Charles W. L. Hill

Charles W. L. Hill is the Hughes M. Blake Professor of International Business at the School of Business, University of Washington. Professor Hill received his Ph.D. in industrial organization economics in 1983 from the University of Manchester’s Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) in Great Britain. In addition to the University of Washington, he has served on the faculties of UMIST, Texas A&M University, and Michigan State University.

Professor Hill has published more than 40 articles in peer-reviewed academic journals. He also has published two textbooks, one on strategic management and the other on international business. Professor Hill serves on the editorial boards of several academic journals and previously served as consulting editor at the Academy of Management Review. Professor Hill teaches in the MBA and executive MBA programs at the University of Washington and has received awards for teaching excellence in both programs. He has also taught on several customized executive programs.

Thomas McKaig

Thomas McKaig is Adjunct Professor at the Department of Marketing and Consumer Studies at the University of Guelph and teaches international business studies at Ryerson University. He has also taught at the University of Saskatchewan. He earned his Diplôme for his thesis on Canada – EEC Trade Relations and Certificat majoring in International Relations and minoring in European Economics, also at the Institut des Hautes Études Européennes of the Université de Strasbourg III (now Université Robert Schuman). He earned his Honours BA in Political Science from the University of Ottawa at which time he was selected by the World University Service of Canada for study sessions that took place at the University of the West Indies in Mona, Jamaica and in Cave Hill, Barbados.

Thomas McKaig also provides advisory services in diverse industries, pinpointing and delivering strategic realignment solutions in areas of business development, operations and management reviews, international trade research, and training. He is Principal in Thomas McKaig International Inc. (TMI), an international development firm (www.tm-int.com). Some of his past clients include the United States Treasury Department’s Bureau of the United States Mint and the Montreal Exchange. His work has been repeatedly acknowledged and praised within the Canadian House of Commons.