International Experience
Real-World International Experience
Executive MBA trade missions will take you across the world and outside your comfort zone.
Deploy your business experience and newly acquired skills when you represent Atlantic companies internationally on our unique Sobey International Trade Mission.
Visit places like Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Bogotá, Columbia; and Ghent, Belgium. Participate in meetings with business, trade officials, and diplomats. Tour production facilities and attend official receptions.
> Read about the 2019 International Trade Mission here
With your Executive MBA peers, you’ll experience intercultural business firsthand. Past participants have described the mission as transformative and confidence building.
What will the Sobey Executive MBA International Trade Mission do for you?
Expand your networks.
Students connect with Atlantic Canadian businesses to prepare for the Trade Mission. During the Mission, you’ll meet with high-level contacts in intercultural settings to secure partnerships for the business you represent. In addition to business meetings, you’ll gain unique access to prestigious experts and global business leaders from a diverse group of international companies around the world.
Build your confidence and competence.
The Trade Mission incorporates the Sobey focus on evidence-based applied learning. Graduates who have taken part demonstrate the confidence and ability to make informed, sound decisions and strategically drive business at the senior management level.
Experience the world.
The Mission immerses you in the international business arena and offers a unique opportunity to develop cross-cultural competency and sensitivity along with firsthand knowledge of how business is conducted abroad.
“The Mission takes the student outside their comfort zone, pushes them to their limits, and teaches them to stay calm and perform under intense pressure.”
- Dr. Mark Raymond, EMBA Faculty
Get real results. Be part of the solution.
Sobey International Trade Missions not only bring new relationships and prosperity to our region — they bring a wealth of global experience, new knowledge, and expanded perspective to executives who take part.
For more information, contact emba@smu.ca.