Otago MBA Blog

• 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...
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• Pacific Fibre names MBA 26 Alum as CFO - charged with chasing $US350m

  Pacific Fibre has appointed its first CFO: Otago MBA 26 Alum, Michael Gleissner. Company co-founder Lance Wiggs told the National Business Review that Mr Gleissner would be "responsible for driving the process to raise the estimated US$350 million required to build the cable." Mr Gleissner comes to Pacific Fibre from Sealord Group,...
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• The Otago MBA for the local business professional

  Article by Lisa Dick published in the Otago Bulletin on 26 November: Cherie Wells credits her Otago MBA with fine-tuning her managerial skills and helping her move into her current management role. The Southern District Health Board CEO Support Manager is one of the faces of a campaign launching the new part-time Otago MBA to be offered by the Sch...
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• University of Otago Short Courses - Auckland Open Night

  In addition to the Otago MBA, the University of Otago School of Business offers a selection of professional development short courses for today’s business leaders. The Executive Education Team design and deliver high-impact professional development courses that are recognised at a postgraduate level and are delivered in a convenient short-cou...
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• MBA 11 Alumni Graeme Hart wealthiest person in Australia and NZ

  ONE News has today revealed Otago MBA 11 Alumni Graeme Hart is crowned the wealthiest man in Australia and New Zealand. Well done Graeme! Packaging magnate Graham Hart has come up trumps again, as Australasia's richest man in the latest Forbes annual rich list. Hart has an estimated wealth of just over $NZ7.5 billion. The media-shy 54-year-old&n...
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• Otago MBA @ NZ Job and Career Expo in Auckland

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• New Strategic Development Manager - Trish Franklin

  We are very pleased to announce Trish Franklin joined the team on 1 February as Manager, Strategic Development and are excited about some of the new initiatives this role is bringing to the programme.   Trish has worked at Massey University for the past 12 years, most latterly in the role of Executive Education Manager where she was responsi...
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• MBA Job Outlook Improving

  Recruiters are skittish and the job market is more competitive than ever, but career services directors say 2010 may be the year of the turnaround This year's class of MBAs arrived on campus in September expecting a challenging fall recruiting season and now many are bracing themselves for an even tougher spring ahead. One of them is Aashini Shah,...
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