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Cambridge Judge Business School Network magazineWinter 2006

Network06

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Director’s message

Arnoud De MeyerDirector

It has now been two months since I

started at Judge Business School and I

have become even more enthusiastic as

time has gone on. In my first mail to all

alumni, I mentioned that, upon my arrival

in Cambridge, I found a Business School

full of potential and one with a great and

dynamic team in place. The results of the

last weeks have proved this to be true.

It has been a great start for the MBA

programme with 107 top quality

students. As many of you already know,

the work of the MBA team under the

leadership of Richard Barker has paid off

with significant improvement in the

rankings. While they are far from being

the only measure of quality, such rankings

provide some information for potential

candidates and I am glad that they now

better reflect the efforts that Judge

Business School has made to offer one of

the best one year MBA programmes in

the world. It is our ambition to grow this

top quality programme and I truly hope

you will spread the good news.

And the other programmes are also

doing well. With 70 MST students, 40

students on the MPhil in Management, 47

on the MPhil in Finance and a total of 97

PhD students we have exceeded our

targets for this year. In total more than

400 students are registered for a degree

at Judge Business School.

Many of you know I strongly believe

that rigorous, relevant and revealing

research is at the core of what a business

school is all about. On that front we can

also be proud. I invite you to have a look

at some of the papers that were recently

published by our colleagues. For

example this summer Matthias Holweg

co-authored a paper in the Sloan

Management Review that provides an

intriguing critique of the concept of a

value chain. Matthias argues that when

we view value creation from a

multidimensional grid perspective rather

than in a linear value chain, this gives the

greatest opportunities for innovation. And

in the same issue, Alan Hughes co-

authored a paper on the difficult subject

of how an organisation can reap the

benefits of investments in information

technology. These are just two examples

of interesting research that may help you

in your business practice. Together with

the School of Technology we have also

been able to obtain a large research

grant on the transfer of technology from

the lab into business. I am particularly

pleased about this because it is a

confirmation of our position as a

business school ‘at the heart of

Cambridge’.

After having spent my first weeks

getting to know Cambridge and the

Business School from the inside, I will

now begin meeting our external

stakeholders. I have several trips planned

and will take every opportunity to meet

you, the alumni friends of Judge

Business School. I intend to meet as

many of you as possible so watch out for

the invitations!

As I have already told many of you, the

University of Cambridge and our own

School offer great opportunities for

development and I have no doubt that

through collaboration we will surprise the

world. I hope I can count on all of you.

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Welcome

When East meets

West coming to terms

with the dominance of

Western culture

A quiet revolution

The growth of

Executive Education

Chair’s message page 4

Contact point page 4

School news roundup page 8

Media mentions page 10

Books page 11

Inspiring entrepreneurship page 12

Virtuous circles for MBA careers page 24

Student life page 25

Network roundup page 26

Classnotes page 28

Marketing your

MBA promoting the

world-class experience

and opportunities

provided by the

Cambridge MBA

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Sandra Dawson

looks back on

eleven eventful

years as Director

Team spirit Alumni

participating in the life of

Judge Business School

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Chair’s message andcontact point

I am delighted to welcome you to

this issue of Network. This signals a

new look for the magazine and

coincides with a new and exciting phase

for Judge Business School under the

directorship of Arnoud De Meyer, and

the arrival of our new Alumni Relations

Manager Rachael Barker.

Another new beginning for CJBSN

was securing the Oxford and

Cambridge Club on Pall Mall as a

permanent venue for our speaker

events, including the talk by Anthony

Fitzsimmons, from Ince and Co. on

corporate responses to crises and

disaster management. This year also

saw the start of the Banking and

Finance Special Interest group meetings

which have proved to be very popular

with current students and senior

business people alike. You can find

more details in this issue.

We continue to hold regular social

evenings in London on the last Thursday

of each month and this year plan to

combine the AGM with a presentation

by Arnoud and drinks reception for the

festive season.

Finally, on behalf of the members I

would like to thank the CJBSN Council

for their continued hard work and

commitment to developing the

organisation. Particular thanks go to

Jeremy Marchant for organising the

excellent and varied events programme

along with Rebecca Whittingham-

Boothe from Judge Business School,

and to Arthur Meadows for his

continued work on the CJBSN online

community site.

Warmest regards,

Rachel Massey

Chair, Cambridge Judge

Business School Network

Hello to you all in the Cambridge

Judge Business School Network.

I am very much looking forward to

working with you all over the coming

months to strengthen and develop our

global alumni community. With business

networking, member connectivity and a

tangible online presence being of

primary importance, I am keen and

enthusiastic to drive forward a variety of

alumni related initiatives and actively

encourage you to respond to our

forthcoming communications. Accurate

data sits at the heart of any successful

networking community and our on-line

community is a great way of ensuring

we have up to date and relevant records

on each of our alumni. We need your

help and participation in keeping this live

and to ensure we make it as effective

and useful a tool as possible. We will

therefore shortly be launching a

comprehensive and rigorous campaign

to capture and update your records.

In the meantime, I look forward very

much to getting to know you all and

please do not hesitate to contact me.

With best wishes,

Rachael Barker

Alumni Relations Manager

alumni@jbs.cam.ac.uk

Telephone: +44 (0)1223 766819

Fax: +44 (0)1223 766920

www.alumni.jbs.cam.ac.uk

5Further to Dame Professor Sandra

Dawson ‘handing the baton’ to

Professor Arnoud De Meyer, we

ask her to reflect upon her time at

Judge Business School.

I am feeling amazingly good about the

change over. I look on what has been

achieved in the last 11 years with great

pride whilst ever aware of the tasks

ahead, and I know in Arnoud we have a

superb leader to tackle the challenges

of the future. Several people have

recently commented that I seem to be

smiling even more than usual and this

reflects the enormous sense of

wellbeing I see in the School and for the

future.

Looking back, when I became

Director of what was then the Judge

Institute of Management Studies, I was

just the second professor. I joined

Professor John Child and together we

were part of a group of about 20

colleagues; we had a very small MBA

programme, no Executive Education,

and an undergraduate programme that

was part of the Engineering Tripos.

We have grown on every level in

terms of faculty, students and

programmes as well as in that vital

characteristic: brand and reputation.

Back then we were a closely kept

secret: who had ever heard of a

business school at Cambridge? We had

very few links with local or global

businesses.

Now we have a network of 250 – 300

local technology-based start up

companies with which we are in regular

contact for student projects, speaker

and networking events, business plan

competitions and opportunities to host

leading delegations from India, China,

Brazil, as well as many from Europe and

North America.

On the global corporate side we have

a large and influential Advisory Board,

chaired by Lord Browne, group CEO of

BP, with representatives from every walk

of business and public policy. Board

members are engaged corporately and

individually with all aspects of the

School’s life, including recruitment and

sponsorship of our educational learning.

Our Executive Education is

establishing a strong name through

providing tailored programmes to meet

company’s special needs and we are

just putting our toe in the water for open

programmes, for example for business

leaders in India and China, and

specialists from particular sectors.

In everything we do, we are mindful of

being global in a highly competitive

world market, and yet we remain

focused on continuing to build on our

special strengths, derived from our

unique position in this great University in

the fastest growing area of technology-

based business in Europe.

What were your personal

highlights of your 11 years as

Director?

For me, my personal highlights are

indistinguishable from the highlights of

the School. I remember our entry into

the FT rankings, completely justified yet

higher than anyone dared hope. I recall

recruiting every one of the new faculty,

handpicking each to come and play

their part within the business school;

celebrating with colleagues a major

publication or research award;

Sandra Dawson looksback on eleven eventfulyears as Director

Interview | Sandra Dawson looks back

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for example Law and Economics in

governance, Maths and Economics in

finance and Engineering and the

Cavendish Laboratory in innovation and

entrepreneurship.

Every time we have brought in

significant resource from wonderfully

generous benefactors has always been

a great source of excitement.

Thus I recall a series of highlights,

which are associated with getting to

know our most generous benefactors,

beginning of course with our founding

benefactor, Sir Paul Judge. Sir Paul’s

sustained interest and commitment to

the School has been tremendously

important for me and for the

generations of students and faculty who

Interview | Sandra Dawson looks back

welcoming each cohort of newly

graduating students and their families

as they return triumphant to Cambridge

to collect their degrees; and reviewing

with pride strong feedback from

students and from accrediting agencies.

I remember our students winning

business plan competitions that simply

didn’t exist 11 years ago, and I recall

with pleasure the way mutual respect

has grown between core disciplines.

This last point is part of the special

Cambridge mix, and it is as rare in

business school circles as it is

important. When you are building up

disciplinary strength you must have

people who are very good in their

specialist fields of strategy, finance,

marketing and organisational behaviour,

but their very strength and expertise is

enriched by their willingness and

enthusiasm to engage in cross cutting

multi-disciplinary themes. Thus our

work on globalisation, technology and

innovation and business in society,

draws upon many disciplinary bases

which can contribute all the more if there

is mutual respect between, for example,

the mathematically orientated subjects

of management science and the

philosophically and sociologically

founded subjects of organisational

behaviour. Ensuring disciplinary

strengths and building collaborations

across disciplines is greatly facilitated by

our links with other Cambridge faculties,

“I recall recruiting every one of the new faculty,handpicking each to come and play their partwithin the business school…”

Sandra Dawson at

her leaving party

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have had the opportunity to get to know

him and learn from him. The hospitality

of Sir Paul’s annual Christmas Party at

his home is legendary amongst all those

of the Judge Community who have

experienced it.

