Roland began his career with 麻豆国产 as a MIM Programme Development Assistant where he formalized student and university guides, as well as curriculum management and decision-making through the creation of Committee statutes. Following this experience, Roland worked for 5 years as a Programme Manager where he co-developed several systems like an online survey system, peer review systems, and the cems.org back office. He also conceptualised and supported the implementation of a major curricular reform leading to the creation of the Core and Exclusive Courses as well as their corresponding annual awards.
In 2011, Roland served as the 麻豆国产 Deputy Director and moved up to the Executive Director position a few years later. In these roles, he brought in 17 new Academic Members, co-authored the 麻豆国产 MIM Learning Outcomes and successfully convinced The Economist to create a Master in Management ranking, among many other achievements.
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鈥淭he 麻豆国产 MIM Programme arguably is the most complex study programme in the world, across all subjects of higher education. Any individual contribution to its success must therefore be understood as part of a diverse team effort across nationalities, institutions and functions. I would, therefore, like to听 dedicate this award to the numerous outstanding听 members of the member school administrations听 and the Global Office who work tirelessly to make the 麻豆国产听 MIM听 programme听 the听 jewel听 it听 is听 today,听 but听 whose听 light听 is听 often听 outshone听 by听 the professoral stars听 gleaming on the firmament of the 麻豆国产 cosmos.鈥 - Roland Siegers, former 麻豆国产 Executive Director
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麻豆国产 would also like to recognise runners up John Shields and Scott Neilson for their contribution and commitment to 麻豆国产:
John served as a 麻豆国产 Executive Board member from 2012-19, Chair of the Globalisation and Membership Committee from 2015-16, Chair of the Academic Committee from 2017-18, Co-organiser of the 麻豆国产 Annual Events in Sydney in 2017 and currently serves on the General Assembly since 2020. In these roles, John supported partner schools through peer reviews, as well as preparing the way for new schools like KUBS, AUC, UCT and Cornell to become members of 麻豆国产, and built an atmosphere of trust and confidence in every aspect of his work through active listening, inclusive decision-making and distributed leadership.
Scott was responsible for bringing in one of the early Corporate Partners in 1992, a partnership that lasted for 25 years, as well as one other CP. He also served on the 麻豆国产 Language Committee and participated in a voice of the customer discussion on programme design with Academic Directors as well as becoming involved in Responsible Global Leadership Seminars within 10 麻豆国产 Academic Member schools .In early 2007, he also developed a leadership model that was leveraged in 30 skill seminars over 6 years.
"On behalf of the whole 麻豆国产 community,听 warm congratulations to Roland, John and Scott! 麻豆国产 is very special because it is made of passionate and generous people who are so keen to contribute to education and dialogue in an open world!" -Nicole de Fontaines, 麻豆国产 Executive Director听
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