Master of Business Administration (MBA) by University of Wales

Prestigious Facilitators

BA601: Financial & Managerial Accounting
Ms Fang Lee Wei
Ms Fang Lee Wei is a CPA with the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore. She is currently a Finance Manager of a Singapore Exchange listed company, with operations in construction, forestry and pulp businesses. Prior to that, she has accumulated about 6 years of auditing and financial advisory experience in an international accounting firm. Her areas of expertise includes valuations, due diligence reviews, divestment of companies, financial advisory, capital structure study, preparation of information memoranda, financial forecasting, corporate and debt restructuring. The clients she dealt with ranged from small private companies to high profile publicly listed groups in the aviation, marine, coffee, rubber, building and retail industries. In addition, she has more than three years of teaching experience in an educational institution in Singapore, teaching in several financial and management accounting and business finance modules.

Academic qualifications
M.Com (International Business), University of New South Wales, Australia
B.Acc (Hons), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
G.Dip.M, Marketing Institute of Singapore

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BA602: Marketing Management
Sally Lo Wai Meng
Ms Sally graduated from University of Strathclyde with Master of Science (International Marketing) in 1991. She also holds a diploma in marketing and sales management from National Productivity Board and Diploma in Marketing from Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK).

She is also the Deputy Head (Marketing) of Thames Business School (TBS).

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BA603: Business Quantitative Analysis
BA606: Operations Management
Johnny Tan, is a full time lecturer. He graduated from Oklahoma City University, USA with Bachelor of Science (BSc) and Master of Business Administration (MBA) (Honours) Degrees. Prior to lecturing, he worked in the past 14 years in logistics, warehousing and factory operations management at various electronics, computer and aviation industries. The appointments held include Factory Manager, Programme Manager and Administration Manager.
Johnny Tan is also active in teaching part-time courses at Singapore Productivity & Standards Board, Singapore Productivity Association, Singapore Institute of Management, Singapore Logistics Association, and Materials Management Consultancy Pte Ltd. The popular short courses include "Effective Warehousing", "Fleet Management", "7 IE Tools for QC", "Executive Tool Kit for Decision Making", and etc. Johnny Tan ever published a few research articles in the Temasek Journal, e.g. "New Era of Operations Management: BPR" in 1998 and "A Comparative Study of Singapore Versus South Korea in Logistics Infrastructure Policy" in 1999. He also developed a multimedia CD-ROM courseware in "Effective Warehousing & Distribution" in 2000.
In addition, Johnny Tan provides consultancy service to industry in areas of Business Process Re-engineering (BPR), Project Management, 5S & 7W, Logistics Physical Distribution, Warehousing & Transport Operations, Effective Supervision, QCC Facilitation, and etc. The consulted companies include Seiko Instruments Singapore Pte Ltd, Sentosa Development Corporation, Poh Soo Trading Company, Pharmacia & Upjohn Inter-American Corp., Trans-Link Express Pte Ltd, Associated Spring Asia Pte Ltd, Banking Computer Services Pte Ltd, F&N Foods Pte Ltd, etc. He is also actively involved in the Executive Development programme for Asia Overseas Technical Scholarship (AOTS) and Asian Productivity Organisation (APO) in conjunction with Singapore Productivity & Standards Board (PSB) since 1998.

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BA604 : Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour
Dr Alan Ang is a PhD graduate in Business and Management from the University of South Australia, Australia and also an Executive Master holder of Business Administration from the University of Hertforshire, UK. Besides being a post graduate and experts in the Business and Management fields, he holds a Bachelor Degree in Computer Science from UK University as well.

Dr. Ang has over a decade of working experience in various environment. He has worked in the field of process engineering and manufacturing with some MNCs. He has been involved in the sales, marketing and project management department of a trading company. Besides being a lecturer, he used to provide trainings for various corporate clients and schools on IT and Soft skill courses as well.

His area of research interest includes service quality and business development.

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BA605 : Management Information Science
Dr Alan Ang is a PhD graduate in Business and Management from the University of South Australia, Australia and also an Executive Master holder of Business Administration from the University of Hertforshire, UK. Besides being a post graduate and experts in the Business and Management fields, he holds a Bachelor Degree in Computer Science from UK University as well.

Dr. Ang has over a decade of working experience in various environment. He has worked in the field of process engineering and manufacturing with some MNCs. He has been involved in the sales, marketing and project management department of a trading company. Besides being a lecturer, he used to provide trainings for various corporate clients and schools on IT and Soft skill courses as well.

His area of research interest includes service quality and business development.

