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MBA Class Profiles
MBA
90 exceptional
people who
will shape
the future
ofbusiness
I am very pleased to introduce you to the IMD MBA class of 2014 - ninety highly talented
and experienced professionals who are looking forward to making a positive impact on
your organization and business challenges. We would be happy to help you connect with
these dynamic and international individuals. Please have a look at our recruiting activities
listed at the back of this brochure and contact our Career Services team.
We look forward to working with you.
Claire Lecoq
MBA Director of Marketing, Admissions and Career Services
90
International exposure
Nationalities represented
Average age at entry (min. 25)
Average years of work experience (min. 3)
Women
40
31
7
26 %
International diversity
Educational background
Engineering
Business and Commerce
Finance and Economics
Social Sciences
IT and Computer Science
Natural Sciences
31 %
22 %
18 %
12 %
11 %
6%
Work experience
Western & Southern Europe
33 %
Asia
24 %
Central and Eastern Europe
13 %
Middle East / Africa
9%
North America
8 %
South America
8 %
Nordic Countries
3 %
Oceania 2 %
Nationalities represented
Argentina
Australia
Belgium
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
China
Croatia
Czech Rep.
Denmark
Egypt
France
Germany
Hungary
India
Iran
Israel
Italy
Japan
Kenya
Latvia
Lebanon
Malaysia
Netherlands
Nigeria
Norway
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Russia
Singapore
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Switzerland
Thailand
Turkey
UK
Ukraine
USA
Functional diversity
Strategy / Planning
Operations
General Management
Finance
Marketing & Sales
Project Management
Business Development
HR / Legal / Corporate Affairs
IT / R&D
21 %
18 %
14 %
11 %
10 %
8%
7%
6%
5%
Work sectors
Manufacturing Industry
Consulting
Telecom & High Tech
Service Industry
Financial Services
Public Sector/Non-Profit
42 %
21 %
13 %
9%
9%
6%
29
Italian, Australian
alarico.allegri@mba2014.imd.ch
Italian, English
MSc (Hons) Economics & Social Sciences, Bocconi U, Italy;
BA (Hons) Business Management, LIUC, Italy
Paulo Alonso
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
33
Brazilian
paulo.alonso@mba2014.imd.ch
Portuguese, English, Spanish (B), French (B)
PG Dip Business Administration, IBMEC, Brazil;
BEng Electrical Engineering, Estcio de S U, Brazil
Marcelo Bertani
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
31
American, Brazilian, Italian
marcelo.bertani@mba2014.imd.ch
English, Portuguese, Spanish (B), Italian (B)
BA Economics, U of Chicago, USA
Mangesh Bhosale
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
31
Indian
mangesh.bhosale@mba2014.imd.ch
English, Hindi, Marathi
BEng Instruments and Control, Pune U, India
Elena Botvina
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
31
Russian
elena.botvina@mba2014.imd.ch
Russian, English, French (B)
Specialists Degree (Hons) PR and Advertising, State U of
Management, Russia
Yaelle Candolfi
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
35
Swiss
yaelle.candolfi@mba2014.imd.ch
English, French, German (G), Spanish (B)
MSc Organizational Psychology, Neuchatel U, Switzerland
Dennis Chan
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
29
American
dennis.chan@mba2014.imd.ch
English, Mandarin
BSc Systems Engineering Management, US Air Force
Academy, USA
Language skills key: Languages not followed by code indicate fluency. (G) = good, (B) = basic.
