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Modular Executive MBA Class of 2018
Welcome to the Modular Executive MBA
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March 2018 class profile
Key stats
Cohort size:
45
Nationalities:
17
Average age:
36
Avg. work exp. (years):
12
Industries represented
Regions represented
Latin America
1%
North America
3%
UK
49%
Europe
25%
Africa and Middle East
3%
Asia
9%
Australasia
10%
Aviation 4% Education/Not For Profit 2% Energy/Utilities 16% Engineering/Manufacturing 11% Finance services 31% Hospitality/Tourism 2% IT/Telecoms 10% Legal 2% Marketing/PR 2% Media 4% Pharma/Healthcare 10% Retail/FMCG 2% Supply Chain/Shipping 4%
Average GMAT
653
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Female
Commuters
33%
20%
Programme summary
The Modular Executive MBA is a flexible programme for professionals seeking to maximise their leadership potential and accelerate their careers. Taking place over one long weekend each month (Friday – Monday), students undergo a personal transition in the way they approach and think about business while studying alongside a group of talented international peers.
The Modular Executive MBA has four major components:
• Core modules are taken by all students and cover fundamental areas of business. As students progress through the programme, they build up knowledge and skills that will be used throughout the programme and beyond.
• Elective and international elective modules then give students the opportunity to tailor their EMBA and focus on specific areas of business. The international electives build an understanding of global business through projects undertaken in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and the US.
• The Business Mastery Project is the final major project for the Modular Executive MBA. Students put into practice what they have learned on the programme by completing an extensive piece of consultative work for a company and provide recommendations or solutions to organisational challenges.
• The Careers and Professional Development team provide workshops and services specifically for executives such as increasing executive presence while others will focus on developing soft skills such as media training, interview skills, negotiation, advanced presentation and leadership transition. Students come away from these sessions better equipped to meet the challenges of business in a global economy.
Programme delivery
Students’ understanding of theory is developed through a combination of case teaching, formal lectures, collaborative group work, seminars, discussions, workshops, self-study and projects. Professional skills modules typically involve experiential and immersive learning.
In addition to this, students have access to a customised virtual learning environment. This includes interactive learning materials, academic support via Q&A and discussion forums.
Business network
The skills learnt and the qualification itself is just one part of the Modular Executive MBA; the contacts students make and the network built is the other. At Cass Business School, we provide our Modular Executive MBA students with the opportunity to build an effective business network that will continue to prove its value long after the programme is completed.
Programme start date
March
More information
Speak to our team for further information about the Modular Executive MBA, admission process, scholarships and funding.
Email: [email protected] Tel: +44 (0)20 7040 0286 www.cassmbalondon.com
Trusted advisor and business partner to senior business leaders across wealth management and real estate sectors, supporting strategies to grow, transform, recapitalise or liquidate businesses. Finance lead for five-year strategic business planning, annual plans and quarterly forecasts, for multi-discipline businesses within global organisations.
Medical director with experience of leading medical operations for governmental and industrial clients in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and the Pacific. Former army officer with extensive international military experience in mission planning and execution, team leadership and international training and advisory roles.
Edward BebbMedical Director, International SOS, London British/New Zealander/Australian
Focused indirect and direct sales professional with extensive account management experience having doubled key partner revenues to >USD $75m. Developed and secured Greek market dominance based locally within partner offices during a 12-month period. Leading multi-national team across two continents specialised in deploying strategic objectives and delivering high growth in existing maritime markets with the latest satellite communications technology.
Richard Beecham Director Channel Sales, EMEA, Inmarsat, London British
Dynamic and results focused marketeer with multi-channel marketing experience across the aviation/tourism, luxury, consumer goods and service industries in international markets including Africa, Americas, Europe and the Middle East. Proven track record of excelling in high growth, diverse markets and of delivering during times of management change and restructuring. Responsible for marketing teams across 31 countries in Europe for one of the fastest growing airlines.
