IMD Annual Report 2021

113 IMD community

Alumni and development

IMD’s close-knit and active community of alumni features more than 125,000 professionals from over 80 industries in 140 countries, including more than 11,000 board members and C-suite executives. IMD’s alumni and development team works hard to foster strong and fruitful connections between its alumni and to support lifelong learning through club engagements, its new HIVE platform, and networking events.

Giving day

In 2021, IMD launched several exciting projects for and in collaboration with alumni, including the first Giving Day for scholarships and the creation of a global alumni survey. Development activities Giving Day In December, as part of an accelerated program for fundraising, IMD hosted its first Giving Day. This new event offered the chance for alumni and friends of IMD to come together to raise funds for scholarships that make it possible for more of the best and brightest participants from around the world to access IMD’s executive development and degree programs. Thanks to the generosity of more than 250 donors, the efforts of 75 Giving Day ambassadors and IMD’s pledge to supplement donations based on various milestones, the highly successful first event raised more than 340,000 Swiss francs. The funds will go towards four scholarship categories: MBA Leaders of Tomorrow, EMBA Diversity, Empowering Women in Leadership Through Executive Education, and a general fund for unrestricted scholarships.

258

donors

ambassadors

75

347k CHF

347,614 Swiss francs raised