On the 1st January 2009 became the new the Head of Department of the Department of Finance. Prof. Webb takes over from , who has lead both the current Department and the former Department of Accounting and Finance over the past four years.
During his time as Head of Department, Ron Anderson has overseen the continuous growth of the Finance group at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳, most notably including the establishment of ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳'s first independent Department of Finance. Over the past four years the Department has successfully launched two new MSc programmes, the and , and welcomed a number of world class researchers to its growing . David Webb takes over in an exciting time for research and teaching in finance at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳, where the Department hopes to continue its growth and output of world class research and teaching.