Contact us

Contact our team members

If you are unsure who to speak to in the first instance, please contact Martin Sargeant or email enterprise@kingston.ac.uk.

Business development team
Entrepreneurship education team
Business operations team

Executive Director of Enterprise

Deborah Lock

Email: d.lock@kingston.ac.uk

Tel: 020 8417 3616

Responsible for the strategic direction of Kingston University's enterprise activity, Deborah manages the teams which offer commercial services, knowledge transfer, enterprise education, student enterprise and strategic project support services. She has oversight of University HEIF funded positions.

Personal Assistant to the Executive Director: Sue King

Email: sue.king@kingston.ac.uk

Tel: 020 8417 3083

Head of Workforce Development

Denise Cooper

Email: d.cooper@kingston.ac.uk

Business development team

Head of Business Operations: Janet Broadbent

Email: j.broadbent@kingston.ac.uk

Business Development Manager: Peter Christian

Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture

Tel: 020 8417 4077

Email: p.christian@kingston.ac.uk

Since leaving the Royal College of Art, Peter has run three creative businesses and has managed prestigious projects in the UK, Europe and Japan. The Faculty houses the schools of fine art, art & design history, communication design, 3D design, architecture & landscape and surveying & planning.

Business Development Manager: Kathryn Elliot (Maternity leave)

Faculty of Business and Law

Tel: 020 8417 5379

Email: kathryn.elliott@kingston.ac.uk

Kathryn has worked in business development, account management and recruitment roles across a variety of industry sectors. In this faculty, a key focus is the development of short courses and CPD for professionals, as well as tailored and bespoke training solutions and work based learning opportunities for clients.

Business Development Manager: James Landon
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing

Tel: 020 8417 2040

Email: j.landon@kingston.ac.uk

James has worked in development, marketing and management roles in the IT sector. The newly formed Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing combines our expertise in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics areas, creating more flexibility and a flourishing collaborative environment for enterprise opportunities.

Business Development Manager: Catherine Sheppard

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Tel: 020 8417 7431

Email: c.sheppard@kingston.ac.uk

With a background in recruitment management for the construction and property sectors, Catherine developed a start-up company, establishing key relationships with both local and national partners. The diverse Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences covers five schools – economics, education, humanities, performance and screen studies and social science.

Entrepreneurship education team

Head of Enterprise Education: Dr Martha Mador

Email: m.mador@kingston.ac.uk

Tel: 020 8417 3604

Working in the fields of strategy and entrepreneurship, Martha leads the Entrepreneurship Centre for WestFocus, a consortium of seven universities. Martha is a lecturer in strategy and entrepreneurship, having developed and run modules on the Kingston MBA, DMS, and Strategic Financial Management MA within Kingston Business School. Read more about WestFocus.

Entrepreneurship Project Officer: Dwain Reid

Email: d.reid@kingston.ac.uk

Tel: 020 8 417 3195

Entrepreneurship Intern: Christine Leder

Email: c.leder@kingston.ac.uk

Tel: 020 8417 3146

Graduate Intern: Ranes Formosa

Email: r.formosa@kingston.ac.uk

Tel: 020 8417 3188

Visiting entrepreneur: Simon Hulme
Simon is a professional business angel, management consultant and non-executive director. He has a highly successful track record in business, having built up and then sold two significant businesses. His last business was the greeting card publisher, Card Connection.

Simon is a regular speaker and is very happy to help both students and staff, by either providing mentoring or giving straightforward commercial advice.