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…
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“HKG” – Lessons from my IESE MBA
As the final weeks of my 19-months MBA passed, I reflected on my key takeaways from such a unique and eye-opening experience. At first, it seemed elusive trying to summarise everything I have learned and experienced through 500 cases discussed from the lenses of 50+ nationalities across 40 courses, countless events and trips across four…
IESE Alumni Footprint Series: An Interview with Carolina García Gómez (Poland)
Name: Carolina Garcia Year of Graduation: 2004 Nationality: Spain Country of Residence: Poland Current Employer: IKEA Tell us about you and your story. How have you made your career choices up to where you are today? I’m Carolina García, my friends call me Carol. Since my life begun, I’ve moved around a lot. It’s something…
IESE Alumni Footprint Series: An Interview with Gerald Glauerdt (Singapore)
Name: Gerald Glauerdt Year of Graduation: 2011 Nationality: German Country of Residence: Singapore Current Employer: LEX (Lazada Express) Tell us a little bit about you and how you got to where you are now? I was working in L.E.K. Consulting in Munich and Boston before I decided to do my MBA at IESE. I…
IESE Alumni Footprint Series: An Interview with Jong Sock Park (Korea)
Name: Jong Sock Park Year of Graduation: 2008 Nationality: Korea Country of Residence: Korea Current Employer: LG Economic Research Institute Tell us about your work? What do you love most about it? After the IESE MBA, I joined LG Economic Research Institute as senior consultant. LGERI is an in-house consulting organization that serves…