Patrick Rottiers

Technology and innovation veteran Patrick E.J. Rottiers brings 30+ years of international corporate know-how to the Executive Education portfolio. Prior to settling in New Zealand, Patrick held senior management positions in various international, multi-cultural corporate environments in Europe, the US and Africa. His background includes sectors as diverse as radio & television (BRT), food innovation (Puratos), the boating industry (OMC), international airlines (Sabena-Swissair) and multinational human resource consulting (Randstad).

Patrick is the founder (1999) and Managing Director of PROconsulting International Ltd., a New Zealand-based ‘Internationalisation & Commercialisation’ consultancy firm. He works with over 50 companies a year, including blue chip organisations, SMEs and start-ups, in New Zealand and overseas, and in diverse sectors such as biotech, software, embedded software, food and health. These businesses are the equivalent of the ‘research laboratory’ that makes Patrick’s teachings so relevant, fresh and real.

An international senior lecturer, Patrick Rottiers has been teaching international post-graduate programs at universities and management schools in Europe, Russia, China and Australasia since 2008.

Patrick has a reputation for being both demanding and inspiring to international management audiences from around the world, challenging managers and entrepreneurs to be the best they can be, continuing to bring extra value in today’s demanding global economy.

Expertise and Research Interests:

Appointments:

• ‘Senior Fellow’, Faculty of Engineering, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, Dec 2006
• ‘Advisor for Foreign Trade’ to the Belgian Minister of Foreign Trade, Sept 1995
• ‘Advisor for New Zealand’ for Flanders Investment & Trade in May 2009

Research Topics:

• Negotiating international business development
• International Strategic Management
• The Nuclear Organisation, start-ups structured for growth
• Technology Commercialisation and International Marketing
• The psychology layer in management development
• The impact of Internationalisation on cultural identity.

Qualifications and Achievements:

• Masters Degree (MA) in Germanic Philology (University of Antwerp, Belgium)
• Graduate Diploma in Tertiary Teaching (GradDipTertTchg) (University of Antwerp, Belgium)