Dimitri
Vaharis, MBA’17J
Geneva Chapter President
Dimitri started his career at PwC. He stayed more than 6 years and developed an expertise both in financial audits and M&A within the banking sector. After his MBA, Dimitri transitioned in asset management and co-leads a boutique investment firm in Geneva. He is primarily focussed on business development, as well as technology and regulatory innovation.
Dimitri has been on the Geneva Chapter Committee since 2017. He has been organizing the 2019 and 2020 Verbier Ski Weekend which is the leading social event organized by the Geneva Chapter. Dimitri was also part of the Organization Committee of the 2019 INSEAD Alumni Forum (Europe) that took place in Geneva.
Apart from work, he is also a seasoned sailor and balances his work life to follow his passions.
Mina Draganova, MAP’17J
Geneva Chapter Committee Member
Mina is currently Global Brand and Strategy Director for Oral B and has held various roles at Procter & Gamble across developed (Europe, US) and developing (India, Middle East and Africa) markets. Prior to P&G, Mina was at Egon Zehnder focusing on executive search in the Consumer and Retail Practice Group. She has lived in 6 countries across 3 continents. Mina earned a BA degree from Bocconi University (Italy) and Nanyang University (Singapore) followed by the Management Acceleration Programme at INSEAD (France). She is passionate about adventure travel, audio books and photography. Mina is actively volunteering for INSEAD since graduating, she was the President of the Geneva Chapter Committee before becoming Vice President of the INSEAD Alumni Association.
Odile Astréoud, MBA ‘15J
Geneva Chapter Committee Member
Odile is a Fashion and Luxury aficionada with Strategy, Sales and Marketing expertise in the sector. She started her career as a consultant for McKinsey & Company in Belgium, before moving to Zurich where she held various marketing roles for Swarovski. She is currently based in Geneva where she is in charge of the Product Marketing department of Vacheron Constantin, Swiss Watchmaking Manufacture part of the Richemont group.
French and Belgian, Odile holds a Master degree in Engineering as well as an MBA from INSEAD. During her time at INSEAD, she was leading the Retail, Consumer and Luxury Goods club and organized multiple industry events and student treks both on the Asian and European campus.
In addition, she is a foodie who is passionate about bringing people together, reason why she is actively involved in the organization of networking events for the alumni since she arrived in Geneva in 2018.
Doina Cebotari, MBA’13J
Geneva Chapter Committee Member
Doina’s career of over 18 years spans both the public and the private sectors. Following an undergraduate in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University and a Masters in International Economics and Development from Johns Hopkins University (SAIS, Italy and USA), she joined the World Bank Group in 2006 to learn the ropes of policymaking. She subsequently went back to Moldova to serve her country as an Advisor to the Prime Minister on foreign direct investment.
To transition to the private sector, Doina embarked on an MBA at INSEAD in 2012, which allowed her to study in Singapore, the UAE and France. Following 5 years in management consulting with McKinsey & Company, Doina moved to Expedia Group, then led the IPO of a medical device scale up in her role as Chief of Staff to the CEO and advised a healthcare-focused Venture Capital fund on ESG. Doina is currently with TE Connectivity where she is responsible for crafting the Medical Business Unit’s strategy, i.e. where to play and how to win. She is married and has two children.
Doina is passionate about giving back to the INSEAD community and has done so as a member of the Geneva Chapter Committee since 2019.
Mayssa Scheib, MBA’14J
Geneva Chapter Committee Member
Mayssa has been working in the wealth management industry since 2007.
She started her career with Credit Suisse in Beirut and moved with them to Geneva after her MBA. During her tenure she gained significant expertise in investment advisory and relationship management.
In 2017, she joined Julius Baer and took on roles with them first in Dubai and then back in Geneva. Currently, she’s serving as Senior Relationship Manager developing the business with Family Offices and Boutique Advisors.
Mayssa holds a BA in Economics from the American University of Beirut with a Minor in Finance and is an INSEAD MBA’14J.
She also holds the SAQ Certified Wealth Management Advisor certificate.
In 2023, Mayssa took the lead on organizing some of the annual social events of the Geneva Chapter, including the Verbier Ski Weekend and the Random Dinners.
A foodie, traveller, and gamer, Mayssa is mostly a people enthusiast and is always at ease when she’s the host.
Ingrida Elijosiute, IEP’07
Geneva Chapter Committee Member
Ingrida is a Business Advisor/ Board Member working globally in her expert areas of building agile-customer centric-innovative organisations and facilitating digital transformations. She held Board Member positions/ was advising shareholders and boards in the industries of mobile telecommunications, e-commerce, renewable energy, mobility (car sharing, smart parking, etc.), retail, facilities’ management, delivery services, professional services, etc.
Ingrida has 25+ years of rich business experience ranging from leading one of the business advisory service lines at Andersen and then at PwC in the Baltics, being a Board Member responsible for People & PMO Area at BITĖ Group (Vodafone partner) in the Baltics to heading the People Management Function in Microsoft Ukraine, etc. Also, she is a Mentor for INSEAD Board Directors’ Network. Throughout her career, Ingrida has engaged with a variety of cultures and geographies ranging from Switzerland, CEE, Ukraine, Scandinavia, Belgium, Netherlands, Russia, UK to South Africa.
Ingrida holds MBA of Kaunas University of Technology and is a graduate of INSEAD International Executive Program’07. She is a Committee Member since 2016 and enjoys leading business networking events for our alumni: visiting DuPont’s R&D Centre, meeting JTI leaders, doing a learning event with Piguet Galland & Cie, organising interactive webinar with Unit8.
Beatriz Barros, MBA’15D
Geneva Chapter Committee Member
Beatriz is an experienced professional in Strategy, Finance and Business Development. Beatriz has an international career as Consultant at McKinsey & Company, covering different industries and functions, across several countries and continents. She also worked in Strategy and Finance at Expedia, JTI and COFCO in Geneva. Beatriz holds a double Master degree in Management & Engineering in Sweden as well as an MBA from INSEAD. Furthermore, Beatriz speaks Portuguese, English and French. Beatriz is passionate about travelling and books.
Victor Svensson, MCCC16S
Geneva Chapter Committee Member
Victor is the founder and CEO of The Hybrid Experience, a project created to enable leaders and organizations to lead and manage change, with a focus on the human experience in businesses. Victor graduated from the Executive Master in change at INSEAD 2017. Before creating The Hybrid Experience, Victor pursued a versatile career at Hewlett Packard. Swedish by origin, based in Geneva since 2016, he is married and has 2 young teenage daughters.
Vincent Vanneau, MBA’18J
Geneva Chapter Committee Member
Vincent is a healthcare innovation enthusiast, currently Director Corporate Development Strategy, BD&L and M&A at Alcon, the global leader in eye care headquartered in Geneva.
Before, Vincent was a management consultant (McKinsey & Company) for more than 6 years, where he eventually focused his work on serving the Pharma industry across the world on topics such as strategy, M&A, organization and data.