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Alumni
Executive MBA-Europe graduates join the larger Thunderbird Alumni community.
Some prominent Thunderbird alumni around the globe include:
- Luis Moreno, President of the Inter-American Development Bank
- Raymundo Yu, Jr, Chairman of Asia Pacific Merrill Lynch Group
- The Honorable Philip Reeker, US Ambassador to Macedonia
- Kimberly Wiehl, Secretary General of the Berne Union
- Jaivier Perez, President, Mastercard Europe
- Saad Abdul-Latif, CEO of PepsiCo Asia, Middle East & Africa
- John Andrews, Head of Investor Relations, Citigroup
- Hussein Dabbas, President & CEO of Royal Jordanian Airlines
Thunderbird Alumni in the Lake Geneva area work at various stages in their careers across a wide range of organizations. A sampling includes:
- Julianne Jammers, Principal, Head of Business Engagement & Development, World Economic Forum
- Andreas Sigl, Global Brand Innovation, Infiniti (Nissan)
- Christian Wildmoser, Partner, CVC Capital Partners
- Taide Guajardo, Global/WE Brand Operations, Proctor & Gamble
- Steven Klemme, Middle East Operations, JPMorgan
- Kris Larsen, President of Visual Branding, The Brand Consultancy
- Ricarda McFalls, Sustainable Business, International Labor Organization
- Beatrice Bernescut, Communications Officer, The Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria
- Adel Labib, President & CEO, Telesonique
Active alumni chapters in over a dozen cities across Europe and in dozens of nations provide a lifelong global resource.
Most chapters in major cities host monthly networking get-togethers for local alumni and those visiting the city on business. Thunderbird also maintains an alumni network through "My Thunderbird," the school's intranet and institutional profile and networking tool. Below are profiles of some of our Executive MBA alumni.
Michael Goodsite '08
Director, Nordic Centre of Excellence for Strategic Adaptation Research, Professor at Aarhus School of Business
A love of travel grew into a quest to learn the language of nature for environmental scientist Michael Goodsite ’08, Ph.D., director of a newly funded center that helps Nordic businesses and other organizations adapt to climate change. A 2008 graduate of Thunderbird’s Executive MBA program in Europe, Goodsite put his business skills to work with the formation of the Nordic Centre of Excellence-Nordic Strategic Adaption Research – and the future for him, Nordic companies and even the environment are all the better because of it.
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Sami Al-Hawaj '08
A Saudi national growing up in Qatar, Sami Al-Hawaj '08 has known nothing but"global" his whole life. In fact, his current position as an engineering expert and consultant with the Qatar-based Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting (GOIC) has augmented the 40-year-old's lifelong journey among varied cultures.
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Solrun Halldorsdottir '08
It’s not enough that Icelander Solrun Halldorsdottir ’08 has a demanding full-time job that has her racing against a staffing crunch. She’s also a wife and mother of two, as well as an artist. She juggled all of these duties while studying in Thunderbird's Executive MBA-Europe program - and never regretted a minute of it.
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John Stephenson '08
COO at NORMA Group in Singapore
If you want a job that is truly international, John Stephenson has a recommendation. “The automotive industry is one of the largest in the world,” he explains. “Vehicles and their components are manufactured in virtually every country on the globe.”
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Jan Vymazal '08
General Manager, Czech Republic for Edwards Vacuum
With so much success under his belt, some would wonder why Jan Vymazal ’08 even decided to return to school for his MBA. But he knew there was more he could learn, more he could do and more places he could go. That drive brought him to Thunderbird, and his Thunderbird education continues to drive his success.
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Mohamed Dobashi '06
When Mohamed Dobashi '06 was put in charge of establishing a new campus in Doha, Qatar, for Pennsylvania-based Carnegie Mellon University, he realized quickly he needed to learn from others with hands-on experience in the business world. That's what led him to Thunderbird."The majority of schools have people with just academic experience, and what I believe I received from Thunderbird is an education based on facts — not theory."
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