Launch reveals INSEAD’s strong commitment to Private Equity
Abu Dhabi, 18 December 2009 – INSEAD, the leading international business school, today announced the launch of its Global Private Equity Initiative (GPEI). The Initiative combines the energies and talents of the school's research and educational capabilities with INSEAD alumni and global professionals in the private equity industry. The GPEI’s primary focus is to develop research on new frontiers in the private equity industry, specifically on topics related to emerging markets and the needs of Limited Partners .
With INSEAD’s global presence through its three campuses in Asia, Europe and the Middle East, the GPEI is uniquely positioned to provide targeted studies and perspectives to assist the private equity community with investing in different regions.
Based in INSEAD’s latest campus in Abu Dhabi, the GPEI is co-directed by Philip Anderson, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Academic Director of INSEAD’s Abu Dhabi Campus; and Claudia Zeisberger, Affiliate Professor of Decision Sciences and Programme Director of the Centre for Decision Making and Risk Analysis (CDMRA). Its Executive Director is Laura Morales, a July 2001 alumna.
‘As the global economy emerges from the financial crisis and private equity firms seek new opportunities to deploy capital, the industry will benefit from original research and insights for leveraging capital in fast-growing markets,’ commented Claudia Zeisberger.
Zeisberger is scheduled to host two sessions at the renowned SuperReturn International 2010 Conference. The event, which will take place in Berlin on 8-11 February 2010, is the leading global private equity forum and attracts the most respected thinkers and successful companies in the private equity world.
At the SuperReturn Conference on 10 February 2010, IPEN, INSEAD’s Private Equity Network in sponsorship with Macquarie Capital, will host a private equity networking luncheon to share the GPEI’s upcoming research and global activities. The luncheon is open to INSEAD alumni in the private equity industry. Following the luncheon, Zeisberger will also be chairing the ‘Private Equity Hall of Fame’ session which includes a Q&A discussion with Greg Brenneman, Chairman of CCMP Capital Advisors; Steve Tappin, CEO of Xinfu and author of the book ‘The Secrets of CEOs’; Paul Thompson, former CEO of FTSE 100 Resolutions; and James Bilefield, President of Conde Nast International Digital.
For more information on INSEAD’s Global Private Equity Initiative, please visit www.insead.edu/gpei.
About INSEAD, The Business School for the World
As one of the world’s leading and largest graduate business schools, INSEAD brings together people, cultures and ideas from around the world to change lives and transform organisations. This worldly perspective and cultural diversity are reflected in all aspects of INSEAD’s research and teaching.
With three campuses in Europe (France), Asia (Singapore) and the Middle East (Abu Dhabi), a research centre in Israel and an office in New York, INSEAD extends the reach of its business education and research across three continents. 145 renowned faculty members from 36 countries inspire more than 1,000 degree participants in the MBA, Executive MBA and PhD programmes. In addition, more than 9,500 executives participate in INSEAD’s executive education programmes. With the INSEAD-Wharton Alliance, MBA and co-branded executive education programmes are delivered on Wharton's U.S. campuses in Philadelphia and San Francisco, as well as INSEAD’s campuses in Asia and Europe.
This academic year is an important milestone for INSEAD as it celebrates half a century of success. Fifty years ago, INSEAD pioneered the concept of international business education – and is still innovating across all of the programmes, in addition to the cutting-edge research. The world and INSEAD have developed dramatically in the course of the last fifty years, but the core values on which INSEAD were founded have remained constant. These principles have enabled INSEAD’s entrepreneurial spirit to evolve and the school has grown into a truly global force.
Today’s organisations need leaders with the knowledge and sensitivity to operate anywhere in the world. This is why business turns to INSEAD – to develop the next generation of transcultural leaders.
More information about INSEAD can be found at www.insead.edu.
Contacts for press
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Sophie Badré, INSEAD Europe Campus
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Helle Jensen, INSEAD Europe Campus
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Lucile Lafaurie, INSEAD Europe Campus
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Asia
Janet Loh, INSEAD Asia Campus
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Middle East
Joe Chedid, INSEAD Middle East Campus
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Email joe.chedid@insead.edu
US
Amy Airasian, Cubitt Jacobs & Prosek Communications
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