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Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship

M.Sc.(Brunel University)
M.B.A. (Newport University)
PhD Philosophy (Rhodes University)
Fellow Australian Institute of Management
Certified Management Consultant

Dr. David Robinson has extensive experience working in manufacturing, training, industrial engineering, management consulting and general management. He achieved his academic qualifications through part-time study.

He has high level managerial expertise in operations and general management of the furniture, textile, pharmaceutical and packaging industries. Dave managed national research projects and large scale consulting assignments at the National Productivity Institute for 13 years. He was also CEO of Productivity Services International PLC, a management consulting and training company specialising in organisational and leadership development in corporate and entrepreneurial organisations. He also served as Deputy Chair on the board of the National Education and Employment Foundation (NEEF) in Australia.

Dave has lectured in South Africa (Rhodes), China (SJTU), Taiwan (NSYSU) and Australia (QUT and Bond). In 2003 he was coordinator of Entrepreneurship at the Brisbane Graduate School of Business, Queensland University of Technology and was Director of Research for 2 years. Currently he is Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at Bond University and Program Manager for B.Com. and B.Bus. undergraduate degrees. He is also Visiting Professor (International MBA) at the ANTAI School of Management at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, and National Sun Yat Sen University in Taiwan.