Lisa DelaneyRegional Marketing Manager, Europe, Qatar Airways, LondonIrish
Chris BallHead of Financial Forecasting & Planning, Royal Bank of Canada,LondonBritish
Highly accomplished programmer and project leader in the pharmaceutical industry. Working in a multi-national company within cross-functional drug development teams. Demonstrable track record of effective leadership and problem solving under high pressure environments. Involved in several drug submissions to regulatory agencies. Currently leading a global team spread across three continents on multiple clinical projects.
Alexandra CochinairePrincipal Statistical Programmer, Docs, Welwyn Garden CityFrench
UK-qualified pharmacist with extensive experience managing an independent pharmacy. Responsible for ensuring safe and accurate dispensing of medicines, while efficiently meeting deadlines and building client relationships. Successfully increased number of prescription items dispensed monthly by >40%, established collaborations with GP surgeries and care homes. Implemented strategies to expand customer base and maximize growth.
Sagar DeshmukhPharmacist, The Painswick Pharmacy, StroudIndian
Chartered accountant with vast experience in external audit, financial accounting and reporting gained through multi-national general insurance companies, Big Four and mid-tier accounting firms both in the UK and Philippines. Leads and solves technical accounting, operations, financial reporting, tax matters and issues working within inter-country finance and cross functional teams. Responsible for statutory and regulatory finance reporting of a UK group of companies with a turnover of >USD $670m.
Reycarlos CruzFinance Technical Reporting Manager, Tokio Marine, LondonBritish/Filipino
Director of a leading health and social care law firm, managing and co-ordinating junior fee-earners, focusing on quality and efficiency to drive improvement. Experienced solicitor providing regulatory, compliance and operational advice to providers of health and social care. Extensive experience of drafting persuasive evidence-based arguments challenging regulator enforcement action, with particular interest in dealing with document heavy detail-driven investigations.
Caroline BarkerDirector, Solicitor, Ridouts Professional Services plc, London British
Student profiles March 2018
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Strategic design manager with extensive financial services experience. Manages multi-million pound change portfolios, co-ordinating group design and providing strategic direction. Experienced in managing business change including operating model design, legal – regulatory change and digital transformation. Managed solution design of GBP £25m anti-money laundering change portfolio leading design issue resolution across business and IT.
Rowena Hector-AyeniBusiness Architect, Lloyds Banking Group, EdinburghBritish
Experienced project manager working for the third largest international group in the energy sector. Led different IT projects in multi-cultural teams and deployed them over five countries in Europe. Strong background in accounting, finance and project management. Managed a team of 20 people with >EUR €20m payments and profits per week. Trained a team in computer programming to achieve goals.
Yann HoarauInternational Project Manager, Engie, ParisFrench
Experienced service business leader in the vertical transportation sector. Full financial accountability and growth responsibility. Leading the strategic direction and growth strategies in the market. Exposure to a wide variety of market segments both in terms of commercial negotiation and operational delivery.
Alex LampeService Director, Otis Ltd, London British
Managed a team of 47 employees, overlooking logistics operations in Angola in the oil and gas industry. Established KPIs, generated reports to senior management and clients. Post oil and gas crisis in 2014, transitioned into BDM position with the main strategy of diversifying the services into other sectors of the industry. Currently negotiating tariffs with existing and potential clients in the oil and gas and FMCG sectors.
Patricia LelisBusiness Development Manager, Advanced Maritime Transports, LuandaAngolan/Portuguese
Developed and led a new business strategy to achieve GBP £3m annual reoccurring B2B activities. Currently, driving strategy with innovative medical devices and accelerated time to market projects to achieve 90% market share. Working with companies in China, Israel and the USA to provide state-of-the-art ophthalmic medical devices.
Bhupinder LotayGlobal Product Manager, Keeler Ltd, Windsor British
Chartered tax advisor specialising in the area of employment tax and executive reward. Currently supporting group businesses across the European region to design and implement processes for managing employment tax risk and cost while enabling HR strategy. Extensive experience in working with multi-cultural teams, project management and HR policy development.