Every one of our supporters has

shared a vision of our ‘great business

School at the heart of Cambridge

University’ and through their generosity

they have expressed their commitment

to the school and enabled

fundamentally important developments.

For example we have established the

Dennis Gillings Professorship of Health

Management, the Beckwith

Professorship of Management Studies,

the Sinyi Professor of Chinese

Management and the Robert Monks

Professorship in Corporate

Governance. Gianni and Joan

Montezemolo had the superb foresight

to endow a Visiting Professorship which

means we have attracted colleagues

like Jan Heide from the University of

Wisconsin-Madison and Gerard Tellis

from the University of Southern

California to work with colleagues in

Cambridge on research, publications

and teaching innovations.

We received continuing support from

the Monument Trust, in sequence to

their foundational support when they

joined with Sir Paul to secure our new

building, which has enabled great

developments for those involved in

managing organisations for social

purpose, for example with MBA

scholarships and our broad

developments in social and community

enterprise.

As I look back I am deeply grateful to

all our supporters, as I am to all who

have been on this journey of building a

great business school with me.

What were your first impressions

of the School?

First of all I was struck by the building;

from the outside it looked huge. Then I

was struck by what could go on inside

the building and the wonderful

opportunity and challenge which were

within our grasp. Since entering the

building that very first time, life has often

been challenging and always fun.

Do you have any regrets?

My motto is never to have regrets. I think

that one lives for the moment and for the

future. Of course occasionally things

don’t go as one plans, but one can

always learn and go forward, so no, I

don’t have any regrets – just huge and

realistic ambitions for our future.

What are your hopes for Judge

Business School?

Our position within the University, our

relationship with other faculties, to the

Cambridge hi tech environment, to our

alumni who are found throughout the

world in positions where they can and

will make a profound difference, puts us

in a unique position from which to tackle

the future business challenges of

globalisation, technology, innovation

and entrepreneurship and the many

ways in which business and society

interact. The future is one where sure,

we need to compete with highly

accomplished players through

excellence and innovation in what we

do, but we also need to focus on the

importance of collaboration and the

benefits of working in networks. We also

“We are in a unique position from which to tacklethe future business challenges of globalisation,technology, innovation and entrepreneurship”

need to focus on securing major

increases in value within global supply

chains, as well as on the need for

expertise to take advantage of the

fluidity of the boundaries between the

public and the private sector. We need

always to anticipate the future, advance

knowledge and develop leadership fit

for the future of big global firms, hi-tech

start-ups and influential NGOs. Judge

Business School is superbly positioned

to do this in the decades to come.

How would you like to be

remembered?

As the woman who incontrovertibly

secured the future of Cambridge

University’s business school, so that it is

now inconceivable that Cambridge will

not have an ever-strengthening

business school which will attract the

very best faculty and students and

which will add lustre to the University,

just as the University adds lustre to us.

So that wherever you are in global

business the words Judge, Cambridge

and leading business school are

irreducibly fused in people’s minds.

There is much more to do. The future

is ours for the grasping and I am

absolutely confident that everyone

involved: students, faculty, alumni,

Advisory Board members, corporate

clients and sponsors will all play their

part enthusiastically and effectively to

continue to build a great School at the

heart of Cambridge.

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School news roundup

Indo-UK Science andInnovation Council visitCambridge

At the end of JuneCambridge was honouredby a visit from the Ministerof Science for India, MrKapil Sibal, together with adistinguished delegation ofsenior government officialsand eminent academicsfrom the Indo-UK Scienceand Innovation Council.The visit was organised bythe India High Commissionin collaboration with JudgeBusiness School and

The Centre forEntrepreneurial Learning’s8th Annual Summer Schoolran from the 3rd to the 8thof July 2006, andintroduced a newprogramme to help aspiringentrepreneurs reach‘perfect pitch’.

The Summer School isan intensive, one weektraining programme foraspiring entrepreneurs andcorporate innovators to trial

International Women’sForum LeadershipFoundation

On 16th-19th July 2006,Judge Business Schoolhosted an IWF LeadershipFoundation FellowsProgramme ‘Challenges inGlobal Leadership’. Theprogramme is part of apremier internationaltraining and executivedevelopment schemedesigned to recognise andsupport women ofachievement and to

Judge Business School andOsaka University to developa new education programme

Judge Business School,University of Cambridge,and Osaka University,(together with the OsakaChamber of Commerce)jointly announced a uniquecollaboration to develop aneducation programme forResearch & Developmentmanagers in the Japanesepharmaceutical andbiotechnology industry. Theproject brings together twoworld class universities andthe leading Japanese andEuropean biotechnologyclusters.

The programme willfocus on providing

5th AnnualEurasiaConference

The Fifth Annual EurasiaConference, hosted by theEurasia Programme atJudge Business School on15th-16th September2006, explored businessand geopoliticaldevelopments in theCentral Eurasian region.

This policy-oriented,international conferencefocused on strategicallysignificant dimensions ofpolitical and economicdevelopments in Eurasiaand the wider Caspianregion, including Russia,Central Asia, China andIndia. Particular attentionwas given to energy,security, the environment,inter-regional relations andbusiness development inthe non-energy sector.

Some of the largerquestions that wereexplored and debated wereregional co-operation, mainfactors of stability andeconomic growth as well asinvestment climate in theregion, the rolegovernments andinternational financialinstitutions could play andexpectations of companiesengaged in the region.

hosted by Dr ShaiVyakarnam, Director of theCentre for EntrepreneurialLearning at Judge BusinessSchool. The aim of the visitwas to establish betterconnections with theCambridge community andto gain an insight into howthe city has developed anenvironment for innovationand entrepreneurship,especially in the hi-techsector.

and prepare business ideasfor the commercialenvironment. It comprises ablend of practical teachingsessions, expert clinics,mentors’ sessions andexperienced advice andsupport from leadingentrepreneurs andinnovators that provide thetools, contacts andconfidence to transformyour idea into a successfulbusiness project or venture.

promote opportunities forwomen in leadership.

The intensive four-dayprogramme held atCambridge focused onareas such as diversity,globalisation, corporategovernance, cross-culturalcollaborations, globalinformation systems andinternational humanresource management.

participants with the skillsand knowledge to exploitthe commercialisation ofnew technologies andinnovations.

Taught jointly in Osakaand Cambridge, theCambridge component willgive participants theopportunity to shareexperiences and ideas withmembers of the Cambridgepharmaceutical andbiotechnology community,as well as learning fromexpert CambridgeUniversity managementfaculty.

Summer School focuses on‘perfect pitch’ for aspiringentrepreneurs

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Centre for EntrepreneurialLearning (CfEL) at JudgeBusiness School resumesits highly successful‘Enterprise Tuesday’programme, a series of freeweekly evening lecturesand networking sessions,which run from October2006 to February 2007.‘Enterprise Tuesday’ is amajor focus onentrepreneurship for theUniversity, demonstratingthe application of learningto solve problems and

Cambridge Professorinducted to InternationalWomen’s Forum’s Hall ofFame

Professor Dame SandraDawson, KPMG Professorof Management and theformer Director of JudgeBusiness School has beeninducted to theInternational Women’sForum’s (IWF) InternationalHall of Fame. She wasjoined by this year’s otherhonourees, Nobel Laureate

Research on model selectionfor advertisements to befunded by the OgilvyFoundation

Judge Business School hasbeen awarded a US$50,000 grant from TheOgilvy Foundation tosupport a three-yearresearch project entitled

International studentexchange programmeagreed

On the 13th of October2006 Judge BusinessSchool and the IndianSchool of Businessannounced that they havesigned a three yearinternational studentexchange programmeagreement.

The programme willenable selected studentsfrom the Indian School ofBusiness to visit Cambridgeand enrol as full-time MBAstudents for one academic

semester, whilst theselected students fromJudge Business School willenrol at Hyderabad for asimilar appropriate period.Whilst visiting their hostschools, the students willattend lectures andundertake consultingprojects with host MicrosoftResearch on ‘emerging’technologies in order tofamiliarise themselves withtechnologyentrepreneurship.

Centre for EntrepreneurialLearning

create businesses. Over thelast three years, EnterpriseTuesday has grown steadilywith over 1000 registeredattendees in 2005/06, withmore than 600 from theUniversity of Cambridge,other UK Universities andRegional DevelopmentAgencies. It is closing thegap between the Universityand business communitywith over 170 individualsfrom local and UKbusinesses attending thelast programme.

‘Why Reflect Reality? TheEffectiveness Of ‘IdeallyAttractive’ Models Versus‘Reality Reflecting’ Modelsin Fashion And BeautyAdvertising’.

Dr Linda Buck of the FredHutchinson CancerResearch Centre, andpioneer and founder of theBreast Cancer AdvocacyMovement, Dr Susan Love,at the Gala Global AwardsCeremony in Seattle onFriday the 29th ofSeptember.

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Media mentions

FinancialTimes

‘Cambridge links upwith Hyderabad’ 30th October

Judge Business Schooland the Indian School ofBusiness at Hyderabadhave agreed a three-yearinternational studentexchange programme.

TheWashingtonTimes

‘Fuelling USadversaries’ 29th October

Mentions a talk by Dr PierreNoel, an energy policyspecialist at JudgeBusiness School, at theNew America Foundation inWashington. Dr Noel saidthe idea of a direct linkbetween terrorism and oil is‘simplistic’, saying that itwas not likely that adifferent US energy policyand drastic reductions inAmerican energy importsfrom the Middle East wouldmake a dent in terroristfinancing networks.

