Alba Executive MBA: Today’s leaders acquire the skills to face tomorrow

With an innovative, pioneering and unique curriculum, adapted to the demanding circumstances of the times, Alba Graduate Business School, starting the 5th class of the Executive MBA program in September 2022, addressed to senior and top executives from all sectors of the Greek economy.

Guided by the rapid and successive multifaceted changes – in society, in the economy, in entrepreneurship – the Alba Executive MBA comes to meet the modern educational needs of c-level executives. To make today’s capable executives leaders in tomorrow’s businesses.

The program is designed so that it allows participants to interact with world-class teachers, as well as renowned executives from across the spectrum of economic life, thus broadening their perspective and gaining the right skills to become tomorrow’s leaders.

Target Audience

The Alba Executive MBA is addressed exclusively to c-level and senior executives and entrepreneurs from all sectors of the Greek economy, with at least 10 years of service, and offers the opportunity to create a network of professional contacts, since all participants are selected after a rigorous evaluation process and having as an essential criterion their professional path and reputation.

As Kyriakos Kyriakopoulos, Academic Director of the Alba Executive MBA, stated, “In a period of frequent and rapid change where work, the economy and society as a whole are changing, the skills that a leader must possess are changing at the same time. In the age of disruption, the Alba Executive MBA is coming to meet the need of many leaders to update and upgrade their skills while preparing for the next step in their careers. The fifth series of the program, which starts next September, invites leaders from the whole spectrum of companies on a learning journey, through which they will be able to find the key and unlock their potential for success.

Five strategic modules

The curriculum is designed to provide participants with the business acumen, skills and competencies needed to become modern leaders, through a range of courses and seminars that include case study presentations, discussions, simulations, assignments, and lectures by renowned teachers.

The content of the program unfolds through five strategic thematic units, the “Challenges of the International Environment”, the “Fundamental Principles of Business”, the “Development of Personal Skills” and “Organizational Skills” and the “Renewal of Business”, while special attention is given to the dynamics of the digital transformation and disruption brought about by the pandemic in the operation of companies, with the aim of upgrading the leadership skills of senior executives and keeping abreast of the developments of the digital age.

Providing time flexibility to the participants, the courses are held two weekends per month, with English as the language of instruction, and have a total duration of 20 months.

The benefits

The benefits provided to executives by participating in the Alba Executive MBA move in four parallel directions, which can be summarized as follows:

Promotion of professional development, development of unique leadership skills and preparation for taking on more tasks.
Extended oversight of the challenges facing modern businesses.
Strengthening the leadership capacity in the process of development and transformation of the organization.
Networking with renowned executives who have rich experience and come from an expanded range of companies.

Antonina Kalkavoura, Director of the Alba Executive MBA, said: “The Alba Executive MBA came to meet different needs from those covered by the classic MBAs. This is a program aimed at executives who have already developed personally and professionally and seek motivation in order to further expand their knowledge and implement their ideas. Being an MBA program that consists exclusively of c-level executives, every student brings into the classroom their rich experience, from which both the professors and the other fellow students benefit. It is this exchange of experiences that makes the Alba Executive MBA unique. “