Our team
Professor Jonathan Liu - Chair
Professor Jonathan Liu - Chair
Professor Jonathan Liu - Chair
A little about me:
Professor Jonathan Liu is a renowned academic and leading scholar of global management with over 40 years of experience at several British universities including Middlesex University, Regent’s University London, and Global Banking School. He has served at governance levels, including in the roles of Dean and Associa
A little about me:
Professor Jonathan Liu is a renowned academic and leading scholar of global management with over 40 years of experience at several British universities including Middlesex University, Regent’s University London, and Global Banking School. He has served at governance levels, including in the roles of Dean and Associate Dean. Professor Jonathan Liu is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Ming-Ai (London) Institute and he researches in Entrepreneurship, Venture, Heritage and Performance Management. Jonathan is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Business Performance Management with Inderscience Publishers. He is on the Council of the National Conference of Universities Professors, a Council member of the Universities China Committee in London, and a Council member of the British Academy of Management where he is also the Chair of the Special Interest Group in Performance Management.
Nav Chouhan - Director
Professor Jonathan Liu - Chair
Professor Jonathan Liu - Chair
A little about me:
With over a decade of senior leadership experience within Higher Education both across the UK and wider afield, recent roles have included Dean of a large faculty and Director of Degree Programmes. I have vast experience in working with a range of university providers across both public and private sectors which sparked
A little about me:
With over a decade of senior leadership experience within Higher Education both across the UK and wider afield, recent roles have included Dean of a large faculty and Director of Degree Programmes. I have vast experience in working with a range of university providers across both public and private sectors which sparked my passion for working with Stoneleigh Academy who aim to be the best creative and innovative provider in the sector.
Rav Bhurji - Director
Professor Jonathan Liu - Chair
Professor Donald Pennington - Quality Director
A little about me:
With over 12 years of experience as a professional photographer, the passion started with weddings which provided the perfect opportunity to progress technically and also to communicate effectively with clients. More recently, I have successfully launched two large photography studios across the UK and built a strong soc
A little about me:
With over 12 years of experience as a professional photographer, the passion started with weddings which provided the perfect opportunity to progress technically and also to communicate effectively with clients. More recently, I have successfully launched two large photography studios across the UK and built a strong social media presence with specialisms in portraiture for the consumer markets and business to business development. Recent work includes fashion, re-branding and monochrome projects.
Professor Donald Pennington - Quality Director
Professor Donald Pennington - Quality Director
Professor Donald Pennington - Quality Director
A little about me:
Professor Donald Pennington has over 40 years experience of higher education in the UK. He was the Pro-Vice-Chancellor at Coventry University, Director of Quality and Academic Standards at the UCL Institute of Education and a QAA Reviewer for over ten years. Professor Pennington has built up extensive and depth of expe
A little about me:
Professor Donald Pennington has over 40 years experience of higher education in the UK. He was the Pro-Vice-Chancellor at Coventry University, Director of Quality and Academic Standards at the UCL Institute of Education and a QAA Reviewer for over ten years. Professor Pennington has built up extensive and depth of expertise in higher education quality assurance and academic standards. Donald is working closely with Creative Media Academy to ensure our academic standards and practice meet and exceed sector expectations.
Christopher Costigan - Non Executive Director
Professor Donald Pennington - Quality Director
Christopher Costigan - Non Executive Director
A little about me:
Christopher is currently Principal and CEO of Bird College where he is responsible for the overall effectiveness of the academic provision at Bird College; the formulation and delivery of the College’s academic and corporate strategies; and for working with external partners to enhance the College’s brand and reac
A little about me:
Christopher is currently Principal and CEO of Bird College where he is responsible for the overall effectiveness of the academic provision at Bird College; the formulation and delivery of the College’s academic and corporate strategies; and for working with external partners to enhance the College’s brand and reach. Christopher sits on the Board of Directors of Bird College and the Board of Trustees of the Doreen Bird Foundation.
Prior to joining Bird College, Christopher had a 20-year career in higher education, starting as a law lecturer at BPP University. During his time at BPP University, Christopher became a senior lecturer and took on module and programme management, eventually joining the University’s executive team as Dean of Academic Quality. During Christopher’s time at BPP University he led almost a dozen successful external regulatory visits and wrote BPP University’s successful permanent degree-awarding powers application, the first in the country. Following his tenure at BPP University, Christopher was appointed to the executive team of Ravensbourne University London as University Secretary and Director of Strategic Delivery where he was responsible for governance, academic quality, and strategy and change management. During Christopher’s time at Ravensbourne, the University more than doubled in size, largely through internationalisation, tripled in revenue and went form loss-making to surpluses of over 10% per annum.
Outside of work Christopher has been active in the sector speaking at numerous conferences held by the QAA, OIA and specialist networks such as the Academic Registrars Council. He sat on the Board of Directors of the University College of Osteopathy, and chaired the joint merger board with AECC University College, the two institutions later merging and becoming Health Sciences University. Christopher currently sits on the Board of Trustees of the University College of Estate Management (since 2017), where he chairs the Audit Committee.
