Guest Lecturers
Donald MacLean
Donald is Porfessor at the Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow and co-founder of Strategy Story. Donald’s internationally published, ground-breaking research on strategy and strategic management is used by business and academics across the world. He holds other appointments including Chair of the board of SRSL Ltd; Chair of Steering committee of Oban as a University Town; and Strategy Lead for Institute of Directors throughout Highlands and Islands... learn more
Chris Mould
Profiled by Guardian Newspapers as one of the UK’s top social entrepreneurs, Chris is an innovative leader, widely experienced in public and voluntary sectors. He is particularly interested in disruption, scale, replication and impact. Between 2007 and 2017 Chris led the Trussell Trust through its transition from a small NGO to a multi award winning national organisation that pioneered social franchising. Chris has worked with the highest levels of government both in the UK and the EU... learn more
Huw Parry
Huw Parry is founder and director of Network New Europe Ltd and was previously an assessor for EC projects. He is also the founder and owner of SteamBio Ltd. He wrote the application for funding from Horizon 2020 with support from Fraunhofer IGB and since the project started has driven its market exploitation. Since 2021 he has been leading on the Horizon 2020 funded project SteamBioAfrica. Prior to involvement in European research Huw worked for over fifteen years in industrial technical development roles... learn more
Trent Staheli
Trent is a serial tech entrepreneur who loves to code and solve problems with software. He can be found coding with his kids at weekend events and 24-hour code competitions. His post-graduate studies consist of e-Commerce, TEL and Entrepreneurship from Universities throughout the UK. He has started, scaled, and sold several tech businesses and is currently the co-founder of School Pulse, a student welfare SaaS business. Trent is married to Mary Poppins, and has three practically perfect children... learn more
