2007 December Newsletter
Dear Alumni,
2007 has been certainly an exciting year for the INSEAD community in general and in the US in particular. The School now has a physical presence here in the US, which I believe is an excellent start to continue to build our brand awareness in our country. Frank Brown has kept us wel informed of all the various projects and successes of the school around the world, from Singapore to Abu Dhabi. A growing number of alumni are joining our association and we have had many great events which have attracted people from many different horizons. The latest highlight in New York was the Jeffrey Sachs event, organized by Shivani, where Jeffrey presented his work relating to severe poverty in the world. Earlier, in March, we had our most well attended event ever with over 250 people in New York at the Louis Vuitton hosted by our then President Daniel Lalonde.
And finally there is going to be the faboulos Winter ball again thanks to Raj and Wenke: "una notte scintillante" on December 8th in NYC to which you are all invited. What a great way to finish the year!
2008 is going to be even more exciting, there are many new projects in the works. Stay tuned: from new sport challenges with Salamander cups to be won, to several INSEAD professors coming to the US and presenting to our alumni network. The will be our ongoing meetings and events on a wide variety of different subjects and some other surprises as well.
The best way to keep up to date with our activities is to visit our web site on http://www.inseadusa.com.
I encourage you to join our community and participate to make it yours and also have a great time!
I wish you all happy holidays and a great New Year!
Tommaso, MBA '91, President USIAA
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Dear Alumni,
As you know our newsletter is now a quarterly publication. In the three months since our last newsletter we have had a lot of interesting happenings in our INSEAD Community.
Our new website, replete with blogs, events, networks, career opportunities is becoming a destination for our US alumni community. We have even had alumni from outside the US request guest memberships so that they can keep track of what is going on in the US. We are always happy to receive your comments and suggestions, positive and negative, about how to improve or enhance the value of our online presence. We are also looking for sponsorships for the website, so that we can continue to develop new capabiities online. Website sponsors will receive prominent displays on selected webpages. Please contact us if you are interested in becoming a sponsor.
The US office was launched with much fanfare on 29 October. Frank Brown was present for the announcement and former USIAA President Kevin Ryan offered his newly renovated Manhattan apartment for the welcoming celebration. Mary Lee Reiley was named the new Director of External Relations for the Americas.
We are planning to launch a 'get in touch' campaign to reach out to the more than 2000 INSEAD alumni in the US. We want to make sure we have up-to-date contact information for each and every alumnus/a. We hope to engage people from each of our 10 regions, and alums from each promotion to be able to contact every one on our list. If you are interested in helping out with that activity, either for your region or your promotion, please let us know.
On behalf of the INSEAD USA national team, I wish you all the best for the holiday season.
Regards,
Bob Stillerman , MBA '77, VP Communications
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Happenings in the INSEAD Community
INSEAD Opens Americas Office in New York
On October 29, we celebrated the opening of our first Americas office in New York. The event brought together more than 100 alumni and friends of the school to celebrate this milestone at Kevin Ryan's (MBA’90) home in Manhattan. The event also celebrated the launch of Dean Frank Brown’s book, The Global Business Leader: Practical Advice for Success in a Transcultural Marketplace.
The office opening was made possible thanks to the help of our alumni and some corporate sponsors. A special thanks to Alastair Tedford (MBA’87) and his firm, Albion Investors LLC, who were the primary supporters of our new location at 75 Rockefeller Plaza on the 15th floor.
Our presence in the Americas will allow us to increase our alumni activities, build brand awareness and expand our activities in Executive Education. Mary Lee Rieley will be heading the office as Executive Director of External Relations for the Americas. Mary-Lee will be working closely with Sarah Robertson, who continues in her role as Development Director, Americas. Professor J. Stewart Black will lead our efforts in Executive Education in the region as the new Associate Dean of Executive Development Programmes for the Americas along with Stephanie Comenge, Director of Partner Development. On December 7 a group of alums will be having lunch in one of the conference rooms with Mary Lee to discuss the roles of the staff in the Americas and plans for future growth.
