Dalia Dasgupta joins Aston University from University of East London. She has held previously senior leadership positions including at Queen Mary University of London, SOAS, Cass Business School, University of Greenwich and The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

On joining the University, Dalia said: “I am very pleased to be joining the team at Aston University at this exciting time. I am looking forward to working collaboratively with all my new colleagues and playing my part as the University looks to develop and deliver the new strategy and realise its ambitions for the future.”

Commenting on her appointment, Professor Aleks Subic said: “Dalia is a highly successful HR executive in the higher education sector. She has significant experience in the design and delivery of organisational strategies centred on people and organisational learning, and a strong track record of managing transformational change."