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30
British
jack.clarke@mba2014.imd.ch
English, Spanish, French, Mandarin (G), Portuguese (G),
Dutch (B)
BA (Hons) Spanish and Portuguese, Nottingham U, UK
Nicols Correnti
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
30
Argentinean, Italian
nicolas.correnti@mba2014.imd.ch
Spanish, English, German, Portuguese (G), French (B)
BSc International Relations, U de Belgrano, Argentina
Alice Crohas
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
29
French
alice.crohas@mba2014.imd.ch
French, English
MSc (Hons) Electrical and Computer Science, Supelec,
France; MSc Electrical Eng, U of Notre Dame, USA
Emeka Daniel
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
31
Nigerian
emeka.daniel@mba2014.imd.ch
English, French (B), Igbo (B), Yoruba (B)
BSc (Hons) Neurobiology & Biomedical Science,
U of Queensland, Australia
Achille Deodato
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
30
Italian
achille.deodato@mba2014.imd.ch
Italian, French, Spanish, English, German (G), Polish (B)
BA Economics, U LUISS Guido Carli, Italy
Elena De Ritis
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
36
Italian
elena.deritis@mba2014.imd.ch
Italian, English, French (G), German (B), Spanish (B)
MSc Business Administration, Bocconi U, Italy;
DFJuridique, Chambre Commerce et Industrie, France
Gillian Diesen
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
29
American, British, Norwegian
gillian.diesen@mba2014.imd.ch
English, French, Spanish, Norwegian, Arabic
MA (Oxon) History & Politics, Oxford U, UK
Language skills key: Languages not followed by code indicate fluency. (G) = good, (B) = basic.
Bus. Development & Service Line Delivery Manager, Avanade Italy, Italy
Coordinated regional service line scheduling and consultants staff management leading to
a 350% improvement in revenue growth; increased chargeability and reduced service costs
Led business development of utilities and publishing market for Microsoft ERP products in Italy,
Greece and Eastern Markets region encompassing the area from Russia to Saudi Arabia
Built a significant pipeline in the utilities market with expected consulting revenues of $10m
bn = billion; m = million
27
Swiss, American
carmen.dupont@mba2014.imd.ch
English, French, German, Italian (B)
MEng Bioengineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
(EPFL), Switzerland
Ahmed El Shorbagy
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
28
Egyptian
ahmed.elshorbagy@mba2014.imd.ch
Arabic, English, French (B)
BEng Mechanical Power Engineering, Cairo U, Egypt
Spare Parts and Raw Materials Purchasing Specialist, Ezz Flat Steel, Egypt
Oversaw purchase orders and contracts worth 1.11m
Contributed to management of raw materials supply contracts exceeding 24.4m, including
contract negotiations, following up on deliveries & logistics, claim negotiations and settlement
Initiated and led a cross-functional Six Sigma project that resulted in potential annual cost
saving of 330k
Atsushi Emoto
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
33
Japanese
atsushi.emoto@mba2014.imd.ch
Japanese, English
BA Environmental Information, Keio U, Japan
Simon Faneco
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
33
Australia
simon.faneco@mba2014.imd.ch
English, Dutch, French (B)
BEng Product Design Engineering [PDE], Swinburne U,
Australia; BEng Int'l PDE, Hanzehogeschool van Groningen,
The Netherlands
Luis Fernndez-Barrena
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
29
Spanish
luis.fernandez-barrena@mba2014.imd.ch
Spanish, French, English
MEng ICAI, U Pontificia de Comillas, Spain
Carmine Fiume
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
31
Italian
carmine.fiume@mba2014.imd.ch
Italian, English, French
MSc Chemical Eng, U La Sapienza, Italy;
BSc Chemical Eng, U La Sapienza, Italy
Genadi Genov
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
30
Bulgarian
genadi.genov@mba2014.imd.ch
German, English, Bulgarian, Russian (B)
MSc Computer Science, U of Karlsruhe (KIT), Germany;
BEng Computer Science, TU Sofia, Bulgaria
Language skills key: Languages not followed by code indicate fluency. (G) = good, (B) = basic.
bn = billion; m = million
28
Brazilian
andre.gobett@mba2014.imd.ch
Portuguese, English, Italian (B), Spanish (B)
MEng Industrial, U of So Paulo, Brazil
Konstantin Golovko
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
34
Ukrainian
konstantin.golovko@mba2014.imd.ch
Russian, English, Ukrainian
BA Intl Economic Relations, Dnepropetrovsk State U, Ukraine
Pierre-Ren Houdart
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
33
French
pierre.houdart@mba2014.imd.ch
French, English, Japanese
MEng Advanced Materials, Doshisha U, Japan;
MEng Mech Eng, Ecole Centrale de Lille, France
Justin Jameson
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
26
American
justin.jameson@mba2014.imd.ch
English, Spanish
MSc Engineering Management, U of Southern California, USA;
BSc Industrial Engineering, U of Southern California, USA
Marc-Etienne Jan
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
32
Swiss
marc-etienne.jan@mba2014.imd.ch
French, English, German (B), Japanese (B), Spanish (B)
MSc in Material Science and Eng, EPFL, Switzerland
Rodrigo Jardim
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
32
Brazilian, German
rodrigo.jardim@mba2014.imd.ch
Portuguese, English, Spanish, French (B)
BSc Management, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
31
Spanish
juan.jimenezcriado@mba2014.imd.ch
Spanish, English, French (B), Portuguese (B)
MSc Industrial Eng, U of Malaga, Spain; BSc Economics and
Management, LSE, U of London International Programs, UK
Language skills key: Languages not followed by code indicate fluency. (G) = good, (B) = basic.
