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22 February 2017

“Doing an MBA was the most go ahead decision by now of my life, the step forward to elevate my career path”: the success of Roberta, MBA Alumna and Brand Finance Manager in Coty

MBA 2013 The opportunity to attend an MBA program represented the step forward to elevate and further develop my career path. After a Master graduation in Economics in Naples, I decided to bet on myself at the age of 23, attending the MBA program at LUISS Business school in Rome. Before projecting myself into the world of work, I needed to reinforce my personality and in particular my interpersonal relationships being part of an international network and then to steady my theoretical university knowledge with practical case studies, group projects and real business studies. I did it in autonomously and this gave me the right motivation to afford the amount of study load with time constraints and no previous group project, case study skills. This experience helped me first of all in managing time, deadlines, in setting priorities and solving problems; then in building my ability to create interpersonal skills, increasing my curiosity of learning different cultural and social perspectives and to start to collaborate and work within an international team. The MBA Adventure was the first opportunity to express what I learnt during MBA program. I chose a social network start up, with the aim of providing an accurate and feasible Business Plan focused on short term and medium term monetization strategies to create financial value. Thanks to this, I understood that a finance job could suit me. To begin with, I had one year of internship for one of ICT world leader provider, Ericsson Telecommunication as Price Manager where I had the possibility to demonstrate my capability to organize and manage a global price alignment program across 26 countries. Then I had the chance to elevate my initial career in one of the best global companies Procter and Gamble; they offered me a financial analyst job position conciliating my final specialization class in MBA, Financial Management, within Luxury market. In choosing Luxury and Fashion industry specialization, I understood that working in such challenging and dynamic environment, has always been the greatest dream of my life. Thus, it has given me the right ability to exceed into one the most competitive industry, especially in Italy, the primary world player. Currently, I am Brand Finance manager in Coty in Milan, a global world leader in beauty. I am working in the Luxury Fragrances division, controlling a portfolio composed by 23 brands including Gucci, Hugo Boss, Calvin Klein, Chloè, Miu Miu, Lancaster, Bottega Veneta and others. Reporting directly to CFO, I am the local owner of brand profit and loss, driving and coordinating local marketing budget with the aim of ensuring high returns on investment. Furthermore, I lead and manage monthly financial forecast, budget and actuals review for the full P&L reporting directly to Leadership Team, GM and CFO regional. Doing an MBA represented the most go ahead decision by now of my life. Thanks to this program I learnt how to work in a multifunctional team, the most effective aspect of my daily routine, where every day I am responsible of doing choices, taking responsibilities and feeling as the focal point of the business chain. To reach a goal you need to work hard and never stop believing in your abilities. Every day you must express yourself, be curious and raise your bar; for my perspective, this has been the best insight from my MBA experience. 22/02/2017

22 February 2017

A Q&A session with the top manager Martin Sorrell

The founder and CEO of WPP will discuss the latest in digital communication and the international scenario On Thursday, March 16, 2017, at 10:30 a.m. in Room 200, students have the chance to meet top manager Sir Martin Sorrell, founder and CEO of WPP: the world’s largest communications company with 200,000 employees in 3,000 offices in 113 countries. LUISS President Emma Marcegaglia will open the event with Martin Sorrell who will discuss recent trends in the communication field and digital innovation as well as evolution in the international politics scenario. Following the talk, the guest of honor will respond to students during a Q&A session in English, moderated by Gianni Riotta, editorialist at La Stampa, and instructor at Princeton University and the LUISS School of Government. LUISS Business School students will have the chance to delve deeply into Sorrell’s management experience and the story behind one of the world’s communications giants. The event is held in English.

20 February 2017

“Io Faccio Film” with the students of the LUISS Creative Business Center

The LUISS Creative Business Center is pleased to promote the event “Io Faccio Film” that will take place on March 2, at the Casa del Cinema. The Event will serve as a showcase for the new commercials related to the “Io Faccio Film” promotional campaign moreover, the students of the Masters Writing School for Cinema & Television and Gestione della Produzione Cinematografica e Televisiva will take active part by presenting a new project connected with the theme of the event. This initiative is promoted by ANICA, FAPAV, MPA and Univideo and has recently obtained the patronage of the Council of Minister – Department for information and publishing, of the Ministry for Cultural Activities and Tourism and of AGCOM. To confirm your presence at the event, please write to info@iofacciofilm.it. 20/02/2017

17 February 2017

Leader For Talent (#L4T): Meeting with Marco Patuano CEO of Edizione S.r.l.

