Le contenu de cette page n'est pas disponible en français Can I actually do this? The question that stops prospective applicants from applying to the Weekend MBA is simple and extremely common: Can someone like me, with a life like mine, really take this on? The four alumni in this article were asked to sit down and answer that question honestly. All four are working professionals in Luxembourg, all four juggled significant personal and professional demands during their two years in the program, and all four — without exception — say yes. Not a polished, marketing-approved yes. A yes earned from experience./p> Federica Angioni was a Strategy Manager at Amazon Web Services who was travelling for work from Tuesday to Thursday or Friday, arriving back in Luxembourg just in time for class on Friday evening and Saturday. Her academic background was in Chinese studies — nothing in business. Her manager had advised her that she needed to build up more business acumen if she wanted to grow. Natalia Dicusara, now with Johnson Controls, was transitioning from accounting into tax compliance at Maples Group while simultaneously completing the MBA. A self-described sports fanatic, she was determined not to let the program diminish the training regime that was dear to her. She used structure, determination, and some creative use of time to ensure she maintained her edge both inside and outside the programs. Mario Marozzi, now CFO at Renaissance Partners and a visiting faculty member at LSB, started the program on the 6th of March, 2020. Ten days later, Luxembourg went into COVID lockdown. He had a full-time job in finance, two children (now three), an apartment, and a city that had just closed. He finished in March 2022, and by September was teaching at the school. His current CFO role came via a classmate who called him eighteen months after graduation. Ana Sapina was and still is Business Manager to the Country Manager at UBS Luxembourg. Prior to that, she was Head of the CEO Office at Credit Suisse in Luxembourg. She enrolled for the MBA at the end of August and started in September — almost no lead time to plan. During her two years, she navigated one of the most turbulent periods in European banking with the UBS acquisition of Credit Suisse, changed teams, absorbed extra workload at work, and had a baby. She presented her final project with her newborn at home and finished the program strongly. Four people. Four completely different lives. One program. Here is what they found. Read the entire article
