Prof. Cedwyn Fernandes

Cedwyn Fernandes is a Professor of Economics and Pro Vice-Chancellor at Middlesex University.  He is the Director of  Middlesex University Dubai, and under his leadership Middlesex University Dubai has doubled in size to become the largest UK university campus in the region.  Over the last two decades, Professor Fernandes has held leadership and executive positions with several universities in the UAE, and prior to this he was an economist with Saudi Arabian Airlines where he was in-charge of international project investments. Professor Fernandes’s research interests are in the areas of macroeconomics, international business management, leadership, and supply chain management. His research has contributed macro-economic understanding of the transformation and diversification of the UAE’s economy.  At the firm level, his research has examined perceptions of organizational justice and impacts on job satisfaction and performance in expatriate work environments. More recently, his work has focused on effective crisis leadership based upon lessons learned during the pandemic.