2. The MIT Sloan Fellows Program is a one-year, full-time
MBA or MS program for executives of exceptional
promise. Alumni say this global leadership
laboratory is unequaled in the world today. For more
than 80 years, in fact, some of the world’s most
influential leaders have relied upon it. There’s a reason
for that. Read on.
A year of profound consequence.
It all starts with three powerful pillars.
The program’s rigorous curriculum is created on the
foundation of three interdependent pillars—leadership,
innovation, and global perspective.
1. Leadership
MIT defines successful leadership by impact, not position.
Our program has educated generations of leaders who
have gone on to shape the futures of organizations. We
integrate the teachings of the most influential experts on
leadership—researchers and practitioners—to give you the
knowledge and experiences you need to:
› enhance your global leadership skills so that you are
confident and effective in any environment
› leverage and build your own leadership abilities and
know how to address your limitations
› manage, develop, and motivate people to innovate and
embrace change
2. Innovation
If the 25,000+ companies founded by MIT alumni formed
an independent nation, it would have the 11th-largest
economy in the world. As an MIT Sloan Fellow, you are
positioned to tap this ecosystem to develop a new
enterprise or drive productive change at an established
organization.You will leave the program equipped to:
› champion innovation within an organization or across
society
› lead the innovation process knowing how to optimize
systems
› understand the many factors that determine whether a
new enterprise succeeds
3. Global perspective
Working shoulder-to-shoulder with fellows from 30+
countries, you share strategies, hard-won wisdom, and
successes—as well as your most stubborn challenges.
After one year in the MIT Sloan Fellows Program, you will:
› view the world through a broader lens with a greater
understanding of how economic, social, and political
factors can impact an organization
› acquire the skills, credibility, and confidence to conduct
business globally
› rely on a network of trusted advisors working in every
region of the world
“What you need are the essential tools, network, and
environment to develop and drive new ideas into the
world, and MIT gives you all that. In this program,
you learn to think.”
C É L E S T I N M O N G A , S F ’ 9 5 C A M E R O O N
M A N A G I N G D I R E C T O R , U N I T E D N A T I O N S I N D U S T R I A L
D E V E L O P M E N T O R G A N I Z A T I O N ( U N I D O )
T H E T H R E E P I L L A R S
3. Welcome families into the
network.
The partners and families of your peers
are key members of the personal and
professional network you build in the
program. They are fully integrated into
the MIT Sloan Fellows community,
participating in community-wide activities
and cultural events.
By graduation, families have forged lifelong
friendships within the MIT Sloan Fellows
community and beyond. Many look back on
their year in New England as one of the best
of their lives, an invaluable bonding
experience, a year of pivotal growth for
adults and children alike. As Scott Gutz,
SF ’08, remembers,“My family had an
MIT Sloan Fellows experience that was as
precious to them as mine was to me.”
Absorb a wealth of
collective wisdom.
Immersing yourself for one year with 100+
gifted leaders from across the global manage-
ment spectrum is like spending a year with
100+ living case studies. As your peers share
perspectives gained and lessons learned during
their careers, their experiences become your
experiences—how a South African entrepreneur
has transformed the national mobile telephone
marketplace, for example, or how the marketing
director of a Brazilian cosmetics giant launched a
successful campaign in Asia.
During 12 months together in study groups
and team projects, you will develop a global
knowledge alliance that stretches across
industries, cultures, and continents.Years later,
when your company is poised to enter a
competitive sector for the first time or your
agency is initiating a coalition with a foreign gov-
ernment, you will have influential advisors
in place who can answer crucial questions
and open closed doors.
“Your fellow students are the best of the best.
I remember looking across the classroom and
thinking: just the dozen of us in this room could
change the world.”
M A R C E L O B A L L E S T I E R O , S F ’ 1 0 B R A Z I L
F O U N D E R / C E O , L I B R I N G T E C H N O L O G I E S , I N C .
Build a dynamic
global network.
A G L O B A L C O M M U N I T Y
4. “I strategized with the world’s top aeronautics scientists,
explored pivotal technological innovations at the MIT
Media Lab, learned from leading security experts in
political science—even tapped the latest thinking on
defense policy at Harvard Kennedy School. If it was
essential to me as a leader, I could reach across the MIT
universe and get it.”
A M Y G O W D E R , S F ’ 1 0 U N I T E D S T A T E S
V I C E P R E S I D E N T & G E N E R A L M A N A G E R
L O C K H E E D M A R T I N C O M M E R C I A L E N G I N E S O L U T I O N S
1% Accounting
2% Advertising
6% Banking
1% Chemicals/Plastics/Rubber
2% Conglomerate
2% Construction/Real Estate
5% Consulting
2% Education
7% Energy
2% Entertainment
9% Financial Services
5% Food/Beverage/Tobacco
9% Government
3% Healthcare
2% High Tech–Software
1% Household/Personal
Products
1% Human Resources
2% Import/Export/Trading
1% Internet/Computer-
Related Services
2% Law
1% Logistics
2% Machinery
3% Manufacturing
1% Market Research
1% Media/Communications
1% Metals/Mining
2% Nonprofit
2% Pharmaceuticals/Biotech/
Medical Devices
1% Real Estate
2% Retail
6% Technology
7% Telecommunications
1% Textiles/Clothing
2% Transportation
1% Travel
2% Utilities
I N D U S T R Y 2 0 1 5 – 2 0 1 6
45% Business
3% Computer Science
9% Economics
24% Engineering
2% Humanities
2% Law
3% Medicine
7% Science/Mathematics
5% Social Science
E D U C AT I O N 2 0 1 5 – 2 0 1 6
14121
MIT Sloan Fellows
30 Women
91 Men
C L A S S P R O F I L E 2 0 1 5 – 2 0 1 6
38
Average
Work
Experience
(years)
Countries
Represented
Average Age Range
31 52
38
12% EUROPE
5% AFRICA
19% NORTH AMERICA 40% ASIA
2% OCEANIA
19% SOUTH AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
3% MIDDLE EAST
G L O B A L P R O F I L E C L A S S O F 2 0 1 5 – 2 0 1 6
5. Abang Jimmy Abang
Mordian
Malaysia
Senior Manager,
Corporate Strategic
Planning
PETRONAS
Shaped and led corporate
strategy development
to drive the business
growth and performance
of PETRONAS, Malaysia’s
only Fortune Global
500 company.
