2011-05-19

MBA Club Meeting

International Institute of Business
MBA Club Meeting
May 19, 2011
Venue: Business Club Belgravia
18/1G Proreznaya Street, Kiev
Start at 17:00

Agenda:

17:00 – 17:30 – Registration

17:30 – 17:40 – Welcome word. Olga Karpova, IIB Vice President

17:30 – 19:00 – Panel Discussion

"Management in Cross Cultural Environments:
The Top 10 Mistakes of International Managers"
Key Speaker:
Jonathan McGee,
Managing Director of SCA Hygiene Products Ukraine
Panelists:
Elena Marinovskaya,
Head of Representative Office in Ukraine, StoraEnso, IIB IMBA alumni, 2009
Elena Korchinskaya,
Deputy General Director, "Pilot" Ltd., IIB IMBA alumni, 2009
Oleksiy Osiyevskyy,
researcher and a PhD student at Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary (Canada), IIB IMBA alumni, 2009

Guests of MBA Club will share their experience as top-managers in the field of operation in cross-cultural environment, describe the qualities which modern manager should possess to work in many various countries.

Jonathan will tell what "people oriented business" means within SCA. Also he will cover the issues of corporate and social responsibility, and business ethics.

Moreover, participants will have a possibility to talk to the guests in person and discuss the questions they will be interested in.

Working language - English

If you are interested, please register at: julia.ivanenko@iib.com.ua,

or by phone (044) 585 00 33 (int.101)

Contact person: Lidiia Pashchuk, Head of IIB Alumni Association Office

Participation for current IIB students is free, for alumni – 250 UAH.
Please note, that discounts for participation according to Alumni Association membership type are valid
About the Guests

Jonathan McGhie holds a position of Managing Director at SCA Hygiene Products Ukraine.

Successful executive with sales and general management experience, broad skill base, and a track record in both commercial and support functions.

20+ years hands on experience in FMCG markets.

Eight years experience working as an expatriate in Asia.

Significant results in building teams, culture and performance improvement.

Success delivered in business turnaround, re-engineering, new business acquisitions and accelerated sales growth organizations.

Experience within multi-national, local and start up environments.

SCA Hygiene Products

SCA is a global hygiene and paper company that develops and produces personal care products, tissue, packaging solutions and forest products, publication papers and solid-wood products. SCA was formed in 1929 as a holding company for some ten Swedish forest-industry companies.

In 2010 net sales of SCA amounted to some EUR 11.5 billion.

SCA conducts business in more than 100 countries. About 75% of net sales are derived from the European operations.

The headquarter is located in Stockholm, Sweden.

In January 2011, SCA had about 45,000 employees in some 60 countries.

SCA’s largest markets are Germany, UK, the United States, France and Sweden.

SCA operates two global brands: Tena within incontinence care in which segment SCA is the market leader and Tork within Away From Home tissue. The Group has also some strong local and regional brands such as Zewa, Tempo, Libresse, Libero, Velvet, Saba och Libra.

SCA was introduced on the Stockholm Stock Exchange in 1950.

Elena Marinovskaya is a Head of Representative Office of StoraEnso in Ukraine. StoraEnso is one of the leading paper producing companies. Elena was the first Ukrainian appointed at the top-manager position of the company StoraEnso. Her style of leadership may be characterized as democratic based at high involvement of the employees into all the processes within the company. In 2009 Elena obtained an IIB/UNB MBA Degree.

Elena Korchinskaya has over 12 years of experience in travel industry (sales & marketing); knows and has perfect personal relations with the decision makers of air companies in Ukraine. Elena is experienced in organization and managing of team work. Elena is a positive, result-driven manager with good interpersonal and team working skills and primary focus on exceeding customer expectations. In 2009 Elena obtained an IIB/UNB MBA Degree.

Oleksiy Osiyevskyy is currently a researcher and a PhD student at Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary (Canada). Research areas cover strategic decision making, business model innovation and entrepreneurship; studied industries – oil & gas, banking and real estate. Simultaneously with research and teaching, Oleksiy is extensively engaged in consulting, helping Canadian companies with development and implementation of strategy.

Prior to moving to Canada, Oleksiy was actively involved in strategic management practice in Ukrainian business sector: at senior-level positions (strategic planning department head of insurance company "Providna", vice-president of business development of insurance company "MS Partner"), as a management consultant ("Strategy Masterminds"), and as an expert in government regulatory authorities.

In 2009 Oleksiy obtained an IIB/UNB MBA Degree.