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Celebrating excellence in business education: unveiling the finalists for the AMBA & BGA Excellence Awards 2022
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Discover which business schools, students, graduates and leaders have made the shortlist in 10 categories of the AMBA & BGA Excellence Awards 2022. The entries are in and it’s time to reveal the finalists for the AMBA & BGA Excellence Awards 2022.Â
With a total of 10 categories, the awards celebrate excellence among business schools, students, graduates, suppliers, and employers that share AMBA & BGA’s values of ambition, impact and integrity.
Congratulations to the schools that have been shortlisted:
BGA Business School Impact Award 2022
This award is designed to offer a platform through which BGA member, validated, and accredited schools can demonstrate their stakeholder impact – encompassing students and graduates as well as the wider communities in which they operate. Such impact can be demonstrated through programme design, social outreach programmes, alumni relations, careers services and so on.
The nominees for the BGA Business School Impact Award 2022 are as follows:
- Antwerp Management School, University of Antwerp (Belgium)
- Athena School of Management (India)
- Centrum PUCP Business School, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (Peru)
- EGADE Business School, Tecnológico de Monterrey, (Mexico)
- International Management Institute (MIM-Kyiv) (Ukraine) for ‘Building Business Education in Tajikistan’
- School of Economics and Management, Dongguan University of Technology (China)
Best CSR and Sustainability Initiative 2022
The Best CSR and Sustainability Initiative award honours business schools that are taking the initiative in creating a sustainable future and teaching students about social values, as well as making a positive impact in practical and measurable ways.
It gives schools a chance to showcase their innovative and original CSR and sustainability initiatives on a global stage.
The nominees for the Best CSR and Sustainability Initiative 2022 are as follows:
- Esade Business School, Ramon Llull University (Spain)
- ESMT Berlin (Germany)
- Graduate School of Business, MIP Politecnico di Milano (Italy)
- Indian Institute of Management Indore (India)
- International Business School Suzhou, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) (China)
- Newcastle University Business School, Newcastle University (UK)Â
- Porto Business School, Universidade do Porto (Portugal)Â
Best Lifelong Learning Initiative 2022
In association with Kortext
The Best Lifelong Learning Initiative award recognises the efforts of business schools that are reinventing teaching and learning among students, graduates, alumni networks and custom and executive education.
The nominees for the Best Lifelong Learning Initiative 2022 are as follows:
- Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China)
- College of Economics and Management, Zhejiang University of Technology (China)Â
- EGADE Business School, Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico)Â
- IE Business School (Spain)Â
- Imperial College Business School, Imperial College London (UK)Â
- School of Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) (China)
Best Culture, Diversity and Inclusion Initiative 2022
In association with McGraw Hill Education
The Best Culture, Diversity and Inclusion Initiative award recognises business schools and the work they have been doing to create, incorporate and develop culture, diversity and inclusion practices into their business school, while balancing and involving fair working environments.
The nominees for the Best Culture, Diversity and Inclusion Initiative 2022 are as follows:
- Centrum PUCP Business School, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (Peru)Â
- Escuela de Negocios, Universidad del CEMA (UCEMA) (Argentina)Â
- Mannheim Business School, University of Mannheim (Germany)Â
- School of Business and Management, Shanghai International Studies University (SISU) (China)Â
- UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin (Ireland)
Best Business School Partnership 2022
In association with Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS)
The Best Business School Partnership award recognises organisations that have adopted a proactive, innovative approach to strategic collaboration. Partnerships can, for example, be with another business school/group of schools, an employer, a consultant, education partner or technology provider, a social impact group, an individual, a charity, or another organisation.
The nominees for the Best Business School Partnership 2022 are as follows:
- Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Portugal) with Veolia
- Dongwu Business School, Soochow University (China) with Soochow Securities
- Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), University of Pretoria (South Africa) with JP Morgan
- International Management Institute (MIM-Kyiv) (Ukraine) with BookChef Publishing House
- UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin (Ireland) with Their Lives Matter – Tumaini La Maisha (TLM)
Best Innovation Strategy 2022
In association with Barco
The Best Innovation Strategy award is a celebration of innovation and radical thinking in business education delivery across all areas of the Business School and has been developed to recognise and reward game-changing new practices, risks, and creativity. This year, the judges are especially interested to find out how Business Schools have innovated and adapted considering the Covid-19 pandemic.