Leader for Talent (#L4T) is a series of meetings with speakers and testimonies from the corporate world. The meetings are strongly oriented to management best practices occurring in the companies in order to offer a very operational methodology. L4T is designed to enhance the meeting with business leaders of the main organizations, offering our students the experience of a debate that can enrich them in terms of professional and soft skills. Marco Patuano is CEO of Edizione S.r.l., one of the largest Italian holding companies with equity investments mainly in the following sectors: textiles and clothing, food & beverage, infrastructure and mobility services, real estate and agriculture. Edizione is the company with which the Benetton family diversified its investments following the entrepreneurial success of the Benetton Group. He was Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of Telecom Italia. After some experience in the United States, he started his career in Telecom Italia in 1990, at the central Headquarters of the company, then called SIP. The event is reserved to Students of LUISS Business School MBA Programme. 17/02/2017

16 February 2017

Business Ethics workshop with UNICEF

The Specialized Master courses host an experiential path on ERS Ethics, Responsibility and Sustainability, divided in two steps. The first is a case-based discussion of Business Ethics on February 13 and the second a problem-based Lab that will take place on February 17. In the Lab the students will be engaged to solve a challenge launched by our partner UNICEF: developing a project which engages the private sector in supporting UNICEF to manage the migration flows of unaccompanied foreign minors. The initiative pushes the students to undergo the trade-offs of economic action evaluating both social and environmental impact and ethical consequences of economic choices, encouraging them to find innovative solutions. The Lab implements specific educational tools such as brainstorming, simulation, creativity stimulation and lateral thinking. At the end of the Lab a UNICEF board will compare student’s ideas, selecting the best one. Gallery 16/02/2017

15 February 2017

Innovating soccer management with sustainability

“Triple A for Italian Soccer. The rating system of Lega Pro” this was the event held on February 13th in Rome at Spazio Mastai -Palazzo dell’Informazione which involved LUISS Business School with the participation of its Dean Paolo Boccardelli among the stakeholders concerned in promoting a change in soccer management. Lega Pro has the aim to introduce a rating system to classify soccer clubs’ performances, so as to promote the virtuous development of Italian soccer. LUISS Business School supports this project, as part of its mission, to generate future managers able to contribute to sustainable development. Build the credibility of a sector - before sponsors and the financial world - through ways which involve growth and have impact on territory, where the social aspects of management represent a relevant part of governance, a challenge which the School has chosen to seize both from an educational and external point of view. Participating in this dialogue and establishing quality standards for soccer clubs is the first step towards the implementation of best practices that can be carried out in various sectors characterized by management culture orientated to sustainable business. 14/02/2017

10 February 2017

Call for Female Prospective MBA Candidates to Participate in the GROW FAST Initiative

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10 February 2017

Leadership's key words: Leader for Talent with Claudio Descalzi, CEO ENI

On January 24 2017 Claudio Descalzi, CEO ENI was guest at L4T – Leader for Talent – a series of meetings aimed for Specialized Masters Students. This insight was written by Teresa Marotta, student of the Master in Tax Law. Mr.Claudio Descalzi, in meeting our students explained his position, the aims to pursue, but most of all the goals to achieve. To be a leader means being able to decide basing your judgement on values, take risks and be a true testimony of the relationship between people and the company. Leadership which Mr. Descalzi described is the overall container where we treasure our life choices that build the future of a big company, questioning many of the features commonly associated with successful personalities. Change is the principle which guides Claudio Descalzi’s life even before the development of his career. In Africa, as a resevoir engineer at the beginning of his working experience in ENI: a continent that has been a challenge to the spirit of adaption given the life conditions but especially for the corporate policies that ENI had to define and implement. This meant choosing where to build the infrastructure required to produce energy from gasses. For Claudio Descalzi to be a leader means never loose track of the reality in which the company has an effect and impact on and therefore is helping to build. To be aware of all this is choice which led ENI to renounce to an increase in profits to favour local communities’ access to energy which had none, in countries where more than half of the population suffered death as consequence of biofuel. Social responsibility is the reason which led Claudio Descalzi to continue to work in Africa: a leader chooses his challenges “personal success is short lived and can led to mistakes”: leadership which brings true results is such because it is what drives you out from the maze of success at all costs. “The secret is to have no memory. I learned to forget what I had already achieved and start always from zero”. Team work makes a company big. Respect and the use of diverse abilities as a common denominator allow a leader to enhance every single talent. Dialogue underlines diversity as the engine of team work and of inclusive leadership which can transform a diverse group in a united team: “different worlds grow and work becomes optimal if you give to others your true self, generosity is joy in giving”. Since his studies in Physics, Descalzi has brought to ENI his curiosity for insights and a crucial attitude towards innovation. This is the reason which has led ENI to promote and support a long-term project on renewable energies to not be “deaf and blind” in front of climate change. Africa is the privileged setting for the development of this project thanks to the opportunity to develop and build photovoltaic plants which substitute gas with solar energy. A project which does not exclude Italy through the requalification of old refineries – the known “clean landfills” –for the implant of photovoltaic panels and the reduction of CO2 in the air. Leader for Talent once again is an important appointment to meet leaders of today, discover new motivations and examples so that students may develop an overall perspective and can face new challenges. (Article by Teresa Marotta, student of the Master in Tax Law) Gallery 10/02/2017

