Alexey Afonin, a successful entrepreneur from Ukraine and graduate of MBA from IE in the crisis year shared his insights why he thinks education is important and especially today. Video interview quotes ¨According to researches of western experts, similar crisis in the past did not affect as much highly qualified professionals and especially people with an MBA. Hence, it is not worth delaying. To succeed weighted decisions have to be taken immediately now¨.
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.