ACADEMIC DEAN
Dr. Megan Y.C.A. Kek - TIIS Academic Dean, her vision of education is about empowering students to fulfil their capabilities, that they learn who they are, and possess the agency to reach their potential, contributing to the well-being of themselves and families, communities, economy, and ultimately, the planet. She holds a PhD in Education (University of Adelaide) focusing on student development and higher education, an MBA majoring in Marketing (Oklahoma City University), a Bachelor of Science in Business Information Management (California State University) and a Bachelor of Arts in Social Science and Humanities (National University of Malaysia).
DIRECTOR, OPERATIONS AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT & PROGRAM COORDINATOR (BUSINESS)
Gana Pathmanathan – TIIS Program Development Manager. Starting in a small college just over 20 years ago, Gana developed his skills and knowledge in teaching and learning and later in education management and leadership. His first teaching foray was in the discipline of information technology where he developed skills in the facilitation of the development of technical knowledge. Here he started early on the development of the idea of authentic learning to give students the experience of real-world projects to work on. He also developed course material and assessments setting the stage for a career in curriculum development. Early on in his career he was promoted to the position of head of department and then director of studies. It was in these positions that he developed his management and leadership skills and took an interest in the idea of servant leadership which supported and extended his “students first” philosophy to teaching staff as well. Gana believes that managers are the custodians of their reports’ working life and they must be nurtured as such. Over the succeeding years, Gana moved into the education space of management and leadership and integrated his research on the same with his servant leadership and students first philosophy to drive his career. His areas of interest in teaching and learning include authentic learning, flipped learning, flipped curriculum, and micro and nano credentialing. His areas of interest in management and leadership include; the impact of casualization, servant leadership, and work-life integration.
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Siddharth Jain – TIIS Adjunct academic, was graduated as a Master of Business Administration and Master of Professional Accounting (Advanced), he is currently pursuing his PhD in Behavioural Accounting and Finance, alongside working for Western Sydney University as an academic. Additionally, Siddharth is also working towards completion of his CPA. He has extensive experience in financial markets and possesses a wide range of econometric and data analysis skills. He has an active engagement in multiple research projects and has publications in Accounting, Finance and Economics disciplines.
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Dr Philip Booth – TIIS Adjunct Academic and Senior Lecturer in Management and Leadership. Philip has a First Class Honours degree in Philosophy from Sydney University, a Masters of Environmental Management from the University of NSW, and a PhD in Education for Sustainability from Griffith University in Brisbane. He also has qualifications and skills in Risk Management and Program/Policy Evaluation as a member of the Australasian Evaluation Society. He has vast experiences spanning 40 years as an educator, researcher, curriculum developer, consultant in program and policy evaluation, and project management, ranging from: Principal of an international school in Bali; evaluating and improving environmental education programs in Indonesia, Thailand, and for the Asia-Pacific Management Group in Vietnam; facilitating the inclusion of sustainable design principles in Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning at UNSW; conducting research into meeting the challenges of Climate Change Adaption in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UNSW; presenting workshops in Sustainability and Climate Change to Local and State governments, Melbourne Water, the Water Corporation of Western Australia, and many community groups; and managing his own landscaping and habitat regeneration business. Since 2018, Philip has been lecturing in Business Research, Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Competitive Strategy, and International Business Across Borders at the Holmes Institute. He draws on all these professional and lived experiences to enrich TIIS students’ academic learning and their understanding of ‘real world’ issues, challenges and solutions.
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Kelvin Leung – TIIS Adjunct academic, is currently studying the degree of Doctor of Business Administration on a part-time basis and holds 4 Master degrees and 3 Bachelor degrees. He is a Solicitor and Chartered Accountant in Australia and presently practising as a Solicitor in NSW. Kelvin has over 25 years of professional experience in financial accounting, corporate accounting, management accounting, financial management, business law, corporate law and taxation law. In addition to his professional practice, he has over 10 years of teaching experience in postgraduate and undergraduate accounting and law courses at various universities in Sydney on a sessional and casual basis.
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Dr. Mohammad Momeni – TIIS Adjunct academic, has done a PhD in Marketing Management in the University of Wollongong. Having studied in The Middle East and Europe prior to coming to Australia, He has been lecturing for more than 5 years. His field of research is Consumer Behaviour with a focus on movie consumption, consumption practices related to identity, and nostalgia.
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LEARNING CENTRE MANAGER
Dr. Daley Mok – TIIS Learning Centre Manager (Librarian), earned a Doctor of Business Administration with a thesis on corporate governance and has a Master of Business Administration, a Master of Laws (specialising in international business law), and a Master of Information Studies. He is, also, a Certified Practising Accountant (CPA Australia) with 25 years of auditing, accounting and finance experience in Hong Kong, mainland China, Australia and America. His business experience includes being a Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director of a US-listed corporation. He is passionate in connecting the academic field with the business world via research interests in corporate governance, corporate financial performance, and information costs.
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DIRECTOR, OPERATIONS AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT & PROGRAM COORDINATOR (BUSINESS)
TIIS Academic Dean
Dr. Megan Y.C.A. Kek - TIIS Academic Dean, her vision of education is about empowering students to fulfil their capabilities, that they learn who they are, and possess the agency to reach their potential, contributing to the well-being of themselves and families, communities, economy, and ultimately, the planet. She holds a PhD in Education (University of Adelaide) focusing on student development and higher education, an MBA majoring in Marketing (Oklahoma City University), a Bachelor of Science in Business Information Management (California State University) and a Bachelor of Arts in Social Science and Humanities (National University of Malaysia). She started her early career in the Malaysian banking sector. Later transitioning to researching entrepreneurship and innovation of SMEs at the Nanyang University of Technology, Singapore. Her interest in developing future-work readiness motivated her to enter the academia. Her contributions to the Australian higher education sector include serving as the Academic Director of the Student Academic and Career Success at UNSW, Associate Director of Student Development and Learning, and Deputy Director of Learning and Teaching Services at USQ. She served as Section Head, Marketing Communications at the Business School, Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore. She is most proud of her team’s contribution to education with the Singapore Prime Minister Office’s Enterprise Award for Innovation in Education. She has published papers in high-ranking journals. Most notably, a co-authored Springer monograph, Problem-based Learning into the Future: Imagining an Agile PBL Ecology for Learning, arguing for an educational ecology that can be more humane, agile, and responsive in 2017. A new educational handbook focusing on student support and services will be published by Springer by early 2022.
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