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Thunderbird Partners with Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics

For the past four years, the relationship between Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) and Thunderbird Executive Education has evolved from content provider to trusted partner in the talent management and development of WWL’s global leaders. In the fall of 2010, Thunderbird was uniquely positioned to assist WWL in the retention and development of their top talent to continue organizational growth and market impact.

Exxon Mobil Corporation

Thunderbird Executive Education has been an educational partner with Exxon Mobil Corporation since 1990, and currently delivers three unique programs to its management—currently 250 program days—throughout the year.

American Express & Thunderbird team up for leadership academy

Having increased the leadership skills of 150 managers from over 50 international nonprofit organizations in the Academy’s five-year history, Thunderbird School of Global Management is once again teaming up with American Express to offer the 6th Annual American Express Leadership Academy, May 4-9, 2014, at the Thunderbird campus in Phoenix, AZ.

Saudi conglomerate SABIC taps Thunderbird for custom Executive MBA

(RIYADH, Saudi Arabia)—Instruction started this month for a custom Executive MBA that Thunderbird School of Global Management will deliver during the next two years for 28 high-potential managers from Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC), the largest public company in Saudi Arabia. Working closely with senior leaders from the petrochemical conglomerate, Thunderbird professors will teach customized business courses in English at SABIC Academy in Riyadh and at Thunderbird’s campus near Phoenix,...

Transformational leadership in a transformational classroom

Beautiful rugs and floor cushions replaced traditional classroom tables and chairs when high-potential supervisors from Saudi Aramco gathered in May 2013 for a Thunderbird Executive Education program in Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia. The comfortable environment caught participants by surprise when they entered the room. Passersby heading to other events at the company’s Leadership Development Center even paused to peer inside, often asking if they also could partake in the class. Once the program...

Thunderbird helps Crow Tribe and Cloud Peak Energy

It is always a pleasure to hear from alumni, and all the more so when they are calling upon Thunderbird Executive Education to provide assistance to their current employer. Such was the case when alumnus Todd Myers ’88, Senior Vice President of Business Development at Cloud Peak Energy, called to inquire how Thunderbird could help their employees with cultural versatility skills.