Ian Lafferty

Ian Lafferty is the current Director of Executive Programmes at University of Otago MBA. Ian has previous experience as the Head of Sales & Marketing at Seed from December 2005 to November 2007, CEO & Head of Sales at Vcomms from November 2007 to March 2009, and Regional Director, Sales Operations, Asia Pacific at Concert (BT and AT&T Joint Venture) from January 1998 to December 2001. From May 2004 to November 2005, they took a career break to travel the world and study for their MBA. After receiving their MBA, they returned to work for BT Asia Pacific as the Regional Director, Conferencing & Education Solutions from August 2001 to April 2004. Ian then became the Managing Director of BT Siam (Thailand) from June 1996 to December 1997. Lastly, they were the Sector Marketing Manager at BT Asia Pacific from April 1994 to June 1996.

Ian Lafferty has a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from the University of Otago MBA, an MBA with Distinction from Heriot-Watt University in International Marketing & Channel Strategies, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the Singapore Institute of Management. Ian also has a B.Eng (Hons) in Electronics and Electrical Engineering from the University of Glasgow.

Some direct reports include Pamela Smith - Administrator, Client Services, Laura Sachtler - Administrator, Client Services, and Jessica Lum - Administrator, Client Services.