Alumni Profiles and Testimonials
These pages contain testimonials from some of our students and alumni, in which they talk about why they chose Lancaster, what they found valuable on the programme, and how their time at Lancaster has helped them in their careers. View each profile by clicking on the thumbnail or name.
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Jack Smith | BBA Management | Ongoing | United Kingdom | Jack has got fully involved in campus life: he has his own radio programme on Bailrigg FM and is sports editor for the student newspaper. |
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Joana Cardoso Fontes | PhD Accounting & Finance | Ongoing | Portugal | Joana completed an MRes in Accounting at LUMS before starting her PhD. |
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Greg Horsfall | BSc Business Studies | Ongoing | United Kingdom | Greg spent a Study Abroad year in Canada as part of his Business Studies degree. |
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Laura Hyatt | BSc Management & Information Technology | Ongoing | United Kingdom | Laura is currently on placement with Fujitsu, working on the Home Office account. |
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Yara Hani Zreikat | MBA (Global) | Ongoing | Jordan | Yara was working as a management consultant when she joined the Lancaster Global MBA in Jordan. |
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Zeina Monther Khasawneh | MBA (Global) | Ongoing | Jordan | Zeina is using her knowledge from the Global MBA in Jordan to develop her career in marketing with telecoms company wi-tribe. |
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Nart Abdullah | MBA (Global) | Ongoing | Jordan | Trained in computer engineering, Nart recently switched career to work in marketing for his telecoms employer. |
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Zaid Asfour | MBA (Global) | Ongoing | Jordan | Working in marketing for the Fortune 500 company Schneider Electric, Zaid wants to extend his managerial skills via the Global MBA. |
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Tobi Odunowo | MA Management Learning & Leadership | 2011 | Nigeria | Tobi is an organisation design specialist with the ECOWAS Commission in West Africa. |
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Pascal Philippi | MSc Finance | 2011 | Germany | As a result of what he learnt on the MSc Finance, Pascal got a job at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Zurich. |
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Catherine Brown | BBA Management | 2011 | United Kingdom | Catherine spent her Study Abroad year in Canada and is now on placement with BMW in Oxford. |
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Jack Aspden | BBA Management | 2011 | United Kingdom | Jack's placement with IBM led to a graduate position as a Technical Consultant with the company. |
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Kaspar Korjus | MSc E-Business & Innovation | 2011 | Estonia | After completing his degree, Kaspar started working for Estonian Telecom. |
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Gor Stepanyan | MSc Management | 2011 | Armenia | Gor followed his Masters degree with an additional semester at St Gallen University in Switzerland. |
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James Burton | BSc Management & Information Technology | 2011 | United Kingdom | After graduating, James joined management consultancy firm Deloitte. |
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Patrick Minard | BSc Management & Information Technology | 2011 | United Kingdom | Patrick spent the third year of his four-year degree on placement with GlaxoSmithKline. |
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Angela Towers | MA Leadership for Sustainability | 2011 | United Kingdom | Angela came to the MA with an extensive background in food production, retailing and policy, and a great interest in sustainability. |
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Gail Capstick | MA Leadership for Sustainability | 2011 | United Kingdom | An active involvement in transition cities led Gail to enrol on the MA programme. |
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Mark Atherton | MA Leadership for Sustainability | 2011 | United Kingdom | Mark is using the MA to inform his work in environmental policy creation for the Northwest Regional Development Agency. |
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Jiabin Sun | MSc Finance | 2011 | China | Jiabin is now working for a private equity company in Beijing, China. |
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Peter Jackson | MA Leadership for Sustainability | 2011 | United Kingdom | From his Lake District base Peter runs several businesses, including an organic wine shop. Includes an extract from an article in The Independent. |
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Jonathan Emptage | MA Leadership for Sustainability | 2011 | United Kingdom | Jonathan is applying ideas from the programme to his work as Cleansing Manager for Shetland Islands Council. |
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José Eduardo Narros | MSc ITMOC | 2011 | Spain | José is working as an IT consultant at the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (a European Union Agency). |
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Chris Jones | BBA Management | 2011 | United Kingdom | Chris spent a term abroad in Thailand and completed his placement in Spain at Amadeus. |
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Daniel Walsh | BBA Management | 2011 | United Kingdom | Daniel spent a term abroad in Lisbon and completed his placement with Golfbreaks.co in the UK. |
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Thomas Ellis | BBA Management | 2011 | United Kingdom | Thomas recommends to everyone his experience of a term abroad in China at Sun Yat-sen University. |
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Kathy Rethy | MA Leadership for Sustainability | 2011 | Canada | Kathy Rethy is using the MA to develop her work on various executive boards back home in Canada. |
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Taghreed Al-Ghaith | PhD Management Science | 2011 | Saudi Arabia | Taghreed's PhD is in stakeholder management in information and communication technology strategic projects. |
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Dave Richardson | BBA Management | 2011 | United Kingdom | Dave spent his Study Abroad year in Canada, and then worked for Dow Jones in London during his year in industry. |
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Xin Zhang | BSc Business Studies | 2011 | China | After her degree at Lancaster, Xin went on to Masters study at the LSE in London. |
