The Mexican Maryangel García-Ramos Guadiana is the new leader of the global human rights advocacy organization at the intersection of gender and disability.

By JOSÉ ÁNGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

The EGADE Business School alumna and renowned Mexican diversity and inclusion activist, Maryangel García-Ramos Guadiana, was appointed as the new Executive Director of Women Enabled International (WEI), an organization based in Washington, D.C. that advances human rights at the intersection of gender and disability across the world.

García Ramos took the position on October 3, after a year-long interim leadership by Suzannah Phillips, director of Strategy at WEI. The pioneering founder of WEI, Stephanie Ortoleva, retired from the organization on September 30, 2021.

“Women, girls, and non-binary people with disabilities need to keep on being part of the human rights and gender equality conversations and platforms, more than ever. I am humbled and ready to continue the powerful work WEI has done over the past 10 years to advance our rights. I look forward to this new powerful moment in the world where we push a new generation of disabled feminist leadership,” García-Ramos stated in her message.

#ICYMI @WomenEnabled is thrilled to announce that @Maryangel_ has joined Women Enabled International as our next Executive Director. Please join us in welcoming her in the comments below! https://t.co/Rs42grnT6U

— Women Enabled International (@WomenEnabled) October 11, 2022

For her part, Catherine Hyde Townsend, Board President at WEI, commented: “We are very excited about her knowledge, skills and perspective, a unique combination that will guarantee both stability and innovation as Maryangel leads WEI into its second decade.”

Founded in 2012, WEI is the first international organization devoted to advancing the intersectional rights of gender and disability.

García-Ramos assumes her new role at WEI contributing her more than 15 years of experience as a defender of human rights and inclusion advocacy leader.

The EGADE MBA graduate founded the Movement for Mexican Women with Disabilities, and up to her new appointment had been serving as the Leader of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion of Tecnológico de Monterrey’s Center for the Recognition of Human Dignity.

 

 

 

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On September 26,  she was also named honorary President of the Nuevo León State Council for People with Disabilities.

In 2019, García-Ramos was awarded the Tec Prize for Women, and this year was recognized in the select group of the AACSB Influential Leaders.

The Beta Gamma Sigma Chapter at EGADE Business School received this distinction for its achievements and activities in the 2021-2022 academic year.

By JOSÉ ÁNGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

For the fourth year running, EGADE Business School - Tecnológico de Monterrey has earned a distinction in Beta Gamma Sigma’s BGS Chapter Honor Roll program.

The Beta Gamma Sigma Chapter at EGADE Business School earned the High Honors Chapter distinction for its achievements and activities in the 2021-2022 academic year.

“Qualifying for this recognition is indicative of a school in which academic excellence is highly valued,” said Christina Allrich, executive director of Beta Gamma Sigma.

The BGS Chapter Honor Roll program recognizes the most outstanding chapters within the Beta Gamma Sigma global network.

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Beta Gamma Sigma is an international honor society founded in 1913, with more than 600 chapters and 875 mil lifetime members in over 190 countries, who are recognized as “the best in business” and come from AACSB-accredited business schools, such as EGADE Business School, representing the top 5% in the world.

At present, 722 graduates of EGADE Business School have been honored with Beta Gamma Sigma membership.

Professor Juan Antonio Enciso González serves as Chapter Advisor for the EGADE Business School Beta Gamma Sigma Chapter. 

Congratulations to the BGS collegiate chapters that received Honors, High Honors, and Highest Honors! Of our 600+ collegiate chapters, over 160 received one of these distinctions 👏

A big thank you to all of our chapters for the commendable work! https://t.co/barCdUREFC pic.twitter.com/iPtfLhhIdC

— Beta Gamma Sigma (@BGSHonorSociety) September 21, 2022

To belong to this society, master’s degree graduates must be ranked among the top 20% with the highest grade average in their class. Furthermore, 100% of doctoral graduates can choose to become members.

Consequently, being a Beta Gamma Sigma member means forming part of a  select group and is the highest recognition in the world that a business school graduate can receive.

EGADE Business School has participated as a Beta Gamma Sigma chapter since 2016.