Arif Abdul Qayyum
Pakistan
Head of Mobile
Financial Services
Axiata Group
Berhad
Led mobile financial
services business for a
telecom group; created
and deployed products,
business models, and
partnerships aimed at
serving the underbanked
in markets across Asia.
Ali Furkan Akin
Turkey
Senior Manager
Turk Telekom
Built and led corporate
pricing and bid
management teams;
managed price
negotiations with
government; designed
business-planning
process for
multibillion-dollar
enterprise and wholesale
clients.
Class of 2015–2016
Mohammed al
Muaili
Saudi Arabia
Technical Support
Department Manager
Saudi Electricity
Company
Led the management
of power network
assets; issued reliability
performance key
indicators and recom-
mendations and secured
resources for better
performance; monitored
quality and costs.
Ziad Al Murshed
Saudi Arabia
Head of Strategic
Planning
Saudi Aramco
Led strategic planning,
developing corporate
strategy and investment
plans, monitoring
execution, and informing
major decisions;
managed gas plant and
refinery.
Mohammed Al
Shetwey
Saudi Arabia
Investment & Cash
Management De-
partment Manager
Saudi Electricity
Company
Managed and controlled
Saudi Electricity
Company’s cash
flow portfolio of
approximately US$30B
along with local and inter-
national sukuk issuance.
Bruno Alves
Portugal
Country Manager &
Executive Member of
the Board
Gallo Brazil
Led a fast-moving
consumer goods
company in Brazil,
achieving consecutive
performance records
in terms of market
share, sales, and profit.
David Amin
United States
Emergency Medicine
Physician and Medi-
cal Officer
US Air Force
Reserve
Led adult and pediatric
emergency departments;
improved quality and
operational flow;
increased access to
cost-effective care
through innovative
outreach programs to
underserved populations.
Luis Ayllon
United States
Bolivia
International R&D
Program Manager
Bard Access
Systems
Led global product
R&D across company
portfolio; organized and
led cross-functional
teams for multinational
exploration of emerging
markets and synthe-
sized global product
offering strategy.
Vivek Bagri
India
Executive Director
Kores India Ltd.
Founded and led
entrepreneurial ventures
in the surveillance, LED
lighting, and telecom
industries; designed
and managed growth
strategy at a highly
diversified conglomerate.
Anuj Bhalla
United States
Senior Manager,
Management
Consulting
Accenture
Served as the global lead
of service analytics and
the management consult-
ing innovation lead for
Accenture’s Internet and
social media client port-
folio in Silicon Valley.
Jorge Bustamante
Peru
Logistics Manager
Hipermercados
Tottus
Led the design and
implementation of the
logistics strategy, build-
ing distribution centers,
implementing software,
and developing a nation-
wide distribution network.
Jose Luis Canto
Febles
Mexico
Founder and CEO
JLC Corporation
Designed and led
strategic synergies that
improved the overall
performance of CEMEX
in Malaysia and UAE;
founded a consulting firm
that delivers enterprise
performance manage-
ment solutions.
Eduardo Casarini
Brazil
Portugal
Cofounder, CEO, and
Board Member
Flores Online
Cofounded and led a
floral and gift e-com-
merce company sold to
an American company
in 2011; cofounded and
sold a DVD online rental
business; invested in
three digital startups.
Caio Cavani de
Almeida
Brazil
Italy
Senior Segment
Manager
DIRECTV
Developed the strategy
for a mobile startup
operation; led different
product development
teams and projects
for telecom and media
companies in Europe and
Latin America.
Daosong Cham
Singapore
Deputy Director
Ministry of Finance
Led strategic planning
and budgetary allocation
across key segments
of the Singapore
government, including
education, healthcare,
housing, and retirement.
Girija Chandrawat
India
AVP Client Delivery,
Risk & Compliance
HSBC Bank
Led investment banking
operations and strategic
projects; established
risk and compliance
function; augmented
regulatory and market
procedures at global
financial services firms.
Jiwoong Chang
South Korea
COO
Red Elephant
Launched a gamification
startup targeting the
education market; led an
online and mobile game
enterprise in Korea and
China; set up successful
product development
and marketing strategies.
Chia Ching Cheng
Taiwan
Senior VP
Fubon Securities
Led an e-commerce
team to manage an
online trading platform,
database marketing, and
service center; initiated
cooperation with telecom
company to deliver
value-added services.
Jae-Hyun Cho
South Korea
VP
Banseok G&B
Construction
Co., Ltd.
Developed long- and
short-term planning for
building construction
projects; managed
civil construction infra-
structure projects and
bidding for government
orders; negotiated
investment contracts.
Fernando
Constantino
Brazil
Senior Manager
Accenture
Established and led
emerging technology
innovation practice in
Latin America, fostering
innovation and the next
wave of technologies;
served as a business and
technology consultant.
John Dalgarno
Australia
Ireland
Head of Finance
Laing O’Rourke
Led finance, strategy, and
the restructure of a $1B+
business; led teams deliv-
ering innovative financial,
governance, and change
management solutions
across global businesses.
Fredy Daza
Colombia
Sales Manager
RELIANZ Mining
Solutions
Developed complex
customized solutions
for mining and heavy
construction projects,
leveraging advanced
technology to maximize
value for stakeholders.