CambridgeEvening News

18th October

Judge Business School andthe Indian School ofBusiness signs a three yearinternational studentexchange programmeagreement.

TheIndependent

‘Do business leaders oracademics make thebest deans? Changingthe guard’ 12th October

Professor Arnoud De Meyer,Director of Judge BusinessSchool, argues that knowinghow academia works is acrucial skill for a businessschool dean because ‘theculture of business andbusiness schools are verydifferent.’

TheIndependent

‘Beyond the bottom line’ 12th October

Simon Deakin, Professor ofCorporate Governance atJudge Business School,comments on the problem ofcorporate responsibility.

BBC LookEast

4th October

Dr Robin Chatterjee,Lecturer in FinanceAccounting at JudgeBusiness School,commented on the nationaltrend for foreign investors tobuy British utilities andinfrastructure companies like ports, airports, waterfirms etc.

ParliamentaryBrief

‘We need nuclear, but intoday’s world don’texpect the new playersto be British’ 1st October

Dr William J Nuttall,University Senior Lecturer inTechnology Policy at JudgeBusiness School, and hisco-authors take a look atwhat is needed to deliver anuclear renaissance whilstensuring that the public arekept safe and on board.

BBC Radio 4

‘The World Tonight’ 14th September

Dr William J. Nuttall,University Senior Lecturer inTechnology Policy at JudgeBusiness School, gave anoverview and commentedon the viabilities of thevarious renewable energytechnologies that arecurrently available.

BusinessWeek Online

‘Softbank’s AggressiveAccounting’ 28th August

Despite legal revisionsaimed at making Japanesecompanies moretransparent forshareholders, “disclosurestandards in Japan are somuch lower than in the UKor the US,” says SimonLearmount, Deputy Directorof the University ofCambridge’s JudgeBusiness School.

NewsweekInternationalEdition

‘Crunch This. B-schoolsrebound from anidentity crisis’ 14th August

The author discusses thefact that worldwidecorporate demand for newMBAs has risen by 24 percent for the first time since2002 and quotes RichardBarker, Director of MBAprogramme at JudgeBusiness School.

PharmaJapan

‘Osaka University andUniversity ofCambridge Open MOTICourse’ 7th August

Osaka University andJudge Business School, tostart an educationalprogram for R&D managersin the Japanesepharmaceutical andbiotechnology industry.

BBC NewsOnline

‘Europe’s Russianenergy dilemma’ 3rd August

Dr Pierre Noel, an energypolicy specialist at JudgeBusiness School arguesthat the idea of Russia andthe European Union havingcommon interests in energysupply is wrong.

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Books

Dr William J. Nuttall,Senior Lecturer inTechnology Policy atJudge Business Schooland Dr Michael G.Pollitt, Senior UniversityLecturer in BusinessEconomics at JudgeBusiness School, havejointly edited a new book,‘Future ElectricityTechnologies andSystems’, which considerswhere UK electricity willcome from in the futureand how the country willuse it.

In separate chapters,specialists in variousrenewable electricitytechnologies demonstratethe potential each has toplay. Other routes to a low-carbon electricity systemare also considered,including nuclear power,improved powerelectronics, a wider use ofsuperconductingtechnology and micro-generation systemsincluding combined heatand power.

Professor MalcolmWarner, Senior Associateat Judge Business Schoolhas published a new bookon China ‘Unemployment inChina: Economy, HumanResources and LabourMarkets’.

Dr Christos Pitelis,Director of the Centre forInternational Business &Management, JudgeBusiness School has co-edited a new book,‘Clusters and Globalisation– The Development ofUrban and RegionalEconomies’ – a uniquecritical analysis of clustersin the framework ofglobalisation.

Brian Harney, PhD

Dr. Guido Möllering(MPhil 1996, PhD 1997)has recently published hisbook on ‘Trust: Reason,Routine, Reflexivity’ withElsevier. The origins of thisbook go back to hispostgraduate research oninterorganisationalrelationships at JudgeBusiness School. Heargues that reason, routineand reflexivity are the basesfor trust, but that the key totrust is the ‘leap of faith’that it involves wherebyirreducible uncertainty andvulnerability aresuspended. Dr. Mölleringcurrently works at the MaxPlanck Institute for theStudy of Societies inCologne, Germany, wherehis research is on marketconstitution and collectiveinstitutionalentrepreneurship.

Dr Stephen Rudman(PhD 1998), is pleased toannounce the worldwidepublication of his book ‘TheMultinational Corporation inChina; Controlling Interests’(Blackwell Publishing, 2006).The book is the first case-study treatment ofmanagement of the Chinaaffiliates of US multinationalcorporations. The fieldresearch was done in China,within the offices andfactories of four major USmultinational corporations.

Professor Michael Mischeof the Marshall School ofBusiness, University ofSouthern Californiadescribes the book as: “thedefinitive guide tounderstanding the Chinesebusiness environment andits complex managementpractices.

Brian Harney, PhDstudent at Judge BusinessSchool and Dr JamesCunningham from theNational University ofIreland have published abook ‘The StrategicManagement ofTechnology Transfer: TheNew Challenge onCampus’.

The book addressesspecific issues in terms ofdeveloping a strategicapproach to universitytechnology transferdrawing on national andinternational best practicecases. In particular, theauthors outline how toapproach universitytechnology transferstrategically by highlightingsome relevant contextualissues including: activitiesof TTOs / ILOs,organisational structures,staffing skills andresources, policy andprocedures, mechanismsfor technology transfer andevaluation andperformance metrics.

In addition to pursuinghis PhD at Judge BusinessSchool, Brian Harney alsolectures in strategy andHRM at NUI Galway andhas work experience in HRand strategy consulting.

12 The Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning

(CfEL), based at Judge Business School,

has a teaching philosophy and approach

whereby experienced entrepreneurs

share their knowledge, insight and

experience with aspiring entrepreneurs

and students. The aim is to inform these

audiences of the nature of

entrepreneurship and to inspire them to

unlock their entrepreneurial potential.

CfEL collaborates with over 200

practitioners to provide relevant, credible

and practical training.

Integrated learning

CfEL runs a number of courses, modules

and workshops for Judge Business

School students, as well as providing

opportunities to participate in open

programmes such as Enterprise Tuesday

and the Summer School where

attendees can meet and interact with the

Cambridge Entrepreneurial Cluster.

For example, the Business Plan

Workshop run by CfEL is a one-day

session that forms part of the MBA

Cambridge Venture Project. It provides

direct interaction with successful

Inspiringentrepreneurship

entrepreneurs, corporate innovators,

venture capitalists and investors from

the Cambridge community. The main

focus is on the development and

pitching of business plans that will

appeal to investors and gain funds for

business ventures.

Students are encouraged to attend

CfEL’s Enterprise Tuesday programme –

a series of free evening lectures and

networking sessions. It is run in

conjunction with the Cambridge

University Entrepreneurs business

creation competitions and designed to

assist with preparing competition

entries. Previous Judge Business

School MBA students have achieved

success with business projects and

been finalists in the CUEBiC

competitions. Enterprise Tuesday

2006/07 includes a stunning line up of

quality speakers such as Lord Karan

Bilimoria CBE DL (Founder and CEO of

Cobra Beer); René Carayol MBE

(Business Guru and BBC TV Presenter

of programme ‘Mind of a Millionaire’)

and Mary Spillane (Founder of

ImageWorks and a world class trainer

and presenter). Registration is online via

the CfEL web site.

CfEL’s Summer School has been

developed to fast-track business ideas

or innovations to commercial success. It

is an intensive one-week learning

experience offering a unique service to

innovation for both corporate and

individual clients. Now in its ninth year,

the Summer School has an impressive

track record of inspiring successful new

business ventures as well as internal

business development in well known

companies such as ARM and BT.

There are opportunities for Judge

Business School MBA students to link

with real entrepreneurs on their MBA

Individual Projects through contributing

to the practical development of a

Summer School business project. Each

MBA student is assigned to a group of

five or six delegates to help with market

research, assignments and pitch

practice. MBAs can also use the

facilitating experience to build

relationships with entrepreneurs to

develop and exploit future employment

opportunities.

“The summer school not

only helped extend my

network, but also gave

me an opportunity to

put my entrepreneurial

experience and learning

into perspective – whilst

having fun all the way.”

Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning

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“The entrepreneurial

ecosystem that exists in

Cambridge is a key advantage,

especially as the

entrepreneurial community is

strongly linked with academics

through networks, which in

turn provide for many

opportunities. Our students

are encouraged to interact

with both these communities

in entrepreneurial

environments. Thus learning

about entrepreneurial

processes is combined with

networking and opportunity

recognition.”

Dr. Shailendra Vyakarnam,

Director of the Centre for

Entrepreneurial Learning

(CfEL)

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Neeraj Agarwal was an MBA

student at Judge Business School

in 2005:

“When I first found out about being an

MBA Facilitator at the CfEL Summer

School, I thought ‘wow, this is the next

best thing to starting my own business’.

I had been an entrepreneur before

coming to Judge Business School and

saw an opportunity in the summer

school, not only to apply that

knowledge, but also to review whatever

I had learnt and share my own

experiences with some exciting people

with great business ideas.

The summer school not only helped

extend my network, but also gave me

an opportunity to put my entrepreneurial

experience and learning into

perspective – whilst having fun all the

way.”

Neeraj has continued to work with

2006 CfEL summer school alumnus

Brian Abram of Identity Protection

Devices (IPD) Ltd on market research.

