Professor David Asch to Open EMB Conference

Professor David Asch, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of De Montfort University, will deliver the Opening Address at the 13th Annual Ethnic Minority Business Conference on Oct 14th. At Leicester's De Montfort University, David is responsible for the day to day operations including all aspects of strategy and planning for the institution as a whole. He joined De Montfort as Dean of the Faculty of Business and Law in 2001.

David has written over 50 books and papers on strategy, management and change, and has advised the senior teams of Allianz-Cornhill Insurance, BAA, Ernst & Young, Fujitsu/ICL, Sun Microsystems, the SAS Institute and Xerox. He has also been advisor to the Office of the Prime Minister of Ethiopia and an external advisor to the World Bank on distance learning in developing countries.

He is a Board Member for Culture East Midlands, Regeneration East Midlands, the Leicester Regeneration Company and Leicestershire Business Voice. David also sits on the Partnership Board overseeing the development of the city’s new Digital Media Centre.