Maria Luiza
de Andrade Soares
Brazil
Marketing & Trade
Marketing Manager
Coca-Cola,
Refrescos
Bandeirantes
Spearheaded business
plan and led the planning
and marketing teams;
developed Coca-Cola
brand position in central
western Brazil; managed
cross-functional market-
ing initiatives.
Ana Carolina
de Salles Freire
Brazil
Legal & Compliance
Executive Director
AES Brasil
Led key legal initiatives
related to business
development, financing
transactions, M&A, and
corporate governance;
served as regional
compliance officer and
board member.
Fernando Derossi
Argentina
Italy
Regional Asset &
Business Manager,
LATAM
Syngenta
Led cross-functional
teams to develop
strategies and operations
in Latin America for
global chemical and agro
companies; managed
regional business P&L
and product marketing
organization.
Juan Pablo Diaz
Colombia
Partner, CFO
Crececol SAS
Launched finance
company that serves the
unbanked population in
Colombia; designed and
led initiatives that gener-
ate alternative securities
in the financial sector.
Maricruz Larrea
Chile
Program
Development
Manager
Austral Education
Group
Managed the expansion
strategy and develop-
ment of Latin America’s
largest educational travel
service; led a cross-cul-
tural team to showcase
the opportunities in the
region’s growing markets.
Chung Wei Lee
Singapore
Deputy Director,
Leadership
Development
Public Service
Division, Prime
Minister’s Office
Developed and
implemented leadership
development and talent
management strategies
within the Singapore
Public Service to ensure
a pipeline of capable
public service leaders.
KyoungMoon Lee
South Korea
Manager
S-OIL Corporation
Developed long-term
business and operational
plans, focusing on
financial projections;
led the establishment
and implementation of
a performance-driven
KPI system.
Young Jick Lee
South Korea
Director,
International
Cooperation Division
Financial Services
Commission
Led Korea’s finance pol-
icy and managed $50B
in restructuring funds in
response to a financial
crisis; initiated $4B in
micro-finance to help
underprivileged
populations.
Silvana Lopez
Colombia
Head, Patent and
Innovation
Department
Clarke, Modet & Co.
Colombia
Led patent and
innovation department,
creating strategies for
the protection of national
and foreign developers;
conducted technology
transfer negotiations.
Diogo Lousa
Brazil
Production Manager
Construtora
Norberto Odebrecht
Managed and developed
major infrastructure,
energy, and industrial
projects in Africa and
Latin America; led mul-
ticultural teams dealing
with clients from public
and private sectors.
Wilson Low
Singapore
Commanding Officer,
Officers’ Personnel
Centre
Ministry of Defence
Developed and managed
talent acquisition policies
and framework, perfor-
mance management
system, and succession
planning for critical
appointments in the
Singapore Armed Forces.
Jermaine Loy
Singapore
Deputy Director
Ministry of Health
Led strategic planning
and implementation
of financing policies in
the delivery of public
healthcare services
in Singapore.
Wen Xu Ng
Singapore
Head, Biomedical
Sciences
Singapore Economic
Development Board
Designed strategies to
develop the pharmaceuti-
cal industry in Singapore;
engaged global compa-
nies to establish strategic
operations in Singapore.
Shunsuke
Nishimura
Japan
VP
Development Bank
of Japan
Developed in-house
regulations, IT systems,
and training programs for
departments to increase
productivity, streamline
daily operations, and
prevent operational
errors.
Jude Njugo
Nigeria
Senior Investment
Officer
International
Finance Corporation,
The World Bank
Group
Structured equity and
debt instruments and
negotiated portfolio
company exits; led M&A
transactions; delivered
performance improve-
ment solutions to West
African companies.
Onyeka Obasi
Nigeria
CEO
Hemisphere
Frontiers Consulting
LLC.
Developed business
strategy, vision, mission,
and budget; supervised
daily operations;
advised on transactions
across the energy and
extractive industries.
Yusuke Okada
Japan
Interactive
Supervisor
Dentsu Inc.
Led development of
digital businesses;
headed performance
media department;
built relationships
with a digital platform
company and the largest
social media company.
Kimihiro Okubo
Japan
General Manager,
Strategic Marketing
Department
NTT DOCOMO, Inc.
Developed marketing
strategy for the mobile
telecom market; created
new value-added services
through partnership with
IT startups.
Adedapo Oso
Nigeria
Founder/CEO
Travelogue Travels
and Tours Ltd.
Established a leisure
and business travel
management company;
achieved IATA-BSP
accreditation; initiated
key relationships
with airlines and
service providers.
Olusegun Oso
Nigeria
Director
The Abraaj Group
Originated small and
midcap investments in
the healthcare space for
a leading international
private equity firm
focused on global
growth markets.
Zhaslan Madiyev
Kazakhstan
Deputy Head of Mon-
etary Operations and
Asset Management
National Bank of
Kazakhstan (Central
Bank)
Managed Kazakhstan’s
national oil fund, national
bank reserves, and pen-
sion fund assets (AUM
120B+); led global capital
market transactions for
government and quasi-
government sectors.
Shuichi Maeda
Japan
Senior Manager,
Technical Develop-
ment Department
Kirin Brewery
Company Limited
Led operational and
technical synergy cre-
ation across global group
companies; managed
benchmarking and best
practice deployments
in manufacturing
and group-wide R&D
applications.
Ramil Maharramov
Azerbaijan
Chief Strategy
Officer
Central Bank of
Azerbaijan
Developed country
strategies and managed
the $1.5B investment
portfolio of the regional
development bank
in the Central Asia
region; led planning and
execution of strategic
development programs.
Xuefei Mao
Canada
Lead, MaRS Market
Insights–China
MaRS Discovery
District
Developed the pilot
program “Going Global”
for Canada’s largest
innovation center; helped
startups enter Chinese
market; initiated Can-
ada-China innovation
collaboration discussions.
Daisuke Matsuoka
Japan
Account Director
Hakuhodo Inc.
Drove marketing commu-
nication strategies and
activities for Japanese
and international
automotive brands;
executed creative, media,
sales promotion, and PR
activities.