Joseph McGarryEmployment Tax Lead, UK & Europe, Shell International Ltd, London New Zealander/British
CPA qualified accounting and finance professional with international investment banking and hedge fund experience. Strong background in financial products and global markets. Lead project manager of various multi-asset product system implementations. Single-handedly launched credit fund with global mandate. Responsible for product control, treasury, operations, risk and compliance functions for various funds with multi-billion dollar assets under management.
Ina IIinFinance Business Partner, Legatum Limited, Dubai Australian
Managed a GBP £10m UK national security project. Led a diverse team delivering critical operating systems, life safety systems, revenue generating systems and business services solutions in the aviation sector. Negotiated long-term managed services contracts and expanded the business into the Middle East. Launched a European branch of a US-based software and application business.
Michael KeaneHead, Corporate Sector, Ajar Technology, London British/Irish
Emma Fouracre ReidEquity Trader, Deutsche Bank, London British
Substantial international experience leading a diverse team of 30 specialist engineers across the energy sector. Responsible for the technical assurance, project delivery and tender of the design phase in global EPCI projects amounting to GBP £8m.
Trader of a global bank’s systematic risk portfolio with responsibility for sector trading volumes of GBP £12b per annum. Mandate ranges from pricing and managing risk to modernising the high touch business. Oxford graduate and chartered financial analyst with experience across both European and emerging equity markets. Concurrently equity representative for regional graduate recruitment and retention.
Martin GallegilloSubsea Pipeline Manager, Genesis, LondonArgentinean/British
Digital and business transformation consultant and programme leader. Experience of multi-million pound business change initiatives through to discrete digital interventions. Working across multiple industries and geographies to support businesses achieve their digital transformation goals by simplifying complex challenges and ensuring the necessary individuals are engaged in the right conversations. Trusted by executives to shape and direct interventions while making them a reality for stakeholders.
Alexander HallSenior Manager, Consulting, Cognizant, London British/French
Substantial experience in cloud and mobile datacoms technology, having led several client initiatives to transform, simplify technology and to achieve business alignment. Responsible for process designing, formulating strategies and leading technical teams to achieve the ultimate business objectives. Currently working as technical business consultant on a FinTech project. Leading a strategic marketing plan alongside leading a UK-wide GBP £5m project in a technical capacity.
Kafeel MemonTechnical Engineer, Vodafone, London British
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Project director with strong analytical, leadership and entrepreneurial skills. Managed multi-national, multi-disciplinary teams on major construction projects in Australia, the Middle East and the UK. Currently leading the roll-out of a new building technology in the high-rise building division for current organisation. Responsible for setting the implementations strategy, objectives and targets for the team. Also responsible for delivering a major high-rise tower in East London.
Robert MoffattProject Director, Mace UK, London New Zealander/Australian
Experienced consultant and analyst in the renewable energy sector. Led a variety of domestic and international strategic projects involving technical and economic due diligence, risk and financial modelling and analysis. Authored over 20 market intelligence reports/articles. Currently managing teams and stakeholders in the data analytics sector. Business mentor with focus on leadership and emotional intelligence, process optimisation and strategic management.
Substantial experience in restaurant industry. Lucratively managed a name brand, poised for international expansion, located in Roman Square, Campo de Fiori. Achieved brand recognition and differentiation between this and three other restaurants in the same vicinity. Invoked flexible work schedules with employees which extended the hours of daily operation and increased efficiency, sales and revenues by 15%.
Marco PoliaficoProject Manager, Experian, London Italian
Maria VegaGeneral Manager, Area 30 Srl, Rome Italian/Argentinean
Multi-lingual project manager experienced in managing marketing and advertising localisation projects for global brands within a variety of industries, from FMCG, luxury and fashion to automotive and marine conservation. Acting as a creative lead for multicultural teams of writers and editors based across the globe, reviewed, enhanced and signed off content localised for more than 60 markets.
Leading a team of solution architects for corporate systems to successfully deliver IT projects and to develop a transformation roadmap for the portfolio including ERP and CRM solutions. Led multiple project teams to deliver multi-million pounds and multi-supplier solutions globally.
