Insead Asia to raise global exposure of S'poreans, says dean

Strategy includes increasing chances to learn at its four campuses around the world

- Krist Boo

Insead Asia is making it its business to support Singapore's strategy of wooing global talent and tapping their presence to groom locals for leadership roles at home and around the world.

The business school aims to do so by raising the exposure of its students to global peers, as well as increasing opportunities to learn at its four campuses around the world.

Professor Sameer Hasija, who became the dean of Insead Asia in February, said Singapore has investthe Singapore Government about strategy, he said in an interview with The Straits Times.

In line with Singapore's vision of being the hub for South-east Asia and even the Asia-Pacific, Insead is positioning itself as the centre for intellectual conversations.

Prof Hasija, who is also Insead's dean of executive education, said: "We have been launching a lot of executive education programmes with that mindset - bringing in local as well as global organisations, and making executives from these organisations interact with each other."

Founded in France in 1957, Insead ed diligently to bring the world's top ranks among the world's top instischools and universities here.

"The mindset is to have global exposure for Singaporeans and then for them to go out there and lead organisations. And, hopefully, they come back one day and bring that global exposure back," he said.