Karina McEntee
El Salvador
General Manager
Dichter & Neira
Research Network
Revamped marketing
and sales for a leading
healthcare product line,
developing new products
and brand image;
managed successful
turnaround for market
research firm.
Michael McKean
United States
Founder & CEO
MF Holdings LLC.
Founded and grew a
technology startup to
the leader in its market;
managed liquidity
event to private equity;
managed investments
in private capital, real
estate, and technology.
Shakeel Ahmed
Memon
Pakistan
National Sales
Manager/HOS
Dabur International
Led business in Pakistan
and Afghanistan;
developed systems and
built the sales team’s
capability to strengthen
the organization.
Spiridon
Michalitsianos
Greece
Managing Principal,
Private Equity–
Emerging Markets
Black Sea Trade and
Development Bank
Designed strategies and
co-led initiatives to help
transform a startup into
a successful emerging
market financial
institution; developed its
private equity function.
Carmen Millan
Chacartegui
Spain
Grants Office
Director, Abengoa
Research
Abengoa
Coordinated efforts
at corporate level to
secure funds for R&D
projects to develop
sustainable technologies
in the areas of renewable
energies, water, and the
bioeconomy.
Lydia Miller
India
Consultant–Manager
Strategic Initiatives
TATA Consultancy
Services
Led strategic initiatives
and developed global
solutions across banking
and financial services,
government, and retail
sectors, fostering busi-
ness development and
customer expansion.
David Mittan
United Kingdom
United States
Innovation Valuation
& Market Strategy
Acelity
Led pipeline innovation
valuation and strategy
for finance strategy
team that included M&A
projects; ran market
analytics for portfolio
management team at
global medtech company.
Rahul Muchhal
India
General Manager
Tempsens
Instrument GmbH
Led sales and marketing
initiatives for industrial
and consumer packaged
goods across Europe
and India; managed
profit and loss, business
development, and
strategy initiatives.
Teresa Gbemisola
Munis
Nigeria
Senior Systems
Engineer
Cisco Systems
Strengthened C-level
relationships with leading
accounts by using
technology solutions to
drive desired business
outcomes; provided
strategic sales guidance
and support to partners.
Siegfried Naumann
United States
Chile
Founder &
Orthodontist
Effion Group
Developed new math-
ematical models that
dramatically improved
the efficiency of ortho-
dontic care and designed
strategies to improve
practitioner training.
Natasha Nelson
Canada
Russia
Owner
NNelson Consulting
Developed and
implemented Canadian
go-to-market strategy
for a UK-based payments
security provider; led
business development
efforts and established
strategic partnerships.
Mounir Ouhadi
Morocco
General Manager,
Strategic Sourcing
Americas
Maersk Group
Led global cross-
functional strategic
sourcing projects; drove
high-impact negotiations;
contributed to the
group’s global procure-
ment transformation.
Jeremiah Pam
United States
Lecturer in Political
Science
Columbia University
Served as a US State
Department diplomat in
Afghanistan, a Treasury
diplomat in Iraq, and a
sovereign debt restruc-
turing lawyer in New York;
lectured on global finan-
cial and security crises.
JaeBum Park
South Korea
Deputy General
Manager
Korean Air
Managed the new
business development
of the aircraft structure
sector governing the
design and build of the
aerospace division.
Yulia Pavkova
Russia
Director
Merchandising
Group Brands
adidas Russia
Created and led product
management and
merchandising for the
largest footwear and
apparel retailer in
Russia and achieved
above-average growth.
Rathinam Pradeep
Kumar
India
CEO
Rupeezone
Built a multichannel debt
consulting company with
focus on retail banking
products; held senior po-
sitions in sales, market-
ing, and credit operations.
Adrian Purcarea
Romania
General Manager
Medicover
Headed a local subsidiary
of a leading European
healthcare company;
managed corporate turn-
around; led an embedded
software design center
for a multibillion-dollar
tech company.
John Rainey
United States
CEO
Jaffe & Asher
Managed all business
functions of a law firm;
led the firm through a
regulatory-driven trans-
formation; developed
proprietary software that
improved performance
and compliance.
Ana Maria Reyes
Colombia
Chile
Senior Portfolio
Manager
Ecopetrol
Managed multiple
fixed-income portfolios;
developed investment
strategy, executed trades,
and provided market
analysis; designed
financial and capital
management strategies.
Alok R. Singh
India
Regional Director
Dell
Led organizations
dedicated to IT and
social causes in 25
countries across the
Americas, EMEA, and APJ;
developed international
teams of 250+ people;
exceeded $600M annual
revenue goal.
Manisha Singh
India
Head–L&D
Operations &
Diversity
Tata Teleservices
Headed strategic HR
and organizational
development; led
business transformation
and integration; built
high-performing lead-
ership teams; delivered
performance-culture-
capability solutions.
Murray Smith
Australia
Director
Victorian Building
Authority
Reformed and
developed government
regulators’ compliance
activities to improve
risk management and
decision-making.
Jooyeon Sung
South Korea
Senior Manager
LG Electronics, Inc.
Led cross-functional
teams to incubate new
business opportunities;
created business
plan; drove R&D by
developing corpo-
rate-wide technology
strategy and investing in
emerging technology.
Tanuja Suriarachi
Australia
Head of Marketing
Philip Morris
International
Spearheaded innovation
initiatives with global
experience in rebuilding,
transforming, and leading
teams to achieve record
business results.
Kengo Suzuki
Japan
Manager
Suruga Bank Ltd.
Led credit card division
and managed strategic
planning for new cus-
tomer-oriented banking
services; organized new
business alliances with
corporate partners.
Yuta Tago
Japan
First Secretary
(Trade, Industry, and
Technology)
Embassy of Japan in
Singapore, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs
Developed strategies
to promote Japanese
companies’ overseas
projects; enhanced
Singapore-Japan coop-
eration in trade, industry,
and technology.
