{"id":35811,"date":"2024-09-06T10:33:24","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T10:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubi.edu\/?p=35811"},"modified":"2024-12-17T21:57:26","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T21:57:26","slug":"mba-opener-2023-meetings-with-practitioners-and-alumni-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubi.edu\/mba-opener-2023-meetings-with-practitioners-and-alumni\/","title":{"rendered":"MBA opener 2023: Meetings with practitioners and alumni"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To kick start the MBA academic year, UBI Business School will host its &#8220;Meetings with practitioners weekend&#8221;, where we had the privilege to not only welcome our international cohort of students in hybrid format, but also our esteemed guest speakers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a id=\"ember46\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/emmanuel40mignot\/\">Emmanuel E.G.M. Mignot<\/a>, former President and Managing Director of Belgian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/shell\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-test-app-aware-link=\"\">Shell<\/a>, who discussed &#8220;The challenges of energy transition&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Dr <a id=\"ember47\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/juan-s-mora-sanguinetti-9136a832\/\">Juan S. Mora-Sanguinetti<\/a>, senior economist at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/banque-de-france\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-test-app-aware-link=\"\">Banque de France<\/a>, who covered the topic of &#8220;Measuring Regulatory Complexity. 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