Olga has worked in university environments for the past 13 years in the areas of Organizational Behaviour and Diversity Management. She is an internationally educated professional with Masters degrees in Linguistics and Strategic Project Management. She is also a UK Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. As Programme Director and later Director of Learning and Teaching, Olga managed diverse teams in the international branch campus of Heriot-Watt University in Dubai. She is currently working on her Doctorate of Business Administration, which examines the critical success factors of long-term expatriate adaptation in rapidly developing economies.