Alejandro Valdes
Mexico
Director of
Operations for
Mexico
Cinepolis
Led business man-
agement teams and
developed strategies
to improve customer
service while increasing
profits for the largest
Latin American movie
theater company.
Detelina Vasileva
Bulgaria
Associate
Greylock McKinnon
Associates
Implemented
quantitative economic
models to estimate
litigation damages for
leading corporations in
finance, telecommu-
nications, consumer
electronics, and the
pharmaceutical industry.
Shanker
Venkateswaran
India
VP
Singapore Post
Limited
Led large-scale opera-
tions transformations;
set up new operations
and managed established
businesses across Asia,
Europe, and the US.
Manikandan
Vijayaraghavan
United Kingdom
Director
Deutsche Bank
Headed finance and
operations teams at
global investment banks;
established offshore
centers for analytics and
valuation; led change
initiatives and helped
structure innovative
client solutions.
Aejaz Zahid
United Kingdom
Pakistan
Head of Research &
Innovation
Mada–Qatar
Assistive
Technology Center
Established regional
and national centers
of excellence for
the development of
assistive technologies,
technology strategy,
and policy to support
persons with disabilities.
Hernando Zerda
Colombia
Corporate Strategy
& Business Perfor-
mance Manager
Ecopetrol
Managed corporate strat-
egy with focus on growth
and competitiveness; led
business performance
and transformation
processes in the oil
and gas sectors.
Gerson Zilles
Brazil
Distribution Manager
Coca-Cola Andina
Managed the logistics
operation for handling,
storage, and distribution
of Coca-Cola in Rio de
Janeiro; contributed
to planning and cost
reduction strategies.
Alan Ringvald
United States
Israel
Founder
Superdigital
Managed mobile,
YouTube, and search-
strategic partnerships
at Google; launched
ventures in consumer
technology, pack-
aged goods, and
professional sports.
Abraham Rodriguez
Garcia
Mexico
Cofounder & CEO
Centinela
Designed high-impact
growth strategies for
Centinela’s media
businesses; created
profitable IT solutions for
nurturing content-
oriented communities.
Jonathan Ruane
Ireland
CEO
Eventovate
Founded a cloud software
business; raised venture
capital funds and exited;
led a €170M turnover
business for Procter
& Gamble; lectured in
entrepreneurship at
University College Dublin;
Fulbright awardee.
Shukhrat Sadyrov
Kazakhstan
Deputy CEO
Sberbank of Russia,
Kazakhstan
Managed corporate busi-
ness, restructuring, and
workout; headed market-
ing and public relations
teams and managed
government relations.
Yoichi Sannomiya
Japan
Senior Manager
The Bank of Tokyo-
Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
Led strategic financial
planning for the parent
company; developed
operational strategies
for optimizing the
balance sheet as asset
liability management.
Sergio Saravia
Argentina
Finance Director,
CFO–Americas
Central & South
The Western Union
Company
Led the finance, treasury,
and procurement areas in
Latin America within the
remittance and payments
industry; implemented
innovative solutions
for revenue growth and
margin improvements.
Katja Schoenherr
Germany
Faculty
New England
Conservatory
Developed educational
strategy for pre-pro-
fessional performers;
managed concept
implementation and
established program;
performed internationally
and recorded with
major labels.
Jun Young Seo
South Korea
Senior Manager
SK Telecom
Managed portfolio of
telecommunications,
semiconductor,
Internet, and media
and entertainment
businesses; led M&A
and investments
for startups.
THE 121 FELLOWS YOU WILL MEET BELOW HAVE COME TO THE
MIT SLOAN FELLOWS PROGRAM TO MAGNIFY THEIR VISION, BROADEN
THEIR POSSIBILITIES, AND INCREASE THEIR IMPACT AS LEADERS.
Rodrigo Diez de
Bonilla
Mexico
VP, Business
Development for
Consumer Banking
Banamex–Citibank
Led cross-functional
teams for new business
development in con-
sumer banking; managed
new business channels
and established key
partnerships to enrich
models of banking prod-
ucts in Latin America.
Lijun Duan
China
Founder & CEO
China Collaborative
Resources Group
(CRG)
Developed CRG into
a major provider of
business process
outsourcing; cofounded
pan-Pacific group in man-
agement and investment
advisory serving China’s
Fortune Global 500
corporations.
Alexandre Duarte
De Britto Pereira
Brazil
Partner & Executive
Director
Nova Gestão
Serviços
Served as CFO for
companies in the oil and
gas sector; led M&A
activities, valuation,
financial planning, and
budget control for the
construction of new
vessels.
Shikha Dubey
United States
Independent
Consultant
The Bridge School
Led strategic consulting
and technology
integration into
education; managed
international growth;
built transformative
programs in partnership
with corporations, NGOs,
and governments.
Vivian Espeseth
Norway
Cofounder & CEO
HydrogenPro
Built international
partnerships; led
cross-functional team
of internal and external
partners to deliver the
largest environmentally
friendly hydrogen gen-
eration plant in Europe.
Bruno Ferreira Fiuza
Costa
Brazil
Operations Manager
Vale
Managed the commis-
sioning, startup mainte-
nance, and operations
of industrial facilities
related to mining, base
metal, and logistics
on three continents.
Luciano Fialho
Brazil
Cofounder/Partner/
Head of M&A and PE
Practices
Campos Fialho
Advogados S/C
Cofounded and managed
a Brazil-based law firm
specializing in complex
corporate transactions
representing private
and listed companies,
domestic and foreign.
Hiroyuki Fujiwara
Japan
Manager
Mitsubishi
Corporation
Developed global
strategy for a feed and
meat business; managed
a pork-packing business;
led an M&A project with
a processing company
in the US; led several
international investments.
