Management Meets PODCAST

Passionate advocate of the value a strong and engaged community can bring, and the far-reaching results that can be achieved. Loves hearing, sharing, and joining-up individual stories between professionals to enable ongoing learning and success.

I serve as Dean of the School of Management, at the University of Bath in the United Kingdom, where I began my career. Before Re-joining Bath, I held senior roles in research-intensive universities in the United Kingdom (the Universities of Warwick, and Birmingham) and Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. As Dean of the School of Management, I am responsible for the strategic direction of one of Europe's leading centres of business research and education. As a member of the University's Executive Board, I also contribute to the leadership, positioning, and prosperity of the wider University. In a former life, I am a leading scholar in the fields of business ethics, corporate social responsibility, and sustainability. Specifically, my research explored firm-stakeholder relationships, the strategic management of these, and corresponding impacts on company performance and reputation. I continue to serve as an Associate Editor of the British Journal of Management, as a member of a number of journal editorial boards, and served for a number of years as a member of the scientific committee of the Chartered Association of Business School's Academic Journal Guide.

Becky Toogood is the Alumni Engagement Communications Officer for the University of Bath, School of Management. With a first-class degree in journalism and a marketing background, Becky has experience in digital, print and multimedia communications. Working in higher education, Becky likes to showcase those leading innovation in their respective areas to celebrate success in the community, whilst inspiring others.

Annie Snelson-Powell is an Associate Professor of Business and Society at the University of Bath, School of Management. She has been developing research about sustainability strategies in multi-national firms and higher education (HE) contexts since 2010. Annie is interested in how organisations respond to the pressure to be more sustainable in their operations and products. In particular, she studies the gaps that emerge between organisational policies and strategies for sustainability and their activities in practice.

Marieke is the Head of Operations & Sustainability at Canned Wine Co., having been one of the first interns to join the start-up in 2020. Passionate about sustainability, nature-based solutions and climate justice, she achieved a Masters in Carbon Management from the University of Edinburgh after graduating from Bath.

Tim La Touche spent over 20 years as the Global Environment Manager at Buro Happold – a global consultancy in the building industry. During his time with the company, Tim introduced the ISO 14001 standard across all offices, was the chief editor of their first annual Global Sustainability Report in 2019 and led validation of Carbon targets by the Science Based Target initiative. Tim started his career as a civil engineer and became a chartered engineer before undertaking the MBA at Bath in 1987-88. He went into management consultancy after completing his MBA. He also served as Chief Assessor on the Registration Board of the Society of Environment – the body that is responsible for conferring the Chartered Environmentalist qualification. Tim retired last year from Buro Happold and now runs his own Sustainability Consultancy.