Jonathan Gander | Head of School of Creative Industries
LASALLE College of the Arts, University of the Arts Singapore

Dr Jonathan Gander is an established academic with 25 years of experience in research, teaching and management in UK universities including the University of East Anglia, University of the Arts London, Westminster University, and Kingston University London. He has also held visiting professorships at universities in Moscow, Seville, Stockholm and Shanghai. He is currently Head of the School of Creatve Industries at Lasalle College of the Arts, University of the Arts Singapore. His academic management experience includes being Director of Employability at the University of East Anglia's business school, Director of Executive Education at the Fashion Business School at London College of Fashion and the inaugural Head of the Department of Creative and Cultural Industries at Kingston School of Art in London. Believing firmly in the benefits of supporting student entrepreneurship, he also established a student-led creative agency at Kingston School of Art. Dr Gander's specialism is strategy and innovation in the creative industries. He has published work in fields such as popular music, design communications and fashion. His book Strategic Analysis: A creative and cultural industries perspective is published by Routledge.