Biography

Cord-Christian is currently finishing his ESRC Case Award funded PhD at Aston Business School, with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) as the Case Award’s project partner. His thesis considers the value of longitudinal analysis of business support programmes, and the surrounding methodological challenges.

At Aston he has contributed to a number of research projects with clients such as the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

Prior to commencing his doctoral studies Cord-Christian worked for British Telecom in a number of commercial management positions. He holds a MSc in Operational Research and Performance Management, and a BSc (Hons) in International Business and Economics.