Serial entrepreneur, CEIBS MBA 2020 alumnus, and Co-Founder of app-based payments platform REasy as well as the companies Winko Solar and WingTech Solutions, Mathieu Tse has always been attracted to emerging markets and their inherent sense of possibility. Speed, adaptability and perseverance, he be…

For CEIBS MBA 2024 alum Siyamthanda (Siya) Dlova, the decision to relocate from South Africa to China was more than just a career move—it was a leap towards shaping the “South African Dream.” Now a valued team member at the New Development Bank (NDB), a multilateral bank founded by the BRICS group…

Today, while researching the prospects of the global energy transition at McKinsey’s Houston office, CEIBS MBA 2021 alum Tony Li sometimes recalls the autumn of 2019, when he had just returned to Shanghai from New Zealand. Back then, he was standing at the crossroads of transitioning from a consulta…

I spent my Saturday volunteering at the MBA 2028 Admissions kickoff event and while it was an absolute joy to serve, I found myself thinking about my own MBA journey when a question was asked by a potential candidate who participated online. The question, permit me to paraphrase was, "Why should an…

The first time I heard the story of Coffee Commune, it quietly touched something deep inside me. Eric Baden, a German had spent over a decade in China, helping coffee farmers in Yunnan build a better life. His identity and choices made me curious: what makes someone leave everything behind, cross o…

As China’s domestic market slows and access to capital tightens, many Chinese companies that once focused on building a foothold at home are now looking abroad for new growth drivers. However, unlike those who pursue domestic development before expanding overseas, ACROBiosystems set its sights on in…

When Jeanne de Gayffier (CEIBS MBA 2025) first set foot in Shanghai six years ago, she would never have imagined that her path would one day lead her to a position in a family-owned construction equipment company in Quanzhou, a historic city in China's eastern Fujian province. Yet today, here she…