IMD Impact Stories
Showcasing the impact for participants and companies in IMD’s open, online, customized, EMBA and MBA programs.
November 2018 Simone Giandolfi's career in sales took off thanks to his ambition and desire to stand out from the crowd. Attending IMD's Strategic Thinking program was, for him, a defining moment in his career...
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November 2018 Yelena Tagiyeva attended the Disruptive Innovation program to help her make the right decisions when setting up her yoga and mindfulness training website and teaching programs. It helped her...
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November 2018 In addition to its degree granting, open enrollment programs, and custom programs, IMD also has a growing suite of highly personalized online courses that cover topics ranging from leadership...
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September 2018 More and more businesses are realizing that to stay ahead, they need to have a deep understanding of technology and what the future holds in terms of digital innovations. TransformTECH is a program...
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September 2018 IMD recently met up with Gautier Porot to discuss his experience in the EMBA program, his key role in the Pope’s recent visit to Switzerland, and more.
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August 2018 Interview with Gaurav Kapoor, graduate of IMD’s Executive MBA program (EMBA) in 2018
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August 2018 Beiersdorf AG is a German skin care company based in Hamburg, Germany. Its brands include Labello, La Prairie, Nivea and more. Founded in 1882, the company has over 18,000 employees and has a market...
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July 2018 Andreas Wallnöfer is an expert in pharmaceutical medicine and after joining Roche's R&D department in the 1990’s, he rose through the ranks to become a member of the global R&D leadership where...
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July 2018 IMD’s program The First 90-Days is an interactive, 2-day learning journey, where executives in new leadership positions diagnose the situations they have inherited, define strategic direction...
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July 2018 Anne-Sophie, Elvis and Stefano have all attended IMD's FBL program, which prepares participants for successful general management. The program essentially addresses the transition of moving to...
Read more June 2018 IMD’s program The First 90-Days is an interactive, 2-day learning journey, where executives in new leadership positions diagnose the situations they have inherited, define strategic direction...
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May 2018 Deepak Tewari is CEO of Privately SA, a Swiss company focusing on online data protection and privacy for children. He completed his MBA at IMD in 2007. IMD recently caught up with Deepak to discuss...
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April 2018 Travelling to Singapore for Orchestrating Winning Performance (OWP) in November 2017 was, for Akihito, the first time he had experienced such a learning opportunity outside of Japan. Knowing that...
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March 2018 IMD recently ran its TransformTECH program for the first time. In the program, participants learn to harness new technologies to transform their business. IMD had the pleasure of welcoming Sylvie...
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March 2018 On the occasion of International Women’s Day IMD caught up with Anca Burca who graduated from IMD’s MBA class of 2015. Anca focuses on Digital & Business Strategy Transformation at Optimity...
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March 2018 IMD is proud to honor Sonia Sachdeva, IMD MBA 2018 candidate, on International Woman’s Day. Sonia was chosen as the recipient of the Nestlé Scholarship for Women among many outstanding...
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February 2018 IMD just ran its TransformTECH program for the first time. In the program participants learn to harness new technologies to transform their business. IMD had the pleasure of welcoming Michael...
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February 2018 IMD just ran its TransformTECH program for the first time. In the program participants learn to harness new technology to transform their business. IMD had the pleasure of welcoming Niels Lunde...
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February 2018 Ramiro Villagra knew straightaway that the IMD MBA was exactly what he was looking for. The comprehensive program with an emphasis on leadership was the perfect match. After four years as COO...
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February 2018 Brazil-born Pedro Augusto Kniphoff was looking to expand his horizons. After almost a decade with the food and beverages conglomerate BRF S.A., where he rapidly worked his way up from credit...
Read more February 2017 Serco is a vast corporation about which most of us know very little. Globally, the public services company operates across four regions – the UK and Europe, ASPAC, North America and the Middle East...
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February 2017 Johan Slotte has been deputy CEO at Teleste, a Finnish technology company that offers broadband video and data communication networks and services since 2007, and has held senior executive positions...
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February 2017 Challenge Innovation is not the first word that comes to mind when speaking of the pharmaceutical industry, but without creative research and development, new and differentiated products would...
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