Biography

Spinder has written extensively about the Asian business community and compiles Britain’s Richest Asians in Success magazine for Eastern Eye reflecting her long held interest in the field. She wrote the influential study “Silent Contributors – Asian Female Entrepreneurs and Women in Business” which highlighted this important, yet often neglected, issue. Her report for Barclays Bank entitled, ‘Asian entrepreneurs in the UK’ received global attention.

Spinder has developed what the Daily Mail described as a “high flying career” which spans academia, writing and the media. Spinder was both founder and director of the Centre for Asian Entrepreneurial Research (CAER). Spinder knows all about the challenges of the Asian entrepreneur from first hand experience. Her father, who came to the UK from the Punjab in the 1960s, ran a corner shop in which Spinder balanced the demands of a busy family business with high academic achievement. She attended Warwick University as an undergraduate and was awarded her Doctorate from Brunel University before embarking on an academic career.

Book Details: Making a Fortune - Learning from the Asian Phenomenon (Capstone)

The Spinder Files - Asian entrepreneurship in the UK

In these video podcasts Dr Spinder Dhaliwal introduces the study of entrepreneurship, and tells the story of 4 Asian entrepreneurs who found success in the UK.

The 5 episodes of The Spinder Files are available to watch in embedded HD video (best quality) through the links below.

Episode 1: Introducing Entrepreneurship

Episode 2: Perween Warsi: founder of S&A Foods

Episode 3: Lord Karan Bilimoria: founder of Cobra Beer

Episode 4: Sir Gulam Noon and Noon Products PLC

Episode 5: Dinesh Dhamija and ebookers.com

Research Interests

Spinder's main research focus is the small business sector and ethnic minority businesses in the UK. Having grown up in a small business environment Spinder has been actively researching the area for several years. As well as this, Spinder is interested in female entrepreneurship.

Book Details: Making a Fortune - Learning from the Asian Phenomenon (Capstone)

Publications

Teaching

MBA Entrepreneurship 

MSc Entrepreneurship and Creativity

Entrepreneurship and Business Planning

Departmental Duties

Postgraduate Examinations Officer

Programme Leader MSc Entrepreneurship

Affiliations

Vice President Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Compiled Britain's Richest Asians (2002 -2008)

Consultancy Barclays Bank (January 2007): Cultural Awareness Training The training was aimed at business relationship managers in order for them to tap into the Asian networks and increase their business productivity in this highly active sector.

Barclays Bank Report (2006) – ‘Asian Entrepreneurs in the UK’

Pirtek (June 2007) – Cultural Awareness Training seminar aimed at managers who are going to India to deal with suppliers.

Nat West Bank (2002) ‘Perceptions of Business Service Delivery to the Asian Community’ Researching and delivering report on ethnic minority customers and how to tap into the market.

Regular contributor to television, radio and the press, both regional and national.

Professional Bodies: Spinder is a board member of the Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Advisory Activities: Spinder is also a freelance journalist contributing to the Asian press and compiles Britains Richest Asians for Eastern Eye.

She was also the founder and Director of the Centre for Asian Entrepreneurial Research (CAER), which was inaugurated by Lord Swraj Paul. Her Board of Advisors include eminent members of the Entrepreneurial community such as Sir G.K. Noon - Noon Products plc; Karan Bilimoria - Cobra Lager and Bushra Ahmed - The Legendary Joe Bloggs. Her work has been profiled in the national papers. She has been featured in the Daily Mail, the Independent, the Daily Mirror, the BBC and the Asian Media.

Avoiding the insularity of many in her profession, Spinder’s work targets, and hits, a much wider audience than just students and other academics. She has been a regular contributor to the Asian media and, in the past few years, has become an increasingly influential figure in more mainstream circles. Spinder, and her work, have been profiled in The Independent, The Daily Mirror and The Daily Mail and she recently appeared on the BBC’s flagship breakfast news programme. She was also featured as a commentator and expert on BBC2’s peak time programme, “Making a Fortune – the Asian Way”. She is ideally suited to the demands of being editor of the Britain’s Richest Asians. She was also the Education Editor for Prospects magazine and on the editorial panel of PROWESS (promoting women’s enterprise) and a Board Member of the Institute of Small Business and Enterprise