EMBA graduation 2026: the learning continues
As our EMBA graduates celebrated their graduation on 6 November, one message came through clearly: the best learning journeys do not really end.
We celebrated the graduation of our EMBA cohort on 6 November 2026, marking the end of an intensive journey of learning, leadership development and new perspectives.
One thought echoed throughout the evening: an EMBA is not about leaving with all the answers. It is about learning to ask better questions, staying curious and continuing to challenge yourself.
Rector Ingmar Björkman encouraged the graduates to keep challenging themselves, seek out new experiences and remain curious about what comes next. And as they move forward, he reminded them that success is ultimately about more than doing well: it is also about doing good.
Michael Röllich, Interim CEO at Hanken & SSE Executive Education, shared a personal reflection on what he called the two currencies of working life: money and experience. In his own career, moving between industries has repeatedly meant becoming a beginner again, learning a new business and working together with new people.
That willingness to keep learning was also at the heart of EMBA25 alumna Catharina Candolin’s message to the graduates. She compared completing an EMBA to receiving a black belt: it does not mean you can stop learning, but that you are ready to really begin.
For EMBA26 graduate Patrik Gustafsson, some of the most valuable learning had happened outside the classroom. While models and presentations may eventually fade from memory, conversations with classmates, different perspectives and the cohort’s “positive craziness” will stay with him. Patrik ended with a question for what comes next: What is the post-assignment after an EMBA?
The answer will be different for every graduate, and perhaps that is exactly the point. The programme is not about providing all the answers, but about developing as a leader, asking better questions, and giving you new perspectives and people to keep learning with.
Congratulations to the Hanken EMBA graduates. Stay curious, keep challenging yourself and keep learning from one another.
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