David Mba

Mba studied aerospace engineering at the University of Hertfordshire. He joined Cranfield University for his doctoral studies where he was awarded a PhD in 1998 for research supervised by R. H. Bannister.^[5][6]

Mba was awarded the Lord King Norton Gold medal for his thesis.^[7] He joined Cranfield University as a lecturer in 2001. Here he led Turbo-machinery group.^[8] Mba was made the Dean of School of Engineering at London South Bank University in 2014.^[8] He serves on the advisory board of the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE-UK). He collaborated with AFBE-UK to try and improve the representation of black and minority ethnic engineers London South Bank University.^[9][10] He was made the Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean of Computing and Engineering at De Montfort University in August 2017.^[7] He works on the gearbox of helicopters and ways to monitor their health.^[11][12][13] On the 18 July 2023, Birmingham City University announced Mba's appointment as new Vice-Chancellor, replacing Philip Plowden^[14]