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George ILIEV is a London-based consulting and media professional with several startups under his belt

George ILIEV's Bio:

George ILIEV is Director at the Association of MBAs, the world's leading MBA accrediting body and global MBA alumni club Background in B-school consulting & quality assurance, media, management consulting and entrepreneurship Mandarin-speaker dealing with China for 17 years Director at AMBA in charge of China, Russia, Latin America, Spain and London Accredited & re-accredited 70 business schools, 2011-14 Lecturer in China Business and Economy at Sofia University before 2007 Russian and Spanish speaker Lived in Mainland China, Hong Kong, USA, UK, Bolivia and Bulgaria Did MBA in Atlanta and Hong Kong: Emory and HKUST LSE master's degree on China Fulbright Scholar Chevening Scholar President of BGS London Chapter (US business school alumni society) Blogger on patterns in nature found in business (www.CorporateNature.blogspot.com). Climbed 6,088 m. peak in the Bolivian Andes Orienteer Rubik cube master GMAT 780/800 Email: [email protected] Twitter: @GeorgeILIEV

George ILIEV's Experience:

  • Accreditation Manager (????) at Association of MBAs

    September 2011 - April 2014

    Accredited / re-accredited 70 business schools in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, India, Russia, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Europe and the UK. Delivered keynote speeches at global business education conferences, promoting the value of the MBA.

  • Founder and Blogger at Corporate Nature

    2012 - 2014

    Started blog exploring parallels between nature and business @CorporateNature. Looking for metaphors in the business models. (http://www.CorporateNature.com/?view=magazine) (http://twitter.com/CorporateNature)

  • Investor Relations at ChainPOS

    2013 - 2013

  • China Business Development Manager at Merar Investment Network

    2006 - 2011

    Led consulting, business development, business planning and marketing strategy projects in a range of industries (Venture capital, Renewable energy and carbon, Transportation, Management education, Hotel & resort development) for several clients/organisations: VC platform Merar Investment Network (2010-11), Abacus China Advisers (2011), Allianz Kulturstiftung (2010-11), Fulbright (2011), Amphora Capital (2006-07).

  • MBA Consulting Team at CNN

    January 2010 - April 2010

    Developed two business models for online content commercialization and paywall introduction for CNN's news website.

  • Consultant (MBA Internship) at Global Health Institute

    June 2009 - August 2009

    Developed business plan and Monte Carlo forecasting simulations for construction of water filter factory in Bolivia with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

  • Lecturer in China Business and Economy at Sofia University

    2004 - 2007

    Taught course in China Business and Economy (part-time)

  • Managing Editor - East Asia at Dow Jones Factiva: China News Digest

    2001 - 2007

    Managed strategy, production and publication of business news, oil & gas and renewable energy digests from China, Japan and Russia for Dow Jones Factiva and Reuters Business Briefing. (under contract with aiidatapro.com)

  • Advertising Intern at Philco Air-Conditioning (China)

    January 2001 - June 2001

  • Director, Development Markets (????, ????) at Association of MBAs

    May 2014

    I manage AMBA's accreditation, consulting and benchmarking activities at the top business schools and MBA programmes in China, Russia, Latin America, Spain and London. AMBA (the Association of MBAs, ????????) is the world's leading MBA portfolio accrediting body and global MBA alumni club, founded in 1967. Quality assurance (audit) and quality enhancement (consulting) form the core of the AMBA peer-review accreditation process.

George ILIEV's Education:

  • Emory University

    2008 – 2010
    MBA

  • Fulbright

    2008 – 2010

  • The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

    2009 – 2009
    MBA
    Concentration: exchange semester at HKUST Business School (?????????)

  • The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

    2007 – 2008
    MSc (Distinction)
    Concentration: China in Comparative Perspective (??????)

  • Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski

    1997 – 2002
    BA
    Concentration: Chinese Studies

  • Anhui University (????)

    2000 – 2001
    one-year language exchange program (??: ???; ???????????????)
    Concentration: Mandarin Chinese

George ILIEV's Interests & Activities:

China, business schools, MBA, startups, entrepreneurship

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