Programme Podcast

The first SDG that comes to mind is quality education,’ says Serge Duarte Pinto. Serge joined the Global Executive MBA Class of ’25 in September last year. ‘As a scientist I have always been close to the education system and now I am the father of two children and I also look at it from another angle,’ he shares when asked about the Sustainable Development Goals. In this podcast we discuss his GEM...

In this insightful episode, we delve deep into the world of the Global Executive MBA (GEMBA) programme, where some key questions that highlight its unique offerings and advantages are answered by the Academic Director of the programme, Hans van Oosterhout. If you're considering furthering your education and you're curious about our Global Executive MBA, this episode is a must-listen!

In this episode our Global Executive MBA students, Vivian Faceto, Lorenzo Salvatori and Kevin Jansen, reflect on their GEMBA journey. How do they feel about graduating soon? What have they implemented already? And are they connected with our alumni network already? All these questions and more are answered here. Listen to the full episode to hear what they have to say about the GEMBA journey here...

With a background in Geoscience, Euphrasia Wong decided to pursue her Executive MBA here at RSM and joined the Executive MBA class of ’25. In today’s podcast we dive into her background, what motivated her to pursue an MBA and what her overall experience has been like these past few months. ‘I have enjoyed a technical career over the last thirteen years, specialising in Geochemistry. I wanted to p...

In this podcast we dive into the story of Moustafa Youssef, one of our current Executive MBA students, class of ‘25. Moustafa grew up in Dubai, where his career was centered around civil engineering, project management and strategic planning and development. He joined the Executive MBA to explore different career opportunities and to broaden his horizon. ‘I’m driven by three things. I'm driven by...

In this podcast I spoke with Seraphine Nathania about the start of her Full-time MBA journey. Seraphine specialises in risk internal auditing and decided to do an MBA here are RSM. Even though her Full-time MBA journey just started in January 2024, we asked her about her decision making process and her journey so far. We also asked her if she had any prior expectations of doing an MBA. ‘I did not...

In this podcast we spoke to Hans Koolen. Hans has over 30 years of experience in business and IT and is now the owner of NUB3S. Hans has been collaborating with RSM and the careers team since 2014 in sharing his knowledge with our MBA participants. In this episode we discuss the subject of career growth after completing an MBA, some valuable insights into what MBA students should consider when eva...

In this podcast episode, Vivian Faceto (GEMBA '24) shares her experience with the Global Executive MBA. During the Global Executive MBA, Vivian Faceto learned that some of her weaknesses, turned out to be her strengths. The GEMBA allows her to recognize that working with both her strengths as well as her so called weaknesses helps her become a better leader. 'Many things that I thought were bad, w...

'Broadening your horizons and broadening your understanding, enables you to make a broader contribution. Modern business is all about collaboration and I think the MBA gives you that capability.' - Peter Drake (Global Executive MBA '25) In this podcast Peter shares his view on the GEMBA journey, his own personal and professional background and how this programme helps him broaden his knowledge and...

The ability to choose advanced courses based on career aspirations is one of the remarkable features of our Full-time MBA program. 🌍 ‘(…) Even though we have been together as a cohort through our main core courses, you can choose in which area you would like to develop in your professional career. Or in which area you would like to learn more.’ Juan Jose Castillo (Full-time MBA Class of ’24) shar...

When considering doing a Global Executive MBA, Diana Lo-A-Njoe (Global Executive MBA Class of '24) was not sure she was the right person to do an MBA. 'I have a strong business side but I also have an artistic side, will all those sides of me be met in this programme?' Diana wondered. 'It exceeded my expectations,' she shared.  When asked about the most challenging part so far in the Global Execut...

‘Everything you do more than once is a process, even making your coffee in the morning. And everything you do more than once you can improve,' says Merieke Stevens, Associate Professor of Technology and Operations Management. In this podcast we explore the core course Operations Management and its role within the Full-time MBA programme. When it comes to Operations Management, 'sometimes there's a...

