Professor Heather McLaughlin

Pro Vice-Chancellor Research and Academic Staff Development, Dean of Business and Law

Heather McLaughlin is Pro Vice-Chancellor Lifelong Learning and Dean of the Faculty of Business and Law at De Montfort University (DMU).  Her previous roles have included Dean of the Faculty of Business and Law at Coventry University, Director of the Business School at Canterbury Christ Church University, Director of the Centre for International Transport Management at London Metropolitan University and Head of Consultancy for the Global Policy Research Institute, alongside a professional career as a Chartered Accountant.

As a Professor of Management and International Transport, Heather has published extensively in a range of international academic journals, and maintains excellent contacts with the maritime and wider logistics industry. She served as a specialist advisor to the House of Commons Select Committee for Transport, and has been a member of a number of international expert panels on maritime transport. She is currently on the editorial board of ‘Research in Transportation Business and Management’ and ‘Maritime Policy and Management’ where she was co-editor for 10 years. As a Past Master of the Worshipful Company of World Traders’ livery, she remains well connected to the business community.

Heather has been a trustee of a number of charities, including council member of the Chartered Association of Business Schools, and is currently Senior Non-Executive Director of Access Bank UK Limited.

You can contact Professor Heather McLaughlin directly by emailing heather.mclaughlin@dmu.ac.uk or through her EPA by emailing lisa-jayne.evans@dmu.ac.uk.