CUHK MBA Takes Advantage of Hong Kong’s Ties with the Mainland
New MBA director and Associate Dean (Graduate Programmes) Stephanie Villemagne says in an interview with South China Morning Post that her new role offers her a chance to tell the international community about Hong Kong’s multiple strengths.
Stephanie Villemagne, recently appointed as the MBA programme director and Associate Dean (Graduate Programmes) at The Chinese University of Hong Kong Business School, has a clear strategy to ensure the school continues to move forward. Villemagne, who previously worked in Singapore as INSEAD’s global director of MBA programme, says in an interview with South China Morning Post‘s Education Post that her new role offers her a chance to tell the international community about Hong Kong’s multiple strengths.
Commenting on the advantages offered by Hong Kong as a center for executive education, Villemagne says that “Hong Kong is very good at inspiring a sense of dynamism – the spirit of ‘going forward’. Here, people have to work hard to get things done, and I think that’s what makes the difference – in Singapore, it is mainly done with government backing. Also, being right next to mainland China is perfect. We have access to many different industries, and there are a lot of things that we can use as examples. That is what business and MBA students want.”
Villemagne believes that Hong Kong can prosper as a hub for finance, technology, start-ups, and education. “Hong Kong is too timid about telling the world what it can do, and perhaps this reticence is rooted in its culture. But this is the ideal place from so many perspectives, so Hong Kong needs to advertise itself in a better way, and do more to spread awareness of its qualities,” she adds… Read More (PDF)
Source: South China Morning Post
Date published: 5 August, 2016