Alan Matthew MacCharles joined Duke Kunshan University in November 2024 as Senior Director of Executive Education and Lifelong Learning. In this role, he supports program design for corporate clients, ensures the appropriate faculty are involved in delivery and ensures client objectives are met and expectations exceeded.
Prior to joining DKU, he had a career spanning almost 28 years with Deloitte in Canada, the United Kingdom and China. The last 18 years were in China, where he was a Strategy and M&A partner. He specialized in advising clients on the appropriate responses to geopolitical (and other) issues and joint venture formation.
Alan has a BA from the University of Waterloo, an MBA from London Business School (2001) and a DBA from Cranfield University (2022).
He is the co-author of Unlocking International Joint Ventures: Keys to Formation Success through Cultural, Commercial, and Legal Decision-Making, written with Mark Schaub, a lawyer at King & Wood through Wiley. The book provides a mix of academic research, practical ‘how-to’ guides and case studies. He has also published a case study on hiring advisors through Ivey Publishing with Paul Beamish and Mark Schaub (case W27041), which is available in English, Mandarin and Spanish.
Alan has been an active contributor to the discussion on corporate responses with articles in Fortune and the Shanghai American Chamber Magazine (co-written with Dr. Ken Dewoskin) and through contributions to major media outlets.
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