IMD (International Institute for Management Development)

IMD is one of the world’s premier business and management institutions, based in Lausanne, Switzerland. IMD’s industrial heritage sets it apart from the other leading business schools, which are all university-affiliated. IMD is fully focused on Executive Education. Each year about 8,000 Executives go through its programs and it delivers corporate programs to about 120 clients each year.

There are no academic departments at IMD – just one integrated multi-disciplinary faculty. The faculty consists of 60 full-time members, drawn from 23 countries. Most IMD faculty are leaders in their respective fields, and produce hundreds of books, articles, and papers each year.

IMD has consistently been ranked #1 in the world in executive education by the Financial Times and other ranking organisations between 2008 and 2014.

For more information: http://www.imd.org

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