Otago MBA Blog

• MBA Wellington function with Wendy McGuiness (MBA 8)

  Otago MBA graduates living in and around Wellington will be in for an exhilarating event later this year. Invited as guest speaker to the MBA’s inaugural alumni function in the capital (date to be confirmed but to be in late-July, early-August) is the founder and Chief Executive of the Sustainable Future Institute, Wendy McGuinness (MBA 8, 19...
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• Alumni News: Ian Clarke, CEO Fronde

  Ian Clarke, CEO of Fronde - Google's preferred enterprise partner in Australia and New Zealand, graduated with his Otago MBA in 1993... Ian Clarke has not taken your usual IT professional path. A couple of decades ago, he couldn’t imagine his life would take such a sharp turn into the corporate world and end up as the CEO of Fronde Syst...
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• Meet Otago MBA in the UK

  Are you in the UK and considering MBA study overseas? Meet the Otago MBA in the UK to find out how a beautiful location, small classes, and a global perspective from the edge of the world might be the perfect step forward in your career. Otago MBA Manager, Olga Meglinskaya will be in Europe at the end of this month to attend the Associatio...
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• The National Business Review Audacious Competition launched

  The National Business Review Audacious Competition was launched yesterday in the School of Business Start-up Lounge. Otago MBA students attended the launch. “Social events are always good. Particularly for extraverts, that's when their ideas are triggered.” commented Julia Boiko. Indeed, with over $60 000 in prizes, $500 for every...
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• Guest Speaker: Dave Butler-Peck from Trade Aid

  Students from Otago MBA 35 got a taste of Trade Aid's history, vision and famous milk chocolate at yesterday evening's presentation by Dave Butler-Peck – a man who has worked with the organisation for the last 3 years and has a strong belief in Trade Aid's mission. Everyone in the audience was inspired by the story of Vi and Richard Cot...
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• High Praise for Marketing Faculty

  Otago MBA Marketing Lecturer, Associate Professor David Ballantyne, and colleagues Dr John Williams and Dr Rob Aitken, from the Department of Marketing were special issue editors of the Industrial Marketing Management (IMM) special issue, which contains the revised versions of papers presented at Otago Forum 2 hosted by the University of Otago Scho...
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• NBR Audacious 2011 Launch

  The NBR Online Audacious competition is back for another year. Its official launch party is this Thursday, 31 March at 5.30pm in the School of Business Atrium. To kick-off this year‟s competition Hamish Pinkham, founder of Rhythm and Vines, will be the guest speaker at Thursday night‟s event, letting you in on the secrets of how to tak...
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• Dunedin Young Professionals Business Breakfast

  Dunedin Young Professionals (DYP) are hosting a Business Breakfast on March 31 in association with Otago MBA. At the event, Dunedin Mayor, Dave Cull, will speak about the challenges and opportunities facing Dunedin. DYP is an incorporated society set up to create professional networks and a circle of friends for people who have chosen to start the...
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