In this podcast episode, Amit Kumar (GEMBA '24) shares his experience with the Global Executive MBA. “I think Strategic Leadership Development is the core of this education. I really like the mentors and career coaches that are assigned to us, as part of the course that enables us with a lot of tools and practical examples or practical solutions to solve our daily challenges (…),” says Amit. When...

The Personal Leadership Development (PLD) course is integrated throughout the whole Full-time MBA programme. Why is that? And what is the added value of this course and of becoming more self-aware? And how does this affect your leadership style? In this episode Björn Atterstam answers these questions and more, about the PLD course. ‘In general when you are at work and working with colleagues, etc....

‘Module two was quite a bit different than module one in two main aspects I would say. Firstly, there was a significant number of assignments in module two, while module one was more based on quizzes,’ Juan Jose Castillo (FTMBA ’24) says. In this episode, Juan shares how this module revolved more around assignments and teamwork. He shares some of the learnings and highlights of this second module....

In this podcast Julie Foucqueteau (Executive MB ’23) shares how her EMBA journey has been going. How it has been to study again and how she managed to start her EMBA journey here at RSM, while taking care of her six week old baby together with her husband. ‘My life changed, of course, because you’re studying again. But I think it changed more because I became a mom and had to figure that out. You...

What is it like to move from Peru to the Netherlands? And to meet with about a hundred people who will be your peers during your MBA journey? And what are some expectations you have of doing an MBA? Juan Jose Castillo (Full-time MBA, class of ’24) shares his experiences during the first module of his MBA here at Rotterdam School of Management. When asked about his expectations, Juan says: ‘You hav...

‘It’s a transformational experience (…). I really recognize that there’s some magic in the curriculum and in the journey. That is why people do an MBA. So you want to change as a person, you want to develop yourself, you want to discover new opportunities(…) You need to find out, what is the little magic in this programme, and is that the kind of magic that I’m looking for?’ Jochem Kroezen, the Ac...

Joe Farthing, the Communications Manager at the Corporate & Alumni Relations Teams here at RSM shared how their team helps both students as well as alumni navigate the alumni network of over 45.000 change-makers. We spoke about the various ways you can connect with the team and the network, such as through the MentorMe Platform. ‘As you graduate, well you can still be a mentee, you can still get a...

When asked how the EMBA impacted his decision making skills, here’s what Reinier Hille Ris Lambers, graduate of the EMBA class of ’18, had to say: ‘I learned how to make decision. And not just decisions for me, but decisions in which we had to agree as a team. And that was very important. It’s not your decision making skills that are necessarily important. It’s your skills in making the right deci...

‘Worth mentioning are the lecturers as well. So far, it’s been really good. You look at our Finance Lecturer and they had 25 years of experience at PWC, really quality staff.’ – Matt Gledhill, Full-time MBA Class of ’23. Matt moved from the UK to the Netherlands for his MBA. In this podcast he shares what his decision making process looked like, why he chose RSM and how he has been experiencing hi...

'Being in a team with people not only from different nationalities, but also different backgrounds in terms of career helped me see how they were approaching things in a totally different way. This could be challenging at the beginning, but as we progressed we could extract the most out of it.' Ana Belen Cortez, EMBA class of '18. Ana Belen graduated in 2018 and during the EMBA she learned the imp...

‘We complement a generic level of knowledge with a lot of assignments and case materials that we gather from our experience, our teachings and from students as well. We are usually overwhelmed by problems that students are trying to tackle in their daily business,' says Albert Veenstra, Academic Director of the Executive Master Customs and Supply Chain Compliance. Have a look at the Executive Mast...

'RSM and the EMBA specifically helped me figure out what was really my purpose in life.' Marloes van Gasteren, graduate of EMBA class of '18. Marloes graduated in 2018 and during the EMBA she realised that she wanted a change in her career and to move into the social domain. In this podcast she shares what her EMBA journey was like and how it helped her take the next steps in her career. The topic...

In this episode Frank Heijmann, faculty member of the Integration Project, shares more about what this project entails, why it is part of this Master of Science programme and how this helps students put their knowledge into practice. ‘The students are actually working on real life cases. So they’re cases that involve multiple countries, multiple businesses, multiple borders that need to be crossed...