Dr Jyoti Navare

Biography

Jyoti is Associate Professor at Middlesex University Business School. She holds a Doctorate of Philosophy (Risk Management) from Southampton University  and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She is also a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute and an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Governance Institute.

She has a number of years of experience as an International Risk Manager and Underwriter based in London and Sweden and working closely with Financial Services organisations and governments internationally. 

She has also been consultant to a number of financial services and manufacturing companies internationally ( UK, Middle East and Israel, Africa, Latin America , Caribbean, Europe and India). She had been trainer/consultant  on executive leadership and management programmes in the UK, Europe and internationally.

Apart from holding visiting professorships at a number of European universities, she is also an invited member of Financial Services Innovation Centre in India which has members from insurance companies, finance organisations, stock market and professional bodies. She has also held non-executive/independent directorships of a UK Housing Association and a Financial Services Professional Body in the City of London and on their board of the Professional Standards and Ethics committee. She is also currently a school governor and chair of the Audit and Risk Committee. In 2019 she became a liveried member of the Worship Company of Insurers and was awarded the Freedom of the City of London. In 2020 she was invited to join the independent women in insurance group (IWIN) which seeks to promote, for members,  access to opportunities and career build. She remains actively engaged in research, academic management and student employability. In the latter case she  currently holds a role as Employability advocate for the Dept. of Economics.

Professional Roles and Activities

• Board Member for Independent Women in Insurance (2020 – current)
• Liveried Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Insurers -nominated 2019
• Freedom of the City of London awarded October 2019
• Governor –Kingsbury High School Middlesex. Chair of Audit and Risk Committee

Feb 2010 to present

Independent Director: Swale Housing (Amicus Horizon) –completed 2009

Board Member: Professional Standards and Ethics Board of the Chartered Insurance Institute-completed 2012

Invited Member to the Financial Innovation Centre Mumbai India

Previous Visiting professorships: Fachochschule Coburg, Germany; Akureyri University Iceland; Warsaw University of Insurance and Banking, Poland ; Institute of Chemical Engineers and Pharmacology Mumbai India

Teaching

  Under graduate | Postgraduate and Professional programmes

• International Marketing |International Marketing and Cross Cultural Marketing
• Risk Management | Contemporary Issues in Finance
• Life Assurance and Pensions |Corporate Risk Management
• Reinsurance | Corporate Governance
• Principles of Banking | Corporate Strategy
• Corporate Strategy | Global and local business environments Multinational enterprises
• Export Finance and Marine Risks | Business Continuity and Disaster Management
• Organisation Behaviour | Research Methods
• Estate Planning | Risks in International Trade
• Strategic Resource Management | Financial Institutions and Regulation
• Business Law | Decision Analysis and Risk Management
• Risk and Organisations | Business Entrepreneurship
• Political Economy | Business Risk Management
• Risk and Finance | Risk Financing
• Business Economics |Economic Environment and Practice
• Innovation and new product development | International business theory and management
• Business Economics and Environment | Commercial and professional skills  
• Accounting and Finance | Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• Product and service Innovation | Organisation Behaviour
• Principles and Practice of Management | International Management 
• Pensions | Transportation Risks 
• Mathematical aspects of Life Insurance | Risk Strategy in industries 
• New product development and innovation | Creating value through innovation
• Project Risk and Finance | Life Assurance

Executive programmes UK and international

Risk Management, Financial environment; Strategic Management for Senior Management, Marketing plans, Strategic Management, Developing Communication and Customer Strategies, General Management, Leadership, Innovation and Risk 

External examining experience:

• University of West London MA in Accounting and Finance
• De Montfort University – MA in Professional Studies
• Bournemouth University – PhD external (Risk and Crisis Management)
• University College London : PhD external (Risk Management)