“The opening of our Americas office underscores our mission to offer business education that brings together people, cultures and ideas from around the world,” said J. Frank Brown, Dean of INSEAD. “By establishing a presence in the U.S., we will not only be able to extend our reach in the executive education sector, but also continue to foster relationships with our extensive alumni base in the Americas.”
Mary Lee Reiley, Director of External Relations for the Americas
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INSEAD Professor to speak on Strategic Agility
Successful companies often become victims of their own success: when their business matures, they find it impossible to renew themselves. CEOs and corporate management teams are under attack – their tenure is shorter and shorter- and the performance demanded from them higher and higher. To regain and maintain growth they need to learn to thrive on change and disruption, and strategic agility becomes a key capability.
INSEAD’s Professor of Business Strategy Yves Doz, and Mr Mikko Kosonen, former CIO and CSO of Nokia, and currently EVP of the Finnish Innovation Fund, will give a series of presentations in 2008 on the theme of Strategic Agility, around the publication of their new book Fast Strategy: How Strategic Agility will help you stay ahead of the Game, Wharton School Publishing, 2007.
Please join them for a special reception with a keynote speaker, presentation, Q&A session and book signing on the following dates in 2008:
- 15 January 6-8pm in London
- 5 February 6-8pm in New York
- 7 February 6-8pm in San Francisco
For more information, and to register to these events, please contact Muriel Larvaron at INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France, Tel: ++33.1.60.72.42.43.
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It’s Holiday Giving Time!
It is not too late to give to INSEAD and have it count as a deduction for the 2007 tax year. It is now possible to make a donation to the annual fund by credit card payment through Paypal. You can choose to have your gift go to a number of INSEAD scholarships, research programs, building programs – or contribute to your class reunion gift. Just click on http://www.insead.edu/alumni/imef/. Thank you!
2007 Fundraising Results – Participation is Up!
INSEAD publishes their annual fundraising information based on an August 31 fiscal year that conforms to a “school year” calendar. As of August 31, 2007 close to 200,000 euros was collected for INSEAD’s Annual Fund from Alumni with a 24% participation rate.
How do we compare to other countries with sizable amounts of INSEAD alums?
The UK is tops with 775,000 euros added to the Annual Fund (17% participation), followed by France at 500,000 euros (15% participation) and the Netherlands with over 400k (39% participation).
Help us keep our participation percentage at a respectable level – give to INSEAD!
Do you have any good ideas for fundraising?
With the appointment last August of Christopher Redo as the new Executive Director of Development and Alumni Affairs, INSEAD is carefully examining how they approach Alums for fundraising activities and class gifts. If you have any thoughts, complaints or suggestions regarding INSEAD’s fundraising in the US, please contact Sharyanne McSwain, the US Trustee on the INSEAD Alumni Fund Board. We need you to contribute to our fundraising efforts!
Sharyanne McSwain, MBA'91J, US INSEAD Alumni Fund
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November 2007 update
On October 29th, INSEAD Dean Frank Brown celebrated the release of his
first book, "The Global Business Leader: Practical Advice for Success in
a Transcultural Marketplace" (Palgrave Macmillan Hardcover, 2007), with
Tri-State area INSEAD alumni. The book has received positive reviews,
such as the one from Forbes below, and can be purchased at Amazon.com or
your local bookstore.
Other mentions of INSEAD appear in articles in Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek and others. Select links below.
Forbes: A review of Frank Brown's book.
The Wall Street Journal - An Insead professor gives advice on how to do business in Russia.
Newsweek - An Insead professor weighs in on women in business roles in Asia.
Financial News Online - Dean Frank Brown joins the advisory board of Bridgepoint, a European private equity firm
Reuters - Following on his research on eating choices, Professor Pierre Chandon is quoted in "Healthy restaurants can make you fat."
Your ideas for further raising awareness about INSEAD in the U.S. press are welcome, please send them to INSEAD's press relations firm, CJP, at inseadpr@cjpcom.com.
Ellen Cohan, MBA J'02, VP, Press Relations
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MyAmphi Web: Our Single Information Medium for Career Advertising and Opportunities
All employment opportunities for INSEAD graduates that are known to us are posted regularly and much more frequently in our newly designed and recently launched website. Go to http://www.inseadusa.com, log in, click the Careers button and then on the next screen, click Recent Job Openings in red on the left. This will take you to all recent job postings. A more complete and possibly somewhat obsolete job listing going back to several months is available by just clicking on the Careers button. If you don't have your log in credentials, please email us.
