Jennie Shorley

Academic Director – The Centre for Enterprise

Manchester Met

Speaker Biography

Professor Jennie Shorley is the Academic Director of the Centre for Enterprise at Manchester Metropolitan University. A strategic leader in innovation, knowledge exchange and business engagement, Jennie has designed and secured over £30 million in funding for transformative programmes that support SMEs locally, nationally and internationally.

Under her leadership, the Centre for Enterprise has developed more than 3,500 businesses since 2012 and attracted over £48 million in external funding. The Centre’s work focuses on translating academic research into practical action, with a strong emphasis on innovation, leadership and growth. Jennie is currently Principal Investigator for the Centre for Digital Innovation, a £5.5 million Innovate UK-funded project creating a supercluster of digital innovation across Greater Manchester.

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