DUKE GOETHE EXECUTIVE MBA
Duke Goethe Alumni Profiles
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aking a difference with my work has always been an important goal in my life. I knew that my education would need to work for me. Thus, I worked as a physician at the university hospital of Hamburg for eight years including almost five years in the intensive care unit. I clearly realized that immediate application of my education was the key to becoming an excellent medical doctor. With advanced studies as a specialist in internal medicine in my pocket, and many years of scientific research behind me, I re-evaluated my career opportunities within academia and industry. Move to pharmaceutical industry I soon landed a job with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). GlaxoSmithKline is one of the major global research – based pharmaceutical companies worldwide. As a Therapy Area Director for internal medicine at GSK’s German affiliate based in Munich, I headed the department which was accountable for the medical support of all retail products used for respiratory diseases, diabetes, cardiovascular and antithrombotics. My work and private life was well sorted. My wife
ply what I learned in the MBA program. Only six months into the Duke Goethe Executive MBA program, I was promoted to Medical Director in the Metabolic Centre of Excellence within GSK Europe now based in London. Thus, my life was filled with commuting between work (London) and family (Munich) and hard work for the MBA studies. 2nd promotion – Move to Toronto Now that I have graduated from the MBA program, the commute will come to an end. I have been offered a new position with GSK Canada as Vice President Medical Division and Chief Medical Officer Canada. As such I will be leading a team of roughly 70 scientists and physicians. Finally my family will reunite at our new home in Toronto. The Duke Goethe MBA program gave me the set of technical and personal skills to immediately apply proven best practices in today’s business world. What is more, the program has had a great impact on me and my family. It made our lives much more exciting than ever expected. It really made a huge difference.
Class of 2007 VP Medical Division & Chief Medical Officer GSK Canada GlaxoSmithKline Inc., Canada
TJARK REBLIN, MD
and our daughters Insa and Jella then aged 4 and 10 had a comfortable life in Munich. 1st promotion – Move to London However, I realized that immediate application of managerial skills to my daily work was essential to achieve further success in business. My employer and I found that the Duke Goethe Executive MBA was the perfect fit: In the workplace I was able to directly ap-
PROFILE
Executive MBA The schools The program
Length of program: • 22 months Mode of delivery: • part time • weekend & one-week residencies in Frankfurt (Germany) & Durham (USA) • Virtual Learning Platform Number of places: • 60 per year Language of instruction: • English
Starting dates: • May annually Class Statistics: • Average years of work experience: 7.8 • Average age: 33,7 • GMAT 530–700 New program feature: • Two 3-day immersion programs in Washington, D.C. and New York preceding terms 3 & 7
Participants in the Duke Goethe Executive MBA program receive two degrees from the two institutions involved: Duke University/Fuqua Business School, USA: • AACSB accredited • Rankings: Only business school in the world that has two executive MBA programs ranked in the top 10: · No. 9 by Business Week (2005) · No. 9 by Financial Times (2006) · No. 4 by U.S. News & World Report (2007) Goethe Business School / Frankfurt University, Germany: • AACSB accredited Rankings: · No. 2 by Handelsblatt Karriere (2006): Universities of Business Administration; Student satisfaction among state universities · No. 10 by the Times Higher Education (2006): Goethe University Frankfurt among all German universities · No. 7 by Wirtschaftswoche (2007): Reputation among HR representatives
The Executive MBA program combines academic rigor and a collaborative atmosphere with a strong focus on practical applications. The curriculum builds from foundational business courses through functional integrated courses. The core courses provide a solid foundation in general management, develop the ability to think strategically and strengthen essential leadership skills. The set of elective courses allows various concentrations.
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Admissions contact: E-mail: admissions@gbs.uni-frankfurt.de Web site: www.duke-goethe-emba.org
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