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A journey following the growth footsteps of knowledge-intensive firms

Knowledge-intensive startups are well known to be a source of novel technological innovations and economic growth. Yet, such startups face significant challenges when trying to grow and become large global technological leaders and many of them fail. In this podcast, Niron Hashai, visiting Professor of International Business at Alliance MBS, goes over 20 years of his […]

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Alan Lok

Director CFA Institute It has been eight years since I graduated from the Manchester Global MBA program. Soon after my graduation, I was head hunted for a regional role which demanded both investment analysis and management experience. The timing could not be more perfect for me to leverage on my “fresh from the oven” MBA

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Dr Vicpearly Wong

Director Orange Orthodontics Dr VicPearly Wong was the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of New Silkroutes Group Limited (NSG), a listed company on the SGX, which focuses on Healthcare Technology. An orthodontist by training, she still runs a specialist orthodontic practice as well as a distribution supply of medical and dental equipment under Healthsciences International, a

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Wayne Soo

Chairman Fiducia LLP, Chartered Accountants Wayne embarked on his MBA journey in 1999 while juggling his hectic regional financial role with an American multinational corporation. Struck by the unfortunate financial crisis in 2001, he was retrenched but with his newly minted MBA qualifications, he was headhunted within 2 weeks for a Business Development role with

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Jaslin Lau

Managing Partner Advenz Pte Ltd A graduate from the Global MBA programme in 2009, Jaslin is an experienced finance person whose experience spans across areas in financial reporting, compliance and group consolidation with Singapore’s listed companies and various MNCs. It was through a conversation with a close friend which ignited the spark of the entrepreneurship. With

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Joseph Ong

Chairman and Managing Director 1-Group Joseph Ong began his career in finance 20 years ago in Ernst and Young, KPMG and Arthur Andersen, culminating in his tenure at Symantec from 2004 and becoming the youngest Vice President (Asia-Pacific and Japan) in 2013. It was while he was still in Symantec that he completed his University of

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Tang Hian Seng

Director H&W Investments Pte Ltd The University of Manchester Southeast Asia Centre would like to congratulate Mr Tang, Director of H&W Investments Pte Ltd, for winning the CASE (Council for Advancement and Support of Education) Europe Volunteer of the Year Award! To be nominated for this award, one must demonstrate measureable evidence of enhancing the

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University of Manchester Worldwide Virtual Run + Donation to Apex Harmony Lodge – 29 May 2021

Thank you to all members of MBSAAS: Manchester Business School Alumni Association Singapore for your generosity and contribution in supporting the MDOA (Manchester Day of Action) 2021.The representatives of MBSAAS were honoured to present the collected funds to nonprofit Apex Harmony Lodge (AHL), the first and only purpose-built lodge for persons with dementia in Singapore.MBSAAS pledge to give back to

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Digital Disruption & Future of Finance Virtual Panel Discussion – 18 May 2021

Over 380 people registered for our Digital Disruption & Future of Finance Virtual Panel Discussion on 18 May 2021, a jointly hosted event organised by the Manchester Worldwide S.E. Asia Centre in Singapore, in collaboration with the University’s East Asia Centre in Hong Kong. The virtual panel discussion saw great success, with an overwhelmingly high

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Commemorating the first BAF Face-to-Face Workshop in a Year – 22 – 27 Apr 2021

Between 22 – 27 April 2021, we at the University of Manchester, South East Asia Centre were proud to be able to open our doors to students for the first face-to-face workshops in a year! Our Business Accounting and Finance (BAF) workshops was led by the wonderful Mr Daniel Ong, a locally-based academic tutor, within

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