bn = billion; m = million
32
Indian
darshana.joshi@mba2014.imd.ch
English, Hindi, Gujarati, Arabic (B)
MSc Management Studies, Mumbai, India;
BSc Microbiology, U of Mumbai, India
Paul Keller
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
29
German
paul.keller@mba2014.imd.ch
German, English, Russian, Dutch (G), French (B), Finnish (B)
BSc Business Administration, U of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA
Anurag Khilnani
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
30
Indian
anurag.khilnani@mba2014.imd.ch
English, Hindi, German (B)
MTech & BTech, Computer Science & Eng, Indian Institute of
Technology, India; CFA, USA - All 3 levels
Moses Kimani
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
33
Kenyan
moses.kimani@mba2014.imd.ch
English, Swahili, Spanish (G)
BCom (Hons) Business Administation and Accounting,
Strathmore U, Kenya
Juan Kopp
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
30
American, Argentinean
juan.kopp@mba2014.imd.ch
English, Spanish, French (B)
MSc Petroleum Eng, U of Southern California, USA;
BSc Mechanical Eng, Carnegie Mellon U, USA
Aditya Kumar
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
32
Indian
aditya.kumar@mba2014.imd.ch
English, Hindi, French (B)
BEng Instrumentation & Control Systems, Delhi U
Christiaan Kuun
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
32
South African
christiaan.kuun@mba2014.imd.ch
English, Afrikaans, Dutch (B)
BEng Computer Engineering, U of Pretoria, South Africa
Language skills key: Languages not followed by code indicate fluency. (G) = good, (B) = basic.
Manager, Risk & Margin Group, IT, Morgan Stanley, India & USA
Led team of 8 spread across 3 geographies; calculated and reported risk for 300 hedge funds
Modeled lending framework to incorporate equity risk; added 20 new hedge fund clients
Revamped risk calculations across equity, fixed income and commodity instruments to better
model volatility after global crisis; internal calculations saved $10m in annual licensing fees
Responsible for 500 horizontal wells with $1bn annual sales revenue
Supervised large-scale industrial repairs in highly explosive environments
Coordinated $23m budget to optimize wells in remote mountainous locations
Primary liaison across key business units, promoting cohesion in the organization
bn = billion; m = million
35
French
olivier.laplace@mba2014.imd.ch
French, English, German (B), Romanian (B)
PG Dip Finance (Hons), ESSEC, France;
MEng Telecom, Nancy, France
Dmitry Lee
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
36
Russian
dmitry.lee@mba2014.imd.ch
Russian, English
BSc (Hons) Economics, St. Petersburg State U of
Engineering and Economics, Russia
30
Filipino
zshelyz.lee@mba2014.imd.ch
English, Filipino, Chinese (B), French (B)
BSc Business Management, BA Communications, Ateneo de
Manila U, Philippines
Nan Li
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
Shasha (Fay) Li
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
30
China
fay.li@mba2014.imd.ch
Mandarin, English, French (B)
BA English Literature, Beijing Foreign Studies U, China
Wen Li
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
33
Chinese
henrichaogang.liang@mba2014.imd.ch
Mandarin, French, English, Japanese (B)
MEng Industrial Eng, Arts & Mtiers, ParisTech, France
BEng Mechanical & Automatic Eng, Shanghai Jiao Tong U,
China
Language skills key: Languages not followed by code indicate fluency. (G) = good, (B) = basic.
