Contact Professor Lynette Ryals OBE

Background

Lynette's professional background is in financial services and management consultancy. 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 which researched how understanding customer profitability changed customer management practices in two international financial institutions. She has been a Pro-Vice-Chancellor at Cranfield since 2011. Before taking on her current role of CEO of MK:U at Cranfield she was Pro-Vice-Chancellor Education (2014-2019) and Dean of Cranfield School of Management (2017-19).  She was also Chair of The Case Centre (2011-2017). She is a Non-Executive Director of East West Rail. 

Research opportunities

I am currently researching innovations in education, especially applied and problem-based learning as well as the role that different technologies and education approaches have, on learning. (Funded by an Office for Students Catalyst award).  

Current activities

Lynette’s role as Chief Executive of MK:U is to lead the development of a proposed STEM-focused university in Milton Keynes, including;

  • Leading the team carrying out a feasibility review for MK:U;
  • Liaising with key stakeholders in local and national government;
  • Developing relationships with business and educational partners;
  • Leading the development of MK:U’s educational proposition;
  • Creating investor propositions, financial modelling and fundraising

Clients

MK:U's Business Supporters Group (BSG) consists of well over 100 companies representing over 700,000 employees. Key client members of the BSG include: Santander; Grant Thornton; Network Rail; Rockwell Automation; Sainsbury's.

Publications

Articles In Journals

Conference Papers

  • Abdollahi S, Marcos Cuevas J, Marcos Cuevas J & Ryals L (2012) The skills and competencies of sales leaders: a survey. In: Academy of Marketing Science Annual Conference, New Orleans, 16 May 2012.
  • Ryals LJ, Persson A & Dias S (2011) Risk-Adjusted Returns Maximization: An Application of Modern Portfolio Theory to Marketing Resource Management. In: Marketing Strategy Meets Wall Street II Conference, Boston University, 12 May 2011.
  • Ryals L & Speakman JI (2011) Sources of Intraorganizational Conflict: A Sales Perspective. In: Academy of Marketing Science Conference 2011, Coral Gables, Florida, 24 May 2011.
  • Marcos Cuevas J, Marcos Cuevas J & Ryals L (2011) The changing role of salespeople and consequences for required capabilities: a review and empirical exploration. In: Academy of Marketing Science Conference 2011, Coral Gables, Florida, 24 May 2011.
  • Ryals L & Macdonald EK (2011) The domain of sustainable marketing: A framework and research agenda. In: Academy of Marketing Science Conference 2011, Coral Gables, Florida, 24 May 2011.
  • Lemmens R, Marcos Cuevas J, Marcos Cuevas J & Ryals L (2011) Selling in the 21st Century: Mapping the Transformations of Selling and Sales Management. In: Sales Management Conference, Paris, 5 May 2011.
  • Ryals LJ & Davies I (2010) How Companies Implement KAM: A Four-Stage Model. In: Academy of Marketing Science Conference 2010, Portland, Oregon, 26 May 2010.
  • Ryals LJ & Speakman J (2010) When the going gets tough, the tough get dynamic: How key account managers use adaptive behaviour in the management of conflicts. In: Academy of Marketing Science Conference 2010, Portland, Oregon, 26 May 2010.
  • Ryals LJ & Rackham N (2010) The Impact of Servitization on Sales: Complex Selling and Sales Opportunity Selection. In: Academy of Marketing Science Conference 2010, Portland, Oregon, 26 May 2010.
  • Ryals L & Davies I (2009) What sales people actually do: Observations from live sales incidents. In: Academy of Marketing Science - World Marketing Congress, Oslo.
  • Ryals L & Davies I (2008) Strategic intent in key customer/supplier relationships. In: European Marketing Academy Conference, Brighton.
  • Maklan S, Knox S, Knox S & Ryals L (2008) The Use of Action Research in Marketing Strategy Development.. In: 37th European Marketing Academy Conference (EMAC 2008), Brighton, 27-30 May 2008.
  • Ryals L & Davies I (2007) Implementing KAM successfully: How companies develop great customer relationships. In: Academy of Marketing Conference, Kingston upon Thames.
  • Ryals L & Speakman I (2006) Building adaptive capabilities into organisations. In: Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta.
  • Ryals L (2006) Customer profitability - the wrong measure for marketing?. In: Academy of Marketing Conference, London.
  • Ryals L & Rodgers B (2005) Strategic plans for key accounts: Benefits, barriers and best practice. In: British Academy of Management Conference, Oxford.
  • Ryals L (2003) The loyalty effect and zero defections: are you sure you want to keep your customers forever?. In: Academy of Marketing Science Conference, Washington.
  • Knox S, Maklan S & Ryals L (2003) Managing CRM Investments as a Market-Based Asset rather than for Cash Flow. In: Academy of Marketing Conference, Birmingham.
  • Ryals LJ (2002) Measuring the Total Value of the Customer. In: 1st Cranfield Research Colloquium, Cranfield.
  • Ryals L (2002) CRM: a theoretical model for managing the customer portfolio. In: PMA 2002 Conference, Boston.
  • Ryals L (2002) The use of control groups in customer profitability research. In: PMA 2002 Conference, Boston.
  • Knox S, Maklan S, Knox S & Ryals L (2002) Developing the metrics of brand loyalty. In: PMA 2002 Conference, Boston.
  • Knox S, Maklan S & Ryals L (2002) Consumer purchasing styles and brand loyalty: empirical evidence from product and service markets. In: EMAC 2002 Conference, Braga.
  • Maklan S, Knox S & Ryals L (2002) Extending the marketing concept using resource-based theory. In: Academy of Marketing Conference, Nottingham.
  • Ryals L (2001) Risk, Returns and the Customer Portfolio. In: Academy of Marketing Conference, Cardiff.
  • Ryals L (2000) Operationalisation of PhD. In: EMAC Conference for Business, Rotterdam.
  • Ryals L (2000) Operationalisation. In: 1st Cranfield Research Colloquium, Cranfield.
  • Knox S, Thompson K & Ryals L (2000) Customer Relationship Management and Marketing Strategy Implementation. In: Academy of Marketing Conference, Derby, 11 July 2000.
  • Knox S, Ryals L, Thompson K & Maklan S (2000) Developing Relationship Marketing through the Implementation of Customer Relationship Management Technology. In: IMP 2000 Conference, Bath.

Books

  • Ryals L, Abdollahi S, Maklan S & Wilson H (2012) Implementing Sustainable Marketing. In: Cranfield on Corporate Sustainability, Sheffield: Greenleaf, p. 133-148.
  • Baines P, Dimitriu R, Knox S, Macdonald E, Marcos Cuevas J, Marcos Cuevas J, Knox S & Ryals L (2012) Issues in sustainable marketing. In: Cranfield on corporate sustainability. Grayson D and Exter N (ed.), Sheffield: Greenleaf Publishing, p. 119-132.
  • Ryals L & McDonald M (2008) Key Account Plans: the Practitioners Guide to Profitable Planning. Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann.
  • Ryals L (2008) Managing customers profitably. Chicester: Wiley, ed. 1st edition.
  • Knox S, Maklan S, Peppard J, Payne A, Knox S & Ryals L (2003) CRM: perspectives from the market place. Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann.
  • Knox S & Ryals L (2000) Marketing Management: A Relationship Marketing Perspective. Basingstoke: MacMillan.