The June 2025 Class of EGADE Business School at Tecnológico de Monterrey completed their graduate programs in a moving ceremony held at the Monterrey campus.

As part of its 30th anniversary celebration, EGADE Business School hosted the graduation ceremony for its June 2025 Class from both on-campus and online programs. The event took place on June 21 and was streamed live via live.tec.mx.

The ceremony was presided over by Roger González Lau, CEO of Protexa; Juan Pablo Murra, Rector of Tecnológico de Monterrey; Horacio Arredondo, Dean of EGADE Business School; and Eva Guerra, Associate Academic Dean of the school.

A total of 118 graduate degrees—master’s and doctoral—were conferred to students from various cities across Mexico and seven other countries: Colombia, South Korea, Ecuador, the United States, Guatemala, Honduras, and Peru. The represented programs included the EGADE MBA, EGADE MBA Online, EGADE – UNC Charlotte MBA in Global Business & Strategy, Master in Finance, Master in Finance Online, Master in Business Analytics, PhD in Administrative Sciences, and PhD in Financial Sciences.

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

Honorary distinctions were awarded to the top-performing graduates in each program:

• Nicolás Arenas Mandujano and Daniela Alejandra Treviño Herrera, EGADE MBA.
• Alexandra Carolina García Torres, EGADE MBA Online.
• Fernando Agustín Ramírez García, Master in Finance.

In addition, graduates of the PhD in Administrative Sciences —Sandra Maycotte Felkel, Aida Carolina Robles Luna, and Adrián Rodríguez Buenrostro—and the PhD in Financial Sciences —Kathia Ramos Garza—received an additional institutional medal in recognition of their academic achievement.

Leading with Culture, Purpose, and Resilience

In his address as guest speaker, Roger González Lau offered three key reflections. First, he emphasized the importance of people and organizational culture: “Culture eats strategy for breakfast,” he stated.

He noted that success should be measured by the number of lives impacted and urged the graduates to lead with purpose, selflessness, and compassion—creating both economic and human value.

Second, he described today’s global context as one of systemic—not cyclical—uncertainty. “This is not a storm lasting hours or days. It’s a new ecosystem. A new climate. Uncertainty is no longer cyclical; it is systemic,” he remarked.

Finally, he encouraged graduates to never stop learning, highlighting humility and the ability to ask good questions as keys to continuous learning in a world powered by artificial intelligence.

PURPOSEFUL LEADERSHIP

Representing his class, Roberto Olvera González, of the EGADE MBA, delivered an emotional message centered on the values of brave, conscious, and resilient leadership.

Inspired by his father’s phrase “life is for the bold,” he structured his remarks around three pillars: purpose, consistency, and resilience. In his words, purpose is built, consistency is conviction, and resilience means advancing with character in times of uncertainty.

He thanked professors, families, and support networks for accompanying them on this journey. “We’re not the ones who shine for a day. We’re the ones who stay. The ones who persist,” he said.

He closed with a call to lead ethically and with meaning: “We didn’t come to receive a diploma. We came to prepare ourselves to leave a mark.”

Transformative Discontent from the Privilege of Learning

Before leading the graduates in the pledge, Juan Pablo Murra congratulated the new EXATEC EGADE alumni and invited them to reflect on the power of constructive discontent. He reminded them that the privilege of graduate education comes with a great responsibility.

“Be the kind of example that has distinguished EXATEC alumni for decades... Go out and build extraordinary lives—because Mexico and the world need you,” he concluded.

The Monterrey graduation will be followed by EGADE ceremonies in Mexico City on June 26 and in Guadalajara on June 27.