Meeting CEIBS It was a cool and crisp autumn afternoon in the autumn of 2017. Leaves fell from the trees, grazed by the first hints of the winter wind. I remember the day so well, sitting in the only Starbucks in a small town somewhere in the central US when a quick click on Google sparked my lif…

October 29, 2019. Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan – On the long list of impressive CEIBS alumni who bring China and the West closer together, MBA 2016’s Saken Shayakhmetov stands out. From the office of Askar Mamin, Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister, Saken is not only working inside a country that literally brid…

By Zhao Xinge, Professor of Finance and Accounting, Associate Dean, and Director of the Finance MBA (FMBA) Department at CEIBS After earning my PhD from Northwestern University in the US, I taught at the long-established Raymond A. Mason School of Business at the College of William & Mar…

September 27, 2019. Shanghai – Strolling through the tree-lined streets of Shanghai’s former French concession, China’s love affair with the smartphone and a desire to straddle the European and Chinese business worlds – these were just some of the intriguing themes to emerge when Jan-Peter Boeckst…

Click Here to Read More Alumni Stories In June, a group of dynamic business leaders travelled to Hangzhou for a special "summit". For such a high-octane crowd, the usual back-and-forth business negotiations were conspicuous by their absence. Instead, this meeting took place in a convivial atmo…

Born and brought up in India, Ketan (MBA 2020) graduated as an Electronics & Communications Engineer in 2014. Having been raised in a business family, he always had zeal towards initiating new ventures. He began working in the real estate sector at the age of 21, which helped him gain deep in…

Click Here to Read More Alumni Stories Earlier this year, Christoph Flink (CEIBS GEMBA2009), Mario Mazzocca (GEMBA2009), Sophia Jiao (GEMBA2018) and Mario Feuerstein (GEMBA2009) climbed the Mount Kilimanjaro. The following is Christoph Flink’s first-hand account of his experience during their…

Click Here to Read More Alumni Stories Gilbert Li CEIBS Global EMBA 2010 CFO and Board Secretary of Pharmaron Twelve years ago, Gilbert Li was offered an olive branch by an investor he had previously served, inviting him to join a start-up to take charge of its finance and help develop it…

Click Here to Read More Alumni Stories Three years ago, Paul Tong, aged 52, and four other sports-loving friends established the UPAR brand for sports, fashion and lifestyle. At the end of 2018, UPAR's first flagship store opened in the city of Shenzhen. "If you plant seeds today, you can't re…