The next induction ceremonies for new members to the Beta Gamma Sigma Chapter at EGADE Business School will occur in November.  

Alumni and alumnae of EGADE Business School’s Master in Administration, MBA, EMBA and Master in Finance have been recognized by the business magazine.

By JOSÉ ÁNGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

Seven alumni and alumnae of EGADE Business School - Tecnológico de Monterrey were included in Mundo Ejecutivo’s 2022 Top 20 CFO Ranking.

The magazine explains that, in this day and age, the objective of the Chief Financial Officer is to add value not only for stockholders, but also for collaborators and, above all, society.

“Achieving this also requires logical reasoning and analytical competencies, in order to inspire trust in the team,” it emphasized.

#OrgulloEGADE Siete EXATEC EGADE destacan dentro de la edición 2022 del #ranking de las y los 20 mejores #CFO de la revista @MundoEjecutivo.
Lee más ➡️ https://t.co/rWIpmbm20c pic.twitter.com/KYrKx1hlU9

— EGADE Business School (@egade) October 18, 2022

The EXATEC EGADE included in the ranking are:

• Álvaro Alberto Calderón Jiménez (MA’04)
  Administration and Finance Director, Grupo Elektra
   
• Ana Isabel Iglesias Pérez (MAF’09)
  CFO México, Sanofi
   
• Delice Cristal Cruz Guzmán (MBA’13)
  CFO, Telefónica México
   
• Domingo Alberto Valdés Díaz (MA’95)
  CFO, Vinte
   
• Guillermo Perea López (EMBA’11)
  CFO, Grupo SOMAR
   
• Mildred Villegas Sojo (MA’04)
  VP Finance Nutrition Latam, Unilever
   
• Omar Gómez Cabrera (MBA’13)
  CFO México, Pfizer

The methodology used to rank the top CFOs considered their companies’ revenue in Mexico, their graduate studies, and their years of professional experience.

The ranking was published in the September 2022 issue of Mundo Ejecutivo.

The event took place in Monterrey, bringing together the students of the program from the different EGADE locations.

By JOSÉ ANGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

Under the slogan Power Skills for a New Era, the 2022 edition of the EGADE MBA National Meeting was held from October 6 to 8, in Monterrey.

The students of the program in Monterrey, Mexico City, Guadalajara and Querétaro met to live a multi-site experience of collaborative work, learning and networking.

The innovation within the meeting was manifested through the gamified challenges that put the power skills of the participants to the test, and allowed them to earn badges of powers of leadership, collaboration, curiosity, communication, creativity and connection.

Through these games, the students strengthened competencies and skills such as effective communication, teamwork, adaptability, problem-solving, decision-making, planning, and time management.

THREE DAYS OF COLLABORATIVE WORK, LEARNING AND NETWORKING

The first day saw a tour of the Monterrey Campus and a cocktail in the Rectory Hall of the Tecnológico de Monterrey.

The rest of the meeting took place in various spaces of the EGADE Business School headquarters in Monterrey.

On the second day, the students received welcome messages from Horacio Arredondo, dean of EGADE Business School; Eric Porras, National Director of EGADE MBA Programs; Eva Guerra, director of the EGADE MBA in Monterrey, and Pedro Carreón, director of the EGADE MBA in Guadalajara.

As mistress of ceremonies, there was the special participation of Alexandra Ibarra, a candidate to graduate from the EGADE MBA.

As keynote speaker, Valeria Strappa, regional leader of Liquidity and Account Solutions for the Americas at J.P. Morgan, offered the conference "Transformation, reinvention and inclusion: keys to survive and excel in the future of work".

"The future of work is already our present and it impacts us all," said the former professional tennis player.

On the other hand, professional skills for the future of work were addressed by Michael Fung, director of the Institute for the Future of Education at Tecnológico de Monterrey, and by a panel moderated by Jaime Martínez Bowness, Mexico City regional dean of the Escuela of Business at the Tec, with the participation of Silvia Pieretti, Global Vice President of Talent Management at Ternium; Rosario Toro, Director of Culture, Training and Development at Banregio, and Salvador De Antuñano, Director of Human Resources at Grupo Adecco México.

