Our Department is Pleased to Welcome New Colleagues

The Department of International Business is pleased to welcome two new colleagues: Yadira Ixchel Martínez Pantoja, Ph.D. and Rafael San José Iglesias, MBA, Ph.D..

Yadira Ixchel Martínez Pantoja, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor at Prague University of Economics and Business (VŠE) since 2022. She holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of Auckland where she was awarded the University of Auckland Doctoral Scholarship. She has extensive experience teaching courses in international business in leading universities of New Zealand and Mexico. She worked as a lecturer at Auckland University of Technology and as a consultant where she managed projects and prepared strategic reports for various government agencies, universities, and organizations in New Zealand.  Previously, she worked as an analyst for multinational corporations such as The Coca-Cola Company and Kraft Foods in Mexico. Her research focuses on public diplomacy and strategic communications, the interactions between multinational corporations, non-governmental organizations, and governments, and state and non-state actors, with particular interest in business diplomacy, corporate social responsibility, and nation branding.

Students can meet Dr. Martínez Pantoja in the course Doing business in globalized environment (2MO202) and Principles of Management (2OP222).

Rafael San José Iglesias, MBA, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor at Prague University of Economics and Business since 2022.  He holds a Ph.D. in Marketing from Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand, where he was a recipient of the prestigious Vice-Chancellor Doctoral Scholarship.  He holds an MBA from Universidad de las Américas, Ciudad de México.  He has an extensive experience designing and teaching both undergraduate and graduate courses in marketing and international business programs in leading business schools in New Zealand and Mexico.  He has designed and delivered courses in MBA and executive MBA programs on campus and corporate headquarters.  He has experience as a consultant in New Zealand where he developed projects for various companies, universities, and governmental agencies.  His academic passion is branding, consumer behavior, and international marketing.  His research interests focus on the study of global brands, local brands, brand alliances, nation and city branding, consumer culture, consumer identity, consumption, multicultural marketing, sustainability and social responsibility.

Students can meet Dr. Iglesias in the course Doing business in globalized environment (2MO202).

Please, welcome.