IPD Ltd was recently short-listed as one

of the top 50 companies in the EEDA

Running the Gauntlet competition.

Nik Rouda, 2006 MBA graduate and

part of the team for mobile phone

messaging business, Copasectic, a

2006 CUEBiC finalist:

“The CfEL summer school was a

fantastic opportunity to develop key

entrepreneurial skills, including

networking, business plan development

and presentation. The close interaction

with both fresh and proven

entrepreneurs and investors provided

valuable insight and expertise in a

welcoming and engaging format. The

focused coaching sessions to analyse

specific challenges for new businesses

were particularly helpful, and I greatly

enjoyed the interactive process.”

The next programme runs from the

9th to the 14th July 2007. If you’re

interested in being a facilitator, please

contact the CfEL team.

International student exchange

programme between Judge

Business School and Indian

School of Business

The programme will enable selected

students from the Indian School of

Business to visit Cambridge and enrol

as full-time MBA students for one

academic semester, whilst the selected

students from Judge Business School

Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning

“…the thought that came immediatelyto my mind was wow, this is the nextbest thing to starting my own businessat this moment”Neeraj Agarwal MBA 2005

will enrol at Hyderabad for a similar

appropriate period. Whilst visiting their

host schools, the students will attend

lectures and undertake consulting

projects with host Microsoft Research

on ‘emerging’ technologies in order to

familiarise themselves with technology

entrepreneurship.

Dr Shai Vyakarnam, Director of the

Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning

said: “I am delighted this project has

been agreed because our centre here

and the Wadwani Centre for

Entrepreneurship at the Indian School of

Business share much in common in

terms of our goals for our students. As a

rapidly developing economy, India is

also becoming one of these new

sources of innovation, so it is a fantastic

opportunity for us to provide

educational services to inspire and build

up skills in the practice of

entrepreneurship to India’s future

business leaders.”

For further information on the

Centre's activities, visit the CfEL website

www.entrepreneurs.jbs.cam.ac.uk

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A quiet revolution

Executive Education

With a client list which comprises the

likes of Lloyds TSB, Shell Exploration,

Allen & Overy, Diageo, BT, Rolls Royce,

Ofcom, AWG, Coventry Building Society,

Royal Mail and the Judicial Studies

Board, it is perhaps surprising that

Executive Education at Judge Business

School has traditionally had a relatively

low profile, both within the School and

externally. Much of this stems from the

fact that we specialise in designing,

developing and delivering highly

customised programmes which remain

confidential to those clients whose

specific needs they are designed to

address.

With open enrolment programmes

there is greater scope to advertise our

achievements, and two programmes in

particular, one established and one

brand new, highlight the unique and

exciting offerings that Judge Business

School is leading. The Cambridge

International Health Leadership

Programme was established to provide

an annual forum in which senior health

sector leaders from around the world

address the issues of health sector

reform in the face of rapid change and

development. Now in its 11th year, up to

30 practitioners, managers and

government officers will come to

Cambridge to share eight days of

learning with distinguished faculty who

give their time to teach on the course.

Using a variety of learning styles and

mixing the formal with the informal, the

programme encourages both developed

and developing economies to

understand each other’s differences and

similarities. Nominations are now being

received for March 2007. For more

information, please contact the

Programme Manager via the website:

www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/programmes/

execed/ihlp/index.html

An entirely new open programme, the

substantial development costs of which

are being met by the leading global

outsourcing company, MphasiS, will

focus on ‘Managing Strategic

Outsourcing’. The programme will be

split between Cambridge, where the

theory of outsourcing will be examined

and analysed, and MphasiS’s Bangalore

campus, where participants will be given

the opportunity to develop outsourcing

feasibility studies for their own

businesses in conjunction with Judge

Business School faculty and MphasiS

project managers. Full details of this

groundbreaking initiative, including dates

of the first programme (expected to be

held in late Spring 2007) will be available

by the end of December 2006. If you

would like to register your interest in

receiving further information about the

programme, please e-mail us on

execed@jbs.cam.ac.uk

Designing,

developing and

delivering

relevant

customised and

open enrolment

programmes.

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Since Vasco da Gama rounded the Cape

of Good Hope and reached the west

coast of India in 1497, Europeans have

colonised Asia, Africa and the Americas

and dominated the world. That

dominance continues today and learning

to live with Westerners has become for

me a life-long lesson. My first real

encounter with the Occident came when

I left Malaysia as a teenager to study in

America. Since then I have lived in

France, Germany, the UK, Belarus and

Canada. Of course, the West is not a

homogeneous entity; American culture is

dissimilar in many ways to French or

Russian culture, and the history of each

country’s relations with Asia is different.

But because Americans and their

influence are the most pervasive in Asia

today, I will point to them occasionally

without forgetting the differences

between the Old World and the New and

the enormous diversity among

Europeans. By East Asia, I refer to the

countries along the Pacific Rim such as

China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam and

Singapore which are strongly influenced

by China’s Confucian tradition.

Western primacy particularly in the

last two hundred years has left a deep

imprint on the Asian psyche (and indeed

on the entire Two-Thirds World),

something that perhaps only a material

shift in the global power balance will

redress. Japan’s defeat in the Second

World War so impaired the nation’s self-

confidence that despite remarkable

post-war economic success (Japan’s

GDP is second only to the USA), the

average Japanese remains in awe by

the West. This condition is reflected in a

fascination with American pop culture

and the wholesale importation of

English words into contemporary

Japanese vocabulary. It is estimated

that up to 30 percent of modern

Japanese consists of loan words. In

Japan simply the ability to speak English

puts one up several notches while a

white face commands more than the

usual respect. Cross-cultural marriages

are not uncommon but they consist

largely of Asian women marrying

Western men. The Westerner’s sense of

superiority is often greeted by an Asian

lack of self-confidence. The Asian

frequently feels like a child relating to an

adult or a student to a teacher. This

dysfunctional relationship is reinforced

by the fact that the Westerners in Asia

usually come from the educated elite

and hold positions of authority, be they

expatriate managers, NGO aid workers,

teachers or missionaries. Asians hardly

ever meet the European or American

farm worker or truck driver. Even when

they go to the West as students, they

are exposed mainly to other students or

professors at whose feet they learn.

When East meets West

Focus | An East Asian perspectiveAmericans value

individualism,

independence and

assertiveness. Asians

are just the reverse;

they place the group

above the individual and

prefer interdependence

and consensus.

Michael Tai (MBA 1997) explores the many differencesbetween the Orient and the Occident.

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Thus East meets West on an unequal

footing which often breeds resentment.

The psychological disequilibrium is real

and recovery requires not only a

cognitive understanding of the stature

gap but an internal restoration of self-

confidence. Healing begins by rejecting

false beliefs about the worth of self and

other and embracing healthy ones.

The condition brought about by

colonialism is reinforced by certain Asian

cultural traits. Asian societies are

hierarchical by tradition and those of

lower rank behave deferentially toward

those of higher rank. This behaviour is

easily carried over into international

relations. If a nation is regarded as more

prestigious or powerful, Asian instinct

dictates that it shall be treated with a

greater esteem, the kind one accords

someone of superior rank. Of course,

this kind of impulse exists in other

civilisations too. Social structure in

medieval Europe was equally feudal but

class relations there were tempered by

Christianity. In the words of the Apostle

Paul, “You are all sons of God…There is

neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free,

male nor female, for you are all one in

Christ Jesus.” This Christian doctrine of

racial, social and gender equality left a

powerful mark on Western civilisation.

East Asia, on the other hand, is shaped

by Confucianism which stresses the

dutiful attitude of each member of

society over the intrinsic value of the

individual. Because there is no personal

god who loves each man and woman

as his very own, Confucian thought

implies worth based on one’s station in

life. A man is measured by his wealth,

power and prestige, and a prince is

worth more than a pauper. By extension

nations are weighted the same way and

the citizen of an advanced country is

worth more than one from a less

developed one. But this kind of thinking

cuts both ways: it can make a nation

feel proud or inferior depending on the

strength of the foreigners it faces.

Difference in values poses other

challenges too. Americans value

individualism, independence and

assertiveness. Asians are just the

reverse; they place the group above the

individual and prefer interdependence

and consensus. These differences work

against the Asian in the company of

Americans. Just when an American

would push, the Asian pulls. One vexing

problem is how and when to speak

one’s mind. It is quite normal for

Americans to voice disagreement and I

have witnessed them locked in heated

debate only to chat away congenially

during the coffee break as if nothing has

happened. When I expressed

amazement, the Americans told me “It

was only a game” and that no-one

takes offence at a polemic. In Asia,

American-style debate would be

regarded as rude, offensive and could

permanently jeopardise relations.

Rejecting someone’s opinion gets

mixed up with rejecting the person as

well. When a fierce argument breaks

out, the Asian is apt to keep silent or

politely agree in order to maintain a

semblance of harmony. These

differences in etiquette have roots in the

intellectual traditions of each civilisation.

Ancient Greece was made up of

independent city states and a

philosopher whose ideas offended the

ruler of one state could easily seek

refuge or patronage in a rival state. This

together with the Greek penchant for

novel ideas fostered a culture of

intellectual discourse and contest.

There was a period in China’s history

when the country consisted of

independent states too. But since its

unification under the Qin emperor in

Rejecting someone’s

opinion gets mixed up

with rejecting the

person as well. When a

fierce argument breaks

out, the Asian is apt to

keep silent or politely

agree in order to

maintain a semblance

of harmony.