02 February 2017

Call for Adjunct Professor

LUISS Business School invites outstanding candidates to fill the positions of Adjunct Professor in the following disciplines: Big Data and Cloud Computing Finance and Banking Corporate Finance Digital Innovation International Business International Economics Communication Creative Industries and Made in Italy The duration of the contract is 1 plus 2 years delivered in a part-time formula. About the School Located in the heart of Rome, LUISS Business School offers undergraduate and post-graduate programs – including MBA and Executive Education Programs. The School seeks to create a passion for quality in teaching, learning, and research, and to train individuals with strategic and analytical thinking skills. The vision of the School is reflected in the design of teaching modules and Learning Labs, such as AdVenture Lab and Soft Skill Lab. LUISS Business School values its collaboration with the business community: the institutional link with Confindustria – the largest Italian industry association – makes the interaction of the School’s community with the corporate world a common trait of daily life. The School aims to be renowned as an institution of higher education that links rigorous teaching standards with relevant academic and applied research. It has recently started a recruiting campaign to develop its reputation for excellence in research and high quality teaching. Application procedure Interested applicants should send the following information to selectionluissbs@luiss.it by March 15th, 2017: Areas of specialization of the candidate (which areas of teaching the candidate intends to cover at LUISS Business School); A resume using sample; A copy of the applicant’s best publications, if applicable. Mandatory criteria: Managerial positions or equivalent professional/consulting experience or previous positions as adjunct professors in a business school; Minimum 10 years of working experience; Qualified teaching experience in graduate, post-graduate and executive education; Assuring LUISS Business School the brand exclusivity. The selected candidates will be required to: teach one course per year in the programs of LUISS Business School and/or the Department of Business and Management of LUISS Guido Carli University. The balance of the teaching activities among different programs will depend on the teaching needs of the School; be available to design and manage executive or custom programs and coordinate master programs, and/or design and manage innovative support activities integrating the program portfolio. Salary and benefits: competitive salary based on the course or master budget; official recognition of the status of adjunct faculty member of LUISS Business School (website, business card, mail etc.).

30 January 2017

Invest your talent in Italy: scholarships for international students

LUISS University along with 21 other Italian universities, is a partner of the Invest your talent in Italy program, which offers a unique opportunity to students from Azerbaijan, Colombia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Turkey and Vietnam to study in Italy, developing their skills through a range of Master’s degrees and post-graduate courses, entirely taught in English, in prestigious Italian universities. Applications are now open for 2017-2018 academic year. Deadline to apply: April 30, 2017 DEATAILS 30/01/2017

