David is currently the Head of Business, Management, Accounting and Finance Division within the Faculty of Science, Business and Enterprise (SBE). His leadership has made his division one of the vibrant and visible within the University community. With over 20 years of teaching experience in higher education, he has made significant contributions in learning and teaching through programme development, quality assurance and postgraduate research delivery. His outstanding work has been recognised by all the institutions he has been an employee. It is important to note that he is a recipient of several awards such as Outstanding Teacher Fellowship Award, Professional Mentor of the Year, Excellence in Teaching Award and Most Inspirational Lecturer of the Year. David has lead the team to design programmes which addresses contemporary skills needs within Banking, Accounting, Finance and Analytics.

Dr Nwamaka is a lecturer in Biological Sciences at the Faculty of Science, Business and Enterprise at the University of Chester, UK. She has 14 years of experience in higher education, including teaching, mentoring, research, and administration. Dr Amaka is an active researcher involved in science communication campaigns on a global and local scale.

Professor Al-Assaf graduated in 1988 with a first class degree in Chemistry (Mosul University). He gained his MSc (1994) and PhD (1997) from Salford University in the field of radiation and solution properties of hyaluronan and cross linked form (Hylan). Subsequently he took up a postdoctoral research fellowship at Glyndwr University Wrexham (formally North East Wales Institute of Higher Education, NEWI) working on the characterisation and modification of hydrocolloids. In 2003 he became Director of the Phillips Hydrocolloids Research Centre at Glyndwr University and was promoted to a Reader in Chemistry in 2007, and was awarded a personal chair in 2012. He moved to Chester University in August 2015 to lead the Hydrocolloid Research Centre at the Institute of Food Science & Innovation. Professor Al-Assaf has secured research funding from various organisations and industry and has published over 100 papers. 

PhD (University of Salford, UK)
Technical Expert and consultant for the International Atomic Energy Agency

Associate Editor, Journal of Future Foods

Editor, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
Editor, Food Chemistry Advances

Editor, Gels

Editor, International Journal of Food Science & Technology (2003 – 2018)
Life Member of the International Society for Hyaluronan Sciences

Hanaan joined Chester Medical School as a Lecturer in Haematology and Biomedical Science, bringing over 14 years of experience in working in Haematology and Blood Transfusion NHS laboratory. Over the years, her work focused on the use of Immunophenotyping by Flow Cytometry for the diagnosis of Haematological malignancies where she worked as a Senior Biomedical Scientist for 5 years leading the Flow Cytometry Service, the only one in North Wales. She also has a 7 years experience working in North Wales Stem cell Service carrying out Peripheral Blood Haemopoetic Stem cells transplant Harvests and Reinfusions where she worked in positions of PD and DI within the HTA.

Kurt holds a personal Chair in Enterprise, and is Executive Dean for the Faculty of Science Business and Enterprise. Kurt is also University Pro Vice-Chancellor for Enterprise, and is responsible for business engagement and commercialisation activities as well as general executive duties across the Faculty's teaching, research and enterprise activities. His business engagement portfolio is extensive, having worked with over 5,000 SMEs as part of European Structural Investment Fund initiatives. Total grant activities amount to £22M, and have included some of the largest business support programmes in Europe (HEI to SME). In addition to this, he has worked on £6.7M of grant funding associated with regional enterprise, incubation, and Information Society initiatives. Funders have included ERDF, ESF, EPSRC, HEFCE, ESRC and STFC amongst others.

Recently he was Chair and Director of the Universities Economic Development Unit, a partnership between 7 of the NW's universities. He is a member of the Mersey Dee Alliance, A cross-border partnership that supports strategic economic growth across North East Wales, West Cheshire and the Wirral. He sat on the Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership Skills Board, and was Board lead for the Accelerate Project, a £6M CoVid recovery project that supported management skills, resilience and digital upskilling. Kurt is the University's lead on its collaboration with the region's Institute of Technology - a partnership with 4 colleges and 2 HEIs.

Prior to his current role, Kurt was Director of Keele Business School, and significantly involved in its redevelopment as part of a University Enterprise Zone initiative, and previously he was Associate Dean Enterprise, Engagement and Employability at the University of Salford. During this time the School won the coveted Times Higher Education Awards 2014 Business School of the Year award for a step change in its business engagement and graduate employability profile. Prior to this he spent much of his career at the University of Manchester and the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology in the field of science enterprise.

Mohammed Amali is a Senior Lecturer, and the BSc Pharmacology Programme lead at the Chester Medical School. Mohammed is a pharmacist with a background in pharmacology including teaching and research experience in immunology and toxicology. Mohammed offers an eighteen-year background of supporting students, developing instructional plans, and organizing and assessing students. His research interests include drug allergy but has focused more recently on the development of drugs from natural products, with the aim of discovering novel molecules of therapeutic benefit that will contribute to current patient management strategies.

I am a social and cultural historian of modern Britain, with a particular interest in sense of place, landscape, youth culture, and leisure identities.

Kimberly Anstey is senior lecturer teaching on the Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (MA TESOL) course and in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) in the Centre for Student Exchange & Language Development, Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences, the University of Chester, UK. She is the leader of the In-sessional Academic English provision (ISE) for the international students at the university. In that role, she also facilitates, designs and delivers continuing professional development for staff and liaises with subject faculty members to develop and focus the ISE provision.

Ann-Marie is a Senior Lecturer in the Initial Teacher Education (ITE) department within the School of Education. She is also a member of the Mentor Development Team and Mentoring and Coaching in Education (MACIE) Research Group. She is a specialist in music education.

Ann-Marie has over 15 years experience working in education. Her work has been primarily focused on music teaching and learning at secondary school level; she also has experience in primary and early years education, including leading Forest School provision. Ann-Marie is passionate about wanting all children to enjoy to a rich, inspiring education and in her belief that school teachers must be well-supported to facilitate this.

Vivian is a lecturer with the Accounting and Finance Division at University of Chester. She is currently the Course leader for Finance with Banking (BSc) and Banking and Finance (BSc) and saddled with the responsibility for its incremental value proposition and visibility. She has held positions as researcher and visiting lecturer with the Education and Children Services department and the Business and Management department respectively. She has over a decade experience working in commercial and business banking, rising to Manager level and cutting across ebusiness, banking operations, international trade, treasury, credit and business development. She is currently a certified External Examiner and Associate fellow from the Advance HE. She is passionate about continuous improvement that can influence process across work tasks, various life projects and the management of human behaviours.

Victoria Arnold is a registered social worker and a senior lecturer in the social work department. Victoria’s area of social work practice is Child Protection. Victoria is also an affiliate of The Centre for Academic Innovation and Development CAID.

Victoria leads on the following modules:

• Children & Family Social Work
• Human Growth & Development
• Advanced Skills for Social Work Practice
• Approaches to Research