Management Science celebrates three new personal chairs
Published 25 May 2005
Celebrating their promotions are (clockwise from left): Professor Linda Hendry, Adam Letchford, Professor Robert Fildes (Head of the Management Science department), Professor Sue Cox (Dean of the Management School), Professor Richard Eglese and Professor David Brown.
Also celebrating promotion - to the senior position of Reader - is Dr Adam Letchford. All four will continue to contribute to the development of the research agenda and degree programmes in the department as it re-focusses and expands following the retirement of Professor Alan Mercer and the untimely death of Professor Brian Kingsman.
Professor David Brown worked for nine years initially as a technologist and then consultant before joining the Department of Systems in 1978. Over the next 15 years he directed the School's MA in Business Analysis, the Diploma in Business Analysis and the MSc in Information Management, and was an original contributor to the Executive MBA. His research has two linked strands: strategic studies, including strategic information systems and e-business; and the application of these two strands internationally, especially in China.
Professor Richard Eglese first came to Lancaster in 1972-73 as a student on the Masters course in Operational Research. After some years working in the OR Department at British Rail and teaching in schools, Richard returned to Lancaster as a lecturer, in January 1979. His main research interests are in the use of heuristic methods to solve hard optimisation problems. His research work relates in particular to vehicle routing and scheduling, such as winter gritting operations and deliveries of goods to retailers.
Since completing her PhD studies in 1988, Professor Linda Hendry has been a member of the academic faculty of the Department of Management Science. During that time, her research has focused on the development of a methodology specifically designed for the make-to-order sector of industry. She has also worked on the study of world class manufacturing practices and broader manufacturing strategy issues. Collaboration with industry has played an important role in her research: Linda has worked with large companies such as Pilkington Optronics and BAE Systems, as well as many local SMEs.
