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school newsLooking torecruit MBAs?Even in the current economic climate,many companies are continuing torecruit. If you are looking to fill a positionin your company, but struggling toidentify suitable candidates withexperience in your sector as well asknowledge of the latest businessthinking, then why not think about one ofour MBA students?Representing a diversity of nationalitiesand industry sectors, the students aretypically in their early 30s and alreadypossess successful career records inmanagement or specialist fields in a widerange of industry sectors. On average,they have seven years of work experience.To help in your search, the SchoolThe School hosted the second Scottish MBAand experienced postgraduate student careersfair in February in the Playfair Library.Co-hosted by Strathclyde Business School,students from 11 other business schoolsattended. The participating organisationsranged from blue-chip organisations to SMEs,and career-related organisations. TheyLeader of the packCorianne Waller was awarded the John McFarlane Prizefor leadership at her graduation in December.Students are chosen on the basis of their contributionto the School and for demonstrating leadership amongthose in their MBA class. The prize is awarded fromfunds donated by John McFarlane, former ChiefExecutive of ANZ Banking Group, and Non-ExecutiveDirector of the Royal Bank of Scotland. He is an MAgraduate of the University of Edinburgh.produces astudentprofiles bookwhich detailseach of thestudent’scareer andqualificationsto date, theircareer objectives, preferred locationsand the focus of their MBA anddissertation.The full-time MBA students willgraduate in September and the MBAin International Business studentsin December.WANT TO KNOW MORE?The individual student profiles can beviewed online at www.business-school.ed.ac.uk/corporate or to request aprinted student profiles book, contactalumni@business-school.ed.ac.ukBlue-chip careers on showPhoto: Photo Expressincluded Accenture, IBM, Standard Life,Procter & Gamble, Scottish and SouthernEnergy, TOTAL and PricewaterhouseCoopers.Alumni exhibitors included Susan Stark(Class of 1997), pictured, Senior HR Managerwith Procter & Gamble, and AngusMacPherson (Class of 1996), Managing Directorof The Environment Exchange.ABOVE: Corianne Waller(left) receiving her awardfrom Inger Seiferheld, MBADirectorPhoto: Jonathan LittlejohnWork startson School’sgreat newbuildingWork is continuing on the new Schoolbuilding, set to open in 2010.The main site worked started inNovember, with a launch event held to markthe occasion.A number of staff attended the event, to viewthe progress to date.The existing internal infrastructure of theAdam Ferguson Building on George Square hasnow been stripped out, and work hascommenced on alterations to the existingunderground drainage to accommodate theconstruction of the new pavilion and entrancefoyer onto Buccleuch Place. Work will soonstart on the top-floor steel work extension,which will house offices for seniormanagement as well as boardroom facilitiesand a large staff room.WANT TO KNOW MORE?To follow progress on the building, visit the AFBdevelopment blog at http://blogs.businessschool.ed.ac.uk/afb-developmentRIGHT: Nick Oliver, Head of School (left), picturedwith Dermot Paterson, Partner, LDN Architects,at the launch eventPicture: Jonathan LittlejohnSingapore school is new exchange partnerThe School is pleased to announce NanyangBusiness School (NBS) in Singapore as a newexchange partner for the MBA in InternationalBusiness programme.NBS recently jumped more than 20 placesto be ranked 24th among the top MBAprogrammes worldwide in the Financial Times2009 Global MBA rankings and is the onlybusiness school in Singapore to be accreditedby both EQUIS and AACSB.The School provides a great learningenvironment, with a full range of undergraduateand graduate programmes, state-of-the-artfacilities and world-class research centres.Two of the current MBA in InternationalBusiness students have chosen Nanyang astheir exchange school.Staff retiralsschool newsTHREE MEMBERS OF STAFF, WHO HAVE ALL PLAYEDAN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE MBA PROGRAMME OVERTHE YEARS, HAVE RETIRED IN RECENT MONTHS. WE’RESURE YOU WILL JOIN WITH US IN WISHING THEM ALLTHE BEST IN THEIR WELL-DESERVED RETIREMENTS…FINAL ROLE ENDS FOR JOHNAfter a career that has seen him travel theworld, John Henley is now able to relax a littlemore – he has retired.John joined the then Department of BusinessStudies from the Industrial RelationsDepartment at London School of Economics andPolitical Science (LSE) in 1972. He was appointedto a joint lectureship in the University ofEdinburgh and the University of Nairobi in 1972.After secondment to the Faculty of Commerce,Nairobi, he joined the Department of BusinessStudies, Edinburgh in 1975.John was Director of the Full-time MBA from1982 until 1987. In 1990, John led a team todevelop a management training centre in Lodz,Poland, which led to the beginning of acollaboration with the United Nations IndustrialDevelopment Organisation (UNIDO) in Vienna.John took part in missions to Poland, China,Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan andAzerbaijan, advising on promoting inwardforeign investment.John became the last Head of the BusinessStudies Department in December 1998 until itwas absorbed into the unified Business Schoolin August 2001.During a sabbatical, John began to renew hisinterest in foreign direct investment in Chinaand the complexities of the Indian businessJEAN TAKES HER LEAVEAfter 23 yearsserving theSchool in avariety of roles,Jean Goldringhas retired.Jean startedworking forthe Universityin 1986 inthe Department of Business Studies.She was secretary to the Part-time MBAprogramme for a couple of years, before workingon the ‘continuing education’ side until shebecame PA to the Director, Simon Coke.After Simon, Jean worked for subsequentdirectors, namely Jamie Fleck, David Hatherly,and Simon Earp. She has been in the presentpost for about six years. In addition, she hasworked with Jonathan Crook on eight out of theten Credit Scoring and Credit Control conferences.environment, latterly working as an adviser tothe Government of Orissa on investmentpromotion. Since 2005, John has acted asprincipal consultant for the UNIDO AfricaForeign Investor Survey, published in 2007.He is currently a lead adviser with UNIDOdeveloping the Africa Investor Survey 2009.John gave a long service to the Departmentof Business Studies, having occupied a numberof roles including that of last Head ofDepartment. John retired as Head of theStrategy and International Business Group inAugust 2008, having successfully launched thenew MSc in International Business andEmerging Markets with Xiaobai Shen in 2005.He served on the UK’s Association of BusinessSchools executive for six years convening theUndergraduate Forum and initiating the ScottishBusiness School Deans’ sub-committee.FAREWELL AFTER TWO DECADESAssessmentCo-ordinatorJoan McMillanhas retiredafter 20 yearsof working in anumber ofsupport roles atthe School.Joan joinedthe Full-time MBA office at 5 Buccleuch Placein 1989 on a temporary basis to covermaternity leave.She continued working there until the moveto Bristo Square in the early 1990s.Subsequently, she has been working as anAdministrator on the MBA in InternationalBusiness programme and as Research Secretaryto Jamie Fleck before taking on the post ofAssessment Co-ordinator which she held untilher retiral in December.8 | aluminate | april 2009www.alumninet.man.ed.ac.ukwww.alumninet.man.ed.ac.uk april 2009 | aluminate | 9