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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Shreyas Phadnis | MBA (Full-time) | 2005 | India | Originally trained as an architect, Shreyas joined consulting firm PwC on completing his MBA. |
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Shammi Arora | MBA (Full-time) | 2005 | India | After her MBA, Shammi worked for Amazon UK before joining Yahoo as a strategy analyst in London. |
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Sameena Begum | MBA (Full-time) | 2005 | United Kingdom | The MBA helped Sameena move from scientific research to business development in the pharmaceutical industry. |
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Li Dai | MBA (Full-time) | 2004 | China | Now running her own consulting company in China, Li Dai completed an exchange programme with St Gallen University in Switzerland as part of her MBA. |
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Mayur Dogra | MBA (Full-time) | 2004 | India | Trained as a chartered accountant, Mayur used the MBA to develop his skills in new areas. He now works for ITC Ltd. |
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Irina Gorbarenko | MBA (Full-time) | 2004 | Russia | Irina now works as a consultant for the in-house consultancy of Deutsche Post World Net. |
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James Peckham | MBA (Full-time) | 2004 | United Kingdom | A one-time army officer, James is now a senior director with Oracle. |
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Shalva Chkhaidze | MBA (Full-time) | 2003 | Georgia | Having studied at Lancaster with a British Council scholarship, Shalva is now Deputy General Manager of Castel Sakartvelo in Georgia. |
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Per Holmblad | MBA (Full-time) | 2003 | Sweden | For his summer project Per worked with Ericsson in Stockholm. He is now a senior manager with Accenture. |
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Etienne Vandewalle | MBA (Full-time) | 2003 | France | After completing his MBA, Etienne rejoined his previous employer, Wolters Kluwer. |
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Julia Fedoruchenko | MBA (Full-time) | 2002 | Russia | Julia now works in the UK as a risk analyst for DS&A Ltd. |
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Samantha Wudel | MBA (Full-time) | 2002 | United States | Samantha, now working for the American Red Cross, reflects on why she chose to study for her MBA in the UK. |
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Kumar Ramamoorthy | MBA (Full-time) | 2001 | India | Kumar has moved his career into global marketing by joining Novartis Pharma AG in Basel. |
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Mavreta Stamati | MBA (Full-time) | 2001 | Greece | Mavreta now works as a senior IT consultant for OTE Consulting in Greece |
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Samantha Bridger | MBA (Full-time) | 2001 | United Kingdom | Samantha's MBA project with Mazda GmbH led them to offer her a job as sales operation manager at their European HQ in Leverkusen, Germany. |
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Mark Beresford | MBA (Full-time) | 2001 | United Kingdom | After his MBA, Mark joined an international management consultancy which helps SMEs to internationalise. |
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Amina Oyagbola | MBA (Full-time) | 2000 | Nigeria | Originally a barrister, Amina is a senior executive with communications company MTN in Nigeria. |
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Ian Barclay | MBA (Full-time) | 2000 | United Kingdom | Now working as vice-principal for e-business for Axa in Paris, Ian undertook the MBA after an injury cut short his professional rugby career. |
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Henrietta Blyth | MBA (Full-time) | 2000 | United Kingdom | Henrietta came to the MBA from a public and voluntary sector background. She is now People & Organisational Development Director at Tearfund. |
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Bilal Kazmi | MBA (Full-time) | 2000 | Pakistan | Bilal is now employed as Senior Manager, Products and Platforms, by Telenor in Pakistan. |
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Kazanori Ohmae | MBA (Full-time) | 2000 | Japan | On returning to Japan, Kazanori was recruited by Softbank Finance Corporation where he works in investor relations. |
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Martin Ripley | MBA (Full-time) | 2000 | United Kingdom | In his role as technologist with Applied Materials in Singapore, Martin provides technical consulting to account groups across SE Asia. |
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Sylvia Yan Wang | MBA (Full-time) | 2000 | China | A marketing specialist, Sylvia now works for Effem Foods, part of the Mars Group, in China. |
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Peter O'Dowd | MBA (Full-time) | 1999 | United Kingdom | Peter's background is in civil enginerring. He is now a strategy consultant working on numerous high-profile projects. |