Tatiana RyabininaSenior Project Manager, Loveurope and Partners, London Russian
Gurpreet Singh WaliaConsultant Architect, Transport for London, London British
Accomplished business professional working with global and financial brands. Strong track record in delivering commercial results through customer insight, data driven and multi-channel marketing strategies. Led and managed global and virtual teams.
Extensive experience in commodities marketing, strategy and business development. Managed daily trading activities and reporting for a multi-billion dollar commodities sales book. Gained international exposure with roles in Australia, London and Singapore. Currently managing a South Africa based marketing initiative.
Currently accountable for responsible investment and stewardship at one of the UK’s leading investment managers with GBP £35b assets under management. Previously, an analyst designing and implementing market leading responsible investment processes and engaging with leaders of global businesses to promote change.
Charan SahotaBusiness Lead, Banking and Financial Services, London British
Jennifer WhitehouseMarketing Manager, South32, London British
Freddie WoolfeHead of Responsible Investment and Stewardship, Old Mutual Global Investors, London British
Sales and distribution professional for a leading British independent film and TV content distributor. Experienced in distribution strategy, complex negotiation and business development. Responsible for leading the digital content business through a period of exponential growth and technological advancements in the UK market. Managing the UK team and supporting international teams on digital sales strategy.
Katheryn Needham Head of TV and Digital (UK), Studiocanal, LondonBritish/Australian
Award-winning chartered structural engineer with extensive experience in building and complex structures sector in both technical and management roles. Led multi-location and multi-cultural teams for the delivery of large sports facilities for value up to GBP £50m. Strong international outlook with experience in multi-national companies in Italy, the UK and the USA. Active in international development and co-founded an external network of companies providing engineering support in urban disasters.
Rossella NicolinAssociate Director, AECOM, LondonItalian
Managed large teams through unprecedented organisational and cultural change from public to private ownership. Led income generation programme totalling GBP £1.75m in 12 months. Contract managed and drove efficiencies of >GBP £2m within 12 months. Renegotiated stakeholder expectations and reduced demand on resources by 50%. Successfully implemented a MOPAC whole systems approach pilot worth GBP £1.4m. Designed a project which reduced re-offending by 65%.
Cassie NewmanHead of Interventions, London Community Rehabilitation Company, LondonBritish
Financial services experienced professional with extensive knowledge of the payment industry. Currently working within global sales operations to enable sales strategy and execution by collaborating with leadership and sales teams. Planning and executing tactical elements to improve effectiveness and performance, coordinating with the global centers of excellence and representing the main point of contact for the UK market.
Deborah Saja Global Sales Operations Specialist, Paypal, LondonItalian
Chartered professional with strong engineering and management experience, responsible for safe and efficient project delivery. Successfully built, led and managed global cross functional teams on complex high profile engineering projects within the oil and energy sector. Substantial experience collaborating and engaging with top energy companies and delivering projects embedded with cost and operational efficiencies to support clients’ strategic objectives.
Ajay NaikPrincipal Consultant, Wood, London British
Creative thinker and researcher driven. Passionate about science, technology, business development, entrepreneurship and innovation. Previously carried out research and development on various international projects in the areas of groundwater protection, oceanography and landfill engineering. Currently developing novel software solutions for the oil and gas industry and acquiring new skills to drive digital transformation in this sector.
Dharumarajen Nayagum Software engineer, KBC Advanced Technologies, Walton-on-Thames Mauritian/British
Developed a travel and assistance product strategy for a global automobile club. Delivered a product strategy review for a multi-national Fintech company. Successfully supported the design of a business turnaround strategy for an international commercial law firm.
Joel SatchiManagement Consultant, FTI Consulting, LondonBritish
Managed cost saving and productivity improvement projects to deliver more than GBP £1m saving per year. Led multi-disciplinary teams in different projects to improve RFT, OTDIF and margin. Initiated projects to increase the machines up time by 30%. Delivered technical solution for manufacturing of a new product which increased revenue by GBP £1.2m per year since 2012.
