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ALUMNI STORIES

Selected portraits from alumni

A series of articles published in the IMD news section profiles the unique stories of our MBA alumni.

Participants come to IMD with various career goals in mind:

  • change their industry, function or geography, or some combination thereof
  • set up their own business
  • join a big multi-national organisation
  • return to their prior company, but in a much broader role.

Read about the diverse career paths of our MBA alumni, and the roles they enjoy 5, 10 or 15+ years after their graduation.


MBA Alumni Stories

Read about the diverse career paths of our MBA alumni, and the roles they enjoy 5, 10 or 15+ years after their graduation.

Region Alumni job titles
Africa

Akwasi Opoku-Dakwa
MBA 2004, Ghanaian

De La Rey Venter
MBA 2001, South African

 

Brand Manager, Procter & Gamble SA,
South Africa

Executive Vice-President: Gas & Power for Africa,
Shell Gas & Power, The Netherlands

North America

Philip Dao
MBA 2007, American/Vietnamese

Lawrence Ganti
MBA 2003, American

John-Kenneth Billingsley
MBA 2002, American

Gord Ray
MBA 2002, Canadian

Mark Grambart
MBA 2000, Canadian

 

Country Director - Vietnam, Johnson & Johnson Medical SA Inc, Vietnam

Commercial Director, Merck Serono Co Ltd,
Japan

Director of Global Public Policy & Government Affairs,
GlaxoSmithKline, Belgium

Publishing Director, Wallpaper Magazine,
United Kingdom

CEO, Contech
Electronics Inc, Canada

South America

Rafael Altavini
MBA 2006, Brazilian

Robert Chatwin
MBA 2003, Brazilian

Diego Molano Vego
MBA 2001, Colombian

Carlos Fadigas de Souza
MBA 1999, Brazilian

Carlos Rivera
MBA 1983, Mexican

Nick Shreiber
MBA 1975, Argentinean

 

Managing Director, Jardine Schindler (Thai) Ltd,
Thailand

Vice President DAP Strategy & NBD, Philips Consumer Lifestyle BV, The Netherlands

Colombian Minister of ICT,
Colombia

CEO, Braskem,
Brazil

Managing Director,
MRI of Mexico City Reforma Lomas, Mexico

Former CEO,
Tetra Pak, Switzerland

Asia

Jun Yi Yang
MBA 2004, Swedish

Songhua Tu
MBA 1999, Chinese

Ye Kung Ong
MBA 1999, Singaporean

K.Y. Lee
MBA 1990, Taiwanese

 

Vice President, Schindler China Elevator Co Ltd
China

Independent Investor,
China

CEO, Singapore Workforce Development Agency, Singapore 

Chairman, BENQ Corporation,
Taiwan

Eastern Europe

Khadija Hasanova
MBA 2005, Azerbaijani

Stanislav Bogdanovski
MBA 2000, Russian/German

 

Chairman of the Board,
Bank Respublika, Azerbaijan

Area Director for Eastern Europe,
AstraZeneca, Hungary

Western Europe

Daniël Post
MBA 2005, Dutch

Nicolas Weber
MBA 2005, French

Andrew Kilshaw
MBA 2004, British

Jérôme Baudy
MBA 2003, French

Thomas Mueller
MBA 2001, Swiss

Marie Sallois
MBA 2001, French

Cicely Brown
MBA 2000, British

Mark Cornell
MBA 1999, British

Martin Grieder
MBA 1998, Swiss/British

Claus Karthe
MBA 1997, German

Thomas Hurlimann
MBA 1993, Swiss

Jürgen Fischer
MBA 1988, Swiss

Mariano Puig
MBA 1985, Spanish

 

Regions Manager, GE Oil & Gas,
Italy

BU Head Switzerland & Austria,
Bausch & Lomb Swiss AG, Switzerland

Global Head of Leadership Development,
BGI, USA

General Manager, Dior Couture,
China

Chief Financial Officer,
Bank Sarasin, Switzerland

Head of Corporate Development, IOC,
Switzerland

MSME Development Officer, Fantsuam Foundation, Nigeria

CEO, Edmiston & Co,
Monaco

Vice President, CFO Zone Americas
Nestlé SA, Switzerland

CEO, Wireless Services Worldwide Inc,
Philippines

CEO, Zurich Global Corporate,
Switzerland

President Commercial Operations, Hilton International, France

CEO, ISDIN,
Spain

India

Gunjan Kumar
MBA 2006

Pratik Bhatnager
MBA 2004

Radhesh Welling
MBA 2003

Parminder Kohli
MBA 2001

Anuj Bhatnager
MBA 2001

 

 

Senior Director Business Development,
Luxottica Wholesale North America, USA 

Director, Network Performance,
WWF International, Switzerland

Country Director - India, Pakistan, Bangladesh
CP Kelco Services APS, India

GM Marketing-Global (Industry Lubricants),
Shell International Petroleum Co Ltd, UK

Finance Director, Africa, Middle East, Russia & CIS, Eli Lilly, Austria

Middle East

Sultan Alturki
MBA 2004, Saudi Arabian

Uziel Zontag
MBA 2004

Omar Shokur
MBA 2006, Afghan

 

Chief Operating Officer, The AlNahla Group
Saudi Arabia

Vice President, Business Development,
Asia Global Technologies, Switzerland

Director, Credit Agricole,
Switzerland

Nordic Region

Jesper Hörnberg
MBA 2008, Swedish

Marnix Etterna & Christian Priess
MBA 2003, Dutch & Danish

Jussi Vanhanen
MBA 2002, Finnish

Matti Bergendahl
MBA 2001, Finnish

Tina Nyfors
MBA 2000, Finnish

Susanne Schneider
MBA 2000, Norwegian

Johan Enocson
MBA 1998, Swedish

Soren Skou
MBA 1997, Danish

Bo Risberg
MBA 1990, Swedish 

Oern Stuge
MBA 1989, Norwegian

 

Founder/CEO, Greener Hill AB,
Kenya

COO & CEO,
SENCE Copenhagen

President, UPM Engineered Materials Group,
Finland

CEO, Mehilainen Oyj,
Finland

Executive VP of Corporate Development,
Advanced Digital Broadcast Holdings, Switzerland

Attorney-at-Law, Partner,
Steenstrup Stordrange DA, Norway

Executive Chairman, Active Invest AB,
Sweden

CEO, Maersk Tankers, A.P. Moller Maersk A/S,
Denmark

CEO, Hilti Corporation,
Liechtenstein

SVP & President Cardiac Surgery, Medtronic Inc,
USA

Oceania

Anna Johstone
MBA 2007, New Zealander

Vince Polito
MBA 2005, Australian

Virginia Porter
MBA 2002, Australian

James Neuling
MBA 2001, Australian

James Pitman
MBA 1992, Australian

Adrian Cosenza
MBA 1990, Australian

 

National Account Director,
Mars Chocolate, UK

Director of Business Process Improvement,
Huber Engineered Woods, U.S.A.

Director, Group Secretariat & Commercial Counsel,
HBOS Plc, UK

Managing Director, Alcan Inc,
France

Managing Director, Study Group UK,
UK

CEO, Strategic Payments Service Pty Ltd,
Australia

Find out more about our alumni network: IMD alumni network




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