Archive for the ‘Women in Business’ Category

On October 5th, a Russian Alumni gathering took place in Moscow in the venue of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce. The participants attended a virtual master class of Gayle Allard (the professors of country analysis) where they were able to discuss the future of the global economy.

Networking cocktail followed during which IE graduates were able to catch up with the old friends, meet the new members of the group and connect with several recruiters that represented international companies interested in the professionals with the top international education.

The food was provided by the newly launched company Coté Catering that belongs to IE International MBA Alumna Inga Korchagina. Entrepreneurial spirit of IE Business School can be felt not only on campus in Madrid while students are learning, but also in every city where 40 000 alumni live afterwards.

Deise Loebet, IE’s International Development Director for Europe and CIS

With the economic crisis in the Euro zone reaching its climax, women should be twice as concerned about their professional future than their male counterparts. Research has shown that in times of economic depression women are the first to lose their jobs and, when macroeconomic recover takes place again, they are the last ones to be hired by companies. Furthermore, the crisis also puts a halt to women’s goals to reduce barriers to their way to the top.

Internationally renowned as one of top leading management institutions and a think-tank for innovation, entrepreneurship and sustainability, IE is aware of the problem and is launching several projects and initiatives to help professional women to make it to the boardroom.

“To foster women in business has been one of IE’s main goals for the past 20 years, therefore we have accumulated a great deal of knowledge to help women in this period of great concern”, says Deise Leobet, IE’s International Development Director for Europe and CIS. Mrs. Leobet will be coordinating the discussions of the European Professional Women (EPWN) and IE Conference that will take place in Lisbon, Portugal, next November 3rd.

Among the pro-women initiatives being carried on by IE, is the creation of special funding/financial opportunities for young and high-potential female professionals, the creation of mentoring programs to help them to pursue opportunities in different areas and industries, especially in times of crisis when innovation and entrepreneurial spirit is a must, as well as a research center focus on women issues to reduce the so-called gender gap.

Summer 2011
IE BUSINESS SCHOOL joins Forté Foundation a Consortium of Leading Corporations and Top Business Schools that seeks to increase women’s Access to Business Education and Careers.

The Forté Foundation is the leading organization that provides a national infrastructure for college students, business school women, and working professionals to access the “real world” information, scholarship opportunities and essential networking connections they need to succeed in business careers.

Called to action by a landmark research study, Women and the MBA: Gateway to Opportunity, looking at why women are under-represented in leading business schools compared with medical or law schools, the Forté Foundation was founded in 2001 to address this inequity and its impact on the business landscape.

Forté Foundation enables its corporate and business school sponsors to effectively reach, recruit and retain top female talent. Forté’s agenda to reach college-aged women, MBA candidates, and MBA alumnae will build on its founding commitment to increase the number of women in the early business pipeline, and will create partnerships with academic and advocacy groups, as well as its own sponsors, to attract and retain women in business careers

ABOUT FORTÉ FOUNDATION
Forté Foundation is a consortium of leading multinational corporations, top business schools in the U.S. and abroad, and the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC). Forté has become a powerful change agent directing women towards leadership roles in business and enabling corporations to more effectively reach and retain top female talent. It is the leading organization that provides a national infrastructure for women at all stages of the career continuum to access the information, scholarship support and networking connections they need to succeed in business careers.
To learn more about Forté Foundation visit www.fortefoundation.org

FORTE SPONSORS

Forté Sponsor Companies: AIG, Bain, Bank of America, Barclays Capital, BlackRock, The Capital Group Companies, Capital One, Chevron, Citi, Citizens Financial Group, Credit Suisse, Deloitte, Deutsche Bank, Eli Lilly and Company, Ernst & Young, ExxonMobil, Fidelity Investments, Goldman, Sachs & Co., The Hartford, IBM, Intel, Liberty Mutual, New York Life, Pfizer, PIMCO, The PNC Financial Services Group, UBS

Due to the great past success of the IE DAY we are proud to celebrate “IE Women’s Day” on June 1st. The event, themed “Women without fear of power,”  will take place in the Aula Magna located at 13, 15 Maria de Molina Str. IE´s Headquarters in Madrid.

The event will begin at 19:30 and feature three special guests:

• Mónica Deza, vice president of Innovation of the McCann World Group in Spain and Counselor of APD
• Mª Paz Sánchez, Director of General Electric Capital in Spain
• Elisa Martínez de Miguel, Executive Partner of Newmann International

These women have enjoyed success in their careers, and they will share with us their personal experiences, opinions about the current position of women in the world and their professional development.

This event is open to all candidates — both women and men — and will showcase all of IE’s educational programs. Guests will have the opportunity to receive first-hand information regarding all the degrees and executive education programs IE offers.

The event will be conducted in Spanish. If you are interested in attending, please register here.

The event follows another IE DAY that took place in May focused on Energy and Climate Change that featured Jesús Abadía, an IE Executive MBA and president of Environment and Sustainable Development at ENDESA.