Building Future Skills through Apprenticeships

Lynette is Deputy-Vice-Chancellor, Faculty of Business & Management. Before that, as Pro-Vice-Chancellor at Cranfield University and Chief Executive of MK:U, Lynette set up and led a distinctive undergraduate education offering based in Milton Keynes from 2018-2025.

Lynette's academic background is in sales and customer management. She is a Fellow of the Society of Investment Professionals, Fellow of the Chartered institute of Logistics and a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She has an MA (Oxon), an MBA, and a PhD from Cranfield. Previously she was Professor of Strategic Sales and Account Management in Cranfield University's School of Management and then inaugural Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education). She was also Chair of The Case Centre (2011-2017) and Dean of Cranfield School of Management (2017-2019).

Lynette was awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours 2019 for services to higher education. She is a non-Executive Director of East West Rail and of the Oxford-Cambridge Pan Regional Partnership, and a Trustee of the Stables, Milton Keynes.

Kamila leads Business Development at MK:U, the undergraduate apprenticeship arm of Cranfield University. She supports a wide range of clients in meeting their learning and development goals, with a strong focus on strategic investment in skills. A recent graduate of Cranfield’s Executive MBA apprenticeship, Kamila brings both customer empathy and first-hand experience to her work.

With a background in marketing, PR, and finance, she has delivered impactful solutions for companies of all sizes. Outside of work, Kamila is committed to community engagement, regularly volunteering and participating in school outreach to help young people build future-ready skills.

Iman Hussain is a lecturer in Computer Science – often working with more than just computers across the fields of environmental sciences, psychology and behaviour as well as the built environment. Iman’s expertise and wide experience has led him to managing and taking part in courses that focus on programming and the use of mathematics such as data analytics and data management. Iman has been formally teaching in academia since 2019, teaching apprentice students from level 4, 5 to 6 in Computational Mathematics and High-Performance Computing. This was across institutions such as the University of Wolverhampton and Lancaster University.  Iman is currently responsible for teaching Digital Technologies at MK:U.

Kristian is the Head of Innovation at MK:U, he is responsible for incorporating innovative teaching methodologies throughout MK:U programmes. Bringing experience from over a decade working in the higher education sector with a specialism in ground-breaking programme delivery and connecting education with industry.