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Alumni in Middle East Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS
Ali Y. Koç (MBA 1997) delivered remarks at The HBS Campaign Istanbul Regional Event, March 30, 2016.
Ali Y. Koç (MBA 1997) delivered remarks at The HBS Campaign Istanbul Regional Event, March 30, 2016.
Alumni and friends of Harvard Business School from throughout the Middle East gathered on March 28 and 30, 2016 to celebrate and connect with each other as the School hosted “A Vision for the 21st Century” as part of the world tour of The Harvard Business School Campaign.
The Ritz-Carlton, Dubai International Financial Centre was the setting on March 28 for an evening presentation and reception, enabling 150 alumni and guests from the UAE region to reconnect with classmates and meet other alumni in the area, as well as with HBS faculty members and administrators. The evening featured remarks by Dean Nitin Nohria; Professor Brian J. Hall; Middle East Regional Committee Member Omar K. Alghanim (MBA 2002); Janet H. Cahill (AMP 189, 2015), Executive Director, HBS External Relations; Global Leaders Circle member Mohammed Al Faisal (MBA 1996), and Ali Osman (MBA 2015).
On March 30, more than 100 alumni and guests from Turkey and the region attended a presentation and reception at the Esma Sultan Mansion in Istanbul. The event included remarks by Dean Nitin Nohria; Professor Brian J. Hall; Global Leaders Circle member Ali Y. Koç (MBA 1997); Janet H. Cahill (AMP 189, 2015); Global Leaders Circle member Hüsnü Özyegin (MBA 1969); and Bora Uludüz (MBA 2013).
In both cities, two inspiring films – My HBS and The Case for the Future – highlighted the impact of the School and its faculty and alumni on the major challenges facing business and society today.
The Harvard Business School Campaign was launched in April 2014 to raise $1 billion over the next five years to support innovation in the curriculum, faculty research, and collaboration across the Harvard community, and to support an unprecedented alumni outreach program that will significantly increase engagement with and among alumni well in to the future. The HBS goal is part of Harvard University’s $6.5 billion campaign announced in September 2014.
“This Campaign is largely about tapping into our collective imagination to try to envision the future—and to give our institution the resources it will require to meet the challenges this future will bring,” said Dean Nohria. “As we do so, we need to think not only of the challenges and opportunities facing Harvard Business School, but also the great opportunities we have to help create positive change throughout the world.
“And the Campaign is about more than raising money,” he noted. “It provides an opportunity to inspire and engage the next generation of leaders at the School—to better connect alumni with each other and with HBS in powerful ways as a School, as a community, and as individuals, as we strive to embody the mission of the School to ‘make a difference in the world’.”
As part of the Campaign, the School has created a website that enables HBS alumni to connect with one other based on a wide range of personal and professional interests. The website includes hundreds of stories that highlight the impact of HBS alumni and faculty in organizations and communities around the world.
The effort to engage alumni began in Boston on April 26, 2014 and has extended around the world in the months since, as Dean Nohria and select faculty continue to travel to alumni events across the United States, Canada, Asia, Europe, and Latin America.
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