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The nominees for the Best Innovation Strategy 2022 are as follows:
- MBA Centre, Shanghai University (China)
- NEOMA Business School (France)
- School of Economics and Management, South China Normal University (SCNU) (China)
- School of Economics and Management, Southwest Jiaotong University (China)Â
- UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin (Ireland)Â
- Wrexham Glyndŵr University (UK)
MBA Student of the Year 2022
In association with insendi, a Study Group company
The MBA Leadership Award will honour alumni from AMBA-accredited business schools who have been making an impact in the business world following their graduation.
The award will recognise the great work of these graduates through their achievements, performance, and recognition. This important award will give graduates the chance to stand out and showcase their work following graduation.
The nominees for the MBA Student of the Year 2022 are as follows:
- Ariel Olivari, Escuela de Negocios, Universidad del CEMA (UCEMA) (Argentina)
- Jember Teklu TesfayAudencia Business School (France)
- Joy Chikaodiri Elekwuwa, Esade Business School, Ramon Llull University (Spain)
- Jember Teklu TesfayAudencia Business School (France)
- Monique Farquharson, Aston Business School, Aston University (UK)
- Patsy McNeil, UCL School of Management, University College London (UK)
- Yunfei Yang, School of Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST)(China)
MBA Startup of the Year 2022Â
The MBA Startup of the year Award encourages and promotes the value of startup business strategy and innovation, in the current competitive climate and showcases its importance in the global market.
The MBA Startup of the Year award is open to both private and public sectors. This award is designed to celebrate innovative business strategy – taking something from idea to action. Judges will be more interested in the idea and potential of the venture, and its plans, rather than any financial or monetary results in the early stage.
The nominees for the MBAÂ Startup of the Year 2022 are as follows:
- Marcos Impala, Escuela de Negocios, Universidad del CEMA (UCEMA)Â (Argentina)
- Nicholas Cory, Southampton Business School, University of Southampton (UK)
- SofÃa Jiménez de Aréchaga, Escuela de Postgrados en Negocios – Universidad ORT Uruguay (Uruguay)
- Sotirios Ptochos, Athens University of Economics and Business (Greece)
MBA Entrepreneur of the Year 2022
The MBA Entrepreneur of the Year award celebrates the achievements of successful alumni in innovative world-class business strategy, but also showcases Business Schools that are nurturing a spirit of enterprise and ambition.
This award is a fantastic way to highlight the success of accredited Business Schools that promote entrepreneurship in their MBA cohorts. The award is also a chance for individuals to impress high-profile judges who are already at the forefront of global entrepreneurship.
The MBA Entrepreneur of the Year Award is one of the most distinguished awards in the industry. AMBA has developed the MBA Entrepreneur of the Year Award to encourage and promote the value of entrepreneurship in the current competitive climate and to highlight its importance in the global market.
The nominees for the MBA Entrepreneur of the Year 2022 are as follows:
- Marcos Impala, Escuela de Negocios, Universidad del CEMA (UCEMA)Â (Argentina)
- Nicholas Cory, Southampton Business School, University of Southampton (UK)
- SofÃa Jiménez de Aréchaga, Escuela de Postgrados en Negocios – Universidad ORT Uruguay (Uruguay)
- Sotirios Ptochos, Athens University of Economics and Business (Greece)
MBA Leadership Award 2022
The MBA Leadership Award will honour alumni from AMBA-accredited business schools who have been making an impact in the business world following their graduation.
The award will recognise the great work of these graduates through their achievements, performance, and recognition. This important award will give graduates the chance to stand out and showcase their work following graduation.
The nominees for the MBA Leadership Award 2022 are as follows:
- Andrea Perrot, Escuela de Negocios, Universidad del CEMA (UCEMA) (Argentina), currently working at CEMIC University Hospital
- Mansi Madan Tripathy, SP Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR) (India), currently working at Royal Dutch Shell
- Ming Li, Business School, Central South University (China), currently working at Hunan Overseas Home Information Technology and Hunan Hi-soon Supply Chain
- Pedro Luis Guerrero Riera, Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA)(Venezuela), currently working at Grupo Fastmed
- Yvonne Greeves, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow (UK), currently working at NatWest Group
- Zakhira Begaliyeva, Graduate School of Business, Almaty Management University (AlmaU) (Kazakhstan), currently working at Public Foundation ‘ITeachMe’ Center for Competence Development
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