Do you have a job to offer? Many INSEAD graduates, recent or more experienced, are constantly looking for new career opportunities. You could help them, and fill your needs, by posting any open positions appropriate for INSEAD alumni on our MyAmphi Web site. All you need to do is to send the job requisitions to Raj and I will quickly get them on our Web.
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Job Opportunities
For job details, go to the Employment Opportunities pages in the Career Services Section of our website: http://www.inseadusa.com.
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Alumni Career Services, Three Year Development Plan Needs your Input
The IAA General Assembly has approved a three year development plan for Alumni Career Services. Claire Lecoq, Director, Career Services and Pamela McNeill, Assistant Director, Alumni and EMBA Career Services, are responsible for setting up the basis for this new service to alumni. They need our input and our experience to develop concrete services. Please let me know if you have specific ideas concerning best practices in career services and any suggestions on how INSEAD can support our needs in the delivery of these services.
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INSEAD Career Contacts
If you belong to any enterprise that frequently or occasionally hires MBA’s, you may be willing to talk about your organization to our recent graduates aspiring to a career in the U.S. They would be interested in learning about your organization, its policies, practices, opportunities, etc. The dialog could be by phone or by e-mail, or even face-to-face, if it can be arranged. Please confirm your willingness to help our fellow alumni through communicating with them for a few minutes to an hour, by providing me your name, organization, phone # and e-mail address.
Jag Rao, Vice President, Careers, MBA, '64
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Northern California and Northwest region, Rich Pulliam, MBA '04D, President
Richard Pulliam is very excited to have the opportunity to join the great volunteer team here as the new President in the Northern California region. We look forward to organizing regular events in the coming year to enhance the social and professional networking and knowledge sharing opportunities for our alumni. We will be having events in San Francisco and in Silicon Valley.
If you’d like to help us organize and volunteer with the team to create more value for our alumni, please let me know. Also please write me if you have any ideas for speakers, venues, events – we’d love to hear from you. We are also looking for blog authors for our new website in the region as well as for special interests like entrepreneurship, technology and venture capital.
We look forward to bringing you a great year of alumni activity!
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February 7th – Prof. Yves Doz (INSEAD) will be launching his new book, Fast Strategy, in NYC, and we are planning an alumni event on the evening of the 7th at 6 pm. (See Happening in the INSEAD Community for more information).
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An update from Nat Criou
You may remember Nat after her encounter with a sperm whale on a sailboat last summer. Well, Nat has gone from an extremely big to an extremely small opponent as she was diagnosed with cancer over a year ago.
Her disease is unique and required international attention. The INSEAD alumni network proved invaluable as it opened doors for her at renowned international hospitals in the UK and France, and supported her psychologically throughout this ordeal by sending her "Get Well" gifts, regular cards and numerous emails. She hadn't thought that the USIAA could also help save the lives of its members! You can all be proud of your family. Your support is the lifeblood that keeps it going. Remember to renew your membership or sign up at: http://www.inseadusa.com/.
The cancer grew so attached to her reproductive tract that it decided to keep it as a souvenir. As she had not planned on being a tourist ground for cancer and menopausal at 32, she sought help to preserve her fertility. This affected her so much that she worked with top physicians in the field and an award-winning team from Transvideo Studios to make a documentary to raise public awareness of these solutions. Fertility preservation options are little known to patients and physicians alike and many patients embark on irreversible sterilizing therapies before exploring options.
You can see the short video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFGg3yyDNYs.
Nat is doing well and counts on the frosted Mini-Nats to keep her spirits up! If she can dodge an 80-ton mammal, what's with a bunch of microscopic malignant cells! You can read about Nat's story and make a donation to sarcoma research at stories.beatsarcoma.org.
Nat Criou, MBA '04J, Vice President, Membership
Rich Pulliam, MBA '04D, Outgoing President, DC
We had a wonderful time in October at Frans Kok’s farm in Middleburg, VA for the annual End-of-Summer Picnic! We had 35 alumni and family members come and share in the wonderful food, fishing, apple picking, wine drinking and good times!
