Tsinghua-INSEAD EMBA (TIEBA) Program has graduated its first class on January 19, 2009. Qian Yingyi, Dean of Tsinghua SEM and Charles Galunic, Dean of the INSEAD Executive MBA program presented the diplomas to 40 graduates.

(Qian Yingyi, Dean of Tsinghua SEM and Charles Galunic, Dean of the INSEAD Executive MBA program jointly present diplomats to graduates)

The first intake of the Tsinghua-INSEAD EMBA Program is a group of 44 experienced executives representing 17 different nationalities, of whom 27% are women. Aged 30-39, the participants have 12 years business experience on average. Most of them had been employed by world-renowned multinational companies such as Royal Bank of Scotland, France Telecom, Hp, Nokia, Siemens, Oracle, Unilevel, Emerson, Accor, SAP.

The TIEMBA Program was launched on June 8, 2007. It’s the first program of its kind in China combining international business education with a focus on Asia. It targets highly motivated, internationally-minded managers with substantial business experience. The program is taught jointly by the two schools’ faculties and focuses on developing the participants’ leadership skills, building their global mindsets and honing their managerial experience. Upon successful completion of the program, participants will be awarded two prestigious degrees: an EMBA degree by Tsinghua University and an MBA for Executives degree by INSEAD. Graduates become alumni of the two schools.