Dubai, UAE; July 4, 2012: Cass Business School Dubai students recently met with prominent Chinese business leaders during a weeklong International Study Tour in Beijing and Shanghai as part of their Executive MBA (EMBA) programme. Led by Dr Gianvito Lanzolla, Professor of Strategy at Cass Business School in London, the study tour was an opportunity for Cass students to learn first-hand about the dynamic Chinese business environment via an intensive array of lectures and discussions with leading business representatives from across a wide range of industrial sectors. 

The six-day tour took in meetings with senior representatives from Haitong Securities; the British Chamber of Commerce Shanghai; Ogilvy & Mather; Zhongzi Law Office; Beijing Global Strategy Consulting; Booz & Company; 3M; Siemens; CISCO; Arup; JWT; Motorola; Baidu; novo nordisk; and Intel.  

"The International Study Tour offers students both a unique learning experience and a fantastic opportunity to network with local business leaders," said Ehsan Razavizadeh, Director, MENA, Cass Business School, part of City University London. "As China has emerged as an economic superpower, evolving from the 'factory of the world' to the 'market of the world,' its links with the Middle East have become ever stronger. Ultimately, these links are built on personal relationships, and the Cass International Study Tour is an exceptional opportunity for future leaders of the Middle East business community to build their network of contacts in Asia."

According to a participant, Rami Al Thaqafi, an EMBA student, who is also Director - Private Banking at Emirates NBD: "The Cass International Study Tour offers deep insights into the Chinese business landscape, from the many high growth business opportunities through to the reasons why some international businesses fail when they try and operate in the country. It was clear from our many meetings with the country's business community that while relations between China and the Middle East are now well established, the opportunities for entrepreneurs from our region in Asia remain enormous."

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About Sir John Cass Business School:
Cass Business School delivers innovative, relevant and forward-looking education, consultancy and research. Located in the heart of one of the world's leading financial centres, Cass is the business school for the City of London. Cass MBA, specialist Masters and undergraduate degrees have a global reputation for excellence, and the School supports nearly 100 PhD students.  Cass offers the widest portfolio of specialist Masters programmes in Europe and has the largest faculties of Finance and Actuarial Science and Insurance in the region.  It is ranked in the top 10 UK business schools for business, management and finance research and 90% of the research output is internationally significant. Cass is a  place where students, academics, industry experts, business leaders and policy makers can enrich each other's thinking. For further information visit: www.cass.city.ac.uk.

The Cass Dubai Centre was established in 2007 in collaboration with Dubai International Financial Centre. It is a regional centre of educational excellence for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and offers a number of courses, including an internationally renowned Executive MBA (EMBA) programme; tailor-made executive education programmes for companies and public institutions across the region; and MSc programmes in Aviation.

Cass's EMBA programme in Dubai currently offers over 250 executives and professionals an opportunity to combine demanding work schedules with an internationally acclaimed EMBA nearer to their home and work environments.  Cass EMBA in Dubai is tailored to the agendas of the region's managers and business leaders, and is notable for being the world's first programme to offer specialist Islamic Finance and Energy modules. The Dubai Centre also runs City University London's MSc programmes in Aviation. City University London, of which Cass is a part, has been running Masters courses in Air Transport Management, Air Safety Management and Aircraft Maintenance Management since 1997. The MSc programmes have over 400 students worldwide, including 90 current students from the Gulf region. In 2011, Cass Dubai Centre established an advisory board to provide advice and support in the region. For more information visit: www.cass.city.ac.uk/dubaicentre

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