School Notes: School of Management
September/October 2012

Pre-MBA program expands global reach

Yale SOM’s annual Pre-MBA Leadership Program increased its global reach this summer. The program, a highly selective event for college sophomores, juniors, seniors, and recent graduates from populations underrepresented in management education, expanded to include students from universities that are part of the new Global Network for Advanced Management. Students from Brazil, China, Ghana, Indonesia, Mexico, and Singapore joined their US peers from June 10 to June 23 to learn about the fundamentals of management education and career path possibilities. Students attended classes based on SOM’s integrated MBA curriculum model. The event also included a keynote address by Mark Walton ’79MPPM, executive vice president for sponsorship and corporate development at the Africa Channel, and an alumni panel where alumni shared their experiences at SOM and in the work world.

Two named senior associate dean

Two accomplished business education leaders are joining Yale SOM as the school rolls out a new degree program and greatly increases its global engagement. Anjani Jain joined Yale SOM as senior associate dean for the full-time MBA program on July 1. David Bach ’98 will join the school as senior associate dean for executive MBA and global programs on September 1. Jain is assuming lead responsibility for admissions, career development, and student and academic services in the full-time MBA program; he will also serve as a senior lecturer. Over the course of two decades, Jain held a number of senior leadership positions at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Bach will assume lead responsibility for the executive MBA program, the new master of advanced management degree program, and global opportunities, including spearheading SOM’s involvement with the Global Network for Advanced Management. Bach will also teach courses in global business. Bach was most recently dean of programs and professor of strategy and economic environment at IE Business School in Madrid, Spain.