Our Staff
Associate Professor Richard Xi

Senior Postgraduate Coordinator
Lecturer (Bachelor of Accounting)

Our Staff
Associate Professor Richard Xi

Senior Postgraduate Coordinator
Lecturer (Bachelor of Accounting)

Associate Professor
Richard Xi

Qualifications and Professional Memberships

  • Cert Eco 
  • Cert Bus 
  • Dip Bus (Accounting)
  • Dip Interpretation (English and Chinese)
  • Dip German Studies
  • BHotelMgt 
  • Grad Cert Tourism Mgt (Senior Exec)
  • Grad Cert China Studies 
  • Grad Cert Bus Admin 
  • MA (Asian Studies)

Research and Teaching Specialties

  • Business 
  • Accounting 

Biography

Richard's professional career commenced at the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Tourism where he gained several years of executive experience in hotel management, project management as well as staff development and training before he came to Australia. Before he joined UBSS in 2016, he worked at Western Sydney University in Student Support Services section in charge of student activities and events at Westmead Campus.

His other working experiences have included working in accounting, HR, IT areas in various Australian companies. He is active in participating in cross cultural activities and studies. He was a chief presenter/speaker in WSU Law School’s Colombo Plan seminar and WSU the College’s Cultural and Language Exchange Program. He is a cultural adviser to the book “Doing Business in China” published by UNSW press and the editor and cultural adviser to Alan Manly’s book “The Unlikely Entrepreneur” (Chinese version).

Selected publications 

  • Support for Online Teaching and Learning during COVID-19 an Administrators Reflections, UBSS Publication Series Issue 1 Universal Business School Sydney, Issue 1, Sydney, Australia
  • Xi R, 2021, Support for Online Teaching and Learning during COVID-19, an Administrators Reflections, Universal Business School Sydney, Issue 1, Sydney, Australia