Name: Yanyan Yue Year of Graduation: 2018 Nationality: China Country of Residence: Switzerland Current Employer: Novartis My story I grew up in a small village in China. Before going to university, the farthest place I went to was the center of the town that I lived, around 20km from my home. Most people…
Career Change
IESE Alumni Footprint Series, An Interview with Ana De La Guardia (Spain)
Name: Ana De La Guardia Year of Graduation: 2017 Nationality: Spanish Country of Residence: United Kingdom Current Employer: AB InBev Can you tell us a little bit more about yourself and what you’re doing now? I am from Pamplona Spain, but I lived abroad most of my life. Before my MBA I did management…
IESE Alumni Footprint Series, An Interview with Andrew Pratt (US)
Name: Andrew Pratt Year of Graduation: 2015 Nationality: American Country of Residence: United Kingdom Current Employer: Strategy Insights and Planning Manager, ZS Associates Tell us a little bit about yourself and your current role. I’m American, I did my undergrad in the University of Minnesota and got my major in Economics and minor in…
My Summer Internship Abroad
Many MBA students aspire to gain some overseas work experience through their MBA. Several of our IESE Class of 2020 students successfully achieved this last summer and worked with companies across the globe. In a recent webinar, Suryansh Shrivastava, Marika Morita and Seung Ri Baek (Felix) talk about their summer internship experiences outside of their…
The very first search fund in Japan
After my eight-year career at a large Japanese financial institution, I joined and graduated from the IESE MBA Class of 2019 and formed the very first search fund (*) in Japan. *This is a model that IESE Business School and Stanford Graduate School of Business, which have search fund research institutions, call the traditional search…