Faculty profile
Thought leadership and teaching excellence
Melbourne Business School attracts world-class faculty who bring their knowledge and expertise directly into our postgraduate business education programs, research activity and our key centres for excellence in executive education, and business and public policy.
Their worldwide networks keep them at the forefront of business education, management thought and practice and in executive learning and contemporary leadership development. Their consulting and boardroom and experience keeps them in touch with current business issues.
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Kannan Sethuraman
PhD (Wharton), Am (Wharton), PGDM (IIM), BTech (Hons) (Banaras)
Associate Professor - Operations Management
Kannan Sethuraman is an experienced consultant, researcher and teacher who specialises in operations management, manufacturing and new product development.
Prior to joining MBS, Kannan held academic positions at the University of Michigan Business School at Ann Arbor, and at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. A highly respected teacher and facilitator, in 2003 Kannan was recognised with the MBS Teaching Excellence Award.
Kannan's fields of interest and expertise include application of operations management principles in the healthcare industry, transfer of lean manufacturing practices to the service sector, and supply chain management.
Kannan's research publications have appeared in reputed international journals such as Management Science, European Journal of Operational Research, and the International Journal of Operations and Production Management. In addition, he has presented his work at conferences both in Australia and internationally.
Scott Seibert
PhD (Cornell), MS (Cornell), BS (New York)
Associate Professor - Organisations
Scott Seibert is an experienced academic and management consultant, whose particular expertise lies in the areas of organisational leadership, career development, and employee empowerment.
Scott’s research focuses on the management of personality and interpersonal processes for the creation of a more satisfying work life and a more effective workplace. His work has examined the active role people can take in the creation of their own career success as well as the means by which companies can facilitate individual career achievement and company performance. His research has also explored the impact of organisational climate on individual and organisational outcomes. Scott’s research publications have been recognised with best-paper awards and he publishes in the top-ranked international management journals.
Prior to joining MBS, Scott held academic positions at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Cleveland State University and the University of Notre Dame.
Scott has consulted across a wide range of companies and industries through his research and teaching. His clients include the Xerox Corporation, Western Building Products and Corning Inc.
David Trende
MAdmin (Monash), BEc (Monash)
Associate Professor - Accounting
David Trende is a business consultant specialising in accounting, taxation and business strategy and planning. At Melbourne Business School, he teaches accounting and financial statement analysis in award programs. He also delivers extensively in executive development programs both at MBS and on behalf of several leading corporates.
Prior to joining MBS, David worked and researched at Monash University, where he taught a range of subjects in financial accounting and income tax law to both undergraduate and graduate students.
David is a partner with Lewis Trende, a boutique management consulting company whose activities include accounting, taxation, damages assessment, corporate advisory services, business strategy and planning, venture capital promotion and commercialising biotechnology ventures. David is also currently a director of a number of private investment companies.