Arash SelahiProduct Engineering Manager, Arconic Engines, Sheffield Forging, SheffieldBritish/Iranian
Extensive international exposure working in nine countries. Lead cross functional and international teams to deliver a EUR €10m programme over four countries in parallel to digitalise sales process for loans. In 2017, doubled the outstanding volumes in loan and launched partnerships with two marketplace providers.
Marco Paleologo OriundiSenior Product Manager, Hypovereinsbank, MunichItalian
Experience in a multi-national company within cross-functional healthcare teams with budgets from GBP £400k to GBP £5m. Designed and implemented bespoke NHS and private service marketing strategies. Analysed and reprofiled healthcare business with budgets of >GBP £3m. Led private care home business to its highest rating under CQC audit. Restructured operational and clinical platforms for a private pharmacy resulting in a 25% reduction in shrinkage and implemented clinical governance plan.
Haris ShahidSuperintendent Retail Pharmacy Manager, Martdeck & Shan Ltd, LondonBritish/Pakistani
Extensive experience in new product development and project/programme management. Currently leading a geographically dispersed multi-functional integrated project team in a large aerospace company, with portfolio of multi-million pound projects. Previous roles included establishing project framework in commercial team of a large oil and gas company and a programme centre of excellence leader in charge of product lifecycle definition.
Mo ShiranIntegrated Project Team Manager, Zodiac Aerospace, SloughBritish/Iranian
Strategically oriented research professional with experience conducting Health Economic and Outcomes Research (HE&OR) studies across academia, consulting, and the pharmaceutical industry. Highly collaborative individual with strong leadership and communication skills. Experience in multiple therapeutic areas including psoriasis, multiple sclerosis, cystic fibrosis, and heart failure.
Slaven SikiricaAssociate Director, US Health Economics & Outcomes Research, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, New YorkSerbian/American
Experienced market risk manager in a tier one investment bank. Expertise across multiple asset classes risk managing trading desks across the globe. Significant experience working with leaders within a major bank and regulators across the globe. Responsible for limit management, providing trade approvals, representing the firm in regulatory discussions and remotely managing an international team.
Currently lead all corporate and business communications for USD $6bn global specialty insurer and reinsurer. Serve as senior counselor to the Board Chairman, CEO and company’s business unit leadership. Run executive branding programmes to raise the profile of business unit CEOs and their leadership teams. Manage a corporate communications budget of USD $1.5m. Prior experience managing marketing and communications functions for multi-national companies.
Experienced digital professional specialising in the financial services/banking sector. Currently leading digital business transformation initiative for UK banks. Builds trusted C-level client relationships and manages P&L for client portfolio of multi-million pounds. Led delivery of digital marketing platforms and operating models. Experience in leading multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams globally.
Varun ThakkerVice President, Market Risk Management, Suisse, LondonBritish
Keith TrivittVice President, Head of Business Unit Communications, AXIS Capital, New YorkAmerican
Pawan UdernaniDirector, Digital Business Transformation, Publicis.Sapient, LondonBritish/Indian
A passionate and successful entrepreneur. Currently co-founder and CEO of a unique web-based company primarily aimed at retail companies and food and beverage multi-nationals. Launched first innovative startup in 2001 at the age of 21. Subsequently, launched multiple new ventures across an array of industries in Italy and Brazil. Extensive experience of managing cross-functional and multi-cultural teams.
Luca PoggiaroniEntrepreneur, Menuale, MilanItalian
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Chartered accountant with experience in all aspects of financial reporting, external audit and statutory account preparation. Previous experience includes work in a broad range of industries within London such as the legal sector, investment banking, healthcare and travel. Currently leading UK&I controllership function, in addition to taking a finance lead in the integration of a newly acquired business.
Paul WyattFinancial Controller, UK & Ireland, American Express Global Business Travel, London New Zealander
Professor Stephen ThomasAssociate Dean Executive MBA [email protected]
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