
Equality
At the Surrey Business School our Athena Swan Bronze award demonstrates our commitment to improving the quality of working life for all staff and creating a fully inclusive culture.
Equality at Surrey Business School
We were delighted to be awarded our first Athena Swan Bronze Award in 2020 and have since launched our Athena Swan Implementation Team: Values in Action (ViA). The team will be ensuring delivery of the values and action plan outlined in our Athena SWAN submission.
About the Athena Swan Charter
The Athena Swan Charter is a framework which is used across the globe to support and transform gender equality within higher education (HE) and research. Established in 2005 to encourage and recognise commitment to advancing the careers of women in science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine (STEMM) employment, the Charter is now being used across the globe to address gender equality more broadly, and not just barriers to progression that affect women.
The Athena Swan Charter:
- Helps institutions achieve their gender equality objectives
- Assists institutions to meet equality legislation requirements, as well as the requirements and expectations of some funders and research councils
- Uses a targeted self-assessment framework to support applicants identify areas for positive action, as well as recognise and share good practices
- Supports the promotion of inclusive working practices that can increase retention of valued academics and professional and support staff, demonstrating an institution’s commitment to an equitable working environment.
Meet the team
ViA has 15 pioneering staff members who all joined voluntarily and four student members representing the students voice, particularly from a diverse background.

Dr YingFei Heliot
Team lead

Debbie Burns-Pegler
Teaching Fellow in Business Employment Law

Dr Nima Heirati
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Marketing

Anna Holland
Deputy Director of Learning and Teaching (Interim) Senior Teaching Fellow in Management

Dr Yanfei Hu
Lecturer in Sustainable Enterprise

William Lanham-New
Teaching Fellow

Laurie O'Broin
Teaching Fellow, Programme Leader: BSc Business Management - Level 5

Professor Sarmistha Pal
Chair in Financial Economics

Dr Ann Parchment
Deputy Head-Department of Strategy and International Business - Senior Teaching Fellow in Management

Professor Steve Wood
Dean of Surrey Business School and Professor of Retail Marketing and Management

Professor Carol Woodhams
Professor of Human Resource Management and Head of Department of People and Organisations
Professional Services:
Abi Bradbeer |
Natasha Martin |
Codie McKenzie |
Aimee Savage |
Pina Stamp |
Ben Watkins |
Student representatives:
Matt Rust |
Mahe Thiagarajan |
Ijeoma Ukandu |
Maham Yawar |