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				Smith named managing director for Fudan E.M.B.A. program By Robert Batterson Michael J. Smith has been named managing director for a joint executive master's in business administration program offered by the Olin School of Business and Fudan University in Shanghai, China, announced Olin School Dean Stuart I. Greenbaum, Ph.D. The E.M.B.A. program partnership was launched in Shanghai earlier this year. Michael J. Smith Smith, who earned a master of business administration from the Olin School, joins his alma mater from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), where he served since 1998 as a management consultant in the firm's strategic change practice. He led strategy and supply-chain-related projects across industries in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe. Smith successfully led client teams that executed significant cost-reduction strategies. Prior to PWC, Smith worked as a territory manager in technical sales and business development for Exxon Co., U.S.A., managing $6 million in distributor accounts across a five-state territory. Smith's Fortune 500 consulting experience includes engagements with B.F. Goodrich, Exide Technologies, Johnson Controls, Novartis, Monsanto, Texaco Corp., Textron and Thompson Consumer Electronics, among others. Greenbaum said the Olin School conducted an exhaustive search to fill the position. "We interviewed more than 10 candidates and studied the credentials of many more," Greenbaum said. "I feel fortunate in attracting such an exemplary candidate to assume this very important position for our strategic partnership with Fudan University in China." Classes began last April for the first class in the 18-month Olin-Fudan program. The initial class was oversubscribed and began with 74 fast-track executives from more than 50 of the world's leading multinationals. The class also included a strong representation from leading Chinese state-owned enterprises. A unique attribute of the collaborative E.M.B.A. program is that the courses are team-taught in English by an Olin School faculty member in collaboration with a Fudan colleague. Seventeen months of classes in Shanghai are followed by a two-week capstone experience, including graduation in St. Louis.

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