World Class Faculty

CAI Daolu

Academic Director
MSc in Strategic Analysis and Innovation Programme
Senior Lecturer

Daolu Cai received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities and B.A. from Universidad del Pacifico. His research interests include macroeconomics and international economics. Prior to joining NUS Business School, he was a faculty member in the Economics Department at the Pennsylvania State University, first as a Visiting Assistant Professor, then an Associate Teaching Professor. Daolu started his teaching career as an instructor in the Department of Economics at the University of Minnesota and in the School of Business at Hamline University. He has served as an economic consultant to public entities and businesses in different regions of the world, including Latin America, Asia and North America.

Ishtiaq P. Mahmood

Professor
Head of Department
Strategy & Policy

Pasha Mahmood is a Professor at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School where he studies and works with multinational firms and local enterprises on their emerging market strategies. He is a member of the World Economic Forum’s international panel of experts, acting as the co-curator for the ASEAN Transformation Map. Pasha obtained his B.A. in Economics from Oberlin College and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. Prior to joining academia, he had worked as a management consultant for Gemini in Chicago. From 2012 to 2015, Pasha was a Professor of Strategy and Innovation at the IMD Business School in Switzerland. He has also held several Visiting Professor appointments at universities such as Waseda and Hitotsubashi in Japan, and St. Gallen in Switzerland.Pasha’s work looks at the interface between innovation and strategy in the context of emerging markets. He won the Haynes Prize by the Academy of International Business (AIB). In 2014, Pasha also won the Aspen Award by the Aspen Institute for promoting sustainable business models in his research and teaching.