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HAAS ALUMNI NETWORK CHAPTERS ( H )
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Over 27,714 alumni worldwide, and growing
The Haas School Alumni Network is represented in
27 international and 22 US locations.
EUROPE
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Korea
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Building Lifelong Friendships and Professional Connections
Haas Alumni Network offer a creative
variety of social and professional
development opportunities for alumni
living or traveling in their areas.
Some chapter events provide the
opportunity to reconnect with Haas
professors. Other chapter events benefit
the community.
In an increasingly global economy,
many Haas alumni live or work
abroad. After Hazem Galal, MBA 95
and a native of Egypt, moved to
Brazil, he started building an alumni
network there with the help of six
recent Haas graduates based in Sao
Paulo. In Switzerland, Haas alumni
Urs Huber, MBA 93, and Patrick
Moeckli, MBA 97, have not only developed
a strong regional chapter but
are coordinating efforts to unite Haas
alumni across Europe.
“We realized that every year, Haas
produces a group of very unique
MBAs,” explains Moeckli. “Similar to
the relationship we developed with
our classmates, I am convinced it is
key to establish and maintain a particular
relationship with the other
Haas generations. After all, we have
so much in common.”
The Alumni Online
Community located
on the Haas Alumni
Network Web site
(www.haas.berkeley.edu
/alumni) offers a wide
array of free services
and resources to all
Haas alumni.
Australia
Arun Sarin recently joined the
board of directors and
became CEO for a new venture
launched by Accel
Partners and Kohlberg Kravis
Roberts & Co. (KKR). Accel-
KKR Telecom will focus on the
global investment and management
of assets in the
telecommunications business.
With offices in New York City,
Menlo Park, and London, the new company is leveraging
the joint human and financial resources of its two
parent firms to make equity investments in management
buyouts on behalf of itself and its investors.
Something of a legend at Haas, Sarin is also on the board
of directors for Vodafone AirTouch, The Gap, Charles
Schwab Corporation, Cisco Systems, Inc., the World
Affairs Council, the Asia Pacific Fund, and the Asia
Foundation, as well as serving on the Advisory Board of
the Haas School and Berkeley’s International House.
Having visited Berkeley in Spring 2001 to give a lecture
and lead classroom discussions as a Haas Alumni
Fellow, Sarin says that he continues to be impressed by
the world-class faculty, students, and curriculum at
Haas. “I found the experience invigorating. The discussions
were candid and spirited. I enjoyed condensing
years of experience into two one-hour sessions. It was
nostalgic as it reminded me of my student days 23
years ago.”
Arun Sarin, MBA 78
CEO
Accel-KKR Telecom
San Francisco
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