Academic Staff
Staff at AIS are research-active and many are PBRF rated. See below for a full list of our academic staff (listed alphabetically) and how you can get in contact with them.

Sawsan Al-Shamaa
Qualifications: MSc (Statistics) UK, BSc (Applied Statistics) (Hons) Baghdad
Main Teaching Field: Business Quantitative Methods, Business Research Methods

Bob Beaver
Qualifications: M.Phil (IMC), B.A. (London), Postgraduate Certificate in Education (London), Certificate in Higher Education (Unitec), Graduate Certificate in Career Development (AUT).
Main Teaching Field: Human Resource Management

John Cunningham
Qualifications:

Prof. Richard Goodall
Qualifications: BEd Monash, BCom Melb, MEc Sydney, EdD Nevada, FCIS, AccMLEADR

Havea Hikule'o Fonua
Qualifications: BComSci (Bachelor of Computer Science) - Wollongongo, Australia, MDigCom (Master of Digital Communication) - Monash, Australia
Main Teaching Field: C# Programming Language (C/C++), Database Management Systems, Software Testing, Information Technology System

Rakesh Kumar
Qualifications: Master of Computer Applications, Post Graduate Diploma in computing
Main Teaching Field: OOP, Computer Networking, System Analysis and Design, Requirement Modelling

Beena Lal
Qualifications: MPBS (Hons) (Accounting) NZ, PGDipEd, BA, DipEd Fiji, Cert AET NZ, Member - The Institute of Internal Auditors New Zealand, CPA (Aust.)
Main Teaching Field: Accounting, Finance, Taxation, IT and Ethics in Accounting Practice

Terry Leotta
Qualifications: BA, MA (Hons) Auck, CELTA, IDLTM
Main Teaching Field: General English, English for Academic Purposes

Martin Mahler
Qualifications: NZCATT, NZDipBus, BCom, PgDBA, MaMgmt
Main Teaching Field: Marketing and Economics

Dr Leonie Menzies
Qualifications: PhD, MCom, BCom (Hons)
Main Teaching Field: Management, Entrepreneurship, Marketing and Tourism Management

Claude Oberto
Qualifications:

Paul OBrien
Qualifications: MBA, Dip. Business Marketing (Auckland)
Main Teaching Field: Marketing and Strategic Marketing

Dr Tanya Petrichtcheva
Qualifications: BA, DipTEFL Krasnoyark, PhD (Education) Moscow
Main Teaching Field: English for Academic Purposes, IELTS Preparation

John Tan
Qualifications: PhD (Massey, NZ), MBA (Bath, UK), BSc (Glasgow, UK)
Main Teaching Field: Organizational Behavior and Leadership, Business Strategies and Change Management

Dr Semisi Taumoepeau
Qualifications: BSc Auck, CertTP Bradford, CertTM Hawai’I, MSc Surrey, DBA USC
Main Teaching Field: Tourism Management, Tourism Regulations, Tourism Planning, Air Transport Management, Pacific Tourism

Zaina Theresa
Qualifications: BSc, BHM, PGDipHA, MIHM (Hons.)
Main Teaching Field: Hospitality management, business environment, strategic management

Dr Nitin Seth
Qualifications: PhD (JMI, India), MBA (Anna, India), Executive Masters in International Trade Gold Medalist (IIFT, India), Business Analytics (Wharton, USA), Digital Strategies (Columbia, USA), Certificate in Adult Tertiary Teaching (NZ), Global Business (Harvard, USA)
Main Teaching Field: Global Marketing, International Trade, Global Strategy, and Business Analytics