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.
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.
- 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
Beyond the business schools.
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
- Masters vs Robots, Digital Transformation, Cyber Risk Governance, Creative & Critical Thinking
- Risk Issues & Crisis Management
- Content Strategy for Creative Communications
Mod'Art International
- Digital Communications
- Reputation Risk Management
- Public Relations
École Supérieure de Gestion
- Marketing Management
- Luxury Advertising & Marketing
- Integrated Marketing Communications
- Professional Development
Guiding the next research.
- 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
- 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
- Generation Z and Digital Communications
- HSBC's digital strategy for their Emerging Markets Index
The grounding.
Global Executive MBA — TRIUM (NYU Stern · LSE · HEC Paris)
Master's in Management (Marketing) — University of Southern Queensland
- Certified Reputation Manager — the Reputation Institute
- ESG Risks and Opportunities — Wharton Online
- New Approaches to Countering Terror — University of Maryland
Global Association of Risk Professionals · Global Women-VC · Transact · 2xIgnite · Luxembourg Private Equity & Venture Capital Association
“If I had to summarise her style in one word, it would be passionate. Some professors feel students are privileged to learn; Leesa sees it as a mutual benefit. She's one of those professors that students will always want to keep in touch with.”