25/10/2013
The Sabancı University School of Management hosted a group of 18 Executive MBA students in Istanbul. Among the group, 12 students were from schools that participate in the Executive MBA Consortium, of which the School of Management is a member, and 6 were Sabancı University Executive MBA students.
The Sabancı University Executive MBA program is the only Turkish member of the Global Executive MBA Consortium which includes the best Executive MBA programs in China, United States, Russia, Italy, South Africa and Brazil. Membership to the consortium calls for a student exchange in the last week of September every year.
This year’s group of students were mid- and upper-level executives from Italy, South Africa and Brazil. The group attended seminars on Turkey’s social, cultural, financial and economic aspects during the week under the “Bridging East and West: Management Challenges in Turkey” theme chosen by Sabancı University, and visited companies.
The conference began with introductory remarks by former Sabancı School of Management Dean Nakiye Boyacıgiller. Executive MBA participants then attended lectures by Sabancı University faculty members Professor Ahmet Öncü, Professor Sabri Sayarı, Professor Erol Balkan, Professor Özgür Demirtaş, Professor Nakiye Boyacıgiller, Professor Arzu Wasti, Associate Professor Mahmut Bayazıt, Dr. Cüneyt Evirgen and Dr. Oğuz Babüroğlu, and joined seminars by industry leaders including Ayşe Ufuk Ağar (Digiturk), Feyzullah Eğriboyun (Bank Asya) and Andrew Finkel.
As part of company visits, the students met with Deutsche Bank Turkey Managing Director Albert Krespin, Mavi Jeans Managing Director Cüneyt Yavuz and Turkish Airlines Managing Director Temel Kotil.
