Corporate Perspective: IESE Business School

What do corporates think about MBA graduates from the IESE Business School? Find out here as they share their views with us.

"Albrecht Schwerin had a Ph.D. degree in chemical engineering and was running one of our plants at Cognis. We thought he needed more preparation for taking on high-level executive tasks within Cognis, so we decided to sponsor him in the Global Executive MBA program. It was a significant investment for us, but at Cognis we believe that our people are our most powerful asset. The general management focus and international character of the program have clearly strengthened his performance within our company."

Christoph Breucker - Vice-President, COGNIS

"At the time we decided to sponsor Joerg Astalosch, we looked into various leading Executive MBA programs worldwide. IESE was an ideal fit, offering the best program format and class set-up in comparison with other Executive MBA programs. Since completing the program, Joerg has taken on increasingly challenging responsibilities and moved from Volkswagen to Audi. His duty has been to foster change, introduce in-depth analysis and transparency in the business, implement structure within the finance area and build up a team. The task was and remains a very broad one. It includes dealing with different cultures where the environment and the competition has become even more difficult. The Global Executive MBA at IESE mirrored this situation and has clearly prepared Joerg. To keep all this very simple: The Global Executive MBA delivered a very good ROI for Joerg and Audi AG."

Rupert Stadler - Member of the Board of Management for Finance and Organization, Audi AG

"From an HR perspective, IESE's Global Executive MBA has been very valuable to us in developing and retaining our people, by improving performance while grooming the talent we already have for new roles within the company."

Wolfgang Fueter - Head, Global Assignments, Volkswagen Group

"The results from Erna Ga­sladattir's studies at IESE went far beyond our expectations. She was able to apply what she learned immediately and many of the projects that she worked on during the program, she used also at work. During the program, Erna was appointed Managing Director of B&L and we can see that she is steering the company in the right direction. She also gained valuable skills, thanks to her participation in the Global Executive MBA, that allow her to see what it takes to succeed in the future."

Gisli Gudmundsson - Chairman, B&L