Pentland launches new research centre at University of Lancaster
19/11/2015
The university has appointed Professor Gail Whitman to head up the Pentland Centre and to be the first incumbent of a new chair for sustainability in business, named the Rubin Chair after the Rubin family, which holds a majority stake in the Pentland Group.
Before arriving in Lancaster at the start of this academic year, Professor Whiteman spent more than a decade at the Rotterdam School of Management. She has also spent time in Canada studying changes in sea-ice levels and has said she intends to continue this work in her new role.
At the November launch event, the chairman of Pentland, Stephen Rubin, said: “It’s vital that we have the brightest minds in business and science working closely in a field that’s so important for businesses to act on. I hope the Pentland Centre will inspire the business leaders of today, as well as the next generation.”
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