Dr. Sebnem Ensari is an experienced academic, researcher, and management professional with over 14 years of higher education teaching experience and more than 15 years of managerial and management consulting expertise. She currently serves at the University of Lancashire. Dr. Ensari holds a PhD, MBA, and undergraduate degree in Economics, and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), a Certified Management and Business Educator (CMBE) and a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute (FCMI). Her academic and professional work focuses on strategic management, entrepreneurship, innovation, sustainability, international business, and employability. She has extensive experience as a module and course leader, including leadership of Strategic Business Futures, and currently serves as the Course Leader for the Executive MBA programme. Dr. Ensari supervises doctoral researchers and actively participates in research and knowledge exchange activities. Her current research interests include SMEs’ sustainable competitive advantage, regional development, gender in management, sustainability, employability development in higher education, and entrepreneurship education.