Dr. Tomas Casas, B.Sc., MBA, Ph.D.

Lecturer, Institute for Leadership and HR Management
University of St. Gallen

Professor Tomas Casas has expertise in theoretical entrepreneurship models, business practices in Chinese firms and behaviorist economics. His extensive business experience includes having founded various IT and software firms in greater China as well as operational companies in Beijing, Shanghai, Taipei, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Manila. He has worked as a project manager in international business development for the NEC Corporation in Tokyo and as an international trade consultant for the Wharton Export Network in Philadelphia.

Prof. Doug Hyatt, Ph.D.

Professor of Business Economics, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

Professor Doug Hyatt teaches micro- and macroeconomics for Omnium and other Rotman Executive MBA programs. His research interests are primarily in the area of labour economics, particularly wage and employment determination. Professor Hyatt applies his expertise in legal disputes involving the valuation of economic losses, and to music and publishing copyright tariff matters.

Prof. Suren Mansinghka, Ph.D.

Adjunct Professor,
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Professor Suren Mansinghka has extensive experience in teaching executive programs on various topics in the field of finance, investment and risk management to US, European, Japanese, Korean, Chinese and Indian executives. He has served as a director on the board of San Francisco State University Foundation and was chair of its Finance and Investment Committee. Prof. Mansinghka was also a board member of the Cal State Credit Union 9. In addition, he was elected to serve as the chair of Education Committee and Board Member of Security Analysts of San Francisco Society, and served on the Board of Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts. He has worked as a consultant for various profit and non-profit institutions primarily in the areas of valuation, and financial and investment analysis. Prof. Mansinghka's research interests covers Financial Analysis and Valuation, Survey based research in the use of Derivatives for Risk Management and choice of Capital Structure by corporate firms, Role and effect of Insiders-Trading, and, Case Studies for Financial Decisions. He has been a faculty member at the University of California, Berkeley, Davis and Riverside, Santa Clara University, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, China-European International Business School, Shanghai and San Francisco State University.

Prof. Christian Wagner, Ph.D.

Associate Dean, Faculty of Business, Professor, Department of Information Systems, City University of Hong Kong

Professor Christian Wagner has more than 20 years of experience in IT research and development. His research interests are knowledge management, information systems for executives, innovation and collaborative systems. He has led numerous funded research projects on these topics and has authored more than 60 related articles. At present, he is completing a project on knowledge management with wikis for the Society for Information Management Advanced Practices Council.

Prof. Wagner received his Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of British Columbia in 1989. Thereafter he spent seven years as a faculty member at the University of Southern California, before joining City University in January 1996. In 2000, Wagner took leave from CityU to become co-founder and chief technology officer for a venture-capital funded software start-up in California. He returned to CityU after the company successfully received second round funding. Prof. Wagner is a previous CityU Teaching Excellence Award winner and has also taught at the University of British Columbia, Tsinghua University and Fudan University.

Prof. Li Kui-Wai, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, City University of Hong Kong

Economist and Omnium Guest Lecturer Li Kui-Wai is a specialist in Asian financial and economic development, industry and trade. His books include The Hong Kong Economy: From Recovery to Restructure (2005), Capitalist Development and Economism in East Asia: the Rise of Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea (2002) and Financial Repression and Economic Reform in China (1994). Professor Li has worked as a consultant to international institutions, foreign governments and business, and is regularly interviewed by local and foreign press, radio and television on Hong Kong, Mainland China and foreign issues.

Prof. Gu Qing-Liang, MBA

Professor, Deputy Director, Institute of Textile Economics, Business School, Dong Hua University, Shanghai

Omnium guest lecturer Professor Gu Qing-Liang is an expert on the Chinese apparel and textile industry. A former visiting scholar at the University of Maryland and Auburn University, Professor Gu has conducted ground-breaking research on Chinese apparel companies who are successfully pursuing corporate social responsibility strategies.