bn = billion; m = million
30
Danish
thorsten.madsen@mba2014.imd.ch
Danish, English, German (G), Italian (B), Swedish (B),
Norwegian (B)
MSc Finance & Accounting, Copenhagen Business School,
Denmark
Carmine Mancusi
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
32
Italian
carmine.mancusi@mba2014.imd.ch
Italian, English, French (G)
MSc Business Administration and Management, Bocconi U,
Italy
Herv Marcy
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
29
German, French
herve.marcy@mba2014.imd.ch
French, English, German, Spanish (B)
Dip Computer Science (Hons), HTW Saarbrcken, Germany;
Dip Computer Science (Hons), Metz U, France
Sinisa Matic
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
35
Croatian
sinisa.matic@mba2014.imd.ch
Croatian, English, Slovenian (B), German (B), Italian (B),
Russian (B)
MSc Construction Mgmt; BSc MEng Civil Eng, U of Zagreb,
Croatia
Senior Project Manager, Davis Langdon, an AECOM Company, Qatar and Eritrea
Undertook feasibility studies for several major building projects in Croatia and Russia
Led a project team to deliver Croatias biggest logistics park ahead of contractual deadline
Participated in delivery of a number of building projects ranging in value from $1m to $15m
Anna-Julia McVeigh
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
28
British, Brazilian
anna-julia.mcveigh@mba2014.imd.ch
English, Portuguese, Spanish (G), French (G)
BSc (Hons) Economic History, London School of Economics,
UK
Fabian Meier
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
33
Swiss
fabian.meier@mba2014.imd.ch
German, English, Spanish, French (G)
MSc Mechanical Eng, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Yordan Minev
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
29
Bulgarian, American
yordan.minev@mba2014.imd.ch
Bulgarian, English, Russian (G), German (B)
BSc Economics-Mathematics Combined Degree, Saint
Lawrence U, USA
Language skills key: Languages not followed by code indicate fluency. (G) = good, (B) = basic.
bn = billion; m = million
29
Indian
priyadarshini.mohan@mba2014.imd.ch
English, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada
BEng (Hons) Information Science, VTU, India
Anna Nam
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
31
Russian
anna.nam@mba2014.imd.ch
Russian, English, French (B)
BSc (Hons) Economics, Moscow State U of Service, Russia
Pablo Nieto
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
32
Spanish
pablo.nieto@mba2014.imd.ch
Spanish, English, Chinese, Portuguese (B), German (B)
MSc Intl Trade, Spanish Foreign Trade Institute, Spain
Rob Nijs
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
31
Japanese, French
henri.nobumoto@mba2014.imd.ch
Japanese, French, English, Spanish (G), Portuguese (B),
German (B)
MA Social & Intercultural Psychology, Brussels Free U,
Belgium; BA Social Psychology, U of Montpellier III, France
Juris Parups
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
30
Latvian
juris.parups@mba2014.imd.ch
Latvian, English, Russian (B)
BSc Economics and Business, Stockholm School of
Economics, Latvia; FCCA
Beatriz Peloia
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
27
Brazilian
beatriz.peloia@mba2014.imd.ch
Portuguese, English, French (G), Spanish (B)
BSc Business Administration, Fundacao Getulio Vargas,
Brazil
Language skills key: Languages not followed by code indicate fluency. (G) = good, (B) = basic.
Led $2.3m global research account supporting marketers of 2nd largest FMCG manufacturer
Improved capabilities in Africa through creative solutions to regional challenges
Managed a team of four analysts across three countries (Switzerland, Poland and India)
bn = billion; m = million
33
Hungarian
andras.pentek@mba2014.imd.ch
Hungarian, English, German (B), Italian (B), French (B)
MSc Economics, Corporate Finance, Budapest U of
Economic Sciences and Public Administration, Hungary
Lara Pierce
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
33
American
lara.pierce@mba2014.imd.ch
English, French (G), German (B)
JD, U of Cincinnati College of Law, USA;
BA (High Hons) Geography and Photojournalism,
Syracuse U, USA
Thomas Pongratz
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
29
German
thomas.pongratz@mba2014.imd.ch
German, English
MSc (Hons) Industrial Engineering, Purdue U, USA;
Diploma (Hons) Industrial Engineering & Mgmt,
U of Erlangen-Nrnberg, Germany
Pongsakorn Potibundit
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
29
Thai
pek.potibundit@mba2014.imd.ch
Thai, English, Khmer (G), German (B)
BSc (Hons) Economics, Chulalongkorn U, Thailand
Pasha Pourfallah
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
35
Canadian, Iranian, US Resident
pasha.pourfallah@mba2014.imd.ch
English, Persian, Spanish (B)
BSc Business Administration, SFU, Canada
Francis Raymond
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
30
Canadian
francis.raymond@mba2014.imd.ch
French, English
BCom, HEC Montreal, Canada
Massimo Sabella
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
36
Italian
massimo.sabella@mba2014.imd.ch
English, Italian, French (G)
MSc Procurement Management, U of Rome II, Italy;
MEng Aerospace Engineering, U of Naples, Italy;
Test Pilot School, US Air Force, USA
Language skills key: Languages not followed by code indicate fluency. (G) = good, (B) = basic.