Eduardo Alberto
Hamel Ortuzar
Chile
Merchandise
Manager
Sodimac
Led development, launch,
and growth of high-tech
energy-efficient millwork
products that are afford-
able to lower-income
customers in Latin
American markets.
Yohei Hashimoto
Japan
Senior Business De-
velopment Manager
Sony Corporation
Led cross-functional
teams (product, cloud
system, and solution
service) partnering with
startups; leveraged
open innovation for new
business development
utilizing imaging
sensor technology.
Tarig Hilal
United Kingdom
Director
Conflict Dynamics
International
Led a program that
facilitated and supported
dialogue and negotia-
tions between competing
political groups and
presented options to help
resolve conflict.
Takashi Hongo
Japan
Founder & CEO
Zeku
Founded a software
company specializing in
recruiting and human
resource management
and grew it into one of
the leading companies
in the marketplace.
Keisuke Honzawa
Japan
Manager
Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
Managed overseas
investment projects
in the home shopping
network industry and
implemented value-add
supports to investees.
Chiya Hua
Taiwan
VP
Cathay United Bank
Led group risk manage-
ment division and estab-
lished industry expert
team to ensure effective-
ness of risk management
framework within
business operations at
all levels of the group.
Mariia Ievseieva
Ukraine
Global Marketing
Director
Nemiroff
Developed brand posi-
tioning and strategies in
fast-moving consumer
goods, confectionary,
and beverage sectors; led
global product launches,
advertising campaigns,
and segmentation
studies.
Pushkar Jauhari
India
Senior VP–
Investments
Khazanah India
Advisors Private Ltd.
Co-led development of
investment strategy for
India; led transaction
execution in under-
represented sectors of
portfolio exceeding $US
350M; led cross-cultural
teams.
Sangeetha
Jayabalan
India
Delivery Lead,
Solution
Architect–Emerging
Technologies
Accenture
Led global implementa-
tion of emerging tech-
nologies; strategized and
designed IT solutions to
streamline clients’ global
business processes;
secured multimillion-
dollar IT contracts.
Lipsa Jha
India
Management
Consultant
Capgemini
Led business process
transformation for
insurance and banking
sector clients; managed
key strategic initiatives
and led cross-functional
teams to implement
IT applications in
global settings.
Matias Kerlakian
Argentina
Assurance Manager
Ernst & Young
Led, managed, and
supervised multidisci-
plinary working teams as
a senior auditor working
with multinational clients
in diverse industries;
strategized with special-
ists in IT, HR, and other
sectors.
Grace Kermani
United Kingdom
Global Innovation
Strategy Lead
BT Global Services
Led global strategy for
product, service, and
commercial innovation;
realigned R&D, marketing,
and sales sectors to
deliver innovation
and £300M+ growth;
downstreamed emerging
technologies.
Sunil Shivaji
Khandbahale
India
CEO
KHANDBAHALE.
COM
Built a multilingual
translation technology
platform and launched
a company around it,
serving as entrepreneur,
innovator, and
company founder.
Youchul Kim
South Korea
Senior Manager
LG Electronics, Inc.
Built a company-wide
technology strategy;
managed an R&D port-
folio to drive technology
commercialization initia-
tives; led a cross-func-
tional team to develop a
key global partnership.
Foluso Ladejobi
United Kingdom
Nigeria
Head Design and
Planning–Core IN
& VAS
Bharti Airtel Nigeria
Deployed innovative
product platforms and
monetized investments
through retail and enter-
prise offerings; aligned
network architecture with
business strategy.
Matthew Lake
United States
Industrial Manager
US Coast Guard
Managed the US Coast
Guard’s only shipyard
and largest industrial
facility; led design and
production of all Coast
Guard ship modern-
ization and renovation
projects.
Yasuto Fujiwara
Japan
Senior Manager,
Corporate Strategy
Nippon Telegraph
& Telephone
Corporation
Developed annual
budgets and corporate
strategies to maximize
company’s enterprise
value; developed
effective communica-
tions with stakeholders.
John Gallagher
United States
International Pro-
grams Manager
Office of Naval
Research (US Navy)
Facilitated and strength-
ened collaborative
relationships with foreign
partners on research and
technology to enhance
future US Navy and
Marine Corps capabilities.
Juan Carlos Garza T.
Mexico
Corporate & Finan-
cial Planning VP
Alfa
Developed and executed
strategic investments
and financing activities of
more than US$4.0B.
Nicole Geneau
Canada
Director,
Development
NextEra Energy
Resources
Led development of re-
newable energy projects,
delivering shareholder
value in complex
jurisdictions in North
America; previously
managed investments in
emerging technology.
Aayush Giri
India
General Manager–
Commercial
Stena AB
Led cross-functional
global teams at a major
Swedish conglomerate
in roles ranging from
shipboard management
and commercial
operations to strategic
planning and corporate
entrepreneurship.
Camila Goetze
Brazil
Real Estate
Development
Manager
Cyrela Brazil Realty
Managed real estate
development teams,
from the purchase of
properties to product
launch; oversaw product
design, market research,
sales strategy, financial
control, and feasibility
analysis.
Sam Goldberger
United States
Owner/Physician
Sam Goldberger,
MD
Owned and managed
an ophthalmic plastic
surgery practice.
Robert Goldie
United States
Technology Director
Razorfish
Led teams to design and
implement technology
platforms for Fortune
500 clients; developed
digital strategies.
6. Explore the potential of
teamwork.
Working together in five-person study
groups created for maximum diversity,
you will address every challenge through
a broad range of academic, professional,
and cultural lenses. By reaching beyond
what you know and incorporating the
perspectives of others, you will find yourself
thinking about yourself and the world
differently—and achieving what you never
could have achieved on your own. In this
global forum, you will exercise collective
leadership and decision-making skills, while
building confidence in the strength of your
own contributions.
