Virginia is a management expert with a strong academic background. She holds a PhD in Management and EMBA from the Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Management School at Claremont Graduate University. Her research interests span the integration of both Western and Eastern thought leadership as it relates to leadership, management, and a functioning society.
Virginia has co-authored the book “Creating the Organization of the Future: Building on Drucker and Confucius Foundations “(English version) and “Setting the Direction for Your Firm” (Chinese version) with her PhD mentor Prof. Bernard Jaworski. Virginia also served as associate research fellow at the School of Management at Shenzhen University and adjunct professor at Beijing Jiaotong University.
Virginia also holds a Master in law and economics (LLM) from University of Hamburg in Germany and an undergraduate degree in Economics from University of Bradford in the United Kingdom.
Before pursuing her PhD, Virginia had extensive industry experience. She was director of business development, deputy director of capital market at Phoenix Satellite Television in Greater China region and held analyst and strategic planner roles at Siemens AG in Germany. She serves and has served on the boards of three high tech startups in China.