bn = billion; m = million
29
Spanish
lola.sanchez@mba2014.imd.org
Spanish, English, French, Italian (B)
MEng Industrial Engineering, ICAI, Spain
31
Japanese
ken.sasaki@mba2014.imd.ch
Japanese, English, Spanish (B)
BBA, Yokohama National U, Japan
Head of Corporate Fin. & Subsidiary Control, Fung Japan Development, Japan
Worked directly with top management for all Japanese strategic Mergers & Acquisitions, postM&A integration, restructuring and monitoring of 15+ subsidiaries and JVs
Actively supported multidisciplinary teams of various layers across the group in streamlining
wide range of business operations and realizing revenue & cost synergies post-M&A
Spearheaded the identification and monetization of numerous domestic and foreign non-core
assets which resulted in reduction of long-term assets by over 8%
Florian Schnappauf
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
32
German
florian.schnappauf@mba2014.imd.ch
German, English, Spanish, French (G)
Dip European Business Studies, U of Bamberg, Germany
34
Portuguese
mariamiguel.serrador@mba2014.imd.ch
Portuguese, English, French, Spanish (B)
MSc Industrial Engineering & Management, U of Porto,
Portugal
Sergey Shekhter
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
30
Russian, Israeli
sergey.shekhter@mba2014.imd.ch
Russian, English, French
BSc Applied Accounting, Oxford Brookes U, UK;
BSc Electrical Engineering, Ural U, Russia; ACCA
Ashley Silver
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
30
American
ashley.silver@mba2014.imd.ch
English, Spanish (G), French (G)
BA Economics, BA International Relations, U of Virginia, USA
Krzysztof Swiczewski
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
29
Polish
krzysztof.swiczewski@mba2014.imd.ch
Polish, English, German, French (G), Luxembourgish (B)
MA Finance and Banking, Warsaw School of Economics,
Poland
Language skills key: Languages not followed by code indicate fluency. (G) = good, (B) = basic.
bn = billion; m = million
33
Turkish
ozan.talay@mba2014.imd.ch
Turkish, English, German (B)
BSc Electrical-Electronics Engineering, Middle East
Technical U, Turkey
Bernardo Tarbes
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
32
Brazilian
bernardo.tarbes@mba2014.imd.ch
Portuguese, English, Spanish, French (G), German (B)
BSc Electrical Eng, PUC-RJ, Brazil
Satoshi Uchida
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
30
Japanese
satoshi.uchida@mba2014.imd.ch
Japanese, English, Spanish (B)
MEng Chemistry and Biotechnology, U of Tokyo, Japan;
BEng Organic Chemistry, U of Tokyo, Japan
Ernst Verloop
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
32
Dutch
ernst.verloop@mba2014.imd.ch
Dutch, English, German (B), French (B)
MSc Biomedical Eng, TU Delft, The Netherlands;
BSc Mechanical Eng, TU Delft, The Netherlands
Elisa Vlerick
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
27
Belgian
elisa.vlerick@mba2014.imd.ch
Dutch, French, English, German (G), Spanish (B)
BA (Hons) History, Kings College London, UK;
MA (Hons) Law, U of Leuven, Belgium
Joan Vozeh
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
31
Swiss, Czech
joan.vozeh@mba2014.imd.ch
German, English, French, Russian (G), Czech (G),
Urdu/Hindi (B)
MA Intl Relations, Graduate Institute of International
Studies, Switzerland
Tim Wakeford
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
29
British
tim.wakeford@MBA2014.imd.ch
English, German (G)
BA (Hons) Business Studies, U of Manchester, UK
Learning & Development Manager, Starbucks Coffee Switzerland & Austria, Switzerland
Initiated and supervised the complete revision of three major training programs
Recognized for support of EMEA team with best practices, feedback and rollout of initiatives
Co-led global change management project; ensured smooth transition to new program
Language skills key: Languages not followed by code indicate fluency. (G) = good, (B) = basic.
