Professor Nigel Lockett BSc, MSc, PhD, FRSA.
Professor of Enterprise at Leeds University Business School and Director of the Leeds Enterprise Centre (LEC) at the University of Leeds.
Nigel is a senior academic, experienced manager, entrepreneur and community leader. Before joining the University of Leeds he previously worked as a senior lecturer at Bradford University School of Management and Brunel University Business School, business development manager at InfoLab21 and lecturer at the Lancaster University Management School.
Nigel also has more than 20 years experience as a company director, with a track record in managing start-up, joint venture and social enterprises.
He is the co-author, with Dr Richard Blundel, of the major new textbook Exploring Entrepreneurship published by Oxford University Press.
Nigel has successfully designed and delivered innovative programmes in entrepreneurship, innovation, strategy, e-business and technology enterprise and was the founding director of the MSc in E-Business and Innovation.
He is currently President of Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) and a Fellow of the RSA. Nigel is a graduate of Common Purpose and member of the British Academy of Management (BAM) and Quaker and Business Group.
