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On 3rd September, I joined a diverse group of 162 senior executives from all over the world with a wide range of industry and management experience for Harvard Business School’s 185th Advanced Management Programme.
Harvard says “The Advanced Management Program is a powerful, transformational, and personalized learning experience that explores the best management practices and latest strategies for sustaining a strategic advantage over the long term.” With only a week into the programme, it is too early for me to comment on this claim. However, what I can already comment on is the diversity of the programme by both geographic region and industry. This diversity makes the Harvard Business School AMP, a truly global programme.
The 162 AMP 185 participants are split as follows by geographic region:
- Africa and Middle East (10%)
- Asia (26%)
- Australia/New Zealand (12%)
- Central/South America (6%)
- Europe (23%)
- India (4%)
- North America (19%)
The 162 AMP 185 participants are split as follows by industry:
- Aerospace/Automotive/Transportation (5%)
- Agriculture, Food and Beverage (5%)
- Chemicals/Pharmaceuticals/Medical Products (3%)
- Computer-related Services/Software (3%)
- Construction/Real Estate (5%)
- Education/Non-Profit/Military (5%)
- Energy/Extractive Minerals (8%)
- Health Services (4%)
- High Technology/Electronics (2%)
- Insurance and Diversified Financials (4%)
- Investment Banking/Brokerage (4%)
- Investment Management (6%)
- Manufacturing (8%)
- Other (17%)
- Other Services (7%)
- Retailing/Wholesale/Trading (9%)
The low representation of women in senior leadership positions across the globe is reflected in the fact that only 22 of the 162 AMP 185 participants are women!
Close to home, South Africa has 7 AMP 185 participants split as follows by industry:
- Insurance and Diversified Financials (4)
- Retailing/Wholesale/Trading (1)
- Energy/Extractive Minerals (1)
- High Technology/Electronics (1)
Of the seven participants from South Africa, one is a woman.