bn = billion; m = million
33
Singaporean
bin.wang@mba2014.imd.ch
Mandarin, English, French (B)
MTD Rapid Product Development, National U of Singapore;
BEng Electrical Engineering, Xian Jiaotong U, China
Derek Watson
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
32
British, Italian
derek.watson@mba2014.imd.ch
English, Russian, German (B)
MA Business Studies and Accounting, U of Edinburgh, UK;
Qualified Chartered Accountant
Chartered Accountant with int'l experience for leading multinational organizations in the UK and CIS
Sushmita Yadav
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
27
Indian
sushmita.yadav@mba2014.imd.ch
English, Hindi, French (B)
BEng Electronics and Communication, UIET, Punjab U, India
34
Korean
sungho.yoon@mba2014.imd.ch
Korean, English, Indonesian (B)
BSc(Hons) Computer Science, Yonsei U, Korea
8+ years intl experience in business development and crossborder investment in the telecommunications industry
Li Ping Yu
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
35
Malaysian
liping.yu@mba2014.imd.ch
Malay, English, Mandarin (G), Cantonese (G), Dutch (B)
BEng (Hons) Electronics Eng, Multimedia U, Malaysia
34
Spanish
manuel.zafrasolas@mba2014.imd.ch
Spanish, English, French (G)
MEng Civil Engineering, U Granada, Spain
Set up and led a service unit of eight; responsible for sales and operation of a $4m budget
Led business development initiatives in service sales; increased orders by $1.2m
Streamlined operation procedures; enhanced customer satisfaction and improved cash flow
Established strategic collaboration with external service partners and built up a resource pool
Xiaoding Zhou
Age
Nationality
Contact
Languages
Degrees
31
Chinese
xiaoding.zhou@mba2014.imd.ch
English, Mandarin, Shanghainese, German (B)
CertICM, ACT, UK; MSc Economics, KU, Denmark,
exchange to U of Wisconsin - Madison, USA & CBS, Denmark;
BSc Finance, SHIFT, China
Language skills key: Languages not followed by code indicate fluency. (G) = good, (B) = basic.
Cash and Liquidity Manager, Vestas Wind Systems, Denmark & Switzerland
Conducted short-term cash management to optimize liquidity and reduce borrowing costs
Stress-tested cash flow forecasting accuracy and delivered long-term liquidity report to Group
Treasurer and key stakeholders
Developed a global intercompany funding guideline and bank partnership plan to reduce
trapped cash from 150m to 50m and decrease number of operating banks
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Swiss
theo.zimmermann@mba2014.imd.ch
German, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese (G),
Italian (B), Arabic (B)
FRM, MA Business Administration and Linguistics, U of
Zurich, Switzerland
Youmna Zogaib
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Canadian, Lebanese
youmna.zogaib@mba2014.imd.ch
English, French, Arabic (G), Spanish (G)
BCom Finance, McGill U, Canada
Diego Barreto
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Brazilian
diego.barreto@mba2014.imd.ch
Portuguese, English, Spanish (G)
LLB Law, PUC/SP, Brazil; Specialization in Finance and
Investor Relations, Fipecafi, Brazil
Yosuke Murai
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Japanese
yosuke.murai@mba2014.imd.ch
Japanese, English
MA, Nagoya U, Japan; B Policy Studies, KGU, Japan
Nikita Popov
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Russian
nikita.popov@mba2014.imd.ch
Russian, English
MSc International Business, SPb State U, Russia;
MSc Information Security, SPb U of Information Technologies,
Russia
Aksel M. Schjerpen
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Norwegian
aksel.schjerpen@mba2014.imd.ch
Norwegian, English, German (B)
MTech Mechanical Engineering, NTNU, Norway
Language skills key: Languages not followed by code indicate fluency. (G) = good, (B) = basic.
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