Joanna Berry

As well as Associate Professor (Entrepreneurship) at Durham University Business School, Joanna is Director (Business, Enterprise and Innovation) of Durham University's Durham Energy Institute ("DEI") and sits on the University COP26 Steering Group. She is Co-Programme Director of the new Master of Energy Systems Management, a joint programme run with Durham’s Engineering Department which launches in September 2021. She is Pathway Leader for the MBA Entrepreneurship Pathway and winner of the Durham University Enhancing Learning and Teaching: Digital and Online Learning Award 2019-20.

Joanna is a Board member of the Social Acumen Community Trust (where she focuses on community businesses and social enterprise) and was Regional Chair for the Chartered Institute of Marketing for 7 years and Regional Vice-Chair for the Institute of Directors' North East and Yorkshire branch for 4 years. She is a Governor at Newcastle's Royal Grammar School where she sits on the Strategy Board and the EDI Committee, and she is an International Governor at Gifted Minds International School, Hoofddorp, Netherlands.

Joanna's professional experience runs from her Oxford University law degree in 1985 and encompasses not only law (mostly company and contract, practiced in South Africa from 1985 to 1987) but also science, creativity and technology. These interests are underpinned by significant and long term exposure to new developments in media, marketing and advertising. Joanna's entrepreneurial spirit is underpinned by a deep and broad range of regional, national and international corporate and public sector contacts which she builds into her day to day activities. Her MBA dissertation (Newcastle University) focused on the impact of broadband connectivity on the TV industry, and her PhD - also at Newcastle - took this one step further, looking into the impact of technology on the music industry's business models and value chains.

Her research and teaching interests encompass Problem Based Learning, energy and renewables, innovation, entrepreneurship, big data, ageing and health and the digital/creative industries. She has a particular emphasis on supporting the 'women in STEM' agenda in a variety of ways. She works closely with the External Relations team and undertakes a wide variety of public and media activities on behalf of the School and University.

She is winner of the Scotland, Yorkshire and NorthEast Public Sector/Academia/Not for Profit Category of the 2019 Forward Ladies Awards, was delighted to achieve a position on the Northern Power Women Power List from 2020, and is a member of the NPW Newcastle Power Circle.

Education

• PhD Newcastle University Business School (2004 — 2010)
• Master of Business Administration - MBA Newcastle University Business School (2002 — 2004)
• PostGraduate Certificate in Academic Practice Newcastle University Business School (2007 — 2008)

Companies

• Governor Royal Grammar School Newcastle (2020)
• Director, Business, Innovation and Enterprise: Durham Energy Institute Durham Energy Institute (2019)
• International Governor Gifted Minds International School (2019)
• Associate Professor (Entrepreneurship) Durham University Business School (2015)
• Regional Vice-Chair, North East and Yorkshire The Institute of Directors (2017 — 2020)
• Regional Chair CIM | The Chartered Institute of Marketing (2010 — 2016)
• Lecturer in Management Newcastle University Business School (2008 — 2015)
• Director of External Relations Newcastle University Business School (2011 — 2015)
• CEO Inkspot Science Ltd (2008 — 2011)