Global opportunities
Alumni community
Welcome
The INSEAD alumni network is robust, diverse and globally connected to an extent few institutions can boast. With more than 50,000 Alumni distributed across 172 countries with 157 nationalities, our Alumni are citizens of the world, understanding how to balance local and global perspectives, and have “experienced the world as it ought to be” as one graduate claimed. This aspect of the INSEAD culture is very powerful and valuable in the 21st Century. In this smaller, connected world, it is critical that leaders view the world as a whole, and think and act both locally and globally. This has been part of the INSEAD culture for over 55 years.
At INSEAD, "diversity is not a synthesis. It's a genuine, continuous and spontaneous series of encounters." We hope you will enjoy your encounters with our alumni community in the following pages.
Joanne SHOVELLER
ASSOCIATE DEAN
ADVANCEMENT & ALUMNI RELATIONS
OUr community
Our global Network
The INSEAD Alumni Association (IAA) was founded by alumni in 1961. It represents all INSEAD alumni and acts as its spokesperson towards the various stakeholder groups of INSEAD. The IAA is an umbrella organisation, co-ordinating the many national alumni associations (NAAs).
Currently there are 47 National Alumni Associations (NAA) representing 50 countries across the world. The purpose of the NAAs is to support its members throughout the world with a comprehensive and wide range of professional and social activities to nourish the network and to promote INSEAD.
GLOBAL INTEREST CLUBS
There are numerous local interest groups, please contact your national associations for more information.
ALUMNI NEWS AND STORIES
DEAN’S EDITORIAL: A POWERFUL BRAND BUILT BY A POWERFUL COMMUNITY
By Ilian Mihov
Dear alumni,
A famous Zen proverb proclaims, “When you get to the top of the mountain, keep on climbing.”
For INSEAD, this wisdom is fitting — now more than ever. The school has peaked in a number of different categories this year. The Financial Timesawarded INSEAD the no. 1 spot for our full-time MBA, TIEMBA and Global Executive MBA Programmes...
QUALITY HAS A PRICE, A LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
By Andreas Jacobs
Dear alumni,
INSEAD has bold ambitions and lofty goals. We aim to be the number-one business school across multiple categories — in teaching and research; in postgraduate and executive education; in degree and non-degree courses. We work hard to recruit top faculty, attract top students, engage top executives and teach in top facilities.
10 QUESTIONS WITH PHILIPPE HOUZÉ
By Rachel P. Farrell
If there’s any place that encapsulates l’art de vivre in France, it’s Galeries Lafayette. The department store chain’s flagship location on Boulevard Haussmann features a majestic glass dome, art nouveau staircases and 10 floors of retail shopping, fine dining, and beauty and spa services. This breath-taking store, along with other Galeries Lafayette stores across the world, encapsulates the crème de la crèmein fashion, architecture and gastronomy, much to the delight of its customers.
