WBS professor appointed to ESRC

WBS Professor Simon Collinson has been appointed as a member of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) by David Willetts, the Minister for Universities and Science.

The appointment will be for a period of three years, from 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2014.

Simon sits on the Board of Directors for the Advanced Institute of Management Research (AIM) and is Professor of International Business and Innovation at Warwick Business School, where he has previously been Head of the Marketing and Strategy Group and Deputy Dean.

About the ESRC
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is the UK's largest organisation for funding research on economic and social issues. It supports independent, high quality research which has an impact on business, the public sector and the third sector.