{"id":9803,"date":"2025-08-18T15:52:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T14:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/?post_type=events&#038;p=9803"},"modified":"2025-08-27T11:29:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T10:29:22","slug":"mba-2025","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/events\/mba-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"MBA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Annual MBA Alumni Festive Reception took place at Euronext Dublin, the Irish Stock Exchange, in December 2024. The evening provided a fantastic opportunity for MBA alumni to come together. This year, we were especially delighted to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the MBA Programme \u2013 a significant milestone in our history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MBA ALUMNI FESTIVE RECEPTION<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Colum-Kenny-Tatiana-Antumi-at-the-UCD-MBA-Festive-Event.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"739\" height=\"554\" data-id=\"11058\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Colum-Kenny-Tatiana-Antumi-at-the-UCD-MBA-Festive-Event-edited.jpg\" alt=\"Colum Kenny and Tatiana Antumi. \" class=\"wp-image-11058\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Colum-Kenny-Tatiana-Antumi-at-the-UCD-MBA-Festive-Event-edited.jpg 739w, https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Colum-Kenny-Tatiana-Antumi-at-the-UCD-MBA-Festive-Event-edited-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Colum Kenny and Tatiana Antumi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Michel-McDonnell-Lindsey-Nguyen-Seamus-Aylward-at-the-UCD-MBA-Festive-Event.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"987\" height=\"740\" data-id=\"11057\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Michel-McDonnell-Lindsey-Nguyen-Seamus-Aylward-at-the-UCD-MBA-Festive-Event-edited.jpg\" alt=\"Michael McDonnell, Lindsey Nguyen and Seamus Aylward.\" class=\"wp-image-11057\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Michel-McDonnell-Lindsey-Nguyen-Seamus-Aylward-at-the-UCD-MBA-Festive-Event-edited.jpg 987w, https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Michel-McDonnell-Lindsey-Nguyen-Seamus-Aylward-at-the-UCD-MBA-Festive-Event-edited-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Michel-McDonnell-Lindsey-Nguyen-Seamus-Aylward-at-the-UCD-MBA-Festive-Event-edited-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 987px) 100vw, 987px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Michael McDonnell, Lindsey Nguyen and Seamus Aylward.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lijun-Chen-Kirti-Pal-Federica-Pazzaglia-Komal-Jaggi-at-the-UCD-MBA-Festive-Event.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" data-id=\"11059\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lijun-Chen-Kirti-Pal-Federica-Pazzaglia-Komal-Jaggi-at-the-UCD-MBA-Festive-Event-edited.jpg\" alt=\"Lijun Chen, Kirti Pal, Prof. Federica Pazzaglia and Komal Jaggi.\" class=\"wp-image-11059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lijun-Chen-Kirti-Pal-Federica-Pazzaglia-Komal-Jaggi-at-the-UCD-MBA-Festive-Event-edited.jpg 1110w, https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lijun-Chen-Kirti-Pal-Federica-Pazzaglia-Komal-Jaggi-at-the-UCD-MBA-Festive-Event-edited-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lijun-Chen-Kirti-Pal-Federica-Pazzaglia-Komal-Jaggi-at-the-UCD-MBA-Festive-Event-edited-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lijun-Chen-Kirti-Pal-Federica-Pazzaglia-Komal-Jaggi-at-the-UCD-MBA-Festive-Event-edited-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lijun Chen, Kirti Pal, Prof. Federica Pazzaglia and Komal Jaggi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Annual MBA Alumni Festive Reception took place at Euronext Dublin, the Irish Stock Exchange, in December 2024. 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