MA Marketing
Meet the course team
Jill Brown
Role: Principal Lecturer and Director of Studies Postgraduate Marketing Programmes
Research and subject interest: Services Marketing and Marketing Communications
My background is in corporate banking and this was where I developed my marketing skills and gained my professional qualifications, but I soon realised that I enjoyed marketing more than banking and so moving to Portsmouth Business School was a very positive change for me.
I particularly enjoy the challenges of teaching about marketing in the service sector – it is highly problematic because services are intangible, invisible and subject to the vagaries of the people delivering them.
I am responsible for the postgraduate marketing programmes at Portsmouth Business School and we welcome students from all over the world. I love the fact that many of them come because of a personal recommendation.
Paul Ankers
Role: Senior Lecturer in Marketing, MA Marketing Course Leader
I have extensive international business development, new product development and sales experience in business to business markets.
My career has involved working extensively in defence (electronic countermeasures) and medical device (wound care and gynaecology) markets.
I have considerable experience of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching across a number of marketing topics. My particular interests are global marketing, business to business marketing and the FE to HE student transitional experience.
Beth Rogers
Role: Principal Lecturer, Programme Manager MA Sales Management, Co-ordinator of Critical Marketing Study Unit
Research and subject interest: Sales and Sales Management
Nothing happens until someone sells something. The role of sales is underplayed in some business schools, but not here at Portsmouth. We have pioneered sales education at postgraduate and undergraduate level. Engaging directly with customers and designing value for them is a very exciting and well-rewarded career.
My advice for new students is to make the most of the time they have here to access and develop knowledge and expertise that will help them differentiate themselves in the future.
Lillian Clark
Role: Programme Manager MA Marketing (Digital Media)
Research and subject interest: Online Consumer Behaviour, E-Commerce and Human-Computing Interaction
The internet is changing all aspects of our lives: how we shop, inform and entertain ourselves, and how we engage with families, friends and communities. Consumers now have power and information undreamed of 20 or even 10 ago, and are taking control of all aspects of their media experiences. Marketing is transforming dramatically as a result, and we're only just beginning to see the impact of all this change.
As someone who spent many years in both technology and business, I am also excited at seeing the world of the marketer and the computer scientist converge into something wondrous and new, and if that also excites you then this is the place to be!
Mick Hayes
Role: Principal Lecturer in Marketing
I teach across a variety of marketing disciplines, but tend to concentrate on those areas most related to marketing communications. I teach both undergraduate and postgraduate students, and supervise dissertations.
Chris Simms
Role: Senior Lecturer in Marketing
My specialism is in the teaching of product development and innovation management. On the MA Marketing I deliver taught content on the management of new product development, brands and innovation. Furthermore I have specialist knowledge in these subject areas with respect to the FMCG sector, with a strong research and knowledge transfer profile in both food and drinks, and the packaging industry.
David Ward
Role: Senior Lecturer in Marketing
I have experience of working in marketing communications, marketing strategy, ecommerce development and international marketing management. I have also taught part-time on the postgraduate level courses for the CIM. My teaching includes consumer behaviour, marketing research, digital marketing and social cause marketing at undergraduate and Master's level, and I also supervises a number of students for their dissertations.
Karen Knibbs
Role: Principal Lecturer in Marketing
I am Course Leader for the BA (Hons) Marketing, BA (Hons) Marketing with Psychology and BA (Hons) Digital Marketing. I coordinate and teach on a range of undergraduate and postgraduate units including Principles of Marketing, Marketing Practice, Organising in a Virtual World, Introduction to Marketing Operations and Research for European Business Programme (EBP) course students. I also oversee the Independent Study (final year) Projects for human resource management and marketing topics.
Sarah Turnbull
Role: Lecturer in Marketing Communications
I am an active researcher and member of the Centre for Organisational Research and Development. My work has been published in international journals, including the International Journal of Advertising and presented at a number of international conferences. I lecture in marketing communications on both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
Kevin O'Brien
Role: Senior Lecturer in Marketing
I am a senior lecturer specialising in marketing strategy, product management, sales and key account management. I have an honours degree in Business Studies and am a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.
I have previously worked for over 30 years in industry with three global corporations in marketing, business development and general management. I have delivered transformational programmes in segmentation, integrated communications and key account management, as well as new products and businesses.
Roger Dace
Role: Senior Lecturer in Marketing
My main research interests are in Japanese marketing, (both within Japan and externally) in particular the development of models of Japanese/Far Eastern buyer behaviour and Japanese new product development – that is, how they are able to bring new products to market quickly and the development of proactive products. Japanese advertising and communicative styles is a further interest and how this supports proactive or reactive marketing, together with Japanese distribution and outbound tourism.
I am also a member of the Strategic Planning Society, the Japan Marketing Association and the British Association of Japanese Studies.
My teaching is focused on international marketing and marketing research.
Colin Wheeler
Role: Professor of Marketing
I am Professor of Marketing at Portsmouth Business School and have published widely on international marketing and international business. My research interests include international marketing strategy, the internationalisation of the small and medium size firm, and export performance. I am currently researching the internationalisation of SMEs in the advanced medical products sector with Professor Marian Jones of the University of Glasgow.
John Willis
Role: Senior Lecturer in Marketing
I teach at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels and am the deputy University contact for the collaborative partnership – Informatics, Singapore and Hong Kong – for undergraduate business programme degrees. I sit on Informatics', Hong Kong's International Academic Board.
I am part of the teaching team for International University College, Sofia, Bulgaria. My research interests cover how Western businesses must 'adapt' to Chinese business practices, especially guanxi, and also how Chinese business practices need to evolve to 'worldclass standards' by using as yet unknown business practices.
Emma Winter
Role: Senior Lecturer
Emma initially joined Portsmouth Business School as an hourly paid lecturer in February 2001, following several years' experience working in operations and marketing in the financial services industry. She was appointed senior lecturer in September 2007. Emma coordinates and teaches on a range of Undergraduate and Postgraduate units, particularly in the areas of services marketing and marketing strategy.
In addition to teaching, Emma has worked extensively with international students in her role as Level 2 International Student Tutor. This has involved providing pastoral support and designing the tutoring programme to assist with students’ adaptation and integration into the British education system and life at Portsmouth Business School. Her work with international students has also extended to being appointed as the Business School link tutor with International College Portsmouth.
Most recently, Emma has been appointed as Deputy Course Leader for undergraduate Marketing programmes, a role which means that in conjunction with the rest of the Course Team, she seeks to ensure Marketing students are provided with the best possible student experience.
Emma's research interests relate to Services marketing; specifically the concept of the servicescape and issues related to the provision of higher education as a service.
