Neil is the Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University of Winchester where he was formerly Pro Vice Chancellor (Business Development) and Dean of the Faculty of Business, Law and Sport.

He was a founding member of the Editorial Board of Accounting Education: an International Journal and is now an Editorial Advisor. Neil was the international associate editor of the Journal of Accounting Education and is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Management Education, Associate Editor of the British Accounting Review and review panel member of Issues in Accounting Education.

Neil has chaired the British Accounting and Finance Association (BAFA), the BAFA’s Special Interest Group in Accounting Education, the Advisory Board of the Higher Education Academy subject centre Business Management Accountancy and Finance and is currently a member of the Association of Business Schools’ Learning, Teaching and Student Experience Committee.