Dr. Desmond Cooney teaches International Marketing in the IMBA program at ISM. Cooney is Founder & Managing Director of Axis Financial Consultants, a financial services company based in Paris, France. He has worked as a financial broker for over 20 years and specializes in the area of offshore banking, and international pensions for expatriates.

He is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing. He currently serves as Assistant Dean and Professor of Marketing at ISM.

Cooney received a PhD in Business Administration from ISM in 2010, an MBA from Open University, Milton Keynes in 2000, and a BA from Jordanstown University, Belfast, Ireland in 1992.

Publications

  • Executive Editor: ISSN 1948-920X; Volume 1, Number 1; Paris, France, November 2009

    “Recognizing Excellence in Business Education” International Council of Business Schools and Programs Annual Conference Proceedings
    Retrieved from: http://www.acbsp.org/download.php?sid=2033

  • Executive Editor: ISSN 1948-920X; Volume 1, No. 2; Vienna, Austria; November, 2010.

    “Managing Effectively in the New Fiscal Reality” International Council of Business Schools and Programs Annual Conference Proceedings
    Retrieved from: http://www.acbsp.org/download.php?sid=2034

  • Loughton, P. & Cooney, D. (2013)

    Offshore pension plans for the football industry, FC Business (Issue 66), 55 – 57
    Retrieved from: http://www.fcbusiness.co.uk/eversion/FCB66/fcb66/

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