Educator

A decade at the front of the classroom.

A postgraduate lecturer for over a decade — teaching venture, governance, ethics and digital transformation to MBA and EMBA cohorts across Asia and Europe.

Current
Industry PartnerSMU Cox Business SchoolFacilitating capstone projects with founders and students in Complex Problem Solving and Entrepreneurship.
The teaching record

Leesa serves as an Industry Partner at SMU Cox Business School, and has been an Adjunct Faculty Member across the MBA and EMBA programmes of Singapore Management University, IE Business School and SMU Executive Education. She has lectured on cyber risk governance and digital transformation for the SMU–Singapore Institute of Directors Programme and SMU's Civil Service College Innovation Programme, and has guest lectured at universities across the world.

Institutions
SMU Cox Business School (MBA / EMBA)
SMU Executive Education
SMU – SID Programme
SMU-IE Business School MBA
SMU-IE Business School EMBA
IE Business School MBA
IE Business School EMBA
SMU Civil Service College Programme
SMU MBA Programme
SMU BIG Programme – IIE
IMD Business School
Luxembourg School of Business
Bocconi
Mod'Art International
École Supérieure de Gestion
TRIUM Executive MBA (NYU · LSE · HEC)
Northeastern University
London School of Economics
NYU Stern School of Business
HEC Paris
Subjects taught
  • PE & Venture Capital
  • AI & Bioethics
  • Futures of Hospital Management
  • Value-Based Healthcare
  • Founder Ethics
  • Responsible Investment
  • Impact Investment
  • Cyber Risk Governance
  • Digital Strategy
  • Creative & Critical Thinking
  • Digital Transformation
  • Digital Mindset
  • Masters vs Robots in a Smart Nation
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Design Thinking
  • Hyperawareness
Further faculty appointments

Beyond the business schools.

Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU

E/MBA & undergraduate · Singapore
  • Masters vs Robots, Digital Transformation, Cyber Risk Governance, Creative & Critical Thinking
  • Risk Issues & Crisis Management
  • Content Strategy for Creative Communications

Mod'Art International

MBA in Fashion & Luxury · Paris
  • Digital Communications
  • Reputation Risk Management
  • Public Relations

École Supérieure de Gestion

MBA in Luxury · Paris
  • Marketing Management
  • Luxury Advertising & Marketing
  • Integrated Marketing Communications
  • Professional Development
Dissertations & research supervised

Guiding the next research.

Reputation & risk
  • Reputation Risk Management for UV Protective Clothing
  • BASF reputation risk in complex global supply chains
  • Profitability and Marks & Spencer's “going green”
  • Brand risks in luxury and non-profit company brand association
Luxury, retail & marketing
  • The Future of Luxury and Fashion Retailing in Russia
  • Business Models for the Luxury Industry Post Economic Crisis
  • Marketing luxury to the masses — the Asian marketing paradigm
  • Australia — the new frontier for French winemakers
  • New business models for the music industry
Digital & emerging markets
  • Generation Z and Digital Communications
  • HSBC's digital strategy for their Emerging Markets Index
Education & credentials

The grounding.

Executive education

Global Executive MBA — TRIUM (NYU Stern · LSE · HEC Paris)

Postgraduate

Master's in Management (Marketing) — University of Southern Queensland

Certification
Memberships

Global Association of Risk Professionals · Global Women-VC · Transact · 2xIgnite · Luxembourg Private Equity & Venture Capital Association