Matt Whately
加拿大商会执行董事
Executive Director, The Canadian Chamber of Commerce
曼彻斯特大学全球在职MBA 2022年7月班校友
Manchester Global MBA July 2022 Intake

由一股冒险精神驱动，我踏上了来到中国的旅程。我的职业生涯丰富多彩，曾在大型企业、小型企业、政府部门任职，但都没有长久停留。 于是我踏上寻找新冒险的旅程，并在上海找到了我想要的。目前，我担任加拿大商会的执行董事，并正在攻读曼彻斯特大学全球MBA第一学期的课程。这无疑是一次充满挑战的试炼。

选择曼彻斯特大学全球MBA，是因为我渴望在不同的环境里拓展视野，建立新的人脉，探索未知的领域。 这个项目具有高度灵活性，让我可以在工作的同时继续深造。我非常享受这个过程，因为虽然我有实际的工作经验， 但在理论上有所欠缺，这个项目提供了理论知识支持，填补了我在某些知识领域的空白。

课程内容丰富，信息量很大，但只要付出努力，就一定能取得成功。要在学业、社交和家庭生活之间找到平衡， 就像是在钢丝上行走，需要技巧和专注。尽管充满挑战，但这个过程将赋予我宝贵的资质和技能，帮助我迈向职业生涯的新阶段。

本文根据SmartShanghai的采访稿整理

A sense of adventure brought me to China. I’ve worked lots of different jobs — big companies, small companies, government, nothing stuck. So I struck out in search of adventure and found it in Shanghai. I am currently the Executive Director of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and currently studying the first term, first semester of the Global MBA. It’s a trial by fire.

I chose Manchester Global MBA because I wanted to go somewhere that was a bit different — new connections, new places — and the Global MBA program offered a lot of flexibility so I was able to continue working. I’m enjoying the program because, while I have direct working experience, this kind of gives the theory behind it and fills in some knowledge.

The lessons are very good. The information is very good and when you get down to it and work at it, you can definitely find success. Managing this, managing a social life, managing a family life, it's a balancing act. It’s challenging but at the end of the day, it gets me the credentials that I need to get to take the next step".

Based on the interview report by SmartShanghai