Santiago Velasquez

Santiago Velasquez

Associate Program Manager, Management (MBA)
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About

Santiago Velasquez joined the Business School of RMIT University Vietnam in 2021. He has solid practitioner’s experience in the field of forestry and digital solutions where he was positioned by Simosol Oy (now part of AFRY) as Regional Manager for Latin America and Director for Vietnam. Currently, he is the Associate Program Manager of the MBA and lectures Design Thinking for Business, a core course of the MBA program. Santiago has a PhD in management accounting and his current research interests include digital transformation, forestry and management accounting. In addition to the academia, Santiago has consulted clients on how to improve digital capabilities to optimise forestry management practices for over a decade.


Industry experience:
- Ongoing: Forestry Industry Advisor (Vietnam)
- Advisor for multiple companies in projects related to Due Diligence, supply chain analysis, and wood processing joint ventures.

Research fields

  • 3507 Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
  • 3501 Accounting, auditing and accountability
  • 3502 Banking, finance and investment
  • 3504 Commercial services

Academic positions

  • Lecturer
  • Universidad de Los Andes
  • Bogotá, Colombia
  • 2016 – 2019

Non-academic positions

  • General Manager
  • Simosol Vietnam
  • , Viet Nam
  • 2019 – 2021
  • Regional Manager Latin America
  • Simosol Oy
  • , Colombia
  • 2014 – 2019
  • Project Manager
  • HPCFinance
  • , Finland
  • 2012 – 2004
  • Consultant
  • Santiago Velasquez Consulting
  • , Finland
  • 2008 – 2014
  • Researcher And Lecturer
  • Cost Management Center
  • , Finland
  • 2007 – 2014
  • Auditor
  • Pricewaterhousecoopers
  • , Italy
  • 2006 – 2007

Teaching interests

- Desing Thinking for Business (MBA)
- Global Business (Undergrad, BBus)
- Strategy (Undergrad, BBus)

Research interests

Interests:

- Digital transofrmation

- Management accounting
- Institutional theory
- Forestry

Research clusters:
- Managing Smart Transformation
- Sustainable Development