Ian Gregory-Smith

Ian graduated from Nottingham University Business School in 2002. He transferred to the Economics Department at Nottingham for his MSc and on completion worked for 2 years as a Research Analyst for Manifest Information Services Ltd. He returned to Nottingham at the offer of a scholarship for a PhD. Towards the end of his PhD he took up the role as a Teaching Fellow and taught courses in the field of microeconomics both in the UK and also at Nottingham Ningbo in China. After completing his PhD, he took up a lectureship at the University of Edinburgh and subsequently joined Sheffield in February 2012.

Ian’s primary research interests concern the executive labour market and related issues associated with gender, corporate governance, executive remuneration and shareholder voting. His work often applies econometric techniques to panel datasets. More recently, Ian's work on the executive labour market has developed to consider the implications for the firm's international strategy on issues such as exporting, hiring, networking, and innovation. He is also interested in how the economics of sport (particularly cricket) can provide insights into the processes by which decisions are made within firms.

Ian’s research has been used to inform policy at HM Treasury and the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). Recently, he has made submissions to the BIS’ ‘Executive Remuneration’ and ‘The Future of Narrative Reporting’ Discussion Papers, and the ‘Hutton Review of Fair pay in the Public Sector’. He also engages with corporate governance industry participants such as Manifest Information Services Ltd.

Ian currently teaches Industrial Organisation on the postgraduate programme.
He also teaches Business Economics for first year undergraduates.