Dr Gower- Cromie has 15 years’ experience in designing and delivering executive level education across a wide range of contexts and sectors. She is a programme instructor at the Clinton Leadership Institute contributing on a range of leadership and management courses. Having worked in a range of commercial, academic and public organisations she has hands-on leadership experience in very different organisational settings, in both geographically dispersed and local teams.

She has significant experience in small business, business growth, leading a growing team, organisational culture, team development, operating and business model development. Leading a dispersed team across the UK, Africa and South America. Her particular areas of expertise are in leadership and organisational change management. Her dynamic delivery style brings content to life to engage participants in applying learning to real life business problems. She is passionate about individual growth as well as organisational effectiveness.

Leadership has been at the heart of Shaun’s 35-year career. This is both in leadership positions and as a leadership specialist. Shaun’s aim is to develop and support leaders and teams in the challenges that they face. He is passionate about this, and he believes that people have the right to be well led in the workplace. Shaun uses a range of approaches to work with his clients. The approaches are based on the needs of the client and the context in which they work. His approaches are rooted in his practical ‘hands on’ style which challenge people's thinking and stimulates innovative approaches. Shaun has worked internationally throughout his career. This has allowed him to work with leaders in every sector globally. This means that he is skilled at getting into and understanding the needs of his clients no matter what the setting. It has also allowed him to see that one of the things that unites all leaders is their desire to connect and collaborate with people more effectively. It really is ‘all about the people.’

Dr Michael Aldous is a Senior Lecturer in Management at Queen’s University Belfast. He has a Doctorate from the London School of Economics and Political Science and has an MBA from the IE Business School, Madrid. He is a business historian with an interest in the ownership and strategy of firms. His recent research has focused on understanding the strategy of firms involved in international trade and business and considered how these developments shaped globalization. Currently he is working on a Leverhulme Trust grant investigating British CEOs in the 20th century, examining the effect of factors such as personality traits, career progression, and networks, on firm performance.  

Áine Gallagher is a Lecturer in Finance in Queen’s Business School and Programme Director for the BSc Finance. Prior to joining Queen’s as a Faculty member in 2015, Áine spent 5 years working for Barclays Corporate Bank on event led debt transactions (acquisitions, M&A, leveraged finance) and laterally in the relationship banking team, working with C-suite executives to deliver financial solutions. Áine has practical experience with detailed financial statement analysis, valuation methodologies, sensitivity analysis and structuring risk management solutions. Áine has previously taught modules on Corporate Finance and currently teaches the Behavioural Finance modules and Equity Research modules in the Management School. Her research focusses on the historical importance of women investors and their participation in the governance and management of firms. Áine has completed the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) professional qualification and holds an MSc in Finance from Warwick Business School.