Richard is moving to the Bay Area from DC and we are now looking for a new President in the region. If you would like to volunteer to serve as the next President, please contact Richard at richpulliam@yahoo.com.
TriState + PA, Shivani Kannabhiran, MBA '00, President
It’s time to put on your dancing shoes, kick-up your heels and celebrate in style with fellow Alumni.
Saturday December 8th is the Tri-State IAA 2007 Winter Ball- Una Notte Scintillante.
We have a wonderful evening planned. Fabulous auction prizes, raffles, goody bags and of course… great company.
Thanks to our alumni, we have some terrific prizes from LVMH, L’Oreal, Cartier, Baum et Mercier, Mang’oh Yoga, CVS and many others. We also have some very generous holiday packages, and services donated by individual alumni….
All INSEAD alumni are invited to attend this black tie, sit down dinner at The River Club in Manhattan. Tickets at $125 for IAA members are selling out fast – so if you have yet to buy yours, please email us immediately.
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The Jeffrey Sachs talk on Solving Global Poverty (November 13) at Citi’s downtown location was a great success. We had about 100 people in attendance to listen to Prof. Sachs. His challenge to all of us was to use our business skills and our company products to help countries which are stuck in poverty. He welcomed us to contact him directly with ideas. He can be reached at via email.
As a part of “doing our bit”, the $3,000 which we collected in ticket sales are all being donated to the Millennium Villages project in Africa. To find out more about the project and how you can help, log onto: http://www.millenniumvillages.org/
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Future events
January 10th – Monthly Cocktails – location TBD; check the website for details in early January.
February 5th – Prof. Yves Doz (INSEAD) will be launching his new book, Fast Strategy, in NYC, and we are planning an alumni event on the evening of the 5th at 6 pm. Check the website in January for details (see Happening in the INSEAD Community for more information).
Shivani Kannabhiran (’00) & Matt Williamson (‘00)
Christian Mazzi, MBA '02D, President, New England Region
As we wrap up 2007 and start to look toward 2008, please join your fellow alumni in a holiday celebration on January 11th at Les Zygomates in Boston.
The party will start at 6:30 with cocktails followed by a sit down dinner.
Tickets are available on the alumni website or by emailing Christian Mazzi.
We look forward to seeing you there.
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The 2007 Strategic Investing in Healthcare Forum. The INSEAD Alumni association is co-hosting the 2007 Strategic Investing in Healthcare Forum on December 10th.
The reception brings together approximately 135-150 senior operating executives from public and private healthcare firms, select private equity and hedge funds, prominent research fellows, as well as key senior advisors.
Perspectives will be delivered by Bain Capital, Apax parters, GE Healthcare, American Red Cross, KKR etc.
The fee for INSEAD Alumni is $50 instead of the $875 regular price (a 95% discount and 16X return on your INSEAD dues!). Check the website for details.
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INSEAD information session for prospective MBA students. The Alumni Association is collaborating with INSEAD to reach out to potential students in the New England area. An information session followed by drinks will be held on January 18th at the Bain & Co. headquarters in Boston. INSEAD encourages all alumni to come out and share their experiences with prospective students. Please check the website for details.
INSEAD Cocktails. We are planning on hosting the next INSEAD cocktails in February. Some alumni have already offered to host it at their house. Please check the website in early January.
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Past events
The alumni cocktails on November 22nd were attended by 25 alumni and their partners. Fred Chereau’s (EMBA04) kindly hosted the event for the second year in a row – thank you Fred!
The Sunday Dim Sum brunch at the end of the summer was attended by 15 alumni and their families. The brunch was held at the China Pearl. Henry Jim (MBA05) who happens to be the nephew of the owner, was kind enough to instruct us on the best approach to Dim Sum!
Christian Mazzi MBA '02D, David Martin MBA '05J, Elizabeth Jones MBA '06D
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(Posted Nov. 29, 2007)
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Sr. Manager/ Director, Corporate Responsibilities, SunGard Data Systems Inc. Located at Corporate HQ in Wayne, PA or open to remote domestic locations
(Posted Oct. 26, 2007) - CFO for Liverpool Football Club: Seeking a candidate
who is good in accountancy, strategy and external markets. It reports directly to George
Gillett and Tom Hicks in the US so it is a senior
role.
