Matt Whately
加拿大商會執行董事
Executive Director, The Canadian Chamber of Commerce
曼徹斯特大學全球在職MBA 2022年7月班校友
Manchester Global MBA July 2022 Intake

由一股冒險精神驅動，我踏上了來到中國的旅程。我的職業生涯豐富多彩，曾在大型企業、小型企業、政府部門任職，但都沒有長久停留。 於是我踏上尋找新冒險的旅程，並在上海找到了我想要的。目前，我擔任加拿大商會的執行董事，並正在攻讀曼徹斯特大學全球MBA第一學期的課程。這無疑是一次充滿挑戰的試煉。

選擇曼徹斯特大學全球MBA，是因為我渴望在不同的環境裏拓展視野，建立新的人脈，探索未知的領域。 這個項目具有高度靈活性，讓我可以在工作的同時繼續深造。我非常享受這個過程，因為雖然我有實際的工作經驗， 但在理論上有所欠缺，這個項目提供了理論知識支持，填補了我在某些知識領域的空白。

課程內容豐富，信息量很大，但只要付出努力，就一定能取得成功。要在學業、社交和家庭生活之間找到平衡， 就像是在鋼絲上行走，需要技巧和專注。儘管充滿挑戰，但這個過程將賦予我寶貴的資質和技能，幫助我邁向職業生涯的新階段。

本文根據SmartShanghai的採訪稿整理

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