Marie was the Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in UL. She is an accredited Executive Coach with a Master’s Degree in Education and a Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) in Higher Education Management from the University of Bath, where she was awarded the Richard and Shirley Mawditt prize for outstanding performance. Marie’s research interests are in the areas of Mentoring in particular the value of formal mentoring from a knowledge based and gender perspective. Marie successfully lead the University’s bid in achieving the prestigious Athena SWAN (AS) Bronze Institution Award in 2015 and the AS Expanded Charter in 2018. Marie was also the chair of the National Athena SWAN Practitioners Network and a member of the Athena SWAN Steering Committee where she previously held the position of chairperson.
