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Dr Sana Ahmed

Lecturer

Senior Fellow, UK HEA

Sana Ahmed Updated Photo

Specialisms

  • Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, 
  • Leadership, 
  • Senior Human Resource Management, 
  • Artificial Intelligence, 
  • Employee Wellbeing

Location

Greenlands campus

Dr Sana Ahmed is a Lecturer at Henley Business School.

With more than 15 years' experience across academia, industry, leadership development and management consultancy, Sana's research covers diversity, equity and inclusion experiences within multinational organisations in emerging market contexts. She has published research articles and book chapters in internationally recognised journals and edited volumes, including Sage Open, the Australian Journal of Management, the Asia Pacific Management Review, Palgrave Macmillan, Edward Elgar and Idea Group Incorporated Global.

Sana has presented at leading international conferences, including the Academy of Management and the British Academy of Management (BAM). She also serves as Co-Track Chair for the Gender in Management Special Interest Group at the BAM.

Before joining Henley Business School, she held academic appointments at the University of Sunderland, Ulster University, Regent's University London, Syracuse University London and the University of Reading. Earlier in her career, she served as Assistant Professor at the National University of Sciences and Technology (Pakistan) and Bahria University (Pakistan) and worked in talent management and organisational development.

Sana engages in curriculum development, quality assurance, assurance of learning, accreditation-related initiatives and mentoring. She is a Senior Fellow of Advance HE, an Academic Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and a Chartered Management and Business Educator.

Reference: Ahmed, S. (2025) Strategic HRM and generative AI: case studies on successful implementation of Gen AI in SHRM. In: Ara, A. (ed.) Human Resource Management in the Age of Generative AI. IGI Global, London, pp. 47-74. ISBN 9798369376935 doi: 10.4018/979-8-3693-7693-5.ch002
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Sana Ahmed
Reference: Ahmed, S. (2024) Abortion and women: intersects of religion, law, and society - a perspective from Muslim majority countries. In: Pucelj, M. and Matusiak-FrÄ…cczak, M. (eds.) Global Perspectives on Reproductive Rights and Policies. IGI Global, pp. 123-156. doi: 10.4018/979-8-3693-7837-3.ch005
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Sana Ahmed
Reference: Olympiou, A. and Ahmed, S. (2024) Laughter interventions to improve psychological well-being/QoL in cancer patients: a mini systematic review. SAGE Open, 14 (4). ISSN 2158-2440 doi: 10.1177/21582440241300561
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Sana Ahmed