Professor Bob Doherty is Chair of Marketing, Director of Faculty and Deputy Dean at The York Management School, University of York. He specialises in the marketing and management aspects of fair trade social enterprises, and has been editor-in-chief of the Social Enterprise Journal (published by Emerald Publishers) for eight years. Prior to moving into academia Bob spent five years as Head of Sales and Marketing at the Fairtrade social enterprise, Divine Chocolate.
“I have published on fair trade and social enterprise in Journal of Business Ethics, International Journal of Management Reviews, Business History Journal and Journal of Strategic Marketing. I was also author of the first text book in social enterprise management titled Management for Social Enterprise. I’m currently Principal Investigator on a White Rose funded grant called Building Up Resilience in Supply Chains (BURNS) working in partnership with various stakeholders in the UK Food Industry including retailers, manufacturers and processors.”