Professor Faisal Mustafa has led a distinguished career in higher education and industry spanning 22 years. He has held numerous esteemed roles, including Vice Chancellor, Provost, Dean, Head of Department, Professor, Data Scientist, BI Consultant, and Lead Researcher.  

Professor Mustafa’s academic credentials include a PhD from the University of Huddersfield and a postgraduate higher education teaching qualification from the University of Essex. 

Throughout his career, Professor Mustafa has been a Senior Faculty Member, Quality Assurance Reviewer, and Chair at prestigious institutions across the UK, China, Malaysia, Singapore, Qatar and Pakistan. His work demonstrates outstanding achievements in higher education, industrial collaboration and academic administration. 

Professor Mustafa leads a research thematic group focused on technology management and entrepreneurship, with extensive studies in areas such as strategic innovation in technology ventures, expert systems and decision-making systems. His groundbreaking contributions include the development and implementation of the Optimal Synthesis Plan Generation (OSPG) and Preference Plus Planning (PPP-XPLAN) algorithms, which have been widely adopted in industry applications. 

Professor Mustafa has played a pivotal role in advancing business intelligence through his efforts to unite university researchers. His integration of machine learning models to refine associative classification data mining search algorithms has enabled the creation of tailored, profitable solutions for businesses.