Personal statement

I rejoined Strathclyde Business School in August 2024 as Professor and Head of the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Innovation. Prior to this I held a personal chair at the University of Glasgow where I also did my MA, MPhil, and PhD degrees in Economic History. I have worked at the universities of Glasgow, Cambridge, Wales, and Strathclyde. I currently serve as Co-Editor in Chief of the journal Business History, as well as on the ESRC Peer Review College for Doctoral Training Partnerships and as an assessor for the UKRI's Future Leaders Programme. I am also a Research Associate of the Centre for Business Research at the University of Cambridge where I previously held a fellowship. My research centres around business history, entrepreneurship, and regional development with empirical focus on areas such as Scotch whisky, aluminium, new technologies, and early stage risk investment. My work has appeared in leading journals such as Business History, Business History Review, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Human Relations, British Journal of Management, Regional Studies, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Small Business Economics, and various others. To date I have raised over £10m in research funding, comprising over £1.5m as principal investigator since 2012 including grants from EC Horizon 2020 (twice), the British Academy, RCUK/UKRI, Scottish Government, Scottish Enterprise, Creative Scotland, Carnegie Trust, the private sector, charities, and various government agencies. I am a British Academy Innovation Fellow, 2024-2025 exploring the development and impact of the Scottish angel investment sector since 2000.