[Globalmba2019] Saturday June 13, 2020 – Last day

[Marcello Russo]

Dear MBA fellows,
Hope this email finds you well and you are spending a great Sunday. For me this is a special one, as it was the first time my family and I could met our families in Naples since January. I know that some of you had not yet this possibility and I am emphatic towards them. I still hope that you have been able to spend the last days of relative greater freedom with dear friends and your significant others. 

I am sending an update regarding the last day of the program. The MBA Team with the support of the Dean and all Industry Leaders are planning a virtual round table schedule for Saturday June 13 from 3 pm CEST to 6:30 pm CEST entitled “Graduating an MBA in the Covid-19’s year: Imagining a new future”. 

We are finalizing the list of guests to match all tracks but I anticipate that we will discuss with the 3 Michelin-Star Chef Massimo Bottura (Owner of Osteria Francescana) and with Luca Lisandroni (recently appointed CEO of Brunello Cucinelli). Some alumni will be invited as well to participate to this collective moment of reflection and hope for the future.

The second part of the meeting, from 5 pm CEST, will be entirely dedicated to you and, divided in two groups, you will have a chance to interact with two important Head Hunters, Riccardo Rossini (Egon Zhender) and Vittorio Veltroni (Heidrick & Struggles), about possible strategies to navigate your new status of forthcoming MBA Graduates in a completely new world.

We are trying with all our efforts to organize a memorable last day of this intense scholarly year. It will also be the occasion to say goodbye to Elena Spiga who has decided to begin a new professional adventure since June 15th. Barbara, Eloisa, Filippo, myself and, I believe you, all would like to express her a deep sense of gratitude for having been with us ensuring all her professionalism and expertise until the very last day of the program.

To her goes our best wishes for a bright future. To you all my wishes of a splendid last week of courses.

Kind regards,
Marcello