Dr. Philip Chan

Philip Chan,
Dr.
Professor
, Management
, Centre for Business

Biography

Business Lecturer/Marketing Consultant/E-commerce entrepreneur/Senior Executive with over 25 years of international sales and marketing management experience on the Internet, Media and Technology sector with Google, Yahoo, Cisco Systems and Motorola. Founded the Asia operations for Ashford.com in 2013 - a leading US multinational online luxury watch & accessories platform and led the business until July 2019 when the company was sold.

Currently focusing on business and marketing education as adjunct faculty in Geroge Brown College Centre for Business as well as several other prominent higher institutions of learning.

Academic Credentials

  • DBA (Doctor of Business Administration), Marketing & E-Commerce, University of Manchester, U.K. 2020. 
  • MSc. (Master of Science) Electronic Commerce and Internet Computing, University of Hong Kong, 2012.
  • MBA (Master of Business Administration), University of Southern California, U.S.A. 2006.
  • BSoc.Sci. (Bachelor of Social Science), Government & Public Administration, Economics, Chinese University of Hong Kong. 1982.

Areas of Specialization

  • International Sales and Marketing
  • Computer Applications
  • Critical Thinking and problem solving
  • Search Marketing

Areas of Expertise

  • Digital and Social Media Marketing
  • E-Commerce
  • Global Supply Chain Management
  • Marketing Research
  • International and Strategic Marketing
  • Sales and Distribution Management

Career Highlights

Canada Based:

  • Adjunct Professor, George Brown College, since May 2024
  • Adjunct Professor, International Business University, since July 2024
  • Adjunct Professor, Toronto School of Management, since July 2022

Asia Based:

  • Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Time-Sino Ltd (wholesale e-commerce business in jewelleries and accessories) since 2019 
  • General Manager and Head of Asia, Ashford.com, 2013 to 2019
  • General Manager, Google Hong Kong, 2012-2013
  • Vice President, Marketing, PCCW Media Ltd. 2010-2012
  • Vice President, Yahoo Asia Holdings, 2005-2009
  • Director, Marketing Asia Pacific, Cisco System Inc. 2003-2005
  • Vice President & General Manager, Motorola Asia Pacific Ltd. 1994-2002
     

Awards

  • Certified E-Commerce Consultants, US Institute of Certified E-Commerce Consultants since 2013
  • Distinguished Salesman Award - HK Management Association, 1988

Land acknowledgement

George Brown College is located on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and other Indigenous peoples who have lived here over time. We are grateful to share this land as treaty people who learn, work and live in the community with each other.


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