Director of the Desautels MBA Japan program Philip O’Neill (BA’87, MBA’03) talks to The Japan Times about the opportunities that having a McGill degree can provide.

“There are doors you don’t even know are there, and they will open. And if you let them open, you’ll be surprised”

Read more about his journey and views in this article.

Classified as: Philip O’Neill, MBA Japan Alumni, MBA Japan
Published on: 15 Jan 2018

Yo Omata is an ambitious woman. At 36, she is a medical science liaison with a U.S. pharmaceutical company in Tokyo, a job that perfectly complements her professional experience as a scientist with a PhD in dentistry.

Now, with a brand new MBA from the Desautels Faculty of Management of McGill University’s Japan program, her sights are firmly set on the C-suite.

It’s a goal she feels is a real possibility despite Japan’s stubbornly poor track record in promoting women to managerial or executive positions.

Classified as: MBA Japan, Philip O’Neill, yo omata
Published on: 30 Mar 2015
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