Press Release
17th Annual MBA Tournament:
1500 students, 15 business schools
HEC Campus, Jouy-en-Josas
Jouy-en-Josas, 9 May 2007
The 17th annual HEC MBA Tournament – a yearly sporting tournament organized by
HEC MBA students, will be held this year from the 17th to the 20th of May. The HEC
MBAT will welcome over 1500 participants from the most prestigious European MBA
schools who will compete in 26 individual and team sports.
This year’s opening ceremony will prove to be an exciting experience as
Mahyar Monshipour, six-time world boxing champion (Super bantamweight) and
author of the bestseller La rage d’être français , will participate in exhibition fights
with the French Olympic team (17 of May at 7pm).
Over four days, HEC will bring together future leaders from the world over. This year,
the MBAT has chosen “Where winning brings new meanings” as its theme. The
tournament represents the largest annual event for MBA students with over 70
countries represented. The teams chosen to represent their university share a
common passion: the desire to win. In competing the teams will embody the values of
cooperation, fair play, and friendship. It will also be an exceptional opportunity to
develop their professional and social networks.
For sponsors, the MBAT represents a unique opportunity to establish professional
relationships and reinforce their legitimacy with future international leaders. This
year, the MBAT is sponsored by GMAC, Coca Cola, Air France, Viadeo and
Alain Figaret.
Valérie Gauthier, Associate Dean, HEC MBA program, is excited to welcome
the participants. “HEC is proud to organize and participate in this great event. With
16 years of experience, we are ready to make these four days a unique experience of
cooperation, associating competition with friendship, victory with sharing, and
professionalism with fun.”
For Rodrigue Chastenet de Géry, coordinator of the event and HEC MBA student,
“the MBAT is a unique occasion to bring the 15 largest European MBA schools
together around a single unifying theme: sport. Over these four days of festivities, we
will welcome over 1500 participants – competing in 26 sports – to the HEC campus.”
Beyond the competitions, the HEC MBAT is committed to promoting corporate social
responsibility. For the second year in a row, the MBAT is giving part of the proceeds
to the Gol de Letra Foundation, a nongovernmental organization founded by Rai de
Oliveira that helps more than 1,100 children and teenagers in low-income
neighborhoods in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. In its centers, the children aged 6 to
14 have the chance to experience athletic activities and to participate in arts, writing,
music, and technology workshops.
Finally, the GMAC (Graduate Management Admission Council) works with the HEC
MBA on its initiative named “Team MBA”, which helps business schools, students,
professors and staff to bring about a positive change in society by organizing
volunteer and other projects. Team MBA is a unifying force among the MBA students
who are committed to social responsibility. The GMAC is an educational non-profit
organization made up of the leading business schools around the world.
Totally organized by HEC MBA students, the MBAT highlights the spirit of initiative
and cooperation that guides the students during their studies and beyond. It is
underlined by the philosophy of the programmed: “HEC, the MBA that builds
character”.
For more information, and for a schedule of events, please visit the
website: http://www.mbat.org.
List of Participating B-Schools: Cambridge Judge Business School – Cass Business SchoolESADE Business School - HEC - IE Instituto do Empresa - IESE Business School - IMD INSEAD - London Business School - Manchester Business School – NYU Stern - Oxford
SAID Business School - RSM Erasmus University - SDA Bocconi – Tias Nimbas
Press Contact, HEC School of Management
Catherine Rousseau
 +33 1 39 67 94 23
 +33 1 39 67 94 46
rousseau@hec.fr
www.hec.edu