Executive MBA in Creative Leadership
Current 2008-2010 Participants:
Manoela Amaro
Marketing Director
TAM Airlines
Brazil
Adrian Botan
Chief Creative Officer
McCann
Romania
Matthew Connor
EVP & Creative Director
RTC Relationship Management
USA
Elena Dalmatova
Creative Director
Immedia Holding
Russia
Simona Dan
Senior Partner & Client Services Director
Rogalski/Grigoriu
Romania
Thomas Elstner
Founder & CEO
Format Punkt E
Germany
Vicente Garcia
Planner & Creative Director
Kardumen Digital Sympathy
Spain
Pit Gottschalk
Chief Editor
Sport-Bild (Axel Springer Verlag)
Germany
Emin Guluzade
CCO & Managing Partner
PeopleBrand
Azerbaijan
Trevania Henderson
Principal & Founder
The Marketing Department
USA
Kalle Kannisto
Senior Creative
Fjord
Finland
Vato Kavtaradze
Founder & CEO
Windfor's Advertising
Georgia
Inga Leschek
Managing Director
Tresor TV
Austria
Cathrin Loose
Art Director
Franken Architekten
Germany
Basia Metelska
Creative Director
Fortis Centrum
Poland
Ema Prisca
Creative Director
Graffiti BBDO Group
Romania
Noah Robinson
Marketing Consultant
USA
Felix Tataru
General Manager
GMP Advertising
Romania
Carlos Alvarez Tellez
Innovation Consultant
Play México
México
Armin Wolf
Chief Correspondent
ORF Television
Austria
Current 2008-2009 Participants:
Shaun Abrahamson
Founder & CEO
Mutopo
USA
On the Berlin School: “The Berlin School exceeds all of my
expectations. I learned something new every minute, from the
teachers, from my classmates, from the guest speakers, from
the vibe of a city that is at the center of the world today.”
Sergio Alcocer
President/CCO
Latin Works
USA
Makoto Arai
Deputy Director, Public Account Mgmt Division
Dentsu Inc.
Japan
Gheorghe Baraian
Managing Director
Impression Graphics
Romania
Michael Davis
Senior Vice President, Director of Creative Technology
DRAFT FCB
USA
On the Berlin School: "The Berlin School offers me a unique
view into diversity on a professional level and how leaders
from global cultures can truly work together for common knowledge.”
Mauricio Garnier
Chief Creative Officer
Garnier BBDO
Costa Rica
Sergio Gordilho
Creative Vice President
Africa Propaganda
Brazil
On the Berlin School: "The EMBA is a guiding light showing
creatives how to become leaders."
Rikke Grundtvig
Communications Director
Omnicom
Denmark
Alexander Jaggy
Executive Creative Director
Jung von Matt/Limmat
Switzerland
On the Berlin School: “The Berlin School is the right boost
for the second half of my career.”
Sasha Katsman
Partner & Creative Director
Sarke Advertising Group
Georgia
Ruy Lindenberg
Creative Vice President
Leo Burnett Brazil
Brazil
Craig Markus
Executive Creative Director
McCann, New York
USA
Bechara Mouzannar
Regional Executive Creative Director
Leo Burnett MENA
Lebanon
On the Berlin School: "The school is great, the program thrilling
and it is a blast to be in Berlin."
Sergio Mugnaini
Interactive Creative Director
Almap/BBDO
Brazil
Alvas Onguru
Creative Director
Ogilvy & Mather
Kenya
Saneel Radia
Vice President, Alchemy
Denuo
USA
On the Berlin School: "The Berlin School bridges that gap between
academia and creative industries by beautifully balancing the best
of both worlds and delivering a program that helps creative
leaders cause creativity, not just produce it. "
Eliza Rogalski
Managing Partner
Rogalski/Grigoriu
Romania
Wolfgang Schneider
Chief Creative Officer
Jung von Matt/Spree
Germany
Rob Shwetz
Director, Business Communication Planning
Publicis Mojo
Australia
Matthias Spaetgens
Managing Director
Scholz&Friends
Germany
Eriks Stendzenieks
Creative Director, Partner
MOOZ!
Latvia
On the Berlin School: "After my first two weeks at the Berlin School
I felt 20 years younger and 10 year smarter."
Lucia Tarbajovska
Vice President, Marketing Communication
T-Mobile
Czech Republic
On the Berlin School: “Finding a new equilibrium between
creative inspiration and business analysis at the Berlin
School is like getting up and walking again on two legs.”
Dimitris Tranakas
Regional Director
Partner
FRANK, Romania
2006/2007 Alumni:
Gideon Amichay
Partner & Creative Director
Shalmor Avnon Amichay Young & Rubicam
Tel Aviv, Israel
On the Berlin School: "It is not enough to have the passion for
creative issues. The Berlin School gives you the passion for
leadership issues."
On Winning 5 Cannes Lions: "The Berlin School of
Creative Leadership was very dominant for me and was the
trigger for our big change."
Fernando Bellotti
CEO
Leo Burnett
Argentina
Irina Gorshikova
Copywriter
Saatchi&Saatchi
Moscow, Russia
Dragos Grigoriu
President
Tempo Advertising
Bucharest, Romania
Tomás Kopecny
Creative Director
Publicis
Prague, Czech Republic
Thomas Lehmann
Director of the New Media Center
University of Basel
Basel Switzerland
On the Berlin School: "Exactly what I was looking for: high
standards, exciting topics, innovative approach."
Cláudia Macedo
Head of Int’l Programming Research & Acquisitions
GLOBO SAT
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Yukio Nakayama
ECD / Corporate Officer for Solution Department
Frontage Inc.
Senior Project Manager
Dentsu Inc.
Tokyo, Japan
On the Berlin School: “Searching for the future of our industry,
I need something fresh to inspire me. Leading a staff of 100 in
our offices, I need something bold to empower me.
The Berlin School offered it all.”
Mihaela Nicola
President/ CEO
Nicola Porter Novelli / The Group
Bucharest Romania
On the Berlin School: "It has been amazing.
The Berlin School has provided me with an awaking;
tools, thoughts, challenges and self-understanding.
The smart and efficient mix of practical experience
and academic knowledge continue to exceed my
high expectations."
Luiz Sanches
Creative Director
AlmapBBDO
São Paulo, Brazil
Matthias Schmidt
Managing Director
Scholz & Friends
Hamburg, Germany
"After each session of the Berlin School I go home with a list of things to do."
Zoltan Szigeti
President The Group
Bucharest, Romania
"We opened two new business units based on what I learned
at the Berlin School."
Sebastian Turner
Partner
Scholz & Friends
Berlin, Germany
Ralf Zilligen
CEO
Mediaedge:cia
Düsseldorf Germany
(January 2009)
On the Berlin School: "This program provides leaders from the
creative industry with exactly what is needed."
