MBA中心主办讲座通知（4月11日）

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嘉宾介绍：

Dr Rajah

Professor (Dr) Rajah is an eclectic professional with qualifications in management, behavioural psychology, chemistry and engineering. He is also an entrepreneur and has a strong interest in the creative and cultural industries from where he draws much inspiration for his writings on creativity. Prof Rajah was born in Malaysia but had most of his schooling and all his higher education in the UK. He speaks four languages and has spent considerable time overseas in Africa, Asia and Europe in relation to his work. He has also been actively involved in senior executive development in UK, Indonesia, Bangladesh and in a number of countries in Africa (in Botswana, Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa).  

Prof Rajah presents annually at Creativity Conferences in the UK, Europe and Africa. In the UK he has hosted the International Business Creativity and Entrepreneurship Conference for ten years. He also presents regularly at the International Creativity Educators Conference in South Africa.  

Professor Rajah has had a remarkable career to-date. His diverse professional experience includes Higher Education where he has held senior academic positions in three British Universities and is currently heading a Business School in Africa’s largest university of technology. He lectures annually at Lehigh University, USA and the University of Algarve, Portugal. Prof Rajah’s talents and expertise  span executive and professional training, marketing management, management consultancy, commodity trading, and manufacturing, retail and business-to-business sectors. 

He has also held senior executive positions at three blue chip corporations in the UK, i.e. Kraft Foods, HJ Heinz and Dairy Crest Foods and was Commodity Trading Manager with Ernest George Limited.  

His seminal thinking about a new paradigm for developing human potential and capacity building has helped him compile and publish “Complex Creativity” in 2007. It is now recommended reading at two British Universities.

His latest book on Neuro Lingusitic Programming, NLP for executive and professional development, published in 2009, is considered a superior book in its category and is being listed by Amazon.

He also retains an active interest in the sciences and food technology, and his books on edible fat technology and food emulsions are considered best sellers in their class. The second edition of one of his books is in press for a 2010 launch for Wiley publishing. 

Dr. Rajah is a very effective networker and has established successful collaborations within the UK and internationally, e.g. in the UK with the Regional Development Agencies and local government bodies. This has generated exciting funding opportunities for projects for the University of Greenwich Centre for Entrepreneurship.

Keynote Presentation at a local government event for Kent County Council, titled "Taking Innovation Forward" is on the following link on Kent TV: http://www.kenttv.com/programmes.php?PID=1468&Title=Kanes+Rajah+at+KYOI+Breakfast&Media=WMV

Dr Zeljko Sevic

Prof Z Sevic is the Professor of Accounting, Finance and Public Policy at the Glasgow Caledonian University, where he also serves as the Dean of Caledonian Business School (CBS), the largest business school in Scotland. He was previously the Head of the Division of Accounting, Finance and Risk in the Caledonian Business School, the second largest in the UK. Prior to joining the Glasgow Caledonian University in 2008, he was a chaired professor and the Director of Research Outreach and European Affairs at the University of Greenwich Business School in London, where he now serves as a Visiting Professor.

Professor Sevic has interest management accounting applications in various business and public sectors (industries), especially in the policy decision-making process, public bodies, reform design, performance management, and public sector system design and accountability.

Professor Sevic has also researched the stock market returns in emerging markets and the role of regulatory body in smoothening market volatility. His current research interests revolve around strategic financial management and strategic management accounting, especially organisational design to support appropriate application to finance function in an organisation and ensuring that the strategic initiatives are realised.

He has completed a SJD (doctorate in law) on central banking and monetary policy and PhD in Financial Economics. Recently, he completed a study on banking sector reforms in South-East European Counties (2008), study on the use of user charges and fees in securing local government revenues in Europe, and completed a project on designing a fiscal/financial information system at the sub-national level for the Macedonian Ministry of Finance (2004). More recently (2005-2008), Dr Sevic has worked on drafting primary and secondary accounting legislation in Serbia and secondary accounting legislation in Montenegro as an EU Expert Advisor. He also assisted in the development of secondary banking legislation in Serbia and primary and secondary banking legislation in Montenegro; especially implementation of Basel II standards in the banking sector and the launch of credit rating agencies regulation. He has served as an EU adviser to the Council Member and the Deputy Director General Banking Supervision at the Central Bank of Montenegro and Vice-Governor (Supervision) at the National Bank of Serbia. Professor Sevic has been a consultant with the EU/EAR, World Bank, OECD and Council of Europe. He is currently working on reform issues in Vietnam and Japan (planned book projects).

He has also held a number of visiting academic/research positions in Austria, Australia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Japan, Poland, Slovenia, Ukraine and the US, and has gained professional experience in both public and private sectors, at a senior level, before becoming a full-time academic in the mid-1990s. He was twice a visiting scholar at the Japanese Ministry of Finance (2002 and 2004). Professor Sevic holds terminal degrees in law and financial economics and also has accounting professional qualifications. He is also Registered Financial Consultant and Certified Fraud Examiner; and holds a practising audit licence in a few European countries. Before becoming a full-bread academic, Professor Sevic gained experience, at senior level in the business, public and third sectors, including a stint in the Senior Civil Service. He was the finance director (CFO) of a building company and has also run his own business(es).

He has authored or co-authored more than 150 bibliographical units in the areas of banking, financial markets, performance measurement, public sector and public policy, reform issues, management accounting, valuation, etc. His book ‘Central Bank: Position, Organisation, Functions’ published in Serbian, in 1996, is still regarded a primer of Central banking theory and practice in Serbia and neighbouring countries. In 2008 Professor Sevic has delivered training to the Nigerian Central Bank on managing excess liquidity in a natural resources intensive economy.