Newsmakers October 2013

Newsmakers October 2013

  • Tee Tua Ba (AMP ‘90) has been appointed Singapore’s Ambassador to Switzerland (non-resident).; He was previously Singapore’s Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates.
  • Olivier Calloud (MBA ‘01J) has been appointed CEO of bank Piguet Galland & Cie.
  • Anna Casse (MBA ‘91D) has joined ARIAD Pharmaceuticals as head Marketing and Sales Europe.
  • Denys Chamay (MBA ’67) , has been appointed as a member of the International Labour Office’s Independent Oversight Advisory Committee in addition to his ongoing role at BCGE.
  • Philippe Durr (AMP ‘04Oct) has been appointed head of Romande Energie Commerce with effect
    from 7 January 2013 and he will also sit on the Group’s Executive Board.
  • Guido Fürer (IEP ‘00Feb) has been appointed to the Group Executive Committee of Swiss Re Ltd as
    Group Chief Investment Officer with effect from 1 November 2012.
  • Roman Kurmann (IEP F/S ‘05Apr), the former CFO of Clariden Leu Group, has been appointed Chief
    Financial Officer and a Member of the Executive Committee of EFG Financial Products Holding.
  • Andrea Orcel (MBA ‘90J) has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of UBS Investment Bank, having
    been co-CEO and a member of the UBS Group Executive Board since July 2012.
  • Urs Widmer (MBA ‘98D) has been appointed COO and member of the Executive Board of SIX Swiss
    Exchange.

INSEAD Ties for Second in Global CEO Count

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INSEAD leads non-US business schools in CEO count among FT500 companies and comes second worldwide, according to analysis by the FT. Almost a third of chief executives currently in charge of the biggest global companies enhanced their careers with an MBA.  Harvard had the most with 24 FT500 chief executives, and  INSEAD tied with Stanford for second place with eight FT500 Chief Executives among its alumni.  INSEAD is the only non-US business school to have more than two MBA alumni represented.

Read more here and you can see the list hembaftre.

 

Join Fellow Alumni for Art Geneva Networking + Cocktails

The Geneva Chapter is delighted to invite all Art lovers to join the upcoming “artgenève” tour and networking event. The art exhibition is at the forefront of contemporary art, modern art and design, featuring internationally renowned galleries, art scene institutions, prizes, collections, along with art book publishers and magazines. Gevenva Chapter volunteer, Andrea Bastreghi (CIM-1995), has organized entry ticktets, and an exclusive guided tour to be followed by a networking cocktail in Palexpo.

The first to register will be guaranteed a place in the optional guided tour and are also eligible to receive a VIP card valid for two that offers access to about 30 private Art events in and around Geneva! These events will take place during the period of the salon (30.1 until 2.2) and will be a unique opportunity to enjoy among many others exclusive tours of the Pictet Collection or SYZ collection or take part in the gala artgenève party!

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More about this event on amiando/XING

We look forward to seeing you there!

 

INSEAD Groups Appeal to Raise €30K for ICRC Typhoon Haiyan Fund

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Guiuan: Red Cross volunteers off-load boxes of household essentials at the Guiuan relief distribution site. (Image source: ICRC / Brecht Goris)

The INSEAD Alumni Association has received the following appeal and we encourage you to donate…

Dear Fellow INSEAD Alumni:

Typhoon Haiyan – one of the most powerful weather phenomena ever observed – devastated the Philippines on the night of 8th November 2013.  More than 11.3 million people were affected and nearly 700,000 people were  displaced.  Many islands and cities are still inaccessible.

Humanitarian organisations have been on the ground for over two months in the Philippines, among them the International Federation of the Red Cross and the Philippine National Red Cross, whose emergency response teams are working to meet the needs of victims.

With the support of [pullquote align=”left|center|right” textalign=”left|center|right” width=”30%”]INSEAD’s MBA students, the INSEAD student club INDEVOR, INSEAD ENTRAIDE, and the INSEAD Social Innovation Centre, INSEAD is responding to the crisis by donating [/pullquote] INSEAD’s MBA students, the INSEAD student club INDEVOR, INSEAD ENTRAIDE, and the INSEAD Social Innovation Centre, INSEAD is responding to the crisis by donating to the Philippine Red Cross.

Please enjoin our fellow INSEAD alumni in your National Alumni Association or your Promotion to contribute to our target of raising €30,000 by making a donation today to the on-going effort to rebuild for reconstruction works and to support typhoon victims.  The International Red Cross has put in place a link for INSEAD donations which tracks the evolution of the number of donors and the total amount.

To make a donation online, here is the link : https://www.ammado.com/community/145158

For direct donations on the Europe Campus, cheques should be made payable to INSEAD ENTRAIDE and sent to Véronique Fabre, INSEAD Boulevard de Constance, 77305 Fontainebleau Cedex, France.

For direct donations on the Asia Campus, cheques should be made payable to INSEAD ENTRAIDE and sent to James Middleditch, INSEAD Asia Campus, 1 Ayer Rajah Avenue, Singapore 138676.

On behalf of our countrymen, we in the INSEAD National Alumni Association Philippines would like to thank you and your alumni members very much for your support.

Leo Cloma (MBA ’98J) Interim President

Insead National Alumni Association Philippines

Read more on INSEAD ‘s research regarding the disaster in the Philippines here…