90 exceptional people

who will shape the IMD MBA

future of business
2010 career statistics
The single aim of the IMD MBA 90 responsible leaders with an appreciation
is to develop top talent who have: for context, impact and community
• a proven ability to perform In addition to the business basics – taught in
any MBA program – responsible leaders need to
• an ability to deal with ambiguity, consider the context in which they make decisions,
complexity and cultural diversity to anticipate both short-term and long-term
• the ability to set strategies and consequences, and to build and sustain relationships.
lead others in their execution
IMD MBAs learn these skills through real-life
experiences such as the entrepreneurship
projects, the International Consulting Projects
and the Discovery Expedition to South Africa.
IMD’s combination of relevance and rigor is
part of the reason why companies come to recruit
at IMD and why the IMD MBA consistently ranks
among the best in the world.

Diverse Industry 78 % Salary Average starting base salary of accepted offers:

opportunities Including: Average $ 129,600 (€ 97,700)
Consumer Products 22 % Median $ 127,300 (€ 96,000)
Healthcare 19 % Sign-on bonus $ 23,500 (€ 17,700)
Industrial Products 14 %
Technology 9% % that received a sign-on bonus: 66 %
Energy 7%

Consulting 16 % IMD MBAs Europe 72 %

go around Asia 18 %
Financial 6% the globe Latin America 7%
Services North America 3%

Recruiting A.T. Kearney Falck Novartis Pharma

companies Abbott Vascular
Accenture
FIL Investment Management
Firmenich
O-I
Oracle
Companies that a-connect GE Oil & Gas ParkwayHealth
participated in AGCO Goldman Sachs Pentair
on-campus recruiting Alcon Hewlett-Packard PepsiCo
and companies that Amazon Hilti Philip Morris International
made at least American Express Hinduja Bank Philips
one offer to the Apple Honeywell Polo Ralph Lauren
2010 IMD MBA class Ariston Thermo Group Huntsman International PPG Industries Europe
ATS Group i3 Network Systems PricewaterhouseCoopers
Audi IBM Procter & Gamble
Bain & Company IDEO Raiffeisen Investment
Banco Penta IMS Health Richemont
Barclays Capital International SOS Rio Tinto Alcan
Bayer CropScience Ipsos Rolls-Royce
Bekk Consulting ISS Royal Dutch Shell
SABMiller
Biognosys JF Robertson & Partners
Samsung Global Strategy Group
Booz & Company Johnson & Johnson
Schindler Group
Borealis Johnson & Johnson Procurement
Schlumberger
Bunge Knauf Insulation
Shire
Campbell Alliance KPMG
Siemens
Caterpillar Laureate Education
Sodexo
Celgene LNS Statkraft
CHS L’Oréal Sumifru Philippines Corporation
Cisco LVMH Syngenta
Damart-Somfy Group Marakon Synthes
Danfoss McKinsey & Company Tesco
Deutsche Bank Medtronic The Boston Consulting Group
DFS Group Microsoft The Clinton Foundation
Disney MJ Group The Dow Chemical Company
Dow Corning Moneysupermarket.com The World Economic Forum
DuPont Mucos Pharma TomTom International
Eaton Nagravision Tyco
EBAN NAMCO BANDAI Games Unilever
EDP Energias de Portugal Nemak UPM
ELCO Nestlé European Business Support Uponor
Eli Lilly and Company Nestlé Professional Vestas Wind Systems
Emerson Process Management Nike Vodafone
Ensto Nilfisk W Investments
F. Hoffmann-La Roche NISSAN Europe WealthTouch

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