Focus | An East Asian perspective

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221 BC, China has for the most part

been a monolithic centralised state that

allowed only limited intellectual

diversity. For centuries imperial civil

service examination candidates were

tested on their mastery of the

Confucian classics, not on originality of

thought or ability to critique the

classics. Hence, political correctness in

Asia is more entrenched. Up until today

schooling in many parts of Asia involves

rote learning. It is a learning style that

dates from antiquity and is not without

merit. However, it implies a ‘correct’ or

‘standard’ answer to every question.

This may be well and true in

mathematics or the natural sciences

but not so in the humanities and social

sciences. Because of their respect for

rank, Asian students almost never

disagree with their teachers, textbooks

or anything they regard as an authority.

Because disagreement and disputation

are viewed as disrespect and a threat to

harmony, Asians avoid it. When called

upon to exercise ‘critical reflection’,

most Asian students only manage to

produce a summary of what they read.

Another value that works against

the Asian is the Eastern notion of

humility. Promoting oneself or

broadcasting one’s abilities and

achievements is frowned upon. Instead

one is taught to be self-effacing. This

kind of humility may be a virtue but it

puts the Asian at a disadvantage in

many situations. Imagine a résumé that

downplays the skills and experiences of

the candidate or a job interview where

the candidate recoils from clearly

articulating the strengths he will bring to

the organisation. There are, of course,

ways to let others know your

accomplishments without sounding

boastful. But many Asians have to be

encouraged or coached on how to do

so without feeling awkward.

What then does an Asian need to do

to work effectively among Westerners?

In crossing from one culture to another,

the old adage ‘In Rome, do as the

Romans do’ applies. This means

playing by new rules even if it feels

uncomfortable at first. He needs to

tactically turn from his own cultural

programming and learn a different set

of behaviour.

Essential steps include the following:

• Practising assertiveness – Assertive

is not the same as aggressive. You can

state your preferences without feeling

guilty. While Asians often communicate

with subtle cues, Westerners prefer

plain talk

• Voicing opinion – Westerners are

used to voicing their opinion and quite

used to having others do the same.

Everyone is entitled or expected to hold

an opinion, and a lack of opinion could

be construed as a lack of personality or

personhood

• Embracing disagreement –

Disagreement is a normal part of life.

Contesting someone’s ideas does not

equal rejecting the person

• Affirming self-worth – All people are

created equal. Feeling inferior is as just

wrong as feeling superior; shame is as

detrimental as pride.

“…just when an Americanwould push, the Asian pulls”

20 Our aspiration for the Cambridge MBA

is clear. We want to be acknowledged

by applicants, alumni, corporate

recruiters and the wider University as

world-class in terms of the experience

and the opportunities which follow.

And we have been making

considerable progress towards this

goal, especially over the past couple of

years. The Economist, in its most recent

ranking of MBA programmes,

commented on our excellent

performance as follows: ‘Having begun

in 1990, the University of Cambridge’s

MBA programme might be considered

something of an upstart. But it seems

only a matter of time before it is routinely

mentioned alongside the world’s best.’

But we still have some way to go, and

we need your support to get there.

Clarity of ambition

The clarity of our ambition has really

helped us mobilise and target marketing

resources over the past few years.

Since 2002 we have worked hard to

re-organise and re-focus the Marketing

and Admissions function at the School,

and now have a strong, professional

team with strengths in print and on-line

advertising, web design and

management, promotional event

organisation and database-driven direct

marketing.

The team has succeeded in

increasing visibility of the programme

across the world, especially amongst

potential candidates and corporate

recruiters. This year we have a

beautifully re-designed MBA brochure.

Many of you have commented on the

increased advertising and editorial

exposure we now have in leading

international media, especially The

Economist, Business Week and the

Financial Times, as well as key national

and industry-specific journals. Our

online presence is especially strong, and

over the past three years we have

tracked a significant increase in traffic to

our web pages from external sites. We

also attend numerous MBA fairs and

receptions around the world, and carry

our extensive database-driven direct

marketing campaigns which have been

especially successful.

As a result, in the past two years

awareness of the programme amongst

our target audience has almost doubled

– this year we received 11,500

programme enquiries compared with

6500 in 2004. At the same time, the

quality of applications to the programme

has increased year-on-year – the

average GMAT amongst applicants is

now 40 points higher than three years

ago!

Challenges

But in spite of the fantastic progress we

continue to make, we are constantly

reminded that the ambition we all have

for the programme presents enormous

challenges for the Marketing and

Admissions team.

To break into, and be consistently

recognised amongst the ranks of the

leading MBA programmes is not easy.

Marketing your MBA

Focus | MBA and Alumni

Simon Learmount, Deputy Director of the MBA Programme,outlines how alumni support is central to the development ofthe Cambridge MBA.

21The market in which we compete is

heavily reputation driven – the ‘best’

schools are able to attract the ‘best’

students which attracts the ‘best’

recruiters which reinforces the school

reputation etc, etc. And whilst having a

great university reputation, the MBA

programme is still relatively young, and

in the eyes of many, unproven – our full-

time one year MBA was launched in

1998.

School alumni can do a tremendous

amount to help us overcome such

challenges. For example, many of you

will already have been asked to meet

and/or speak to prospective

candidates. Rest assured, this is the

most important thing you can do to help

us – for an MBA candidate who holds

offers from INSEAD, Wharton and

London Business School as well as

Cambridge, the opportunity to hear

from someone who has experienced

our MBA firsthand is invaluable, and

more often than not will persuade them

to join us in preference to any other

leading programme.

Also, we would love to see you at any

of the MBA fairs / receptions we attend

– we assiduously contact everyone we

know living locally when we carry out an

event, but sometimes the information

we have on your whereabouts is not up-

to-date (please do try to ensure we have

your current contact details, which you

can update yourself on the CJBSN

website).

And you can help identify prospective

MBAs who are currently working in your

organisation – the majority of

candidates who have been

recommended to us by alumni do

ultimately join the programme. You can

provide us with market / industry

intelligence. You can speak to local and

international media about the MBA. You

can participate in rankings and surveys.

The list goes on...

As a Cambridge MBA myself, I am

very proud to be leading such a

fantastic team dedicated to the

marketing of the programme, and it is a

The opportunity to hear

from someone who has

experienced our MBA

firsthand is invaluable, and

more often than not will

persuade applicants to join

us in preference to any

other leading programme.

real pleasure to be able to meet so

many of you who generously give up

your time to help us as we travel to

promote the Cambridge MBA across

the world. We are really pleased at the

progress we are making, but we

continue to need your support. Please

do not hesitate to get in touch with me

(s.learmount@jbs.cam.ac.uk) or any

member of the marketing team

(mba-marketing@jbs.cam.ac.uk) or

alumni team (alumni@jbs.cam.ac.uk)

with offers of help, advice, feedback or

recommendations.

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Cambridge Judge Business School

Network is a rich community that thrives

on the interaction between alumni,

students and faculty. Projects are just

one way in which our alumni can actively

participate in the life of the School.

The challenge

Anthony Biddulph, Relationship

Manager at BlackRock Inc, and

Cambridge MBA 1999, originally

introduced a team of five MBAs to the

company to undertake a review of the

insurance market. However, the scope

changed significantly when in February

2006 the merger of Merrill Lynch

Investment Managers (MLIM) and

BlackRock was announced. The team

of five MBAs – Desmond Cheung, Jared

Moon, Noelle Dyer, Guillem Bonavia and

Sergio Rodas – were asked to refocus

their efforts onto best practice in merger

deals and were quick to respond to the

challenge.

The practical experience

Cambridge MBA Desmond Cheung

reflects “The real-time change of the

project focus marked the landmark

merger in the fund management

industry, so this was a great project to

be involved with. It was more than just a

textbook study of mergers and

acquisitions – we were able to talk to

people from different functions across

the company and get a real insight into

how this merger impacted on people,

both personally and professionally.”

A different perspective

“Our team was from a diversity of

cultures and working experience and

this was really valuable. As we weren’t

all from finance backgrounds, we didn’t

fixate on the nature of the finance

industry, but instead were able to look at

the merger from a number of different

perspectives. We were able to present

Team spirit

In 2006, over a third of the

Cambridge MBA Global

Consulting Projects were

sourced from our alumni.

A project with BlackRock

Inc (formerly Merrill Lynch

Investment Managers) is

just one example.

Working with ourstudents throughprojects is a great wayfor alumni to re-connectboth with the Schooland with the latestdevelopments inmanagement researchand practice

Alumni In action

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Research projects

Based on the success of the project,

Anthony Biddulph introduced Desmond

Cheung to the New Energy Team at

MLIM, who asked him to undertake

some research for them on the

investment potential and opportunities

in the renewable energy sector in China.

Desmond chose to do this for his

individual project and worked on it over

the summer. Anthony Biddulph says of

Desmond’s final presentation, “We were

all incredibly impressed with the quality

and detail of his work and the

usefulness of his output. In particular,

we were impressed by his tenacity in

visiting the remote Xinxang province of

Western China and somehow getting

access to senior management in an

important company where we, with all

our contacts, had failed!”

an independent view of how the merger

processes could be improved, which

helped inform MLIM’s communication

with BlackRock Inc.”

A flexible approach delivering

valuable results

The project sponsor at MLIM, Andrew

Cummins comments, “The

announcement of the merger meant a

reprioritisation for us and a change in

scope from our initial discussion. The

team showed great flexibility in

accommodating the change to the brief

and our busy schedules, and worked

with real enthusiasm and commitment.

