Executive MBA Profile
Class of 2015/16
Executive
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Ayiaz Ahmed
UK
ayiaz.ahmed@sbs.ox.ac.uk
London School of Economics & Political
Science, UK, MSc Politics of Empire & Post
Imperialism; University of Bristol, UK,
BSc Politics & Economics
Languages: Urdu, Punjabi, Farsi
Founder & Chief Executive Officer,
Wessex Bristol Investments Group
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Sourcing, negotiating and executing
acquisitions and investments in the high end
UK interiors and lifestyle manufacturing sector
Identifying turnaround opportunities
Private equity and deal finance
Designing and implementing turnaround
strategies, business restructure and corporate
rescue processes
Commercial relationship building and sourcing
Growth planning
Branding and marketing
Management recruitment and team building
Built portfolio to £30m of unique companies
including a Royal Warrant holder
Career interests
Private equity; enterprise; international trade;
travel; food; current affairs; sport
Rashid Al-Naimi
Qatar
Thea Anderson
USA
Kagan Arca
UK, Turkey
rashid.alnaimi@sbs.ox.ac.uk
thea.anderson@sbs.ox.ac.uk
kagan.arca@sbs.ox.ac.uk
Indiana State University, USA, BSc Economics
Languages: Arabic
Harvard University, USA, MEd International
Policy; Guilford College, USA, BA International
Studies and Anthropology
Languages: Spanish
Istanbul Technical University, Turkey,
MSc Information Technology; University
of Bilkent, Turkey, BSc (Hons) Computer Tech
and Information Systems
Languages: Turkish
CEO – Investments, Qatar Foundation, Qatar
Established Qatar Foundation Endowment
Management of multibillion dollar investments
as well as chairing and sitting on the board
of a number of companies
Development and implementation of the
investment policy, corporate governance
and tax structuring
VP Administration, Qatar Foundation, Qatar
Established the administration division in
Qatar Foundation; responsible for the IT, HR,
Procurement, Business Improvement, Finance
and Support Services directorates
Set up the shared services function for
Qatar Foundation and rolled it out across the
headquarters and centres
Established quality management systems
and delivered ISO accreditation
Senior Advisor, Mercy Corps, USA
Lead agency strategy in inclusive and
commercial finance models in 30 countries;
build private-sector partnerships and
non-traditional finance models
Structure and negotiate commercial bank
guarantees and financial products
Design initiatives resulting in multimillion
partnership with governments, corporations,
and foundations
Associate Director, Development Innovations
Group, Lebanon/Global
Led consultancies for commercial financial
institutions transitioning to microfinance and
SME lending
Chief Architect, AON, UK
Programme leader $26m budgeted worldwide
programme
Managing architects and onshore/offshore
development team
Programme roadmap and vision
Senior Business Analytics Architect, AON, UK
Design business analytics solutions
Design and implement predictive analytics
Define organisation BI vision
People management
Senior BI Consultant, Microsoft, UK
Led large-scale finance demand surveys
for financial product development
Delivering BI and predictive analytics solutions
to high profile enterprises
EMEA BI practice management
HR Manager, RasGas, Qatar
Business planning and financial modelling for
non-bank financial institutions in emerging
markets
Conducted major restructuring of the HR
department
Designed housing finance products and
operations
Managed the massive recruitment drive
to meet the needs of the organisation
Management Associate, Creative Associates
International, Inc., Afghanistan/USA
Exceeded the national qatarisation targets
Managed US$100m portfolio of development
initiatives in ongoing conflict environment
Delivered the budget for Qatar Foundation
and presented to the Board of Directors
Embedded a culture of continuous
improvement in the HR function
Materials & Procurement Manager,
RasGas, Qatar
Aligned the department to the needs of the
organisation
Achieved multimillion dollar cost savings across
purchases
Achieved a qatarisation target of 46% in the
department
Implemented co-operation sharing
mechanisms with Qatar Gas and Qatar
Petroleum
Career interests
Investments; innovation and continuous
improvement; procurement; leadership
Supervised international and national
contractors and led negotiation with the
Afghan and US government counterparts
Deputy Director, CHF International, USA
Directed multimillion US$ high-profile
reconstruction and finance programming
in Iraq
Cloud solution manager
Portfolio planning and management
Senior BI Engineer, Microsoft, UK
Designing and implementing internal projects
Leading engineering team
Delivering regional workshops and trainings
Budget and resource management
Career interests
Big data; entrepreneurship; predictive
analytics; corporate management;
data management
Oversaw business development teams that
acquired over US$80m in new contracts
Managed multimillion foreign aid programming
including large microfinance loan portfolios
Career interests
Inclusive finance; digital financial services;
e-commerce; emerging and frontier markets;
SME lending; social entrepreneurship;
sustainability
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Jason Beresford
UK
Brie Betz
USA, The Netherlands
work authorisation
Jeremy Blickenstaff
USA
brianne.betz@sbs.ox.ac.uk
University of California Berkeley, USA,
BA (Hons) Environmental Sciences
South Texas College of Law, USA, Juris
