Liverpool Business School recently welcomed its new Visiting Professor, Dr Turki Al Rasheed , a successful Saudi Arabian business man and author, for a week’s orientation in his new role at the School.
Dr Turki visited LJMU as a guest of Dr Yusra Mouzughi, his former Doctorate supervisor and programme leader for Doctoral studies in Liverpool Business School.
During his visit Dr Turki gave his first lecture to current students studying on the Masters of Business Administration (MBA) course. He gave advice about setting clear career objectives, progression and taking studies and research further. He also talked about his experiences as the owner of a top 100 company in Saudi Arabia, Golden Grass, and future opportunities for business and development in Saudi Arabia.
When asked why Dr Turki wanted to come back to LJMU in this role, his answer was simple;
“I wanted to give something back to LJMU. You need to nurture good relationships and although I had offers from elsewhere, it was important for me to come back to Liverpool in a visiting professorial role to give something back.”
Dr Turki studied for a Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) at LJMU, which took four years to complete and involved 40 days study in Liverpool. His thesis focused on sustainable agriculture and investigating how sensible agricultural policy could be used as a tool not only to create food security, but also to enhance social wellbeing and encourage economic growth in regions with large expanses of countryside.
“Agriculture can be a big incentive but only if using sustainable models,” said Dr Turki. “My work focuses on socially-intelligent agriculture, looking at the whole supply chain from producers through to how people buy their food.”
So how will Dr Turki being using his time during his twice-yearly visits to Liverpool? “My time will be spent teaching, lecturing and mentoring some of the School’s MBA and Doctoral students.
“Students studying at postgraduate level will benefit from my real-world experience, as many of them have had a career before they started their studies and so can apply the benefit to their own experiences.”
Dr Turki was also complimentary of the School’s new home, the £38 million Redmonds Building and Liverpool’s qualities as a compact, dynamic city. “I like the new Redmonds Building, it has lots of glass and is very light and transparent. I look forward to coming back here in the Spring.”
To find out more about Dr Turki, visit his website http://www.tfrasheed.org and his research profile on the Liverpool Business School research pages.