About Us

Susan Cherrett

Enterprise & Employer Liaison Manager

As a professionally qualified marketer with a background in strategic marketing and business planning, Susan heads the Enterprise & Employer Liaison Team.  This includes exploring links and opportunities for collaborative working with businesses, as well as managing programmes and projects that generate enterprise activities for students and staff.

s.cherrett@bathspa.ac.uk

Stephanie Winnard

Enterprise & Employer Liasion Coordinator

Stephanie manages the University's Industry Mentors Programme and the coordination of placement programmes.  She is also responsible for ensuring that students can flourish through access to enterprise activities via the student business club 'InSparation'.

s.winnard@bathspa.ac.uk

John Hector

Entrepreneur-in-Residence (Creative Industries)

As Entrepreneur-in-Residence, John generates enterprise activities amongst the student and gives one-to-one advice sessions for those thinking of starting their own business, to help maximise opportunities for students within the curriculum and amongst networks.

Paul Clarkson

Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Located near Bath, Paul Clarkson, Managing Director of business consultancy PA2C Limited has had an extensive senior management career, the last 10 years at board level, in the business-to-business sector.  This has included working in divisions of RHM, Thorn EMI, P&O, Compass Group and owner-managed enterprises in the UK and Eire.

Paul's specific sector experience includes food distribution, equipment manufacturing and distribution, and refreshment vending services.  Paul's business, PA2C Limited, offers insight, advice and support to organisations in the business-to-business sector, seeking better outcomes from their business efficiency and development programmes, and project management activities.

Abdullah Ali-Ahmadi

Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Abdullah Ali-Ahmadi has over 30 years of management experience in private, social enterprise and public sectors.  In the last 20 years Abdullah has trained, coached and advised over 60,000 individuals and businesses in Britain and internationally. In 2000, he won an Achievement Award for Services to Enterprise from SFEDI, and in 2007 he won an Institute of Business Consultants 2007 award for his contributions to business start up.  Participants in seminars facilitated by Abdullah find his input invaluable.  His wealth of experience coupled with his academic background enables him to facilitate excellent training programmes.