Dr. Prestwich joined the resident faculty of
the College of Management in January, 2001. He
is Curriculum Coordinator of International Business,
and Director of the COM's International Business
Programs, with current linkages in Germany, Taiwan,
and Sweden. He teaches courses on International
Business (including on-line), International Political
Economy, and Doing Business in Asia.
Previously, he was adjunct faculty for the University
of St. Thomas Graduate School of Business MIM
program, 1991-2001, and Community Faculty for
Metropolitan State University College of Management,
1989-1995 .
Prestwich was Director of the World Trade Conference
Center in St. Paul from September 1999 to January
2001, managing operations, membership and education
programs, and Director of the Minnesota Trade
Office’s (MTO) education program and international
library from 1988 to 2001. In the latter role,
he was responsible for the development and statewide
delivery of the MTO’s export training seminars,
including the writing of an export training manual,
for businesses interested in international market
opportunities. Previously, he was research associate
for the Regional Issues Forum at Spring Hill Center,
Wayzata, focusing on capital access problems of
start up businesses in rural Minnesota and on
state economic development plans and policies.
He has also been a consultant to local companies
on international business strategic planning,
market entry, and cross-cultural issues for more
than ten years.
In 1999, he was awarded World Trade Week, Inc.’s
Special Service Award by Governor Ventura for
his “outstanding contribution to international
trade in Minnesota.”
Prior to coming to the United States in 1988,
Prestwich spent 17 Years as Lecturer/Senior Lecturer
in Economic and Industrial Geography at Anglia
Polytechnic University, Cambridge, England. He
led field courses in England, the Netherlands
and France for more than ten years. He has published
a number of articles on trade issues, economic
development, and industrial location, and has
co-authored a book on the political economy of
regional and urban development.
Prestwich is currently Chair of the British-American
Business Council of Minnesota, and of the St.
Paul-Minneapolis Committee on Foreign Relations;
a Board member of the Minnesota International
Center, and of the Midwest Global Trade Association,
and a member of the Academy of International Business.
He has traveled extensively in Europe and North
America, has been an adviser to Samara Oblast
in Russia, has taught courses in Taiwan, and is
currently negotiating new joint degree programs
between Metropolitan State University and universities
in China, Hong Kong, Japan and Poland.
