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Partnership to promote the yachting Industry around the world, focusing on education, sustainable values, and networking opportunities. The International University of Monaco (IUM), together with Young Professionals in Yachting Monaco (YPY Monaco), Cluster Yachting Monaco, and Onboard with Marcela, join forces to promote the yachting Industry around the world, focusing on education, sustainable values, and networking opportunities for professionals in the yachting Industry.…

Join us and get inspired by our Alumni career stories! On February 11th Ieva Mikelinskiene, Senior Research Analyst at Tiverton Trading, will explain her journey as a Financial Trader. ⌚ at 6.30 pm Desislava Peycheva (Daisy) Peycheva, Business Manager at Right Formula, will talk about Rethinking Formula 1 assets to engage customers globally: immersion in an…

Meet with Anna Padovan, MSc in Luxury Management 2020, and Assistant Buyer at Rinascente, Italy. Your professional biggest challenges working in such a demanding industry? To be creative and actively propose innovative ideas. In the luxury industry, you need to always reinvent your business to be more attractive for your target generations and to attract the right…

Since January 2021, Dr. Mariateresa Torchia is the new DBA program Director. Mariateresa Torchia is Associate Professor of Management at IUM since 2018 and Director of Research since 2019. She holds a Ph.D. in Management and Governance from the University of Rome “Tor Vergata.” Her main research interest is in the area of Corporate Governance, Family…

Meet with John Marques, MSc in Luxury Management Alumnus 2016. This dynamic Portuguese entrepreneur has just launched his fashion label, MARQUES. What have you done since you graduated from IUM? After IUM, I moved to Dubai to complete my internship at W Motors. That is where I ended up working for several years heading the marketing department.  At the…

Members of the MBA Full-Time cohort and Part-Time MBA students attended this exceptional week either residentially or online. The second MBA Master Class Week began on January 18th, with an overview of the week, and the weeks, ahead! A special presentation from the General Director of Monaco Tech, the Monegasque start-up incubator, and accelerator with whom IUM…

Meet with Sellma REICHSTEIN, MSc in Luxury Management Alumna 2018. Meet with Sellma REICHSTEIN, MSc in Luxury Management Alumna 2018. What have you done since you graduated from IUM? I left IUM in 2018 with an MSc degree in Luxury Management with a desire to develop my career within luxury fashion and lifestyle. I wanted to use…

IUM ranked 33rd among the best 100 MBA programs worldwide by The Economist’s WhichMBA?  IUM is proud to announce that in the recently published ranking of The Economist’s 2021 full-time MBA programs, IUM has jumped up 38 places, to be ranked 33rd amongst the top 100 MBA programs worldwide, from 71st last year. In the European regional…

Research and Analysis for CRM Implementation In 2020, five MBA students worked for three months for the Compagnie Monegasque de Banque (CMB). CMB is an international private bank based in Monaco. Established in March 1976, the core business of the group is Private Banking, backed up by accessory activities such as tax consultancy as well…

This association gathers students with the same passion: cars! At the beginning of the academic year, Antoine Vlieghe and Fulvio Piscitelli, first-year BBA students, decided to launch the Motor Club within the International University of Monaco. After the Student Association presented the different existing clubs and associations, they noticed the absence of any organization related to the automobile. Yet, the Principality…

After winning the Special Award in Yachting at the Mark Challenge Competition 2020 during her MSc in Luxury Management at IUM, Trudy Berger recently started her company called Brand Therapy. What have you done since you graduated from the IUM MSc in Luxury Brand Management?  Once I finished the Master in 2020, I started thinking even more…

As Pierre Corneille said: “For souls nobly born, valor doesn’t await the passing of years.” Manila di Giovanni, Italian, and Christian Bertelsen, Danish, both Bachelor students at IUM, recently launched DWorld. DWorld recreates real-world futuristic cities. Users are enabled to purchase virtual goods that can also be delivered at their homes by brands, exchange virtual goods among each…

The Finance Society is the International University of Monaco’s premier professional, social, and academic organization devoted to the financial services industry. A few months ago, Liam Armstrong and Andrea Prola decided to establish a Finance Society within the International University of Monaco. This society’s main purpose is to educate its fellow members on finance fundamentals and fill the gap between professionals…

We recently met with Alexandre Durandy, who is now working as Private Banker at Swisslife Banque Privée in Paris. Alexandre graduated from the MSc in Finance program, Private Banking & Wealth Management specialization in 2016. During his studies at IUM, he did his internship in Portfolio Management at Julius Baer in Monaco. He was then appointed…

Meet with Yannis Chahbani, MSc in Finance 2021, who is now working as Junior Associate in Luxembourg. “I had the opportunity to apply at Ernst & Young while I was reaching the end of my studies at IUM. It was challenging at first, there were many different interviews, tests, and pre-requisites; but the journey was worth…

Meet Marissa Gordon, a sparkling American MSc in Luxury Management Alumna. She has recently started her own company, “Maridani“, a boutique brand agency that provides impeccable service and turnkey activations based in the Southeast United States. What have you done since you graduated from IUM?  Since graduating from IUM, I consulted for an Events Management company in…

Meet with Vishal Bamalwa, MSc in Luxury Management 2014, a Successful Indian Entrepreneur. After completing an MSc in Luxury Management, Retail specialization in 2014 at IUM, Vishal wanted to create a brand that could be exported to India. Vishal founded Santieb’s in October 2017. Santieb’s that is loosely based on his mother’s name, Santosh, is aimed to revolutionize…

Meet with Andrés Bonilla, a young, dynamic MBA student from Guatemala! He is this year’s Student Representative for the MBA program. Introduce yourself My professional background is in the leisure and luxury hospitality & event management industry across Latin America. My educational background is in Sociology – with a particular focus on cultural identity formation, cross-cultural social dynamics, and group psychology. I…