Professor Business & Enterprise, Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University. PhD in Social Sciences and Education. Research background in Self-employment as a work context, Leadership and Education. Specific focus on marginalised populations and self-employment, including minorities in developed nations affected by, for example, limitations to health and ability, gender and sexual orientation, poverty and social exclusion. Research also in developing economies, particularly focusing on the role and utility of self-employment/enterprise in economic development.