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Dr Mary Hogan joined the IMI in October 2005 as Programme Director for the Henley MBA and the IMI BA in Management. She had just returned to Ireland having spent 20 years living in Hong Kong where she gained extensive experience in Executive Education as she directed the Henley programme in Hong Kong, Singapore, Vietnam and across Asia generally.
In addition to executive education, Mary has extensive experience in the academic field having lectured for such prestigious institutes as Syracuse University, University of Hong Kong and Murdoch University.
Her academic interest centre on Asia Pacific political economy and more recently developments in China. Mary also gained extensive consultancy experience at national and international level through her experience with the National Economics University in Hanoi and their attempts to gain EU funding to raise the level of business education in Vietnam.
As well as the Programme Director for the Henley MBA Mary, as a Senior Specialist with the IMI heads up the Cultural Diversity BizLab.
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