For job specs and contact information, email Mike Valaire.
( Posted Oct. 06, 2007)
- Director, Strategy and Business Development, Media Services, New York City. Please submit resume to Mr. Krasney.
- Global Head Consulting, iGATE Global Solutions, Pittsburgh, PA, job located in CA or NJ Contact Enoch Washington.
- Regional Sales Head, US, iGATE Global Solutions, Pittsburgh, PA, job located in NJ. Contact Enoch Washington.
- Frog Design: Several positions:
- Stuttgart Digital Media Design Sr. Design Analyst
- New York Strategy Director
- San Francisco Business Development Biz Dev Director
- San Francisco Business Development Director of Client Services
- Shanghai Business Development Major Accounts/Biz Dev
- Seattle Operations General Manager / OPS Director
- Seattle Program Management Program Manager
- Austin Program Management Program Manager
- Austin Digital Media Design Sr. Design Analyst
- Head of Internal Audit, Honeywell Europe. Contact: (mention Emma Bernard-Papadakis) Maxwell Williamson ++44.20.7553.6333 www.renaix.com.
- Valuation & Business Modeling Senior Manager, Transaction Advisory Services Athens, Greece. Contact: (mention Emma Bernard-Papadakis) Maxwell Williamson ++44.20.7553.6333 www.renaix.com.
- Head of Sight Experience & Marketing, Shopping.com, UK Contact Estanis Martin de Nicolas, Head of Key Accounts, PayPal UK Ltd Direct Line: +44 (0) 208 6053064; Mobile: +44 7811 202133.
- Head of Distributed Commerce, Shopping.com, UK. Contact Estanis Martin de Nicolas, Head of Key Accounts, PayPal UK Ltd Direct Line: +44 (0) 208 6053064; Mobile: +44 7811 202133 e-mail: estanis@paypal.com
- CFO, New York Academy of Sciences. Contact Ritu Chattree, INSEAD Alumna. Ritu's work email if you would like to contact her to get more info about the organization.
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USIAA Contacts
US INSEAD Alumni Association (USIAA) National Executive Team
| Tommaso Trionfi, President | Anne Holbach, Vice President, Human Resources |
| Brigitte Morel, Executive Vice President, Regions | Jag Rao, Vice President, Careers |
| Yusuf Khapra, Executive Vice President, Operations | Nathalie Criou, Vice President, Membership |
| Carol Cunningham , USIAA Administrative Coordinator | Ellen Cohan, Vice President, Public Relationsr |
| Lydia Zaininger, Treasurer |
Bob Stillerman, Vice President, National Communications |
| Sanny Makki , Assistant Treasurer |
Other US INSEAD Contacts
| Frank Brown, Dean | Roberto Buaron, President, US Council |
| Eric Benhamou, Chairman West Coast Council | Sharyanne McSwain, US INSEAD Alumni Fund Rep |
| Tom Barry, President IMEF | Raj Singh, Vice President, Faculty relations |
US INSEAD Alumni Association (USIAA) - Regional Presidents
| Christian Mazzi
President of New England [Boston] (main1e, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Delaware, Vermont) |
Richard Pulliam,
President of Northern California & Northwest
(Northern California, Washington, Oregon) |
| Frances Pordes Phillips
President of Central [Denver] (Idaho, Montana, Colorado, Wyoming, North/South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas) |
Marc-Antoine Baissas
President of Midwest [Chicago] (Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, Ohio, Wisconsin, Missouri, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan) |
| Darach Chapman
President of Florida [Miami] |
David Ratajczak
President of Southeast [Atlanta] (North/South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee) |
| open President of Washington, DC (Virginia, W. Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, DC) |
Karim Kano
President of SoCal (Southern California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona) |
| Siv Gollakota
President of South Central [Houston, TX] (Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana) |
Shivani Kannabhiran
President of NY, TriState & PA (New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania) |
| Song Bac Toh Contact for Pacific Northwest Region (Washington, Oregon, British Columbia) |
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