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One of the reasons Roman Tarnovsky selected the IMDMBA was the fact that his peers would be older with a level of business experience akin to his own.
Tarnovsky can trace back his interest in an international career to his teenage years. In October 1989, aged 16, he took part in a student exchange program between the then USSR and the US - the first member of his family to set foot in a country that, until then, had been strictly off limits.
He has vivid memories of flying from snow-covered Moscow to the considerably warmer city of Houston. "It was one of the true life-changing events in my life," he says, "and it made me want to experience more of the world."
Today he is doing just that. With the MBA now under his belt, he is about to start a new job with DuPont's crop protection division in Paris. It's a senior position - Finance Manager for Europe, Middle East, Africa - and one that he hopes will lead to a general management function in a few years' time. He's confident that the skills he has acquired over the last 10 months at IMD, coupled with his prior experience at Eli Lilly, will help him achieve this.
Asked why he left such a promising career at Lilly for the MBA program, he explains: "My exposure to business had been limited to one company and one industry and I wanted to broaden my perspective. Also, there was a strong company culture where I was and I felt I was becoming a little embedded in that. I thought it was time to step outside for a while and maybe go back, maybe not."
"Being surrounded by people who are absolutely as capable as you are is quite a challenge in itself," he claims. "It forces you to make choices at a very personal level; like when to fight your corner and when to let something go."
"Unexpectedly, it's also shown me how much I value time to myself just to self-reflect - the intensity of the first few months means you are deprived of this, especially if, like me, you have a family, he adds. Asked if he has any regrets, he concludes with a smile: "Not at all. I took a risk and, at the end of it, I've come out with quite a different life."
MBA Alumni Profile: Roman Tarnovsky, IMD
By QS Contributor
Updated UpdatedOne of the reasons Roman Tarnovsky selected the IMD MBA was the fact that his peers would be older with a level of business experience akin to his own.
Tarnovsky can trace back his interest in an international career to his teenage years. In October 1989, aged 16, he took part in a student exchange program between the then USSR and the US - the first member of his family to set foot in a country that, until then, had been strictly off limits.
He has vivid memories of flying from snow-covered Moscow to the considerably warmer city of Houston. "It was one of the true life-changing events in my life," he says, "and it made me want to experience more of the world."
Today he is doing just that. With the MBA now under his belt, he is about to start a new job with DuPont's crop protection division in Paris. It's a senior position - Finance Manager for Europe, Middle East, Africa - and one that he hopes will lead to a general management function in a few years' time. He's confident that the skills he has acquired over the last 10 months at IMD, coupled with his prior experience at Eli Lilly, will help him achieve this.
Asked why he left such a promising career at Lilly for the MBA program, he explains: "My exposure to business had been limited to one company and one industry and I wanted to broaden my perspective. Also, there was a strong company culture where I was and I felt I was becoming a little embedded in that. I thought it was time to step outside for a while and maybe go back, maybe not."
"Being surrounded by people who are absolutely as capable as you are is quite a challenge in itself," he claims. "It forces you to make choices at a very personal level; like when to fight your corner and when to let something go."
"Unexpectedly, it's also shown me how much I value time to myself just to self-reflect - the intensity of the first few months means you are deprived of this, especially if, like me, you have a family, he adds.
Asked if he has any regrets, he concludes with a smile: "Not at all. I took a risk and, at the end of it, I've come out with quite a different life."
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