At the conclusion of the summer term, you
will find that you are well prepared for the
required and elective courses that will follow
during the fall and spring terms. Equally
important, you will have developed strong
bonds among your Sloan Fellows peers—
a foundation of trust that is essential
for deep personal and professional
development. These experiences are
augmented by several hours of one-on-one
executive coaching throughout the year,
a compelling tool that will assist you in
fine-tuning your professional objectives
and personal development.
Expand your knowledge.
In a global arena where the shelf life of
trends is unpredictable and best practices
are in a continual state of flux, you must
develop deep knowledge that you can
leverage in any situation. That’s what the
12-week summer term is all about. After an
eye-opening week of orientation, you and
your peers will build a common foundation
of essential management topics, forming
the groundwork of your study at MIT.
As a close-knit group, you will advance
your skills, investigate the latest break-
throughs in business, and earn the practical
wisdom necessary to excel as leaders in an
increasingly volatile world.You will explore
tested theories and frameworks, exercising
your collective knowledge in team projects
and working closely with internationally
recognized faculty experts.
“This program is a strategic integration of soft
skills and hard knowledge. The economics of
information technology. System dynamics and how
complex organizations work. Using data to analyze
trends and predict outcomes. Negotiating contracts
and navigating difficult situations. I use this
knowledge every single day and in ways I never
could have predicted.”
S I O W H U A N G G A N , S F ’ 1 0 S I N G A P O R E
B R I G A D I E R G E N E R A L
H E A D O F A I R I N T E L L I G E N C E & D I R E C T O R O F S P E C I A L P R O J E C T S
S I N G A P O R E A R M E D F O R C E S
T H E S U M M E R
CORE COURSES
Financial Management
Applied Economics for Managers
Data, Models, and Decisions
Financial Accounting
Management of Supply Networks
for Products and Services
Marketing Management
LEARNING IN ACTION
360° Leadership Assessment
Introduction to Program Pillars
Team Building
Beer Game
Coaching
COMMU NITY EV ENTS
SF Community Launch with
Fellows and Families
Fourth of July on the Charles River
Midsummer Community Outing
Networking Event with Local
Alumni
Summer Term Survival
Celebration
Start with a robust
foundation.
7. T H E W I N T E R
T H E FA L L
CORE COURSES
Leading Organizations
Seminar in Leadership
Macro and International
Economics
Global Markets, National Policies
& the Competitive Advantage of
Firms
Introduction to System Dynamics
Competitive Strategy
LEARNING IN ACTION
Sloan Innovation Period (SIP)
New York City Trip: Lens on
Leadership
Coaching
Action Learning Lab Electives
$100K Events & Competitions
COMMU NITY EV ENTS
New England Clambake
Halloween
Thanksgiving
Country Cultural Nights
Map the program to
your goals.
Building upon the summer foundation,
you now have the opportunity to tailor the
program to your own professional goals.
The feeling of momentum is palpable as you
begin to leverage the full range of resources
available to you as a Sloan Fellow at MIT.
During the fall semester, you choose
from electives offered at MIT Sloan, across
MIT, and at Harvard University.You also
will be able to choose from an array of
action-learning courses that combine
management theory with hands-on projects
in existing organizations.
“The professors at MIT are the best of the best in
their fields. I found their insights illuminating and
their knowledge bottomless. You know that what
you’re learning is the very latest thinking in the
technology and management arenas.”
J O H N W . T H O M P S O N , S F ’ 8 3 U N I T E D S T A T E S
C H A I R M A N , M I C R O S O F T C O R P O R A T I O N
Put your leadership skills
into action.
By the fall term, you will find that your
interactions with peers, the faculty, the MIT
environment, and the wider community have
begun to transform the way you think about
yourself, the world, and your role in it. With
a formidable storehouse of new knowledge
and a more sophisticated global perspective,
you will find that you have developed greater
confidence in your own abilities and opinions.
You also are ready to investigate leadership
in action. As a cohort and in small groups,
you will meet with international business
and government leaders for candid, face-
to-face conversations.You will meet other
influential leaders during a trip to New York
City—the first of three business trips during
your MIT Sloan Fellows year.
The month of January at MIT is a community-wide
knowledge fest called Independent Activities Period
(IAP)—a long and much celebrated Institute tradition.
Members of the community share with one another
what they know best, from nuclear physics to
chocolate science.
IAP offers you a choice of 700+ learning experiences,
including intensive academic courses geared to
building expertise related to the program’s three pillars—
leadership, innovation, and global perspective.
Without the usual distractions of the academic
semester, you will have the luxury of concentrating fully
on courses like social entrepreneurship, negotiation, and
the human side of enterprise—or branch off and study
Italian, environmental design, or the art of the Japanese
tea ceremony.
Tap our vast resources
to achieve your goals.
Push the boundaries of your learning experience.
8. Exercise your options.
You have the option of conducting an
in-depth analysis of solutions vital to your
future or to the future of your company
by embarking on a thesis project or an
independent study—efforts that many
fellows leverage for professional advance-
ment. Or you might opt to participate in the
MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition
as a member of a team of interdisciplinary
innovators who pool their expertise to
launch a new product or service.
Spring also means travel—to San
Francisco and Silicon Valley to explore the
power of innovation and to Washington, DC
to examine global controversies throughout
the world that threaten the health of
markets, economies, and populations.
Many of the leaders you’ll meet during the
capstone trip to Washington will personify
the triumph of leadership, innovation,
and global perspective—the three pillars
of the MIT Sloan Fellows Program at work
in the world.
Reach across the community.
By the spring term, much of the
foundational knowledge you have gained
will be second nature to you.You will have
worked with it, relied upon it, and used it
to solve real management problems.You
will find yourself weaving together the
myriad elements of your Sloan Fellows
year, combining knowledge, skills, and
experiences as the challenge requires.
And you are now fully part of the MIT
community.You know how to access
the resources at your disposal, such as
faculty and research centers, campus
organizations and conferences, entrepre-
neurial competitions and new enterprises.
