A note about us
The London Business School student views blog is written by a cross section of the London Business School student community. Its purpose is to give an insight into the vibrant culture, activities and experiences of the community. We welcome your feedback! (Please note that comments will be reviewed by the site administrator prior to publishing). The contributing authors on this site are all members of the London Business School community. The opinions expressed here are their own, and are not reviewed or edited in advance by anyone but the individual authors. Neither London Business School nor any other party necessarily agrees with them.
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Class: EMBA (London) 2013 Nationality: German Occupation before London Business School: Software Sales Lead at IBM Best piece of advice I received when applying to b-school: Spend as much time as you can with the people you love, you’ll be asking a lot of them during the MBA. About me: Extensive experience in consulting and system integration projects for multinational enterprise clients. Currently leading software accounts and bringing technology-led solutions to market. Entrepreneurial background in multimedia technology start-ups. Developed patents for adaptive mobile phone technology. Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA). |
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Class: EMBA (London) 2014 Nationality: Polish Occupation before London Business School: Chemical Engineer – Project Coordinator Best piece of advice I received when applying to b-school: before you start writing an application, ask yourself what are your future goals and ambitions. About me: Chemical engineer with cross-functional experience in industrial operations including optimization, process design and troubleshooting of world scale production units. Lead multinational teams on the global cost saving project and generated multimillion cost savings for the leading chemical and pharmaceutical company. Currently responsible for the management of the 100M € investment project. |
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Class: EMBA (London) 2011 Nationality: American Occupation before London Business School: Self-employed as a consultant Best piece of advice I received when applying to b-school: Make sure you are clear on why you doing this and what it will change for you. About me: I’m a full-time executive at the Economist Intelligence Unit and a part-time EMBA student. I live in London with my husband and our two daughters. |
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Class: EMBA (London) 2011 Nationality: German Occupation before London Business School: I currently work as a marketing management consultant and am starting my own consultancy with a classmate. Best piece of advice I received when applying to b-school: Nobody in my circle ever applied to a business school. Which means that many, many more marketing consultants need to do that. About me: Obsessed about delivering the best in terms of marketing consulting as well as salsa dancing. |
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Class: EMBA (London) 2012 Nationality: Bulgarian Occupation before London Business School: Senior Communications Consultant, Sermelo Best piece of advice I received when applying to b-school: Be yourself when writing the application essays. About me: I am a senior communications professional with seven years experience in project managing global and UK multimedia integrated campaigns, spanning stakeholder engagement, internal communications, issues management, website communications and media relations. My philosophy is that excellence is not only about skills, but also about attitude and the unrelenting passion for learning and progress. I love good music, good food and getting to know people. One of my favourite shows is South Park so in the MBA spirit, here is some economics advice from Eric Cartman: “Don’t you know the first law of physics? Anything that’s fun costs at least eight dollars!” |
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Class: EMBA (London) 2014 Nationality: Indian/British Permanent Resident Occupation before London Business School: Project Manager Best piece of advice I received when applying to b-school: ‘Enjoy’ the process and you will definitely be successful. About me: An Independent Consultant who started my own consulting company at the peak of the recession in autumn 2008. Project Manager who specialises in implementing Financial, HR and Procurement Back Office systems for public and private sector clients. Parent of a 2-year old daughter and a semi-experienced blogger -created a blog for future parents sharing the birthing experience of our daughter’s birth (http://www.newdaddiary.com) |
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Class: EMBA (Dubai) 2014 Nationality: Indian Occupation: Entrepreneur Best piece of advice I received when applying to b-school: When writing your essays, show your true self. Do not write your essays to impress adcom but write your essays to give a true picture about your strengths, accomplishments, failures, struggle and your desire to do MBA/EMBA. About me: I am IT professional and an Entrepreneur. I worked in the IT industry for 13 years with IBM being my last company. I started 3 new ventures in 4 years in different industries. I am into IT, hospitality, retail and event management. |
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Class: EMBA (London) 2012 Nationality: British Occupation before London Business School: CEO, One Cause UK; Vice President, Deutsche Bank Best piece of advice I received when applying to b-school: Be clear on why you are doing this and be prepared for a 20 month roller-coaster ride! About me: I was born in Mombasa, Kenya and have been living in the United Kingdom for the past 11 years. I work for an investment bank and run an educational charity (One Cause UK) that runs projects in Uganda and India. Travelling is my passion – I have worked in Japan, Germany, South Africa, UAE, Qatar, Austria, India and Uganda so far…. and more to come if I have my way! |
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Class: EMBA (London) 2011 Nationality: Australian, British Occupation before London Business School: Technical Solutions Manager, IBM Best piece of advice I received when applying to b-school: Know what you want to get out of the programme because there will be very hard choices ahead. About me: Born in Australia and raised in Australia and Hong Kong, I love food and Formula 1 racing. I have spent 10 years at IBM in both Australia and U.K. My background is engineering, however I have broaden the skills to architecture, service management and business development. I’m interested in disruptive technologies, start-up tech companies, mergers and acquisitions and for a fresh batch of olive tear and shares to come out of the oven. |
