Marc Stigter | PhD Management Learning | 2011 | Netherlands | Marc now works as an independent strategy advisor and an associate faculty member at a number of universities in Australia. |
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Caroline Biron | PhD Management | 2010 | Canada | Caroline's PhD focuses on work-related stress. Her employment background includes action research into work stress in Canada. |
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Santiago Leyva-Botero | PhD Management | 2010 | Colombia | After five years working in financial services in Colombia, Santiago completed the MRes in ITMOC before embarking on the PhD in Management. |
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Philip Gibbs | PhD Management | 2010 | United Kingdom | Philip worked in recruitment consultancy and completed an MSc in Occupational Psychology before embarking on his PhD. |
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James Langabeer | PhD Management Science | 2009 | United States | Jim's PhD was in analytical methods for decision making. He is now a member of faculty at the University of Texas. |
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Allan Discua Cruz | PhD Management | 2009 | Honduras | Allan's doctoral studies focused on family businesses and entrepreneurship. He is now a lecturer at LUMS. |
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Nigel Peyton | PhD Management Learning | 2009 | United Kingdom | Nigel is now a bishop in the Scottish Episcopal Church. His PhD research focused on the experience of priesthood in the Church of England. |
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Tatiana Boroditskaya | PhD Economics | 2008 | Russia | Tatiana completed the MSc in International Business at Lancaster before embarking on her PhD. |
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Alexandra Bristow | PhD Management | 2008 | Russia | Alexandra completed the MA in HR & Knowledge Management at Lancaster before starting her PhD in Management. |
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Idlan Zakaria | PhD Accounting & Finance | 2008 | Malaysia | Idlan completed an MA at Lancaster in addition to her PhD. She is now an academic at the University of Essex. |
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Konstantinos Kaparis | PhD Management Science | 2008 | Greece | Konstantinos completed the MSc in Operational Research at LUMS before embarking on his PhD. He now lectures at Lancaster. |
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Andrea Moro | PhD Management | 2008 | Italy | Andrea undertook his PhD part-time, to inform his work as a financial advisor to SMEs. He has now moved into academia, as a lecturer in finance. |
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Sophie Tessier | PhD Accounting & Finance | 2008 | Canada | Sophie now teaches at HEC Montreal in Canada. |
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Evangelos Tsoukatos | PhD Management Science | 2007 | Greece | With a background in insurance, Evangelos now works in the Department of Finance and Insurance at the Technological Educational Institute of Crete. |
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Hongyan Li | PhD Management Science | 2007 | China | Hongyan Li is now working as a researcher at Arhus School of Business in Denmark. |
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Philip Watland | PhD Management Learning | 2007 | Canada | Philip developed his interest in researching networked management learning whilst taking an online executive MBA. |
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Paulo Alves | PhD Accounting & Finance | 2007 | Portugal | Paulo joined the Lancaster research staff after his PhD, and has since returned to Portugal, to a post in one of the country's top business schools. |
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Sara Khan | PhD Management | 2006 | Pakistan | After working as a lecturer in a Pakistani business school, Sara came to Lancaster for her MA. She returned a year later to commence a PhD in Management. |
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Justice Akpan | PhD Management Science | 2006 | Nigeria | Justice began his studies at Lancaster on the MRes, and then progressed to his PhD, which was in the application of virtual reality in computer simulation. |
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Adelaide Carvalho | PhD Management Science | 2006 | Portugal | Trained in both computer science and management, Adelaide worked on innovative computer simulation for her PhD. |
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Adreene Staines | PhD Economics | 2006 | Jamaica | Having completed both her PhD and an MSc at LUMS, Adreene is now working for the University of Birmingham. |
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Alexey Artamonov | PhD Management Science | 2006 | Russia | Alexey's PhD research was in computer simulation for supply chain management. He now works as an Operation Research Analyst in Russia. |
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Xiaoquan Liu | PhD Accounting & Finance | 2005 | China | Xiaoquan Liu completed the MSc in Finance at LUMS before embarking on her PhD. She is now a lecturer in finance at the University of Essex. |
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Janne Kurtakko | PhD Management | 2005 | Finland | Based in the Department of Management Learning & Leadership, Janne's research combined management learning and organisational behaviour. |
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Yaw-Huei Wang | PhD Accounting & Finance | 2005 | Taiwan | Yaw-Huei Wang has been appointed to an academic position in the School of Management at the top University in Taiwan, National Taiwan University. |
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Preeprem Nonthaleerak | PhD Management Science | 2005 | Thailand | Preeprem researched Six Sigma and Quality Management for her PhD. She is now Dean of the Faculty of Accountancy at a university in Thailand. |
| Efi Chassioti | PhD Management Science | 2005 | Greece | Efi came to LUMS after completing a degree in Electrical Engineering in Greece. |
