Global Executive MBA Class of 2005
An Eye-Opening Experience

Global Executive MBA classmates Erik Boyter and Gennady Teriaev come from different continents and different business sectors – and that’s what lends strength to this innovative program, enabling successful executives to obtain a world-class MBA without interrupting their careers. In this article, they explain how the Global Executive MBA has changed their lives.

The odds of a bathroom fittings manufacturer from Denmark and the owner of a supermarket chain from Siberia ever crossing paths during their lifetimes are slim. Yet these sorts of unlikely encounters occur on a regular basis as part of IESE’s Global Executive MBA, and help account for part of the program’s popularity and success.

Launched in 2001 for successful managers with an average of 10 years’ work experience, the latest Global Executive MBA program brought together 36 professionals from 17 countries to obtain a world-class MBA without interrupting their careers.

In order to reflect the multinational makeup of today’s globalized business environment, participants were divided into teams to work together during seven modules spread over 16 months in four culturally diverse locations: Barcelona, Madrid, Silicon Valley and Shanghai.

That’s how Erik Boyter, 38, from Denmark, and Gennady Teriaev, 34, from Siberia, met each other in the same team.

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