Overview
Our teaching team members come from different corners of the world, just as our students do, enriching the international diversity of the programme. Lecturers on the Otago MBA are drawn from three areas – the University, other reputable global business schools, and consultants or business practitioners. They are carefully selected for both academic excellence and strong practical experience in running successful businesses.
At the Otago MBA, we take the quality of our programme very seriously. We invite feedback from students at the completion of each course ensuring that teaching content is well delivered and useful. All courses go through rigorous approval and review process to ensure that they are of the highest standards and meet expectations for a world class MBA programme.
Teaching team profiles
Dr Richard Audas
Lecturer
Women's and Children's Health, Dunedin School of Medicine
- BMBA 505 Economics
Dr Tao Bai
Lecturer in International Business
University of Queensland
- CMBA 512 International Business
Associate Professor Piet Beukman
Director of the Engineering Management Programme
University of Canterbury
- BMBA 509 Strategic Planning
- BMBA 511 Operational Excellence
Associate Professor Sergio Biggemann
Associate Professor
Department of Marketing, Otago Business School
- BMBA 502 Marketing
Tobias Demker
Managing Director and Senior Consultant
LTC Consulting AB, Sweden and Shellman ltd, China
- CMBA 506 Human Resource Management
Kristie Fogarty
Senior Project Manager
Millpond Ltd
Trainer
Falcon Training
- BUSI 540 Business Project
Associate Professor Tony Garry
MBA Academic Leader, University of Otago
- BMBA 502 Marketing
- BMBA 509 Strategic Planning
Richard Higham
Director
New Ventures Programme
- BMBA 509 Strategic Planning for International Markets
Hong Liu
Founding Director
China Business Centre, Manchester Business School
- CMBA513 Strategy Implementation
Gregor Schmalz
Visiting Lecturer
University of Otago
- BMBA 512 International Business
- BMBA 513 Strategy Implementation
Boon Seng Tan
Affiliate Faculty
University of Otago
- CMBA 509 Strategic Planning
- CMBA 511 Operational Excellence
Viktoriya (Vicky) Varlamova
Senior HR / OD Consultant
Grata Persona
- BMBA 503 Organisation Leadership
Raymond Xia
Lecturer, DBA, Otago Business School
Academic Leader International, Otago Business School
- CMBA 502 Marketing
Dr Juelin (Lynn) Yin
Associate Professor of Management, Sun Yat-sen University
- CMBA 510 Leading Sustainable Enterprises
Christine Yip
Director
Business Improvement Advisor and author of Power Up
C WHY International Ltd
- BUSI 540 Professional Consulting Engagement
