About Adam McNall
I joined the University as the first-ever Accreditations Manager in 2022. My role centres around three different strands:
- Ensure compliance with current professional body accreditations and memberships, including AACSB, CIPD, CMI (where I am the named Programme Director for the University), EFMD, and UN PRME.
- Develop the relationship with and integration of current professional body accreditations and memberships.
- Work with colleagues, both academic and professional services, to successfully gain new professional body accreditations and memberships for the Faculty.
I worked closely with Dr Derek Watson at the forefront of Sunderland Business School's successful Small Business Charter application in 2022/23 and led the Faculty's submission of our latest UN PRME Sharing Information on Progress (SIP) Report(opens in new tab), which was published in December 2023. There are further exciting plans for the accreditations agenda.
In 2023, I was invited to join the University's Strategic Environmental Sustainability Group (SESG), helping to advance the sustainability agenda at the University.
I graduated from Northumbria University in 2017 with a First Class Honours degree in BA (Hons) Business Leadership and Corporate Management.
Prior to joining the University, I was a Regulatory Compliance Officer for four years at an SME large format point-of-sale printing firm, where I ensured the company's continued compliance with several quality, environmental and social-related accreditations and certifications, including ISO 9001, ISO 14001, FSC, PEFC and Investors In People.
Teaching and supervision
In 2023, I was invited to guest lecture a session about Ethics and Sustainability as part of the postgraduate module MGTM06 – Developing Human Resources and Professional Practice. My session focused on UN PRME, the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals, and how HR professionals can specifically incorporate ethics and sustainability into their respective areas of work.
Areas of expertise
- Regulatory Compliance
- Professional Body Accreditations, Certifications and Memberships
Further information
Professional memberships:
- Chartered Member(opens in new tab) of the Chartered Management Institute
Professional qualifications:
- CMI Chartered Manager (achieved 2023)
- Level 4 Regulatory Compliance Officer Apprenticeship (achieved 2020)
- CMI Level 5 Diploma in Management and Leadership (achieved 2017)
Voluntary work:
- During the Covid-19 pandemic, I completed 101 volunteer shifts with the Royal Voluntary Service/NHS Volunteer Responders at various vaccination centres in the North East of England, helping to check in and direct patients, manage queues, and provide general support to the vaccination efforts.