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Ian Williamson is the Helen Macpherson Smith Chair of Leadership for Social Impact at the Melbourne Business School.
He currently serves as the Associate Dean of International Relations at MBS and is also the Director of the Asia Pacific Social Impact Leadership Centre. In his role as Associate Dean and Director of the Social Impact Leadership Centre, Ian’s focus is on developing effective partnerships between the Melbourne Business School and not-for-profit, for profit, philanthropic and government entities for the purposes of addressing key economic and social issues across the Asia Pacific region.
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