Meet our Alumni

The Graduate Institute alumni community is globally present and in nearly every career sector.

Alumni Relations & Career Services keeps the Graduate Institute alumni and friends connected while raising annual funds to meet the evolving and primary needs of the Institute. Alumni Relations and Career Services can help you make the most of this valuable resource.

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A selection of prominent Alumni

Kofi Annan (1938 – 2018)

7th UN Secretary-General (1996-2006)

Nobel Peace Prize (2001)

Micheline Calmy-Rey

Foreign Minister of Switzerland (2003-2011)

Philipp Hildebrand

Vice-President of BlackRock

President of the Swiss National Bank (2010-2012)

Jakob Kellenberger

President of the ICRC (1998-2012)

State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Political Director (1992-1999)

Distinguished Graduates

Thanks to our rigorous selection process, our students are among the best and brightest with many of them going on to influential positions in their chosen careers. Below is a selection of illustrious men and women who have studied at the Institute:

Kofi Annan, 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1996-2006)
Shara L. Aranoff, Chairman of the US International Trade Commission (2005-2012)
Micheline Calmy-Rey, Head of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (2003-2011)
Jean-Marc Duvoisin, Director-General of Nespresso
Carlos Fuentes, Mexican Novelist and Essayist (1928-2012)
Philipp Hildebrand, Vice Chairman of BlackRock
Leonid Hurwicz, Nobel Prize in Economics (2007)
Nobuyuki Idei, President of Sony Corporation (2003-2005)
Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross
Jean-François de Saussure, Director-General of Caran d’Ache
Brad Smith, President and Chief Legal Officer, Microsoft
Hernando de Soto, President of the Institute for Liberty and Democracy