About
A seasoned leader with 30+ years of combined corporate and academic experience, Anita seamlessly blends business expertise and educational leadership to drive transformational change in business education. Her unique positioning combines almost two decades of corporate experience across external and internal auditing, compliance, and strategic management, with ten years of progressive senior academic leadership, from Director of Programmes to Deputy Head of School (Education)/Associate Dean (Education) at Southampton Business School.
Anita brings proven strategic educational senior management capabilities in curriculum transformation, quality assurance, student experience enhancement, international partnerships, and transnational education (TNE), emphasising digital transformation, sustainability integration, and inclusive pedagogy. Her expertise spans comprehensive portfolio management across business and inter-disciplinary programmes, particularly accounting, corporate governance, and organisational oversight. She has actively managed educational portfolios for AACSB, AMBA, and TEF accreditation processes and participated in validating HEI programmes at foreign universities.
Currently Director of the Centre for Accounting Education, she leads innovative curriculum initiatives while maintaining rigorous academic standards.
Her commitment to educational excellence is evidenced through measurable improvements in institutional rankings and student outcomes, preparing future leaders for an increasingly complex global business landscape.
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