CEIBS Alumni

Earlier this year, Christoph Flink (CEIBS GEMBA2009), Mario Mazzocca (GEMBA2009), Sophia Jiao (GEMBA2018) and Mario Feuerstein (GEMBA2009) climbed the Mount Kilimanjaro. The following is Christoph Flink’s first-hand account of his experience during their adventure.

Twelve years ago, Gilbert Li was offered an olive branch by an investor he had previously served, inviting him to join a start-up to take charge of its finance and help develop its IPO plan.

What is the right age to start a business? Paul Tong (Global EMBA2014), a former executive at ImagineX Group and Gucci, tells us from his personal experience that it is never too late to do so.

Many people working at foreign companies in China complain about the existence of a glass ceiling. But according to Zhu Hai the glass ceiling can be shattered through hard work and outstanding performance. Zhu Hai is co-founder of Stalagnate Capital and formerly the Executive Vice-President of Schneider Electric’s Executive Committee and the Group’s China President. He suggests that even professional managers, especially executives, need to be entrepreneurial and have a long-term strategic vision, rather than just focusing on KPIs.    

With more than 20 years of experience at a foreign company, what advice does he have to share on career development and cross-cultural management? What does he think of the future of foreign businesses in China? This article contains some of his ideas and insights.

Alumni story from GEMBA 2001, Ma Lie.

8 years ago, 52 business leaders, who were already very successful in their careers, made a big decision to come to CEIBS to start a reflective study journey. This decision would end up opening up a better career and a better life for the participants. This is the story of CEIBS Global EMBA Class of 2011.

In the first weekend of August, CEIBS Shanghai campus welcomed back Global EMBA Class of 2008 for its 10-year reunion. In 2008, the darkest moment of the global financial crisis, 60 top managers in different fields chose to come to CEIBS for further study. They wished to equip themselves with a positive mind to overcome uncertainty in the future.

Vanessa Alcalá experiences the world without seeing borders. She speaks five languages (Spanish, English, French, Chinese, German), has lived and worked in seven countries on four continents, and personifies what it means to be a global citizen. But the special power that has propelled the fashion industry career of this GEMBA 2017 participant is clearly her ability to focus on connections instead of differences.

Nowadays, when a major political event is imminent, the media will focus on the air quality more than ever. Having witnessed the “APEC-Blue” and “G20-Blue”, they have already started speculating on air quality and “haze” and whether it will affect this year’s Lianghui.