McGill program empowers women in Japan
Yo Omata is an ambitious woman. At 36, she is a medical science liaison with a U.S. pharmaceutical company in Tokyo, a job that perfectly complements her professional experience as a scientist with a PhD in dentistry.
Now, with a brand new MBA from the Desautels Faculty of Management of 㽶Ƶ’s Japan program, her sights are firmly set on the C-suite.
It’s a goal she feels is a real possibility despite Japan’s stubbornly poor track record in promoting women to managerial or executive positions.
The biggest difference between the Montreal and Tokyo programs is in the gender of the students attending.
“We have a lot of women, more than we do in our programs in Montreal,” said Philip O’Neill, director of the Japan program.
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