Their deliverables were professional and

well researched, with recommendations

we were able to implement – we were

extremely happy with the quality of the

work delivered to us in such a short

period of time.”

New opportunities

Working with our students through

projects is a great way for alumni to re-

connect both with the School and with

the latest developments in management

research and practice. We are always

interested to hear from our alumni with

new and challenging project ideas.

Together with our students, you are

helping us to build an enviable

reputation for delivering results of real

and lasting value!

For more information on how you can

work with us, see our website

www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/projects or

contact Margaret O’Neill, Student

Projects Manager to discuss

potential projects.

Email m.oneill@jbs.cam.ac.uk or

telephone +44 (0)1223 764294.

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How alumni help to createvirtuous circles for MBA Careers

Most recently alumnicontributions helpedensure the success ofour new ‘case studyboot camp’ foraspiring consultants.

Alumni In action

The MBA Careers Service team has

made great progress in ensuring MBA

Careers becomes more deeply

embedded within the MBA as a whole,

as well as putting Cambridge on the

map with key global recruiters as a

choice Business School for the

recruitment of high potential talent.

Alumni have paid a key part in growing

this reputation.

Amongst many notable

developments has been the recent

moving of the MBA Projects area, led by

Margaret O’Neill, to become part of the

Careers team. This has strengthened

and leveraged the natural links between

MBA Projects (often sourced via alumni)

and MBA Careers for the benefit of MBA

students on the Programme.

Satisfaction levels with MBA Careers

measured through evaluation statistics

amongst MBA students from the past

couple of years have strengthened

considerably, thus ensuring a closer

relationship between MBA Careers and

alumni when they go into their new

positions and organisations. The

number and calibre of recruiters wishing

to develop relations with Judge

Business School and come on-campus

is growing year on year and the number

of Judge MBAs obtaining multiple offers

in global blue-chip, not-for-profit and

entrepreneurial organisations is also

steadily increasing on an annual basis.

Cathy Butler, speaking on MBA Careers

strategy said:

“What has probably driven our

strategy for improvement as well as our

aspirational vision for the future most,

has been our focus on the importance

of MBA Careers throughout the student

value chain, from the start of the circle at

admissions stage where our careers

reputation is critically important; through

the MBA Programme itself where we

enable our students to decide their

career goals and achieve these through

the quality of our service provision; to

when they become alumni, our most

valuable assets and powerful advocates

for our Programme.

Particularly through our work with

you, our alumni, we are able to create

many examples of ‘virtuous circles’

when, for example, you facilitate your

organisation’s involvement in

Cambridge MBA projects. This

sometimes leads to organisations

spotting high performers and resulting in

their eventual recruitment. Other

collaborations we have been

exceptionally happy with include alumni

on-campus activities such as sector

specific alumni Q and A panels. Most

recently, alumni contributions helped

ensure the success of our new ‘case

study boot camp’ for aspiring

consultants in the incoming MBA class

during Orientation Week to prepare

MBAs for the early consultancy

selection processes. We are

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The MBA Tournament Paris, May 2006

Student lifeincreasingly acting on your behalf in a

‘head hunting’ role to help you to recruit

to specific positions within your

organisations as well as working with

and through you to talk to influential and

senior recruiter contacts within your

organisations.

From our side, we have been pleased

to meet some of you in your workplace

as well as to ‘activate’ some alumni

networks within organisations in order

to introduce you to other Cambridge

MBA alumni, often in other locations,

with whom you might not yet have been

in touch. Finally we are happy to have

helped, both at a distance, or in person,

a number of alumni at a crossroads in

their careers with advice, coaching,

guidance and sometimes headhunting

to specific positions. We highly value our

alumni network and are exceptionally

grateful for the virtuous circles you are

helping us to create and maximise for

the benefit of our MBA Programme and

our reputation as a growing top

Business School.”

For more information contact Cathy

Butler, MBA Careers Director:

c.butler@jbs.cam.ac.uk

Telephone: +44(0)1223 339644

As with a lot of things, you can

only start evaluating and

reflecting on the past when the

pressure is off and time is an

abundant resource again. With my

new working life in London following the

MBA, I can now look back at my time at

Cambridge and reflect on the various

elements that made up such an action

packed and energising MBA

programme! Juggling MBA

requirements, College events and social

occasions has had a profound impact

on me and brought me what was

possibly the best year of my life to date.

However our action packed year was

not only academic work; as social

aspects formed an important part of the

MBA programme too. The incredible

social and networking opportunities of

an MBA programme are generally

acknowledged to be one of its valuable

benefits. And rightly so! Along with the

various pub nights, sports matches and

social gatherings, the MBA 2005 class

took part in a social event that reached

far beyond the borders of Cambridge.

The MBA Tournament – a three day

sports, social and networking event held

in Paris and organised by the HEC

Business School in May – brought

together MBA students from 13

European Business schools to compete

in over 25 sports, ranging from football

and tennis to petanque and ultimate

frisbee.

With 65 participants, the Cambridge

MBA team was one of the smaller teams

of this year’s tournament, although it

soon became apparent that, as is true

for many things in life; size does not

matter in MBA sports contests! Dressed

in distinctive Cambridge blue the Judge

participants put on a show which lead to

success and medals! After fierce

competition we won a bronze medal at

the men’s beach volleyball and a gold

medal at shot-put. And, in true

Cambridge style, our men’s rowing

team secured the gold medal in their

discipline. Competition continued on the

sidelines with supporters rallying their

teams through songs, costumes and

music. In the end, of course, the

tournament was about sharing

experiences, getting to know people

and having a great time with class

mates and peers.

Combining the multi-cultural and

international experience of the

Cambridge MBA with the opportunity to

see how people at other schools

interact and cooperate, was beneficial

and enriched the Cambridge experience

enormously.

The MBAT gave us all the opportunity

to add an additional layer to our

networking and has taken a very special

and distinctive place in my own

Cambridge story. I’d encourage every

MBA class at Cambridge to participate

in this extraordinary event.

Jasper Nelissen,

MBA 2005

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Network roundup

MBA 2004 Reunion

Cambridge Alumni Banking & Finance networking takes off in London

The newly formed NewYork City branch of JudgeBusiness School alumninetwork convened for thethird time in early October.Seven proud alumni met atthe Brass Monkey in theWest Village to drink,reminisce and to network.The members of the branchwere delighted to welcomeone out of town (andcountry) guest, NataliaSnimshcikova of London(MBA 2004), who was inAmerica for the first time on

business. The group looksforward to meeting again atthe end of November whenArnoud De Meyer, Directorof Judge Business School is in town.

Participants of the event:Dan Cohen (MPhil 2000),Helen Ervin (MBA 2004),Ryan Kedrowski (MBA2004), Carol Ng (MBA2001), Becky Schutt (MBA 2004), NataliaSnimshchikova (MBA 2004), Emmanuelle Vernhes-Koudella (MBA 1999).

NYC Alumnight

Since April 2006 Cambridgealumni working in theLondon financial servicessector have had a lot tocheer about. Over the lastsix months quarterlynetworking events havebeen held in a private roomat the historic Old Bank ofEngland pub on Fleet Street.Just down the road from StPaul’s, and opposite theoak-panelled Hoare’sBanking Hall dating back to

1672, London-basedCambridge graduates havebeen getting to know eachother a little better.Successful events were heldin April, June andSeptember, with muchexchanging of gossip andbusiness cards. In April thetalk was of the marketcorrection in global stockmarkets and whether thiswas a ‘dead cat bounce’.Meanwhile in September,

the gossip focussed on themuch-publicised losses atthe Amaranth hedge fundafter extremely rarefluctuations in natural gasprices. Around 200Cambridge alumni workingin investment banks,professional services firms,hedge & private equityfunds, retail banking andwealth management aremembers of the group.Employees from prestigious

firms – such as Rothschild's,UBS, Deutsche Bank andLehman Brothers – jostlewith those from ambitiousstart ups and niche players.Attendees from all agegroups are represented,from recent BA, PhD, MBAand MPhil graduatesthrough to alumni of manyyears standing. In additionto the social aspect of thenetwork, it acts as aconvenient way to tap into

Cambridge-educated talent.The group’s distribution listis used by hiring managersto advertise job vacanciesand find out about excitingjobs that are available forthose seeking to move.Cambridge graduates whoare interested in joining thisnetwork and receivinginvites to future eventsshould emailalumni@jbs.cam.ac.uk

The first MBA 2004 reunionwas held at beautiful AdareManor in the west of Irelandthe weekend of 29thSeptember 2006. 22 classmates, partnersand babies travelled from allover the world to spend aweekend at one of thenicest resorts in Ireland. Weate and drank, saw the

Cliffs of Mohr, and had agreat time. At the end ofwhat seemed like a veryshort weekend, we weretalking about the nextreunion in six months timein.... who knows? MaybePeru?!? Patricio?

Here’s who was there:Martin Andersen and Stine,Jason Cook, Azure and

Emelyn, Helen Ervin, RobbieFleming, Edwina andDiarmuid, Nick Heller, GailKittikachorn, Manu Legein,Kasper Lou and Katja,Alexander Maurer, HendrikMcDermott, IsabellMoessler, Angela Ogier andAdrian, Kurt Shuster, PhillipSmart, Stephanie Snyder.

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A Business Forum ofCambridge Alumni in China,initiated and organised byMr. Guoqiang (Rich) Hou,MBA 2004, wassuccessfully held in theOriental Garden Hotel inBeijing on 26th August2006. 60 Cambridge Alumniand some distinguishedChinese media attended theforum.

