Strategy and Finance

MBS Masters ProgramResidential
Written By Renee Villasanti

About the course

This module will be held at Melbourne Business School during the week commencing 25th of May 2026.

The module deepens participants understanding of strategy and finance. The module addresses general strategy, but also emphasises the strategy challenges faced by Australian superannuation funds, with particular emphasis on the opportunities and threats posed by disruption of the industry fund sector. Finance is discussed at length in terms of how it supports and constrains the creation and implementation of strategy.

A scholarship opportunity for this module will be available, applications will open late November.

Objectives

The module’s purpose is to improve the participants’ understanding of:

  • Frameworks and language

  • Strategic positioning

  • Competitive forces

  • Job to be done

  • Types of disruption

  • Resources, processes and profit formula

  • Deliberate strategy and emergent strategy

  • Asset liability matching and liquidity

  • Risk Management

  • Capital budgeting and project evaluation

  • Financing growth

FEEs

AUD TBC (2025 cost: $6,500)
Please note fees include tuition, materials, accommodation and meals. This course will be a residential module

APPLICATIONS

Unless you have previously enrolled, you will need to enroll with the Melbourne Business School to complete the module. To do this, download and complete an Application Form and return to FEAL with the supporting documentation. Please note new enrolments can take 2-3 weeks for processing.

If you have previously enrolled with the Melbourne Business School - either for the FEAL/MBS Masters Program or any other course - you do not need to complete the Application Forum again. Please email Katrina Bacon, CEO, FEAL katrina.bacon@feal.asn.au to advise your intention to complete this module.

TAUGHT BY

Sam Wylie, Principal Fellow, Melbourne Business School

ABOUT THE LECTURER

Dr Sam Wylie is a Principal Fellow of the Melbourne Business School, an Associate Professor of the University of Melbourne and the founder of Windlestone Education. Dr Wylie’s research and consulting is focused on wealth management, banking, corporate finance, and financial crises.

Dr Wylie has worked with global and Australian companies, including Australian Super, NAB, ANZ, UOB, Merrill Lynch, BHP, CSR, Leightons, AMP, Franklin Templeton, Resource Capital Fund and various family offices to name a few.  His commentary appears regularly in the Australian Financial Review and on national radio and television and he is the author of a national newsletter. 

Sam teaches MBA courses in corporate finance & strategy, financial institutions and risk management at MBS, and is the twelve (12) times winner of the student voted best teacher award. 

Dr Wylie was an Assistant Professor at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth in New Hampshire from 1997-2004.  He obtained his PhD from the London Business School.  From 1986-1992, Dr Wylie was an Intelligence Officer with the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation and is married with three adult children.

Renee Villasanti