HEC Paris, ranked number two worldwide in Executive Education by the Financial Times in 2015, has formally welcomed the newest batch of participants to the HEC Executive MBA. Comprising some of the region’s promising business executives, the EMBA Class of 2017 consists of 45 participants representing 15 nationalities and with an average age of 38.
The participants come from various business sectors such as Education, Consulting, Telecommunications, Government Services, Oil & Gas, Healthcare, Aviation, Financial Services, and Construction. Their primary aim is to further advance their professional and career growth as well as promote the sustainable growth and development objectives of their respective organizations.
The new participants were welcomed by Prof. Laoucine Kerbache, Dean & CEO, HEC Paris in Qatar, followed by an overview by Barbara Miller, Program Head of International EMBA and Mobility. Three distinguished HEC Paris EMBA Alumni Nasser Al-Ansari – Chairman of QDVC, Abdulla Al-Mehshadi – CEO of Msheireb Properties and Aysha Al Mudahka – CEO of QBIC also shared words of encouragement with the new participants.
“We are truly honored to welcome the sixth cohort of participants of our HEC Executive MBA in Doha,” said Prof. Laoucine Kerbache, Dean & CEO of HEC Paris in Qatar. “The continued demand and popularity of our HEC Executive MBA program among business executives from Qatar and the region is reflective of our high quality curriculum, which takes into account the latest regional and global trends in executive management, leadership and entrepreneurship.“
“In welcoming them into the HEC Paris executive community, we are confident that these participants will have a positive impact on the performances of their business organizations and they will lead them to new and greater heights,” he added.
The 16-month practical and intense program has been developed to provide executives with an understanding of the social, economic and environmental aspects of international business.
HEC Paris is already receiving applications for the admission of the next intake (2018) of the Executive MBA program that will start in February 2017.