Deji Sotunde

Deji describes himself as a Pracademic (Practitioner-academic). He joined the University of Surrey Business School in September 2016. Undertaken roles include teaching, module and programme leadership, PG curriculum redesign, new PG programme development, PG placement lead and Programme Leader, Business Management, BSc. Seven years prior, worked as an Associate Lecturer and Module Leader, for a business school in London on five different undergraduate and postgraduate partnership programmes.

Before a career in academia, Deji gained extensive experience across various industries. He has worked in food retail management for several popular high-street brands and then spent over ten years in a corporate professional services company that specializes in Custom IP solutions, Data Analysis, and Patent Analytics. He held middle management and technical training roles during this period. In these positions, he supported management initiatives that drove enterprise-wide business transformational change.  After working in the corporate world, he also worked as a limited company contractor and Company Director providing project management consultancy and technical support to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that implemented open-source content management systems to enhance their operations.