CDP: 1,200 applications for 40 places – the third edition of the Corporate MBA run by Luiss Business School comes to a close

1,200 applications for 40 places – 30 applications for every available place. These are the figures that CDP Chairman Giovanni Gorno Tempini cited to describe the third edition of the CDP Corporate MBA, the executive education programme promoted by CDP Academy and delivered by Luiss Business School, which concluded with Graduation Day at Villa Blanc in Rome.

The forty participants come from Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, Cdp Venture Capital, Poste Italiane, Ansaldo Energia, Terna, Nexi, Italgas, Open Fiber, Fincantieri and Snam. The ceremony was opened by the Dean of Luiss Business School, Raffaele Oriani, and with an official address by Gorno Tempini, in the presence of participants, management and representatives of the companies involved.

The programme, which began in April 2024 under the academic direction of Maria Isabella Leone, head of the business school’s MBA programmes, covered the main areas of general management: finance, strategy, human resources management and leadership. Alongside the technical subjects, there were modules on soft skills, ranging from public speaking to team management. During the elective module phase, in-depth modules on the sectors in which the participating companies operate were introduced, to familiarise managers with the dynamics of the industries in which the group operates.

According to Gorno Tempini, those who complete the programme have not only acquired new skills, but have also forged relationships designed to ‘strengthen the group’s ability to contribute to the country’s development’, in a context where knowledge ‘is never a final goal’. Oriani described the programme as an expression of the school’s educational model, which aims to combine ‘the rigour of academic knowledge with practical business experience’, and identified the collaboration with CDP Academy as the foundation of a learning ecosystem in which individual growth translates into value for businesses and local communities. According to the press release, the Corporate MBA represents the evolution of a long-standing partnership between the two institutions focused on the development of managerial skills.

The day included testimonials from participants and a talk by Alice Volpi, world and Olympic foil champion and a Luiss Top Athlete student on the Master’s programme in Government and Public Affairs. Following the presentation of the diplomas, the closing remarks were delivered by Mariapia Mastroddi, Head of People and Organisation at CDP.