The CEMS Strategic Board Annual Meeting took place on 1-2 April 2014 at the Shunde Building of Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management (SEM), hosted by Tsinghua SEM Dean Yingyi QIAN. The event was also part of the 30th anniversary celebrations of Tsinghua SEM, the only CEMS academic member in Mainland China. Attending the event were the heads of 23 CEMS member schools, including the Head of the Department of Management at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Michael Barzelay, the Director General of the ESADE Business & Law School, Eugenia Bieto, the CEMS Chairman and the President of the University of St. Gallen, Thomas Bieger, and the Acting Dean of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Business School, Kalok Chan. Representatives from CEMS corporate partners also attended, including the Executive Vice President of Human Resources at KONE Group, Kerttu Tuomas, the former Senior Vice-President for Human Resources at L'Oreal and CEMS Strategic Board member, Philippe Louvet, External Advisor to McKinsey & Company, Mei Ye, as well as CEMS Executive Director, Roland Siegers, and CEMS Secretary General, Nicole de Fontaines. 

Prof. Thomas BIEGER, CEMS Chairman, President, University of St Gallen

Tsinghua SEM Dean Yingyi QIAN

By promoting communication, interaction, and cooperation among the CEMS academic members, the CEMS Strategic Board Annual Meeting is one of most important annual events for CEMS.  Held for the first time in Mainland China, the CEMS Strategic Board Annual Meeting discussed a variety of topics for the future strategic development of CEMS.

The one-and-a-half day meeting involved business and management education, the change in financial structure for CEMS academic members, CEMS global strategy, and existing CEMS issues. Other topics discussed also included education practices in Asian business management institutions, optimizing the financial structure for CEMS academic members, CEMS's global positioning, CEMS's development strategy in Africa, and the partnership model for CEMS's corporate partners. 

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As the SEM celebrates its 30th anniversary, the school is proud to have contributed to the development of international management talent by helping CEMS better position the Master's in Management degree. This event is one of the many successes from the SEM's thirty years of history and is an example of Tsinghua SEM's growing influence in the world.

About CEMS:

CEMS is a global alliance of academic and corporate institutions dedicated to educating and preparing future generations of global business leaders to enter into a multilingual, multicultural and interconnected business world through the CEMS Master’s in International Management (MIM).  Founded in Europe, CEMS currently comprises of 29 academic institutions, which collaborate together with over 70 corporate partners and 4 NGOs to offer international postgraduate students a unique blend of high quality education and professional experience.  With only one top school chosen per country (or independent administrative region), Tsinghua SEM is the only CEMS academic member in Mainland China. The CEMS MIM has consistently ranked in the top 10 of the Financial Times ranking since 2005.  Students in this degree program not only receive a local Master's in Management degree from the school, but also receive a second degree from CEMS upon completion of an exchange abroad and CEMS curriculum requirements.