The gamified challenges were closed at the conference "Gamification, immersive experiences and video games to develop skills", by Miguel Abrajan, co-founder of MasQueLearning.

EGADE Business School professor and leadership consultant Sergio Sedas activated the students with his workshop “Awakening Possibilities”, and sommelier Roberto Dumois offered them an entertaining musical tasting.

The second day ended with a gathering called Networking Night, offered by EGADE Business School's Career Services.

On the third day, the meeting culminated with two conferences: "Re-humanizing Leadership", given by Kasonde Musoma, director of Student Leadership for Tecnológico de Monterrey, and "Decision making in complex environments", by José Manuel Contreras, CEO of Vitro Diverse Industries.

Learn more about the EGADE MBA program here.

The participants of the EGADE MBA National Meeting put their power skills to the test through playful activities.

By JOSÉ ANGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

Within the EGADE MBA 2022 National Meeting, the students experienced a series of six gamified challenges through which they put their power skills to the test.

The challenges took place in different spaces of the EGADE Business School headquarters in Monterrey, which became "spaces of power."

For each challenge in which they participated, the students received a ticket for a raffle that was held within the meeting, as well as badges of leadership power, collaboration, curiosity, communication, creativity and connection.

Their advances and rewards were recorded in a passport that contained the instructions for each of the six challenges, which included video games, secret codes, Legos and shots at goal.

Through these playful activities, the students strengthened competencies and skills such as effective communication, teamwork, adaptability, problem-solving, decision-making, planning and time management.

The challenges were closed within the conference "Gamification, immersive experiences and video games to develop skills", given by Miguel Abrajan, co-founder of MasQueLearning, during the second day of the meeting.

Abrajan collaborated in designing the gamification experience in coordination with the Educational Innovation Department of EGADE Business School.

The 2022 edition of the EGADE MBA National Meeting was held from October 6 to 8, in Monterrey, under the slogan Power Skills for a New Era.

The event brought together the EGADE MBA students in Monterrey, Mexico City, Guadalajara and Querétaro.

By INSTITUTIONAL COMMUNICATION | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

EGADE Business School of the Tecnológico de Monterrey announced the appointment of Ricardo Úbeda Sales as the new Academic Associate Dean.

Úbeda Sales will contribute the experience acquired from him in educational institutions in Europe, Latin America and the United States, a context in which he has created and directed programs of different characteristics, both leading to academic degrees and Executive Education.

“Continuing with the deployment of our EGADE 2030 Strategy, in particular in our Strategic Pillar "Leading postgraduate business education in Mexico," we warmly welcome Ricardo, who joins EGADE Business School as the new Academic Associate Dean as of October 17 of this year”, highlighted Horacio Arredondo, dean of EGADE Business School.

Úbeda Sales has a Ph.D. in Business Administration and Management from Ramon Lull University, where he also completed his MBA. Likewise, he has a Master's in International Purchasing from the IQS School of Management. His teaching areas consider financial analysis, business modeling and management control systems, and the design of supply organizations, among others. His research focuses on supply and management control issues, and he authorizes articles in important academic journals.

"I am confident that the incorporation of Ricardo will be a contribution to further strengthen the team that has carried out our academic programs," said Arredondo.

The National Director of MBA Programs offers a keynote address to Austrian and German businessmen and investors.

By JOSÉ ANGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

The challenges and opportunities of nearshoring in Mexico were addressed in a keynote address by Eric Porras, National Director of MBA Programs at EGADE Business School, during the first edition of Austria Connect in the country.

The event organized by Advantage Austria Mexico, the commercial office of the Austrian Embassy in the country, was held on September 26 at the Club de Industriales, in Mexico City.

Before investors from Austria and Germany, Porras explained the new trends in nearshoring and reconfiguration strategies for global supply chains.

Likewise, he detailed the opportunities that Mexico has in the post-pandemic situation and how foreign companies can take advantage of the competitive advantages offered by the country to integrate into the supply chains of the North American region, in light of the T-MEC.

“As a product of the post-pandemic, which has led to high global transportation costs, almost quadrupling their pre-pandemic levels, the increase in fuel prices and various disruptions and shortages of products and components, Mexico has a historic opportunity to take advantage of the moment that we are experiencing worldwide around the reconfiguration of global supply chains and the so-called nearshoring, or approach of the supply bases of said chains”, said Porras.

