June has been rich on events in the CIS region. Jose Esteeves, professor of IT and Innovations and Carl Kock, professor of Strategy went on a trip with CIS office of IE visiting Baku, St. Petersburg, Moscow and Almaty.
Jose Esteeves, continuously ranked by students as top professor on his subject, shared in Baku the secrets of Gamification. The master class has been visited by Alumni, students and candidates. Tetyana Kretova, Director Russia and Ukraine and Joseph Freiha, Director for France and Marocco together with Jose met with super great alumni network in Azerbaijan. Following the invitation of one of the current students of Executive MBA programs Vasif the employees of Azerfon had a unique chance of having a private in company master class. And discovering an exciting opportunity of start-up world in the country the team also went to meet the HighTech Park Azerbaijan and the incubator. Jose led the conversation with over 30 start-ups.
The June journey continued with Carl Kock, professor of Strategy. In St. Petersburg, Moscow and Almaty IE Alums, current students and candidates came to learn the secrets of corporate strategy during the master class ¨What Apple and (N)espresso have in Common¨. In Moscow the event has been held at the premises of local partner Business School of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, which is delivering tailor made educational programs primarily for the members of the Association.
More to come!
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.