He graduated from the University of Melbourne, Australia, with a bachelordegree of Commerce (Honors) and from the University of Chicago graduate School of Business with an MBA.
"The role of executive education is shifting, " says Paul Kirkbride, associate dean at MelbourneBusinessSchool, a leading institution in the Asia-Pacific area.
Outside of North America and Europe, some of the highest rankings achieved in the Asia-Pacific come from the MelbourneBusinessSchool, the China Europe International BusinessSchool (CEIBS) in Shanghai, the Hong Kong UST School of Business, Macquarie GSM, the Australian GSM and Singapore's Nanyang BusinessSchool.