The IE Alumni Association Oktoberfest is now a happy haze of raucous conversation, smiling faces and maybe even a little dancing on the tables.
This year Munich saw 6.3 million visitors for Oktoberfest and they consumed 6.4 million litres of beer, ate 112 oxen and 900 of them managed to lose their passports! I am happy to report that all of our alumni made it home with their passports.
We had alumni fly in from all over Europe for the event and I am proud to say that everyone wore lederhosen and dirndl – the magic of Oktoberfest is that if they weren’t traditionally attired they would have looked a bit silly!
We ate chicken and drank beer whilst former classmates enthusiastically caught each other up on the latest. Professor Balvindar Powar came over from Madrid and had a great time chatting with the alumni whilst the IE Germany office was out in force with our new Associate Director Harshita Anindya introducing herself to the alumni and Kate London’s first public appearance before returning to the office from maternity leave.
We really, really hope you come and join us for Oktoberfest 2015!
The IE Germany office
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Andra has been working in business development within the education sector for the past 5 years, covering first the CEE markets and currently managing the Nordics in terms of recruiting candidates for IE. She also has experience in the healthcare industry, after 2 years dedicated to a cross-departmental assignment at Air Liquide Spain. After graduating as a Valedictorian the Bachelor Degree in Management at the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest, where she originally is from, she took on an international experience in Madrid. This city has been home to her for the past 9 years and this is where she graduated from her Master in International Business, at Carlos III University. Andra is passionate about skiing, reading and traveling, with a curiosity for new cultures and understanding human behaviors.