25 January 2017

Welcome Day Master in Food & Wine Business

The Master in Food & Wine Business will start on January 30, 2017. During the welcome day the students will have the unique opportunity of meeting some of the leading personalities of the Italian Food & Wine Industry. The Programme is organised in partnership with Gambero Rosso and aims to train students interested in becoming managers in the Food & Wine industry. Students attending LUISS Business School’s Master in Food & Wine Business will apprehend how to design and realise a restaurant project, specialise as export and hospitality managers and develop successful sale activities and communication strategies. AGENDA 10:00 a.m. Welcome 11.00 a.m. Introduction speeches Paolo Boccardelli, LUISS Business School Paolo Cuccia, Gambero Rosso S.p.a. 11.45 a.m. Lectio magistralis “Italian Food Industry between globalization, protectionism and false trend” Luigi Scordamaglia, Federalimentare Paolo Cuccia – Manager, Banker, President of Gambero Rosso Holding and Artribune. Teaching professor in Project Finance at LUISS Guido Carli - Rome. Former President of EUR spa (2004-2009) and Former Country Manager of Abn Amro (2003-2008) Luigi Scordamaglia - President of Federalimentare. Chief Executive of Inalca Spa, Gruppo Cremonini, European society leader in beef. Former Director and General Secretary of Assocarni, Scordamaglia became, later, Vice President. President of “Quinto Valore” and Vice President of IMS – International Meat Secretariat. Board of directors member of Agency for promotion and internationalisation of Italian Industries. Participation in this event is by invitation only. 25/01/2017

25 January 2017

Leadership Through Diversity and Inclusion

LUISS Business School has positioned its female students at the centre of a new project named GROW – Generating Real Opportunities for Women. The project promotes diversity and inclusion in management culture, and has an aim to enhance the vision of leadership that could create growth in contexts characterised by high variability. In this view, diversity is considered as a resource that enriches companies with values and skills. GROW was initiated and will work as a collection of ideas and tools that helps its participants develop both their personality and professional skills. For the students of LUISS Business School participating in the GROW project means broadening their skills to become future leaders through mentoring and networking, Talent Programme and Data Girl Programme – the integrated initiatives to support the career development of women. However, it also means working with the corporate world to bring about innovation thanks to a different management culture, and to create a strong connection between the companies and the academy with an aim to build balanced teams of professionals on all organisation levels. The focus on diversity in educating the future leaders involves the whole community of LUISS Business School students: GROW is open to all students enrolled in graduate and master's programmes, including the MBA and Executive Master’s programmes. Having a direct contact with female leaders who have led a successful career and are therefore very useful role models, all the students have an opportunity to understand which aspects of their personality and professional skills should they concentrate on in order to grow. To gain self-awareness, set priorities, combine passion and hard work, go beyond one’s limits and be open-minded – these are the characteristics considered as essential for true leaders by Simonetta Iarlori, the COO of Gruppo Cassa Depositi e Prestiti. Simonetta Iarlori, who met the students during the GROW presentation on November 29, 2016, emphasised the necessity for those traits in order to be able to take complex decisions in very heterogeneous environments, and encouraged the students to work on these aspects. (Article by Marica Bartoli, student of Master in Trade Management) 03/01/2017

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24 January 2017

#MasterYourCareer-"Data is meaningless without its market context": Marco, Business Analytics Specialist after the Master in Big Data

«After my Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, I was looking for a field to apply my knowledge and my mindset: something concrete, real, demanded by the market with a great business value. The big data industry was the perfect solution to combine my passion for numbers and their application to one of the most developing areas of business»: the career of Marco, Business after attending the Master in Big Data. In Italy, business innovation led by data analytics is only starting to develop, if compared to other countries. Nevertheless, big companies are now changing their approach to bring their business up-to-date. LUISS Business School was a pioneer in investing and believing in this great opportunity. The Master in Big Data (MaBDA) is a dynamic programme, a great source of motivation to explore the evolving world of big data. The key element of the Master’s success is the synergy of three main aspects. First, the technical part: computer science with particular attention to big data infrastructures and R, a leading data analytics programming language. Second, my favorite area: the numeric one. Data scientists deal with a mixture of mathematics, statistics and econometrics, they have to face problems in a logical way, trying to consider all the factors and the points of view involved. My background, of course, was an added value in this scenario. And last but not least, a data scientist should also have business skills: data is meaningless without its market context. As a matter of fact, MaBDA involves many subjects focused on this, and I appreciated them a lot because I had the possibility to study something new that has fostered my skills. MaBDA is not only a matter of traditional lectures: it also consists of group works, projects, workshops, all the activities that train one’s ability to work in a group, share ideas, research to find solutions and communicate. A data scientist absolutely needs these skills as well! I would recommend to those who want to attend the MaBDA programme to consider all subjects, in particular the technical ones that make up the base structure of the programme. The winning choice of the Master’s programme is to initially get acquainted with as many topics as possible in order to get a general perspective, and then deepen one’s knowledge according to personal preferences. Currently I am a trainee at a consulting company that deals exactly with data analytics and business intelligence. Thanks to the support of the LUISS Business School’s Career Service, I found the perfect solution for my ambitions. I am very satisfied being able to apply the skills I learned in a real business context. My plan is to continue growing in this company, learning other tools, and improving my analytics skills. MaBDA was a great experience: it gave me new insights, skills, motivations, and also the opportunity to meet a wonderful network of people and professionals with whom I really look forward to work with again. 24/01/2017

