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
rick.audas@otago.ac.nz
- BMBA 505 Economics
Dr Tao Bai
Lecturer in International Business
University of Queensland
tao.bai@otago.ac.nz
- CMBA 512 International Business
Associate Professor Piet Beukman
Previous Director of the Engineering Management Programme
University of Canterbury
piet.beukman@otago.ac.nz
- BMBA 509 Strategic Planning
- BMBA 511 Operational Excellence
Associate Professor Sergio Biggemann
Associate Professor
Department of Marketing, Otago Business School
sergio.biggemann@otago.ac.nz
- BMBA 502 Marketing
Alvin Cheng
Chartered Accountant
Certified Practising Accountant (CPA)
alvin.cheng@otago.ac.nz
- CMBA 507 Accounting
Kristen Cooper
Managing Director
Kaycee Projects Ltd
kristen.cooper@otago.ac.nz
- BMBA 503 Organisational Leadership
Tobias Demker
Managing Director and Senior Consultant
LTC Consulting AB, Sweden and Shellman ltd, China
tobi.demker@otago.ac.nz
- CMBA 506 Human Resource Management
Kristie Fogarty
Senior Project Manager
Millpond Ltd
Trainer
Falcon Training
kristie.fogarty@otago.ac.nz
- BUSI 540 Business Project
Associate Professor Tony Garry
MBA Academic Leader, University of Otago
tony.garry@otago.ac.nz
- BMBA 502 Marketing
- BMBA 509 Strategic Planning
Richard Higham
Director
New Ventures Programme
richard.higham@otago.ac.nz
- BMBA 509 Strategic Planning for International Markets
W K Leung
Associate Professor in finance
University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China
wk.leung@otago.ac.nz
- CMBA508 Finance
Hong Liu
Founding Director
China Business Centre, Manchester Business School
hong.liu@otago.ac.nz
- CMBA513 Strategy Implementation
Huijuan (Sarah) Peng
Teaching Fellow
Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
sarah.peng@otago.ac.nz
- CMBA 501 Business Law
Gregor Schmalz
Visiting Lecturer
University of Otago
gregor.schmalz@otago.ac.nz
- BMBA 512 International Business
- BMBA 513 Strategy Implementation
Boon Seng Tan
Affiliate Faculty
University of Otago
boon.seng.tan@otago.ac.nz
- CMBA 509 Strategic Planning
- CMBA 511 Operational Excellence
Barry Timmings
Director
Timmings Partners Ltd
barry.timmings@otago.ac.nz
- BMBA 507 Accounting
- BMBA 508 Finance
Viktoriya (Vicky) Varlamova
Senior HR / OD Consultant
Grata Persona
viktoriya.varlamova@otago.ac.nz
- BMBA 503 Organisational Leadership
Dr Julianne Wu
Venture Mentoring Services Ltd
Director
julianne.wu@otago.ac.n
- CMBA 505 Economics
- BMBA 505 Economics
Raymond Xia
Lecturer, DBA, Otago Business School
Academic Leader International, Otago Business School
raymond.xia@otago.ac.nz
- CMBA 502 Marketing
Dr Juelin (Lynn) Yin
Associate Professor of Management, Sun Yat-sen University
julianne.wu@otago.ac.nz
- CMBA 510 Leading Sustainable Enterprises
Christine Yip
Director
Business Improvement Advisor and author of Power Up
C WHY International Ltd
christine.yip@otago.ac.nz
- BUSI 540 Professional Consulting Engagement
