Peter joined the University in 2013 as a project manager in Strategic Planning and Change providing education and business development support to the Medical School. In 2015 he moved to the Transformation team providing consultancy and venture guidance to Colleges launching a range of teaching and revenue projects. In 2017 he joined TQAE to manage the University’s development of distance learning programmes with Keypath Education. He is currently managing the Programme Development Team supporting the portfolio development of College programmes. Peter has over 30 years’ commercial experience in research, technology, and education sectors specialising in strategic planning, business development, and programme management. He gained his Doctorate in 2005 specialising in the research and policy management of environmental chemicals.   

Laura joined the University in 2012, working briefly in the Finance Team before moving into the Business School’s Accreditation Team to provide high-level project support to the School’s Senior Management in pursuing and maintaining international accreditation from EQUIS, AMBA and AACSB. Working in the Accreditation Team, she progressed from Officer to Manager to lead the accreditation processes, ensuring quality and accreditation activity was embedded within its activities. Laura joined the University’s Programme Development Team as a Co-ordinator in 2018. She has a BSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies with Psychology and became PRINCE 2 qualified in 2015. 

Nicola joined the University's Programme Development Team as a Programme Development Coordinator in 2018, having spent 15 years working at the University of Manchester in various roles, specialising in quality assurance. Most recently she worked in the Faculty of Humanities in the role of Teaching and Learning Officer, where her role was to oversee the programme development, continuous monitoring and periodic review processes for the Alliance Manchester Business School and the School of Social Sciences. She also acted as Secretary to the Faculty's Portfolio Advisory Group and Intake Management Group. She has a BA (Hons) in Politics and Modern History and a Professional Diploma in Marketing. 

Mike joined the University in 2004 and held a variety of positions across the Business School, including Undergraduate Admissions Officer and Study Abroad Coordinator. In 2014, he became the International Development Team Leader and focussed on diversifying inbound and outbound student exchanges and developing the associated academic partnerships. Mike also had specific responsibility for Postgraduate Study Abroad and helped develop the Postgraduate Double Degree. In 2016, he also became the main operational contact for the Business School’s participation in the prestigious QTEM Network (Quantitative Techniques in Economics and Management). 

Mike joined the University’s Programme Development Team as a Coordinator in 2018, and has a BA (Hons) in Psychology and Philosophy. 

Simon joined the team in 2019 having spent 3 years working within the University and held a variety of positions in Finance, HR, Innovation, Impact and Business and Research. Simon has over 25 years’ experience split across both private and public sectors specialising in finance, strategic planning, IT and data-analysis. Simon joined the University’s Programme Development Team as a Coordinator in March 2019, and has a Higher National Diploma in Business & Finance. He is a qualified FA football coach and holds a 2^nd degree Black Belt in Taekwon-do. He is the team's Humanities facing coordinator.