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Speaking about the visit, Paul Hiriart, a French national currently working in banking in Tokyo, said:
"This is my first time in the region and I am positively surprised and encouraged by all the activity taking place here. It was good to learn about what the Emirate is doing to diversify beyond oil and I was impressed by the developments taking place here, particularly in the tourism industry."
Gregory McNair working in real estate from New York added: "Abu Dhabi is much more international than I expected. I certainly did not expect it to be so cosmopolitan. From my arrival at the airport I could tell I was in for a vibrant experience. One reads about the developments, but it's different seeing it happen.''
In conjunction with the students' visit, INSEAD recently launched a section of its Global EMBA programme in Abu Dhabi which recently rose from 6th to 5th place in the recently published 2009 Financial Times' global Executive MBA rankings.
Participants based in the Middle East will be able to take core courses in the Abu Dhabi campus in the first half of the programme, and then integrate into a global cohort for several joint modules with Global EMBA participants based in Europe and Asia, starting 2010/2011. This announcement marks a significant milestone for INSEAD Abu Dhabi's growth and comes at a time when the global school celebrates its 50th anniversary.
Posted by Husam Odiabat