Cambridge Alumni inChina spent much timeplanning this uniquenetworking event to ensurethat it had both an engagingtheme and would be ofinterest and relevance to allparticipants.

The purpose of the eventwas to explore and discussthe important issues of themodern Chinese economy,China’s relations with therest of the world, and to givethe participants anopportunity to network andshare knowledge.

Particular thanks go to DrSimon Bell, Dr Pei Sun , Dr Fu Xiao Lan, Dr Jiandong

Wen and Dr Keith Goodallfor their support. Thanksalso to Professor SandraDawson for her warm letterof encouragement andcongratulations.

The forum was openedby Dr Gong Li, ManagingDirector of Windows Liveand Vice President ofMicrosoft China Researchand Development Group.Dr Li is the oldestCambridge Alumnus inChina and his welcomespeech received rapturousapplause. Six distinguishedguest speakers contributedto the event, includingCambridge Alumni Dr WuQing from China SecuritiesRegulatory Commission; DrMa Xutian from Industry andCommercial Bank of China;Dr Sun Pei, fromNottingham University; DrWen Jiandong from theState Administration ofForeign Exchange; Dr WuQijin from China MachineryIndustry Federation and MsTong Jingjing from China

Minsheng Banking Corp.Topics ranged from bankreformation and M&A inChina, to the problems offinancing start-ups.

A pool of CambridgeAlumni attended theCACBF (Cambridge AlumniChina Business Forum)event, with representativesfrom all walks of life inChina, including banking,security, cultural exchange,consulting, media, realestate, universities, energyindustry, law firm, foreigninvestment banks as well asgovernmental offices,

making this event a uniquenetworking occasion.

CACBF offersunparalleled opportunitiesfor those who take greatinterest in understanding theinteraction andinterdependence betweenChina and the rest of world,for those who want toexplore businessopportunities in China orwho want to attain a broaderview of the global businessenvironment in China.

Cambridge Alumni attend China Business Forum, Beijing Enrich your networkexperience

The 2003 MBA class wason vacation in Mexicoduring late May and earlyJune this year. Ten alumnivisited Mexico City, thelargest city in the world,and travelled to Playa delCarmen, a beautiful exoticbeach in the MexicanCaribbean Sea.

Whilst in Mexico, thegroup had the opportunityto catch up on everyone’sactivities and news overlots of spicy food,accompanied by Mariachimusic and salsa dancing,

and of course theobligatory tequila. MBA2003 look forward tomeeting up again in anothercountry in around April nextyear.

Participants in the event:Dominik Wiener, FabioSilva, Clare Winterton, MarkWadeley, Joana Meireles,Afonso Castro, CarolineDoyle, Yan Qiu, Anna Tsai,Wee Tak Ng, Antony Ritch,Adam Scott, Ashley Malsterand Jesús Rocha.

MBA 2003 meet up in Mexico

The successes of theBanking and FinanceGroup in London and theevents organised by RichHou in China and BeckySchutt in New Yorkdemonstrate that there arenow a number of peoplewithin the CambridgeJudge Business SchoolNetwork (CJBSN) who aremotivated to want toorganise themselves tomeet for both social andformal events.

Many of the officialJudge Business SchoolAlumni events are held ineither Cambridge orLondon and we realise thatthis can be frustrating forthose members who arenot located there. CJBSNhas such a diversemembership, locatedthroughout the world withinterests, experience andaspirations in all types ofareas, offering excellentopportunities for moredynamic networking.

We want to encourageand support the trend toenrich the networkexperience. If you would beinterested in forming orattending local or specialinterest groups, ororganising events, thenplease do not hesitate tocontact us onalumni@jbs.cam.ac.ukWe would be delighted tohelp make your event asuccess and look forwardto strengthening thenetwork and community atall levels.

Keep up to date with news and

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Christina Carrasquero(MBA 2000). “We’re still inBarcelona but actually wedon’t know if we’re going toend up here. Jorge is doingstrategic consultancy basedhere but there’s a possibilitythat we have to move toAndalucia either Sevilla orJerez. In the meantime, Icontinue with my job at IESEbusiness school doingresearch in the EconomicDepartment. If anyonecomes to Barcelona, pleaselet me know – I hope to seeyou soon!”

Amelia Dunlop (MBA2003) is now the proudmother of a nine month oldson, Cole Augustin Krivak,born February 22nd 2006.

At the end of November,after over 20 years inconsulting, GeorgeElkington (MA 1982) is‘retiring’ from the partnershipat Deloitte to start his ownbusiness. ‘GreeneDot’ willprovide software andservices focused onreducing identity and CVfraud. The initial offering isbased on individual

verification and has beenproven through 1.5 millionchecks over the past fiveyears. Future developmentsare planned to addbiometric testing (forexample fingerprint andvoice pattern recognition) tocomplement existingvalidation processes basedon information from theelectoral roll, leading creditagencies, educationalestablishments, previousemployers and personalreferees.

George is married with 2young children and lives inSouth Oxfordshire.

Payam Eshraghian(MBA10) has recently joinedCTG, a consultancy forenergy efficiency andenvironmental sustainabilityin buildings, and a globalleader in LEED-basedsustainability standards inCalifornia. It is a relativelynew company, but seeks toexpand globally, and isespecially keen onopportunities in the Chinesemarket. CTG is a premieremember of the US GreenBuilding Council.

Felipe Fuentes and hiswife Ximena (MBA 2003)have just had their first baby.Sofia (a girl) was born inSantiago, Chile on the 26thSeptember 2006.

Alexandre Folei (MBA2000). After CambridgeAlexandre landed a positionas a FD on a gas pipe mill

Edin Agic (MPhilManagement Studies 2003)is currently on a FulbrightResearch Fellowship inNYC, tenured at PaceUniversity, to last for a fullacademic year fromSeptember 2006 until July2007. Hedin’s research willcentre on the issue ofbranding places andcountries.

Benoit Allehaut (MBA2000) “Greetings fromStamford, CT! Still workingin renewable energy havingfirst moved toSchenectady, NY to thenew GE Wind HQ and lessthan 12 months laterpacking up again and thistime settling in cosyStamford, CT. I now work inthe renewable energy teamof GE Energy FinancialServices. Our teamunderwrites structuredequity in project financedeals. This means that Ispend 80% of my time onfinancial modeling and therest on term sheets andlegal review. We are livingone hour north of NYC solet me know if you arerelocating to the NYC areaor just visiting. Best to all!”

Classnotes

Andrew Brant (MBA2000). “It has been quite ayear. I got married to Julia,in London in August and weheld it in the centre ofLondon in the peak ofsummer, great stuff. After afabulous honeymoon inSardinia and Ravello wemoved to New Zealand,Wellington no less. I finallyfinished my PhD and havetaken up a consultantspecialist job in respiratoryand general medicine atWellington Hospital andsenior lecturer at theUniversity. Nice to moveinto a house with a bit ofspace and view of theharbour, so all welcome tocome and visit.”

Christian Bunke (MBA2000) is back working withIntellectual Property withCPA and is now lookingafter the IP admin off-shoring services for Europe.Together with Andy Brant(now NZ) and JustinHayward, Christian joinedKarl Paulins to watchEngland vs Paraguay in theWorld Cup this summer.

Recent promotion? New arrival? On the move? We are delighted toreceive news from across Judge Business School’s global community.Email alumni@jbs.cam.ac.uk to share your classnotes in the next edition.

project and then moved toEvraz Group, the largestRussian steel maker, tohead the finance of a coalmine project in Yakutia. Heis now in Siberia working fora leading regional retailchain.

Paul Gorsuch (MBA2000) reports he leftNorwich Union earlier thisyear and over the past sixmonths has enjoyed timeworking as a volunteer in aColombian children’sorphanage, has travelledextensively and has alsosqueezed in a littleconsultancy work. Nowworking as Bursar atBradfield College inBerkshire and wouldwelcome a beer or threeanytime people are passingnearby!

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Three years on – MBA 2002

What happens to a class in three years after graduation? Quite

a lot, actually, both personally and professionally.

First of all, a lot of people get married. Graham Cowgill

married Marissa Vanderzee. Vincent Jegou married Andrea Du.

Ken Wee married Catherine Szeto (this November). James

Ashton got engaged to Becky. Rami Atzmon got engaged to

Anat. Alan Lewis married Kelly. Valia Davy married Guy. Hugh

Cotterrill married Olivia. Delphine Bradshaw married Alain.

Martijn Van der Heijden got married. Mark Van Mierle married

Inge. Amelia Wan got married. Ryan Anderson married Paula.

Adrienne Lee married Barry. And despite scaring us, Ben Barry

somehow has remained single.

Second, a lot of people have had kids. Tom Bennett had

a son. Martin Robillard had his second. Irakli had two – Luka

and Liana. Vanessa Dekou had one. Kindon Wen had one.

Brian Denny had Abby. Manuel Jardim and Maria had Teresa

and another girl. Valia and Guy had Bryn. Peter Jorgensen had

Sophie. Oleg Bagrin had Alec. Aki Ishimura had a boy. Royce

Van der Zwan and Kath had a boy. Dai Watanabe became a

father. Jon Greenaway and Tracy had Edward. Jee Moon and

Jako had Mia. Luciano Park had Gabriel. Alessandro Pavone

had a boy. Pete Andrew and Mez had a baby. Jihad Tayara had

his second. Gonzalo Cavada and Maria Luisa became parents.

