Otago MBA Blog

• December 2011 Otago MBA Grads

  Graduation marks the completion of studies and is the time successful Otago MBA students can celebrate their achievement with family, friends and the Otago MBA community. It also marks student's admission to the full and permanent membership of the Otago MBA Alumni.In our 17 December graduation the following people recieved their Otago MBA:Ali ...
  More about this article

• MBA Alum CEO to get cracking

  Otago MBA Alum, Steve Silvey enjoys making a difference. Mr Silvey, who started work this week as chief executive of Dunedin's Upstart Business Incubator, is excited about his new role.Upstart has been helping high-growth companies get started since 2004, by providing incubation and angel investment services.A non-profit entity owned by the Dun...
  More about this article

• August 2011 MBA Grads

  Graduation marks the completion of studies and is the time Otago MBA students can celebrate their success with family, friends and the Otago MBA community. It also marks student's admission to the full and permanent membership of the Otago MBA Alumni. In our 27 August 2011 graduation the following people recieved their Otago MBA Ch...
  More about this article

• Pacific Fibre follow-up

  On February 11, we posted the news that Pacific Fibre had appointed its first CFO: Otago MBA 26 Alum, Michael Gleissner. Pacific Fibre’s drive to build a 13,000 kilometre broadband cable linking Australia, New Zealand and the United States has taken another leap forward with the signing of a partnership with US company Tyco Electro...
  More about this article

• Future focussed alumni events - Successful

  The last of three Otago MBA alumni events took place on Friday evening 12 August in Dunedin, after events in Wellington and Auckland were held earlier. Trish Franklin (MBA Business Networks Manager) explained the goal of a strong and vibrant Otago MBA alumni network: “We started out 12 months ago with a drive to meet people and find out wha...
  More about this article

• MBA makes for a “serious year off”

  “A very serious year off” is how Ian Lafferty, University of Otago Director of Executive Programmes describes the Otago MBA. This was just what Melanie Lemke was looking for after six years working in Hamburg, Germany for the Otto Group, a multinational active in retail (e-commerce, catalogues and stores) and financial services. &ldqu...
  More about this article

• 2011 NZ Alumni Events

  Otago MBA Alumni are invited to a series of upcoming functions around New Zealand over the next few months. The events will feature Wendy McGuinness (MBA 8) and Gerald Scanlan (MBA 17). They will be joined by David Band (MBA Faculty) and Ian Lafferty (University of Otago School of Business). The events are scheudled to take place in Auc...
  More about this article

• 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...
  More about this article