19 January 2017

Graduation Day Specialized Masters

The Graduation Day of Specialized Masters’ students is a unique moment to celebrate students who choose to embark on a path of specialization and growth with an eye to the future professionals they wish to become. Facing new challenges and achieving a goal: the Graduation Day is a special event dedicated to the choice to strive to build for a successful path. LUISS Business School is glad to host Maximo Ibarra,CEO Wind Tre that will hold the inspirational talk. READ THE AGENDA Guest Speaker bio Maximo Ibarra is CEO at Wind Tre. Since 2012 to 2016 he has been CEO and COO of Wind Telecomunicazioni. Following the 50/50 Joint Venture formed by CK Hutchison and VimpelCom to merge their Italian businesses he was appointed CEO of 3 Group in November 2016. He has worked in Telecom Italia Mobile and Omnitel/Vodafone from 1994 to 2001 where he held different positions becoming Head of the Consumer Marketing Department. From 2001 to 2004 he has worked in Fiat Auto Services as VP for Business Development and Strategies, in DHL as Chief Commercial Officer and finally in the Benetton Group as VP Worldwide for Marketing and Communication. Maximo Ibarra got a degree in Political Science and Economics in Rome. He attended an MBA in 1994 at the School management “STOA’”, an Executive Program in Marketing of Telecommunications at INSEAD – Paris, a General Management Executive Program at the London Business School and finally an Executive Program at the Singularity University in the Silicon Valley. He has been teaching Marketing and Digital Marketing at LUISS Guido Carli Rome’s University since 2005. The event is reserved exclusively to students of LUISS Business School. Participation is by invitation only. 19/01/2017

13 January 2017

Doctoral Programme in Management LUISS Guido Carli: Call for Application

LUISS invites outstanding candidates to apply for the PhD Program in Management. LUISS offers up to seven fellowships to attend the PhD. Admitted students are offered a financial support package which includes a tuition waiver and a stipend of approx. 12.500€ net per year to cover living expenses during the 4 years of the degree. Additionally, students have access to funding for research trips as well as a grant increment if they spend a visiting period at a prestigious international university. To apply for the LUISS PhD Program in Management, please visit the page: how to apply. Applications are due by 20st April 2016. The PhD program is comprised of four years of full-time study. ALL DETAILS

09 January 2017

Leader For Talent (#L4T): Meeting with Claudio Descalzi Chief Executive Officer of ENI

Leader for Talent (#L4T) is a series of meetings with speakers and testimonies from the corporate world. The meetings are strongly oriented to management best practices occurring in the companies in order to offer a very operational methodology. L4T is designed to enhance the meeting with business leaders of the main organizations, offering our students the experience of a debate that can enrich them in terms of professional and soft skills. Claudio Descalzi has been Eni’s CEO since May 2014. He is a member of the General Board and of the Advisory Board of Confindustria and Director of Fondazione Teatro alla Scala. He is a member of the National Petroleum Council for 2016/2017. Born in Milan, he joined Eni in 1981 as Oil & Gas field petroleum engineer and then became project manager for the development of North Sea, Libya, Nigeria and Congo. In 1990 he was appointed Head of Reservoir and operating activities for Italy. In 1994, he was appointed Managing Director of Eni’s subsidiary in Congo and in 1998 he became Vice President & Managing Director of Naoc, a subsidiary of Eni in Nigeria. From 2000 to 2001 he held the position of Executive Vice President for Africa, Middle East and China. From 2002 to 2005 he was Executive Vice President for Italy, Africa, Middle East, covering also the role of member of the board of several Eni subsidiaries in the area. In 2005, he was appointed Deputy Chief Operating Officer of the Exploration & Production Division in Eni. From 2006 to 2014 he was President of Assomineraria and from 2008 to 2014 he was Chief Operating Officer in the Exploration & Production Division of Eni. From 2010 to 2014 he held the position of Chairman of Eni UK. The event is reserved to Students of LUISS Business School Masters. WATCH LIVE STREAMING 09/11/2017