INSEAD celebrates women who have dared to push beyond their own limits and conquer obstacles in their lives to create positive change. Listen to the latest episode of In The Know on your favourite podcast platform where we celebrate the incredible feats of our five guests with a digital roundtable discussion.
“My journey to INSEAD started with my parents, who took incredible risks from when I was born in Uganda to allow us to transition to lives that were spent between Uganda and South Africa for most of our upbringing.” -Eihorere Wesigye
“I am a Vice President of the Private Infrastructure Asia Pacific Investment team for Partners Group. I was motivated to pursue the Executive Master in Finance (EMFin) programme because I wanted to equip myself with the knowledge and experience to be able to drive my firm’s infrastructure investment in Asia in the future.”
Kok Leong is an Investment Leader at Partners Group, a global private markets investment manager with more than USD 100 billion in assets under management.
“When I look back on my adult life so far, there is one moment that marks the beginning of a journey that brought me to INSEAD… Coming from a non-traditional business background, I looked for a place that celebrates diversity of all kinds, with an emphasis on entrepreneurship.”
Danny Raveh is an Israeli musician, entrepreneur, and social innovator who founded Synthesizer, the business accelerator for musicians, in 2017. He talks about his journey to INSEAD and his plans beyond.
“Leadership is both science and art. It is so intangible and abstract just like the air, yet such an incredibly critical force that holds ambitious endeavours together like gravity.”
Hear from Cecily Liu, MBA 21’J on how she forged leadership skills throughout her INSEAD experience.
Read about the power of the INSEAD community via partnerships between MBA alumni: Venture Capital firm White Star Capital invested $50 million in Flash Coffee, a tech-enabled coffee chain in Southeast Asia.
What is the MBA culture like at INSEAD? Some would say “diverse”. But what does diversity really mean? Certainly, it’s more than just gathering people of different identities, nationalities, and work backgrounds.
In this video, four students explain what diversity means to them.
“Things like managing priorities, researching, managing self and group work, engaging with wider audiences, looking inwards, and unlearning things that held me back are examples of enablers in this journey.” Read more from Laith Najjar, current GEMBA Middle East participant, in his blog.
In this video, five MBA students talk about why they picked INSEAD to advance their careers and change their lives. The MBA Experience is a three-part video series that explores our intense and life-changing 10-month MBA programme from the perspective of our students.