The MBA (Master of Business Administration) degree is still the pre-eminent business qualification and is very highly valued by a wide range of ambitious senior business people and employers/recruiters. The MBA is a general management qualification that equips students for a career in business management, helping them acquire broad perspectives on a wide range of areas that they need to grasp andunderstand in order to operate effectively at a senior level.  

The Manchester Global Part-time MBA is designed for busy professionals who are looking to balance study with their careers and personal commitments. How this flexible part-time MBA degree transforms the career for future business leaders?

Michail at graducation ceremony in Manchester

Michail believed in the high standards of British education. Therefore, he studied in the UK and graduated with BSc. (Hons) in Computing from the University of Wales. Upon graduation, he decided to continue with his studies and he completed two master programs: MSc. in Electronic Business, and MSc. in Business in IT Systems under a scholarship from universities in Glasgow. 

Michail had such a foresight on e-commerce. As dated back in 2001, e-commerce just came into its first steps. Amazon was known then, but far less popular than nowadays. Alibaba was even less known especially in the global market. Online payment was more a conventional product. However, Michail had realized its potential for future transactions in every business sector.

Michail has accumulated profound professional experience in various industries including IT, FMCG, manufacturing, etc. across UK and Greece.

The year of 2013 was a turning point for the multinational company, when the export volume exceeded domestic market, as well as for Michail in his career path. He became the Best Performer and therefore assigned a more important task to open up the Asian & Pacific markets. The company set up a subsidiary company with a brand new factory to serve the ASEAN markets, including China market. Michail was accountable for managing the sales, marketing and business development of ASEAN markets. Despite the heavy workload which required him to travel almost every two weeks in the Asia & Pacific countries, he was satisfied with the progress of his team and himself.  His work was paid off until 2014 when the first order came from Thailand. More orders followed up and a wide network of clients have been established. So far, he has established the brand to 15 new markets in ASEAN territory.

Michail's airtickets collection for his business trips

In 2016, the sales volume was increasing steadily, his team was performing well, and the network of agents and clients were on track. 

After comparing several international business schools, he chose AMBS to start with his Global MBA study. The MBA course fitted well his requirements: blended learning with well-designed offline workshops, on International basis; authentic British education and professors. Undoubtedly, he had a special emotion towards Manchester where he used to live and work back in 2009.

Michail is a big fan of life-long learning. In 2017 he completed the online course on IoT during his MBA study, with the objective to support his vision for the new era of Industry 4.0 and integrate his IT background with his current exposure in manufacturing industry. 

Michail and his Manchester Global MBA peers

His experiences in finance, IT, manufacturing, business development, management, leadership, commercial strategyand operations, as well as his study in MBA, made him believe that he must take his career at the next level by establishing his own business. He was a strong believer of the promising future in Industry 4.0 and China’s strong competitive advantage in this area. He wanted to further expand the possibilities of Industry 4.0 in conjunction with EU, China and Asian emerging markets.

Michail expressed his thought ‘Nothing is Impossible’ could also inspire wider Alumni. In spite of all the difficulties he’s been through, he never gave up his dream to study and progress his career. He believed that the study with AMBS would give him not only knowledge but also more resources, deeper involvement within the global business environment, entrepreneurship skills and a wider alumni network. He had a dream to start up his own business in order to blend 100% of his knowledge and working experience, under the objective that his company can make people’s life easier, efficiently manage resources in a harmonious way and protect the environment with side business activities.

In March 2018, Michail has decided to complete his career as the International Sales & Business Development Manager for Asia & Pacific and to initiate his personal business. Michail exlplained that this is a startup company having as an objective to develop a technology-based innovative solution, in order to bridge the gap between the construction industry and elevator industry with side benefits for other businesses involved in construction sector. He knows that the way to establish this startup company and transform it into a successful organization, will be a long way full of obstacles and unexpected situations. 

Learning the lessons of the past,  combining his professional experience with his key values such as discipline, persistence and passion, this journey will be full of exciting experiences, knowledge, interesting people, and a successful product/service which will add value to the world, making it a better place to live.

As Michail shared upon his graduaction,

In a fast-moving world, even an MBA is not an end but a beginning and the need for working professionals to stay fresh and up to date in their field is critical and so ongoing executive education is proving to be a vital component of talent management programmes for many companies as they seek to retain their top talent and attract new blood. 

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