Then there’s the Kendall Square Innovation
District, the neighborhood that surrounds
MIT Sloan. Here, new enterprises rub
shoulders with some of the world’s most
influential corporations—from Microsoft
and Google to Novartis and Pfizer.
T H E S P R I N G
CORE COURSES
Innovation-Driven Advantage
Global Strategy and Organization
Global Leadership
LEARNING IN ACTION
Coaching
California Trip: The Power of
Innovation
Washington, DC Trip: Global
Controversies
$100K Events & Competitions
COMMU NITY EV ENTS
Welcome Back Gathering
Country Cultural Nights
April Orientation
New England Community
Weekend
Bring it all together.
“The intellectual climate is exhilarating. You are
among global movers and shakers, adding your own
perspectives to the mix. I talked frankly with faculty
and global leaders I had admired for years and
knew I was contributing to dialogues that were
shaping business.”
X O L I K A K A N A , S F ’ 0 8 S O U T H A F R I C A
E X E C U T I V E C H A I R P E R S O N A N D G R O U P C E O , I C T- W O R K S
9. Leverage a lifetime of benefits.
You are not an MIT Sloan Fellow for just one year.
Think of this as a continually growing and lifelong
relationship. MIT provides a steady stream of
opportunities to update your knowledge, learn
about late-breaking developments in management
and industry, and connect with the people and
resources you need. And you don’t have to travel to
Cambridge to take advantage of many of these events.
Often, we bring them to your region or provide an
online platform.
“Every day, I feel the impact of my Sloan
Fellows experience. I am more innovative, more
strategic, more global in my thinking. The value
of the program is integral to everything I do
and everything I am. I keep waiting for that
sensation to abate, but it doesn’t.”
R A N D A J A M A L I C H A R A M A N D , S F ’ 0 8
L E B A N O N
C H I E F O P E R A T I N G O F F I C E R , B E N C H M A R K
D E V E L O P M E N T
A note to company sponsors.
Can I spare this pivotal employee for a full year?
That’s one of the most frequent questions we hear
from organizations deciding whether to send one of
their most talented mid-career managers to the
MIT Sloan Fellows Program. The fact is, that year at
MIT can be every bit as impactful for the organization
as it is for the fellow. Many global organizations rely
on the program to prepare their most promising
leaders for executive suite positions or upcoming
challenges—particularly when those challenges are
complex, multidimensional, and global in nature.
Reach out to us to discuss how you can integrate the
MIT Sloan Fellows Program into your professional
development strategy.
CONTACT
Stephen Sacca, SF ’90
Director, MIT Sloan Fellows Program
ssacca@mit.edu
+1 617 253 0139
ABDULLATIF A. AL-OTHMAN
Governor and Chairman
Saudi Arabian General
Investment Authority
Saudi Arabia
SEOW HIANG LEE
CEO
Changi Airport Group
Singapore
ALAN MULALLY
Board of Directors, Google
Retired President and CEO
Ford Motor Company
United States
JOERG SOMMER
Vice President, Product
Marketing and Strategy
Volkswagen AG
Germany
CÉLESTIN MONGA
Managing Director, United
Nations Industrial Development
Organization (UNIDO)
Cameroon
XOLISWA KAKANA
Executive Chairperson and
Group CEO
ICT-Works
South Africa
JOHN W. THOMPSON
CEO, Virtual Instruments
Chairman, Microsoft
Corporation
United States
SCOTT GUTZ
CEO and President
Amadeus North America
United States
SIOW HUANG GAN
Brigadier General
Head of Air Intelligence &
Director of Special Projects
Singapore Armed Forces
Singapore
KEIJI TACHIKAWA
President
Japan Aerospace Exploration
Agency
Japan
MEGAN J. BRENNAN
Postmaster General and CEO
United States Postal Service
United States
TANA L. UTLEY
President
Perkins Engines Company Ltd.,
a division of Caterpillar, Inc.
United States
KOFI ANNAN
Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Board of Directors, United
Nations Foundation
Former Secretary-General,
United Nations
Ghana
THAD W. ALLEN
Former Commandant
United States Coast Guard
United States
IRIS F. BOMBELYN
VP and Program Manager
Lockheed Martin Space
Systems Company
United States
PEDRO VILLARES
Director of Projects
Natura
Brazil
HUA YANG
Chairman
China National Offshore
Oil Corp.
China
MONDAY OKORO
President, Artificial Lift
Schlumberger
Nigeria
Meet your network.
The network you enter as an MIT Sloan Fellow is a personal and professional
asset of incalculable value. It extends from your 100+ close colleagues in the
program to the larger network of 3,500+ Sloan Fellows alumni, 20,000+ MIT
Sloan alumni, and 120,000+ MIT alumni. It reaches across every continent but
Antarctica—and is attainable by no other means than through your experience
as an MIT Sloan Fellow.
As a graduate of the program, you will count the following leaders among your
alumni network:
10. mitsloan.mit.edu/fellows/
MIT Sloan Fellows Program | MIT Sloan School of Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 50 Memorial Drive | Suite E52-255 | Cambridge, MA 02142-1347 U.S.A.
Phone +1 617 253 8600 | Fax +1 617 252 1200 | Email sfadmissions@sloan.mit.edu
“Dedicating 12 months to this program is one of the
most strategic investments you can make in your career.
It’s a year that pays off in ways you could never imagine.
I have a better head for finance, negotiation, and global
business practice. I have greater emotional intelligence
and cultural awareness. I am a more effective leader and
a better person. And I have trusted business advisors—
my fellow alumni—on the ground all over the world. Yes,
you would improve during those same 12 months on the
job, but you would never approach the level of growth
you achieve as a Sloan Fellow.”
A B D U L L A T I F A . A L - O T H M A N S F ’ 9 8 S A U D I A R A B I A
G O V E R N O R A N D C H A I R M A N
S A U D I A R A B I A N G E N E R A L I N V E S T M E N T A U T H O R I T Y
