1. EDINBURGH Business School
MBA graduate Kelvin Ling
loves the creativity of the
business world and has never
regretted swapping his career
in engineering for a career in
business.
Ling, the sales and marketing
manager for the greater Asia
region with Breezway (M)
Sdn Bhd, a market leader in
window louvres, gained a BEng
(Hon) Civil Engineering from
Universiti Putra Malaysia in
2001 but felt unfulfilled and
realised his creative side was
being left untapped.
"As a civil engineer 1 was not
given the opportunity to think
outside of the box. Engineers
are not usually creative people.
Their work is very important
and very technical but I have
always had a creative side and
I love the creativity of business.
It gives me the opportunity to
think laterally about problems
and to create scenarios where
great things are possible," he
says.
"J love the many
opportunities business brings
as it is always exciting. I love
the whole process of building
businesses and watching
them become profitable and
successful.
"The MBA 1 was awarded
from the Edinburgh Business
School, the Graduate School
of Business of Heriot­Watt
University, has helped me gain
the extra knowledge, skill and
business contacts I needed to
help me achieve my goals."
Ling graduated with his
Edinburgh Business School MBA
in 2005. He liked the flexibility
Unleashing his
creative business side
of the Edinburgh Business
School MBA programme, which
he said was vital, given his
demanding work schedule.
"I pursued my MBA through
distance learning. I was able to
plan my week and study while 1
travel for work."
Ling says his role as the head
of the sales and marketing
department at Breezway
required leadership, vision
and creative energy as well as
a strong understanding of the
main disciplines of business.
Ling developed these qualities
as a result of his Edinburgh
Business School MBA studies.
"I aspire to become a CEO
and a business owner who is
renowned for his commitment
to developing and empowering
employees to think creatively
and to make the right decisions.
Employing and retaining
committed employees is
paramount to the success of any
business.
"My Edinburgh Business
School MBA has certainly
opened doors for me. I love my
work immensely and this has
been made possible because of
my Edinburgh Business School
MBA."
The world­renowned MBA
programme developed by
Edinburgh Business School at
Heriot­Watt University UK has
been available at the university's
brand new campus in Malaysia
since January last year.
The programme is designed
for practising senior managers
and comprises a series of
weekend seminars that is
spread over a two­year period.
The flexibility of the
programme enables students to
put their learning into practice
immediately.
Beginning September, the
MBA and all other programmes
from Heriot­Watt University
will be taught at Heriot­Watt
University's new state­of­the­
art campus in Putrajaya.
■ For more information,
call 03­8881 0918, e­mail
MalaysiaMBA@ebs.hw.ac.uk
or visit www.ebsglobal.net/
studying­globally/malaysia
Headline Unleashing his creative business side
MediaTitle The Star
Date 15 Jul 2014 Language English
Circulation 288,916 Readership 866,748
Section StarSpecial Page No 11
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Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) (Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)) 1 1 RM 252