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international alumni groupsinternational alumni groupsCONTACTS AROUND THE WORLDInternational alumni groups are well established in a number of countries. Wherenumbers are smaller, we also have key alumni contacts located in various areas ofthe world, or work in conjunction with other University of Edinburgh alumni groups.If you would like to make contact with alumni in countries not listed below, pleasecontact the Alumni Officer on alumni@business-school.ed.ac.uk who can helpwith identifying appropriate contacts.Argentina Rodrigo Salgado jrsalgado@chocolatesfenix.comAustralia Todd Booth toddbooth1@mac.comBrazil Paulo Almeida pauloract@yahoo.co.ukFrankfurt Ralph Rudolph ralph.r@gmx.netGhana George Adjei gaadjei@wagpco.comGreece Giorgos Gerakakis gerakakis@yahoo.comPanos Georgakopoulos georgak@yahoo.comIceland Oli Klemensson olafur.klemensson@sedlabanki.isEinar Skulasoneinarskula@hotmail.comSigurbjorn Gunnarsson sigurbjorn@lyfja.isRebekka Valsdottir rvalsdott@hotmail.comIndia Amrit Singh captamrit@hotmail.comIndonesia Handoko Bayumurti handoko.bayumurti@wfp.orgJapan Eiro Taniguchi eiro70@gmail.comMadrid Charlie Wilson charliepwilson@yahoo.esMalaysia Sanjay Saigal sanjay@saigal.com.myMunich Markus Geisenberger m.k.g@t-online.deClaus Doerflerclaus.doerfler@bmw.deShanghai Martin Jensen martinhjorth1976@hotmail.comSouth Africa Yoni Titi yoni@coynetiti.comSingapore Jay Jayaseelan rasaikujay@yahoo.comSwitzerland Charles Barber charles.barber@bluewin.chMarkus Kuenzler markus.kuenzler@mailsource.comGian Plattnergian.plattner@ubs.comYannick Pottieryannick-pottier@bluewin.chEtienne Rumoetienne_rumo@bluemail.chSusanna Teinilasusannateinila@hotmail.comThailand Vishnu Somboonpeti vishnu_somboonpeti@yahoo.co.ukToronto Josh Gillespie josh.gillespie@algonquinpower.comG’day to peers down underIn February, Professor DavidMarshall visited the Faculty ofEconomics and Business,University of Sydney, and theSchool of Business, Universityof Western Australia, Perth.While in Sydney he met upwith MBA alumni andUniversity of EdinburghBusiness Schoolundergraduates on exchangewith the University of Sydney. ABOVE: From left, Carolyn Loton (Class of 1992),He also visited staff in the Michael Wright-Smith (Class of 2004), Carole Kriletich,international offices at the Rob Kriletich (Class of 2003) and David MarshallUniversity of Sydney andUniversity of Queensland, Brisbane. During his trip he presented severalseminars to staff and students on his research into young consumers, anddiscussed opportunities for research collaboration.SPREADING THE WORD FAR AND WIDEThe School has been represented at a number of fairsinternationally over the past six months.Asia was the focus in November with Matthew Wortley,Assistant Director of the International Office, attending theTopMBA fair in Tokyo, where he is currently based. He wasassisted by Kazunari Okada and Machiko Tateishi (both Classof 2006). A couple of weeks later, Matthew flew to Taipei inTaiwan where he was helped at the fair by Johnny (Shih-Yi)Liu (Class of 2007) and Kelly (Chia-Chi) Lee (Class of 2006).Once back in Tokyo, Matthew hosted a dinner for MBAalumni at the Hazelburn bar in Shinjuku, where theyenjoyed Scottish food, beer and whisky.ABOVE: In Tokyo, back row from left: Shinichi Hata(Class of 2004), Hisako Ogura (Class of 2003),Yoshiaki Kondo (Class of 1993), Machiko Tateishi(Class of 2006), Toshiyuki Kaneko (Class of 1993)and Toshiaki Yamasaki (Class of 2006) Middle row,Mayumi Yamamoto (Class of 2004) Front row,Matthew Wortley, Naoshi Saito (Class of 1994)and Hiroki Nakamura (Class of 1995)Later in the month, Dr Yew-Ming Chia, Director ofthe MSc in Management, represented the MBAprogrammes in Singapore, where he was assisted byKenneth Yap (Class of 2000).In February, Jane Crawford, Alumni Officer, travelled toCanada to represent the School at the MBA fair in Toronto.She was assisted at the fair by Soraiya Walji (Class of 2008)and David La Vista (Class of 2007). Whilst in Toronto, shealso took the chance to host a dinner for alumni livinglocally, and visit Schulich Business School, one of ourexchange partners.RIGHT: From left, EvanGreen (Class of 2006),David La Vista (Classof 2007), Soraija Walji(Class of 2008), SimonMiles (EDUCT), JoseMoreno (Class of1991), Norm Litchfield(Class of 2003), JaneCrawford (AlumniOfficer) and ErnieRobles (Class of 2007)Two European fairs in March brought the latest round offairs to a close with Inger Seiferheld, MBA Director,representing the School in Barcelona, where she wasassisted by Francisco Gonzalez-Bree (Class of 2000), andAidan Hetherington, Careers and Corporate Relations Officer,visiting Frankfurt.Group enters stage left...A LOOK BEHIND THESCENES OF A STUNNINGOPERA HOUSE IN ZURICHWAS JUST ONE HIGHLIGHTOF RECENT SWISS EVENTSAfestive boat trip and an opera housetour have been the themes for recentevents in Switzerland.In late November, a small group of alumnienjoyed a relaxing evening on the fondueboat on the Lake of Lucerne. They enjoyedviews of the illuminated hotels along theshore as they sampled traditional Swiss food.With the festive season over, greaternumbers of alumni were attracted by thenext event, a guided tour behind the scenesof the Opernhaus Zurich. The event wasopened with a lunch at the Belcantorestaurant, before the group visited the operahouse for a behind-the-scenes tour. Theywere made to feel very welcome by theirguide, Esther, and a number of the groupwent on to see the opera, Simon Boccanegra,later in the evening.Kiyoshi Saito (Class of 2002) commented:‘It was a great event. After the tour, Imanaged to purchase tickets for the operaand although the seat was near the ceiling, itwas wonderful. The singers for SimonBoccanegra were superb especially StefanoSecco in the title role as Leo Nucci. Theacoustics were wonderful so high up, as wassuggested during the tour, but above all itwas exciting to witness the ‘bricks andmortar’ which we had seen earlier in the day,turned into a beautiful stage.’Other alumni attendees included MartinVontabel (Class of 2004), Yannick Pottier(Class of 2001), Victoria Chirko (Class of2007), Stefan Wagner (Class of 2003) andCharles Barber (Class of 1996).ABOVE: Enjoying fondue on the boat, from left,Victoria Chirko (Class of 2007), Markus Kuenzler(Class of 2003), Markus’s wife, Nicola, and DanielLehman (Class of 2005)RIGHT: Stefano Secco in Simon BoccanegraPhoto: Suzanne Schwiertz12 | aluminate | april 2009 www.alumninet.man.ed.ac.ukwww.alumninet.man.ed.ac.uk april 2009 | aluminate | 13