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Olga Dergunova, Deputy President and Chairman of the Management Board of VTB Bank, Director of the Graduate School of Management of St. Petersburg University (GSOM SPbU), will speak at the opening ceremony of the Ring the Bell for Gender Equality Ceremony on the Moscow Exchange. The focus is on women's leadership, a traditional topic of academic interest for researchers at the Business School, which consistently adheres to the principle of gender balance and equality in its work. The event will take place on March 10 at 10:00 (Moscow time).

The technological development of the Graduate School of Management of St. Petersburg State University (GSOM SPbU) became a key topic of discussion of the Strategy Commission of the Advisory Board. The meeting was held on February 17 and it was devoted to the introduction of new values, the formation of a schedule for the accreditation commissions AACSB, EQUIS, CEMS and the work of the Commission itself in 2021.

The Graduate School of Management of St. Petersburg State University (GSOM SPbSU) and VTB Bank demonstrated new formats of joint educational products at the Strong Ideas for a New Time forum, which took place on November 11-13, 2020 in Moscow at the World Trade Center. Participants of the event had the opportunity to practice public speaking skills and learn how to sell banking products in a VR simulator. GSOM SPbU is working on the creation of various immersive formats that allow teaching flexible skills to line managers.

The Graduate School of Management of St. Petersburg State University (GSOM SPbU) received a gift from Vladimir Yevtushenkov, a member of GSOM Advisary Board - Chairman of the Board of Directors of AFK Sistema, a collection of books that will be donated to the M. Gorky Scientific Library of St. Petersburg State University and students of the Business School who will show high results in educational and extracurricular activities.

On 16 September the program of a new group Executive MBA began — a flagship program of the Graduate School of Management of St. Petersburg State University (GSOM SPbU) — the only Russian programme in the top 100 worldwide rating QS Executive MBA Ranking.