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EMBA insights

LEADERSHIP

The future of work sets new demands: How leaders can prepare themselves for a new era

Artificial intelligence and a new geopolitical reality will shape organisations and businesses. These challenges call for a different and more forward‑looking style of leadership, says Professor Jesper Rangvid, who here explains how the CBS Executive MBA programme equips leaders to translate this new reality into practice.

CBS Executive MBA Maintains Strong Position in the Financial Times Global Executive MBA Ranking 2025

Copenhagen Business School (CBS) Executive MBA continues to demonstrate excellence in the Financial Times Global Executive MBA Ranking 2025, securing an overall ranking of #59 in the world and maintaining its place among the Top 100 Executive MBA programmes worldwide — as well as a leading position in Northern Europe.

Reflections from 2025, Looking Ahead to 2026 - Insights from CBS MBA Faculty

As 2025 draws to a close, we invited three faculty leaders from the CBS MBA community—Mercedes Delgado, Associate Professor of Strategy and Innovation; Andreas Rasche, Associate Dean of the Full-Time MBA and Professor of Business in Society; and Jesper Rangvid, Associate Dean of the Executive MBA and Professor of Finance—to reflect on meaningful lessons from the past year, what excites them about the year ahead, and the advice they would offer to MBA and EMBA students and alumni committed to lifelong learning. Their reflections highlight the power of experiential education, purpose-driven leadership, and the evolving global business landscape.

PARTICIPANT STORIES

Fresh perspectives: How an EMBA can add an extra career dimension

From technical expertise to strategic leadership – how an EMBA transformed one executive’s approach to business and opened new opportunities for growth.

PARTICIPANT STORIES

ROI for people, company and planet – delivered by an executive MBA

How a leading business school is empowering one participant to elevate his career, help build a company, and make a difference to global water challenges.

DIGITALISATION

Leaders are upskilling at the heart of the Fifth Industrial Revolution

As digitalisation transforms business, Copenhagen Business School’s Department of Digitalisation equips leaders with the skills to thrive in the rapidly evolving landscape.

CAREER & PERSONAL GROWTH

Utilize the CBS Executive MBA to move into a global role with confidence and success

To continue his successful career development and take his career to the next level, Tobias Nielsen, now Senior Vice President at Bauer Media, felt he wasn’t quite ready. So to get where he needed to be, he enrolled on Copenhagen Business School’s (CBS) EMBA programme. With his skills sharpened and his business mindset expanded, he boarded a flight to present his case for a promotion.

CBS EMBA ACCOUNTING - BREAKS THE STEREOTYPE

Financial and Managerial Accounting has become a standout course among CBS Executive MBA participants, particularly for those without a finance background.

Participant stories

Bjørn Zabell: Empowering Global Leadership Through CBS EMBA

Bjørn Zabell’s journey through the Copenhagen Business School (CBS) Executive MBA (EMBA) programme exemplifies how a strategically designed EMBA, combined with corporate support, can transform high-potential individuals with international ambitions into global leaders.

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PARTICIPANT STORIES

INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP

“The answer was in my EMBA”

Faced with a challenge that threatened to derail her fledgling business, Kathrine Marie Elmer found a way forward within the pages of her Integrated Strategy Project.

CBS EMBA is recognised as #1 in Scandinavia

Ranked as Scandinavia's top Executive MBA, CBS excels in the Financial Times Global Executive MBA Ranking 2024, maintaining its leading position.

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Participant stories

SUSTAINABILITY & ESG

Cláudia Alves: A Strategic Negotiator Driving Google’s Expansion - “Leadership is about influence, not just hierarchy”

Before joining Google, Cláudia Alves held significant roles at Repsol, a leading company in the oil and gas industry. With solid experience in managing operations, she recognized the need to deepen her leadership capabilities and broaden her holistic understanding of business economics and finance, which laid the foundation for her current position in technical infrastructure at Google. There, she focuses on securing infrastructure and power for data center development—an essential aspect of the company's growing global presence. Discover her career journey and the reasons behind her pursuit of flexible executive education to enhance her capabilities.