According to data from the IDB, he stressed, Mexico is the country that can have the greatest benefit from this phenomenon in the Latin American region, with the capacity to generate benefits of the order of 35,000 million dollars a year in exports in different sectors, such as the automotive, aerospace and electronics.

The rankings include EGADE Business School’s Full-Time MBA in Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Master in Finance, and Master in Business Management programs, and highlight the employability, entrepreneurship, and outcomes of EGADE Alumni across the world.

By  INSTITUTIONAL COMMUNICATION | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

EGADE Business School - Tecnológico de Monterrey reaffirmed its Latin American leadership, with the full-time MBA and the graduate degrees in Finance and Management as the best rated in the region, according to the 2023 rankings by the prestigious international ranking agency Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).

Among the business schools in Mexico and Latin America, EGADE Business School is at the forefront, for the sixth consecutive year, in the QS Global MBA Rankings and the QS Business Master’s Rankings: Finance, and, for the third year, in the QS Business Master’s Rankings: Management.

The EGADE Business School programs evaluated in these rankings are the Full-Time MBA in Innovation & Entrepreneurship,  Master in Finance, and Master in Business Management, obtaining the following results:

QS GLOBAL MBA RANKINGS 2023
The Full-Time MBA in Innovation & Entrepreneurship was rated:

• #1 in Mexico and Latin America for the 6th year running
• #54 worldwide out of 296 programs considered from 47 countries
• #1 in Entrepreneurship and alumni outcomes in Latin America and #20 globally
• #1 in Employability in Latin America and #35 globally

QS BUSINESS MASTER’S RANKINGS: FINANCE 2023
The Master in Finance was rated:

• #1 in Mexico and Latin America for the 6th consecutive year
• #42 worldwide out of 189 programs considered from 37 countries
• #18 in Employability worldwide

QS BUSINESS MASTER’S RANKINGS: MANAGEMENT 2023
The Master in Business Management program was rated:

• #1 in Mexico and Latin America for the 3rd year running
• #46 worldwide out of 176 programs considered from 34 countries
• #31 in Employability worldwide

“These results fill us with great pride since they reflect the impact and transcendence of our extraordinary global community of alumni (EXATEC EGADE) and their achievements as entrepreneurs and business leaders; of our faculty who are internationally renowned for their exceptional instruction and their cutting-edge research connected to the current and future challenges of organizations; of our students who are transformational business leaders; and the wider EGADE community, encouraging us to continue to strengthen our purpose of rethinking the future of business so that it impacts the sustainable development of Latin America,” commented Horacio Arredondo, dean of EGADE Business School.

The QS Global MBA & Business Master’s Rankings highlight the best graduate programs in the world. All qualifying schools must be accredited by AACSB, AMBA or EQUIS (EGADE Business School has earned all three accreditations, known as the “Triple Crown”).

The indicators evaluated by QS include alumni employability; entrepreneurship and alumni outcomes; thought leadership; return on investment; and class and faculty diversity. As a whole, the QS rankings cover the graduate programs in greatest demand by employers from all over the world.

EGADE Business School’s top results in the 2023 editions can be found in the categories:

• Entrepreneurship and alumni outcomes, in which the Full-Time MBA ranked #1 in Latin America and #20 worldwide.
• Employability, with the Full-Time MBA placed #1 in the region and #35 worldwide; Master in Finance #18 worldwide; and Master in Business Management #31 globally.

The methodology of the rankings is based on four factors. The first –employer reputation– is a global survey of more than 61,000 employers, who identify the institutions from which they source their highest-impact employees; the second –global academic reputation– surveys over 48,000 academic leaders and deans from across the world; the third –alumni impact– consists of an evaluation of more than 27,000 successful alumni; and the fourth –academic information– corresponds to the information provided by the institutions themselves.

The complete results, published on September 29, can be viewed here: 

• QS Global MBA Rankings 2023
• QS Business Master’s Rankings 2023: Finance
• QS Business Master’s Rankings 2023: Management