On 12 October 2017, The University of Sheffield International Faculty, CITY College held the official launch of the Executive MBA programme in Tbilisi. The event took place with great success at the Radisson SAS Hotel.
Mr. Yannis Ververidis, Principal of the University of Sheffield International Faculty, CITY College opened the event and warmly welcomed all guests while Mr. Tamaz Marsagishvili, Deputy Minister of Education of Georgia honoured the event with his presence and also addressed a short welcome.
During the opening of the event welcome addresses were also delivered by Ms Mariam Jashi, Chair of the Education, Science and Culture Committee of the Georgian Prliament, Mr Dimitrios Karabalis, Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic to Georgia and Mr Zaza Purtseladze, British Council Georgia Director.
The event was well-attended by officials and representatives of the civil and business society. Welcome speeches were followed by the signing of a ‘Memorandum of Cooperation’ between Mr. Ververidis and Mr. Marsagishhvili. The event concluded with a short reception.
The University of Sheffield Executive MBA has already started running in Tbilisi adding Georgia as its seventh destination in addition to Thessaloniki (Greece), Belgrade (Serbia), Bucharest (Romania), Kyiv (Ukraine), Sofia (Bulgaria) and Yerevan (Armenia). The International Faculty aspires for this development to prove to be a very important contribution for the executive education in the country of Georgia and for the international outlook of the Executive MBA programme.