Matias Concha and Loreto had their second. Guillermo had his

second. Jen and I are expecting in March. Rachel Whitehouse

had a baby. Robert Van der Most had his third. And, through it all,

Steve Mackenzie laughed at us for being so late to the game.

Third, a lot of us made interesting job choices. Several

are working for the government. Peter Dann is in keeping

Queensland on an even keel. Jai Durai is a part-time justice of the

peace. John Glen is closer to being an MP. Geoff Parish is

working for USAID. Even more people are consulting – Christina

Sou, Fady Elias, Eric Okimoto, Vinay Shrivastava, Akther Javid,

Joana Sousa, Giuseppe Venturini, Watson Liu – or financing –

Domenico De Franceschi, Tom Hodgson, Sue Wong, Soner

Guney, Guy Blakeney, Alexander Langfeldt and Feras Shehab.

Mix in the occasional lawyer (Karen Yoong), salesperson (Caliah

Manson, Lei Li), risk manager (Carrie Cheung, Vinay Shrivastava)

and we have a perhaps complete business ecosystem.

Fourth, everyone is eager for guests, including Rohit in

Singapore. It seems that it would take a lot of effort to find a

corner of the world without a member of the class of 2002

without a spare room and a full liquor cabinet. Perhaps Arnab

can help with the liquor cabinet?

Jayson Beatty MBA 2002

Kenji Hayashi (MBA 2004)would like to share hishappy news with hisclassmates. His spouseShiho gave birth to a babygirl, called Ami in late July2006.

Justin Hayward (MBA2002) married Diana on 1st July in Kings Chapel inCambridge. They are nowexpecting a baby boy.

Karen Hicks (MBA 2000)“Life in Congo isextraordinary. I am travellingconstantly with my work toassist mining companieswith negotiations with illegalminers occupying theirsites. It’s daunting work,especially considering thenumbers (sometimes over

5,000 miners in a smallarea) and the volatile,hostile nature of thesecommunities which areoften controlled by currentor demobilised military,deserters or illegaltraffickers. I am also veryoccupied with working onother security issues andfacilitating practical trainingfor companies to integratehuman rights into theirpolicies and practices. I’mcoping well with occasional

arrests, confiscation of mypassport, and an utterlyerratic electricity supply.Very, very best wishes toyou all!”

Ryan Kedrowski andJennifer Killmer (bothgraduates of MBA 2004) arecurrently planning theirwedding in South Florida,23rd February, 2007. Theynow reside in Brooklyn, NewYork, where Ryan is an ITProject Manager for MajorLeague Baseball, andJennifer is a MarketingDirector at Kaplan Test Prep.

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lots of visitors! If anyone isholidaying or conferencingdown here in SouthernCalifornia, do stop by!”

Congratulations to NickMilnes (MPhil in Finance2005) who was appointed asa Large-Buyout Analyst atAdveq, an independentSwiss-based Private EquityFund of Funds.

Karin Niespor (MBA2000). “I am still working forDeutsche Telekom as SeniorProject Manager. I work andlive in Darmstadt (about 35km away from Frankfurt/Main). Still enjoy singing andlistening quite extensively toopera and theatre.”

Rogerio Citro deOliveira (MBA 2000) is nowworking with BusinessDevelopment for a companycalled Safelayer – acompany that develops adigital identity andcertificates softwareplatform.

Vinod Paranthaman(MBA 2000) reports that heis still in Chennai (Madras)and welcomes any of hisclassmates should they bevisiting the region. “I am intextiles in the manufacturingside and my work mostlyinvolves sales. It’s acompetitive market but thegrowth opportunities areplenty.”

Karl Paulins (MBA 2000)moved from Stockholm toOslo in August, and is nowManaging Director of DHLExpress Norway. Met upwith Justin, Andy B andChristian for the openingEngland game at the WorldCup.

Kata Kentaro (MBA2000). “I moved to Paris inApril this year, where I amstill with the samecompany (BCG) as inTokyo... I am very muchenjoying the Parisian life. Irecently became a father toour first son Elio who wasborn on the 9th October.As I am now quite close toCambridge (compared toTokyo at least!), I do hopeto catch up with many ofyou more often –unfortunately, it has notbeen the case yet. Pleasedo let me know when youcome to Paris, let’s do acouple of beers eventhough there aren’t anygreat pubs in this country.”

Richard McOmish (MBA2000) and his wife Carolinemoved, with their son Toby,‘Down Under’ toMelbourne, Australia in

July this year. Happilysettling into the Melbournelifestyle although missesTesco and the generalbuzz of the UK!

Arthur Meadows (MBA2000). “I left the start-up,Midentity, that I co-founded at Christmas lastyear. I took a sabbatical forthree months – I spent acouple of weeks in Japan,where I stayed with Kenta-san – prior to hisrelocation to Paris and weorganised a Japan CJBSNevent: Since then, I havebeen doing someconsultancy to a London-based VoIP company (ablend of Skype andVonage). At the end ofSeptember (actuallyAlumni weekend!), Imarried my girlfriend ofthree years, Ailish, inCambridge with thereception at Queens’College. Kjell was one ofmy best men withJochem, Christian, Jose &Milly also in attendance.Immediately after ourhoneymoon, we moved toSan Diego, to whereAilish’s job transferred inAugust and l am looking tore-join the internet / mobilesector. We’re loving theweather – and anticipate

Elisa Peterson (MBA2002) gave a birth to her firstchild, a daughter, CallianiNicole Peterson, who wasborn in London on the 9thSeptember 2006. Elisa, herhusband Ben and theirdaughter moved to Cairo on15th October, for anexpatriate position for Benlasting three-four years. Theywould be delighted to hostany friends visiting Egypt.

Amy Pflueger (MBA 1995)is currently AssociateDirector of Procurement atGenentech, Inc. in SanFrancisco, CA which is aBiotechnology company.She has been at Genentechfor two years and prior tothat worked at Johnson &Johnson andPricewaterhouseCoopers inSingapore and Hong Kongafter graduation. Amyrecently completed a threeweek safari in Kenya andTanzania with a side trip toSeychelles.

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During August whilst onholiday William Plant(MA 1972) visited the MBAcompetition – HarvardUniversity – with his wifePenny. Inspired by thesurroundings Williamdecided on his return to theUK to embark on someacademic research of hisown and has set up hisown business ACSPerformance Consulting.This is a complete changefrom his most recent job asCFO for OracleCorporation in Europe,where he spent 44quarters.

Jolyon Ridgwell (MBA1999) was promoted to theposition of Director atLighthouse, themanagement consultancythat specialises onaddressing strategicmarketing issues forprofessional services firmsand financial servicescompanies.

His wife Isabelle gavebirth to their second child,a baby boy, called Oliver on21st June 2006.

Nik Rouda (MBA 2005)has joined a Cambridgebased start up,AlertMe.com, as VP of Sales& Marketing. The companyhas won a significant grantfor ‘proof of concept’market research from EEDAand is due to launch its firstconsumer product in early2007. AlertME.com iscurrently recruiting staff tojoin their team.

Interested alumni pleasecontact Nik Rouda atnrouda@gmail.com.

Arshad Saeed (MBA2000) “Life goes on at amoderate pace in SaudiArabia although I recentlyhad a lateral move withinthe organisation and amnow responsible for sales,distribution and marketingof the Unilever portfolio. Mydaughter is getting marriedin Toronto next July so dolet me know if you will be inCanada around that time –it will be my pleasure tomeet and invite you to thewedding.”

NicholasO’Shaughnessy (PhD1999) is becomingProfessor of Marketing atLondon University from 1stof January 2007. He alsowas recently electedQuondam Fellow of HughesHall Cambridge. In 1989-2000 Nicholas wasUniversity Lecturer inMarketing at JudgeBusiness School.

Christopher Smith (MBA1995) has recently launchedEquityScout.com,subscription-based onlinesoftware which enablesinvestors to evaluate thepotential risks and rewardsof real estate investmentopportunities. Christopher isthe founder and ManagingDirector of EquityScout.comand its parent companyPaladin Equity LLC.

Talbot Stark (MBA 1992)was promoted to GlobalHedge Fund RelationshipManager – across FixedIncome, Equities andCommodities for BNPParibas. He will work inLondon with HFRM teamsbased in New York, Londonand planned for Hong Kongin 2007. BNP Paribas is aglobal leader in Derivativesand continues to expand itsstrategic relationships withhedge funds.

Talbot had a second sonon 16th September 2006 –Luke Talbot Stark.

Joseph Jr Tay (MBA2000) recently took on amarketing managerposition in San MiguelCorporation, an Asia-Pacific food and beverageconglomerate and spendshalf his time travellingaround North China, withthe other half in Manila.Happy to meet up withanyone visiting Beijing.

Nesli Tezgoren (MBA2000) is still living in CanaryWharf, working for HSBC inproject finance with acommute time of 10minutes on foot. Expectinga baby girl (Alessia) in thefirst week of January. “MBAdays seem long gone now,but I still remember thewonderful Cambridgeexperience and thefriendships we have madevery well. Missing you all.”

Deborah Warburton(MBA 2000) “I am still aconsultant with EgonZehnder, which is provingto be my dream job.Progression to partnershiphas been slowed down bytwo periods of maternityleave, but things are goingin the right direction. Johnhas just changed jobs, stillwith Allianz, but now ashead of strategy, and verymuch enjoying it. In fact hehas just recruited a JudgeMBA 2003 into his team”.

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