USI EMBA Graduation Ceremony 2017

Keynote Speaker: Karl Heinz Salzburger, Vice President of VF International

When: Saturday, 21st October 2017
Where: USI Università della Svizzera italiana, Via Buffi 13, 6900 Lugano, Auditorium

Come help us celebrate the success of our EMBA#6 students and listen to an engaging presentation from Karl Heinz Salzburger.
VF International is one of the world’s largest apparel, footwear, and accessories companies. Known for its innovation, its brand portfolio consists of big names such as The North Face, Vans, Timberland, and Napapijri.

How have these brands managed to be so globally successful in a multi-cultural environment?
Come listen to the valuable insight of Salzburger. Under his 9 years of leadership, VFs business more than doubled.

Agenda:

16:30 – 16:45 Welcome Address Prof. Boas Erez, Rector Università della Svizzera italiana (USI)
16:45 – 17:15 Keynote Speaker Karl Heinz Salzburger Vice President & Group President, VF International
17:15 – 17:30 Conferring of Diplomas Prof. Boas Erez, Rector Università della Svizzera italiana Prof. Patrick Gagliardini, Dean Faculty of Economics Prof. Gianluca Colombo, Director Executive MBA
17:30 – 18:00 Class Address EMBA#6 Representatives
18:00 – 18:05 USI EMBA Teaching Awards
18:05 – 18:15 USI EMBA CLUB EMBA Alumni Representatives
18:15 – 18:30 Closing remarks Prof. Gianluca Colombo, Director Executive MBA Prof.
18:30 Aperitif USI Executive Center

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Karl Heinz Salzburger, Group President of VF International, Director of Luxottica Group

Mr. Salzburger began his professional career at Accumulatori Alto Adige and thereafter he moved to Austria for Salvagnini Transferica S.p.A, where he became General Manager. In 1997 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of The North Face Europe and thereafter he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of The North Face Inc. in San Francisco, where he stayed until the end of 2000. After May 2000, when The North Face was acquired by VF, Karl Heinz was appointed President for the International Outdoor Coalition and thereafter in 2006, President of VF International, which includes the responsibility for all VF brands in Europe, Middle East and Asia. Since 2010 he has been the Group President of VF Corporation International, a group leader in apparel, jeanswear, sportswear, outdoor products, and which owns among others the following brands Lee, Wrangler, Jansport, Eastpak, The North Face, Vans, Napapijri and 7 For All Mankind; he is member of the Board of Directors in many companies of VF Group, in particular he is Chairman of VF International Sagl.

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