Maxim Kondratyukin, EMBA, shares on the power of networking for life. Igor Mikhailov, IE Brown and Aleksandr Pakhomov, GXMBA sit back proud of their programs
January 30, 2014 IE Russia hosted an Executive Networking Cocktail. The exclusive event at the Spanish Embassy brought together a diverse, however, an impressive group of professionals. Alums of Executive MBA, Global Executive MBA and IE Brown MBA as well as current students, those about to start their path and still in the application process met together to share program experience and that in practice.
Igor Mikhaylov, current IE Brown MBA inspired with his story about the recent face to face experience in Capetown. The story on the business project his team had to develop raised a number of ¨wows!” in the room. Developing an idea for the country with about 2 dollars spent pèr day is quite a challenge. And seemingly his team met it with pride and honors developing the idea of last mile retailing.
Aleksander Pakhomov, GXMBA, continued with his impressions highlighting China module as the most interesting of all for him. He said from that visit he learnt the importance of operations, Chinese are masters at, and that experience Aleksandr is actively applying now in his job, financial services. As what comes clear attention to operations can substantially boost results.
Maxim Kondratyukin, EMBA Alumni, entrepreneur who founded his business while studying at IE and now being among top 3 coupon services touched another side of the educational experience – the power of network that MBAs build for the whole life!
Afterwards IE mates continued to exchange on programs, studying and job matters over the cocktail table. Lets follow the community growing!
About the author
Tetyana Kretova, Regional Director Asia Pacific at IE Business School is an experienced executive with over 14 years of professional experience in international development, marketing, sales and integrated communications. A native Ukrainian she has worked, studied and lived in the USA, Eastern and Western Europe, the UK, Central Asia and now Asia Pacific. Tetyana is a well versed professional with strong academic background acquired at American and European Institutions, as she holds a BBA from an America-based International Christian University with emphasis in Marketing, Diploma from the UK Charted Institute of Public Relations and an Executive MBA from IE Business School. After a dynamic corporate career with one of the world’s largest retailing groups METRO Group, she left her executive position to pursue her entrepreneurial journey combined with passion for making the world a better place. Since 2013 Tetyana has served as International Development Director in Russia and Ukraine, later in Eastern Europe and Central Asia and now as Regional Director APAC. Tetyana is a speaker on Career development and Personal Growth and served as a personal advisor to over 500 managers seeking to change their lives. As a strong believer in equal opportunities within the last 10 years she has consulted NGOs on sustainable development, launched her own fashion startup www.simplifishirts.com to steer the development of a social enterprise helping women and a Co-founder of www.IFEMME.org charity project raising funds for education.