David Kirby (business professor)

David Anthony Kirby FRSA (born 2 April 1945) is a British academic working in the area of business administration and entrepreneurship.

From 2007, Kirby served as the founding Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration, Economics and Political Science at the British University in Egypt.

Education

Kirby studied Geography at Durham University (BA, 1966) and completed a PhD in Social Sciences at the same institution (1969), where he worked concurrently as a part-time tutor within the Department of Geography.[1]

Career

He is currently Vice President (Research, Enterprise and Community Service) in the British University in Egypt, where he has been employed since 2007, initially as Founding Dean and Vodafone Chair of Business Administration.[2] Prior to that appointment he was a professor of entrepreneurship at the University of Surrey in Guildford, UK, having held the UK's first chair in Entrepreneurship at the University of Durham in 1989. He is a pioneer of entrepreneurship education in the UK and in 2006 was awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion.[3][4]

References

1. "Professor David A. Kirby, CV" (PDF). April 2014. pp. 3–5. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
2. "Going Global 2013 conference speaker profile". British Council. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
3. Miller, Stuart. "School of Management's eminent professor receives distinguished award". Press Releases. University of Surrey. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
4. "The Queens's Award for Enterprise" (PDF). businesslink. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2013.

External links

• David A. Kirby faculty profile