Opening of the branch in Saint Petersburg. The initial team under leadership of Mr. Hakan Hederstierna,
CEO of SSE Executive Education and Chairman of SSE Russia. Photograph taken by Mr. Christer Norr, Hans
Rausing Programme Director (1997-1999).
June 1998
The first graduation from the Hans Rausing Programme in Modern Economics, Business
and Entrepreneurship. Prof. h.c. Hans Rausing (founder of
TetraPak) addressing the graduates.
March-April 1999
The first Customer Satisfaction Index Study in Russia.
May 1999
The first case-writing workshop in Russia. The leader of the seminar Dr. James Erskine (Richard Ivey School of Business).
October-November 1999
The first project in Russia under the aegis of the European Foundation for Quality Management.
May 2000
The First International Conference on Business Excellence – “Better Than the Best”.
December 2000
“Funky Business: Talent Makes Capital Dance” in Russian.
Dr. Kjell Nordstrom and Dr. Jonas Ridderstrale at the presentation in Saint Petersburg.
March 2001
The First EMBA Graduation. Prof. Leif Lindmark, President of the Stockholm School of Economics together with Dr. Elena Sidorenko, Ass. Dean of Academic Programmes.
June 2001
The Sixth World Congress on TQM. Keynote speaker: Dr. Claes Fornell, Chairman
- CFI Group Worldwide, Donald C. Cook Professor of Business
Administration and Director of the National Quality Research
Center, Michigan University, USA.
October 2001
Baltic Rim Seminar “Helping Russia to obtain a competitive advantage: The case of eBusiness and telecommunications.”
Dr. Christian H. M. Kettels, Principal Associate and Head of Research at Professor Michael E. Porter’s Institute for
Strategy and Competitiveness, Harvard Business School.
October 2002
Rolf Jensen signing the books at SSE Russia during the presentation of the Russian edition of his book "Dream Society".
March 2003
Graduation of the second group of the International Executive MBA.
April 2003
Academic Day of Sweden in Russia. Thomas Gad, the author of the bestseller "4D Branding" conducts a seminar "Branding Places and Regions".
April 2003
Governor of the Region of Stockholm at the round table at the Stockholm School of Economics during "Days of Sweden in Saint Petersburg".
May 2003
Opening of the representative office in Moscow. Kjell Nordstrem presenting his ideas on education.
November 2003
First graduation of the programme “Enterpreneurship Essentials – E2”.
April 2004
Alexander Bard, founder of music bands “Army of Lovers”, “Vacuum”, and the company “Stockholm Records”, main Netocrat of the planet - in Moscow.
February 2004
Tom Peters presents in Moscow ideas of the book “Re-imagine!”
March 2004
A contract with the company “Ukos” for corporate EMBA programme is signed.
August 2004
Graduation of the first round of focus program “Branding – Corporate Religion”.