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BA607: Managerial Economics
Ms Kemmy Lim is a graduate of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) program, Association of Investment Management and Research (AIMR), attained her MBA (Finance specialisation) from University of Western Australia in 1999. In addition to another degree from University of Technology, Sydney (MBA cross-enrolment), she holds a Diploma in Investment, Institute of Banking & Finance, 1995. In 1993, she received her Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical), National University of Singapore.
Her teaching experience spans from being a part-time Lecturer at East Asia School of Business, having taught Business Statistics (Diploma in Business Management, both full- and part-time programs), an Associate Trainer at AEC for 3 years and as an Associate Trainer: IBMEC teaching Business Statistics (Diploma in Business Administration).

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BA608: Financial Management
Velloor Krishna Kumaran
Mr. Velloor Krishna Kumaran has over 25 years of experience with diverse knowledge in banking, manufacturing, service and public practice industries in Asia, Middle, East, Europe and Far Eastern countries in management cadre. Prior to joining Purpletrain.com he has gained teaching experience in UK and India. He has been a dedicated lecturer with Informatics group for the past five years.

Mr Velloor Krishna Kumaran possesses professional certifications from FCCA (Fellow of Chartered Association of Certified Accountants) and ACMA (Associate of Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) in UK.

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BA609: Corporate Strategy & Business Policy
Mr. Amal Kiran
Mr. Amal Kiran has more than 5 years of teaching experience and 2 years of business experience. He has an MSc-International Marketing degree from University of Strathclyde, a MBA degree and Bachelor degree in Commerce from India. He also has an Advanced Diploma in Software Technology and System Management from NIIT, India.

He started his academic career as a Lecturer with AIT Academy and Unicampus, Singapore and in a short period of 12 months worked his way up to become Program Manager and Deputy Principal of School of Business and Communication. He was involved in the growth of development of 5 Bachelor and 2 Master degree programs for the European University, Switzerland.

His contribution in education has been in the field of Lecturing, Program Management, Program Delivery and Lecturer Management. He has also supervised Marketing initiatives and managed Agents in Asian region. He has extensive experience in Accreditation procedures, Academic Management and Quality Control. He has significantly contributed to Program Design and Academic Counseling. He has been conferred awards and honors for best Program Management and Academic Management. In the year 2005, he was honored with the Prince Fellow Award for Distinguished Excellence in Education from European University, Switzerland.

He has taught in Bachelor program of Australian Universities such as the University of Wollongong, University of Southern Queensland and has been Adjunct Lecturer for James Cook University’s campus in Singapore. He has also taught in the Master degree program of University of Northern Virginia and has been the Academic Director for European University’s Asia Headquarters in Singapore. These University programs are delivered on distance education mode in Singapore. He is interested in research in the areas of Marketing, International Marketing and Consumer Behavior.

He has gained experience by working in a multicultural environment and enjoys interactions with various cultures. He is a fast track performer and has a proven track record of delivery. In his teaching career, he has displayed the ability to successfully interact, teach and inspire students from diverse cultures.

He also has extensive experience in Positioning and Brand building and has also performed commendably in strategizing Online and Offline media. His work on the Ford Motor Company, India Online accounts has earned him and his team the ‘U.S Website & Interactive Designer Association’s - Best Multimedia and Interactive Website Award’ and ‘Business Standard’s (India)- Best Brand Launch ‘2000-2001’Award.

He has conceived and successfully initiated- Interactive Marketing, Database Management and Loyalty Marketing Programs. He has consulted for Paper and Packaging industry and the FMCG industry.

He is an Associate Member of Marketing Institute of Singapore and The Scottish Networks International (SNI) Scotland.

He enjoys traveling and cooking.

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BA610: Dissertation
Dr. Sein Min (B. Com, M. Com, Dr. rer pol. (Germany)
Dr. Sein graduated from the Institute of Economics, Yangon, Myanmar, majoring in Commerce (B. Com.) in 1977.
In 1983, he obtained a Master of Commerce (M. Com.) degree from the same institute. He specialised in marketing for his doctorate at the University of Passau, Germany and attained Dr. rer. pol. in 1991.
He has been a tutor, assistant lecturer and subsequently, lecturer in the Department of Commerce and the Department of Management Studies in the Institute of Economics, Yangon, from 1978 to 1997. From 1997 to 2001, he worked as the Associate Professor of the Economics Department in the University of Distance Education, Yangon, Myanmar. He was a Research Fellow of the Department of Marketing and Sales, University of Passau, Germany in 1995 and 2001. His areas of research interests include innovation diffusion, marketing-mix strategies and marketing in developing countries.

Dr Sein's interests also do not merely cater to pure academia. In his leisure time, he indulges in a host of ethnographic activites. His hobbies include reading, cultural & religious discourse and dissecting Euorpean culture. He also enjoys listening to western classical music, Mozart and Beethoven.

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