Doctorate; Brigham Young University, USA,
BA Political Science
Languages: Portuguese
Founded ShiftPoint, an IT delivery company,
within four years creating operations across
five countries and with an annual turnover
of £30m
Senior Product Marketing Manager, TomTom,
The Netherlands
Manager, One Enterprises, LLC, USA
University of Bedfordshire, UK, Postgraduate
Diploma, Strategic Leadership and Management;
University of Santa Catarina, Brazil,
BSc Food Engineer
Languages: Portuguese
Define market strategy for three sport
categories within TomTom’s Consumer unit
Advised in the deployment and administered
over US$100m of assets under management
General Manager, BRF, UK
Responsible for an operation based on a flexible
resourcing model which offers fixed outcomes
to clients – a key differentiator in the market
Develop insight-led product innovation based
on consumer research and market intelligence
Oversaw the transformation and turn around
of a 192,000 square foot shopping centre
General management of sales and operations
in UK and the Nordics
Lead go-to-market functional teams for new
product introductions
Instrumental in the creation of socially
responsible restaurant and franchise system
that has donated over 400,000 meals to
Malawi Africa
Incorporation and standardisation of subsidiary
under BRF’s processes
Spearheaded a funding model and raised
over US$4m of project equity for US$30m
alternative energy project, providing power
to 20,000 households
Deployment of the new company culture
programme in the region
jason.beresford@sbs.ox.ac.uk
UCNW Bangor, UK, BEng Computer Systems
Engineering
Founder/Senior Partner, ShiftPoint Ltd, UK
Responsible for creating and leading the
business’s operations in the digital marketplace
Executive Director, i3it Ltd, UK
Manage a team of market intelligence and
product marketing managers
Responsible for setting the company strategy
and driving the business growth
Senior Product Manager, TomTom,
The Netherlands
Oversaw the sale of the company to BT plc
and the achievement of the earnout criteria
Defined long-term strategy for cloud-based
connected navigation service
Operated as the COO for BT Health – increased
revenues from £620m to £1,048m while
driving £172m cost savings and successfully
delivering all contract obligations
Oversaw software development of three agile
scrum teams
jeremy.blickenstaff@sbs.ox.ac.uk
Associate Attorney, Kesler & Rust, PC, USA
Managed RFQ process for automotive and
licensing partners
Areas of practice: litigation, corporate law,
employment law, bankruptcy, construction law,
landlord/tenant law, securities law and
contracts
Led CSR programmes for TomTom’s corporate
philanthropy initiatives
Investor Relations Specialist,
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., USA
Product Manager, Elsevier, The Netherlands
Managed all retail investor relations
Responsible for the Development Services
Practice within the Technology Division
Created product roadmap and strategy
for an online research funding database
Composed company press releases, quarterly
reports and annual report
Responsible for the career development of all
consultants and implemented a career model
with career pathways
Facilitated customer research and conference
workshops for 40 higher education and
government research institutions
Career interests
As a client assignment led the procurement
and implementation of London’s Congestion
Charging Scheme
Managed development partner relationships
for market and content expansion in the British
Commonwealth
Manager, Andersen Consulting, UK
Pioneered Elsevier’s off-shore software
development vendor partnership in India
Prior to the sale to BT plc, grew the company
from £8m to £22m annual revenues
Head of Development Services, Deloitte
Consulting, UK
Operated as a manager within the Financial
Services Solution Centre
Led client projects/programmes with large
scale technology implementations
Product Marketing Manager, Elsevier, USA
Established a global sales training programme
for an international B2B sales force of 150
Reed Elsevier Values Award: Boundarylessness
Career interests
Entrepreneurship; change management;
programme management; private equity;
commercial management; business
strategy; management consulting;
business development; risk management
Elsevier Director’s Appreciation Award
Presented product strategy at international
conferences and universities in China,
Singapore, Scotland, Canada, and USA
University of Leiden graduate course:
Measuring Science and Research Performance
Career interests
Wearable tech; entrepreneurship; product
design; consumer insight development;
sustainability
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Entrepreneurship; private equity; business
operations; growth and strategy; law
Jean Borga
Brazil, EU visa,
UK work authorisation
jean.borga@sbs.ox.ac.uk
Unification of sales channels
(B2B, Food-Service and Retail)
Involvement in the build-up of long-term
strategic plan for BRF in Europe
Co-elaboration of a business plan for
a joint-venture in the UK
Co-design of the new go-to-market model
and member of the European G-T-M
Leadership team
Regional Sales Manager (B2B), BRF, UK
Responsible for sales and operations in the
B2B channel in the UK and Nordics
Coordination for development of the strategic
accounts in line with GTM model
Management of sales of commodities and
value added product for the B2B channel
Management of sales force in the region
Engagement in outsourcing activities
of products from other companies
Key Account Manager (B2B), BRF, UK
Development of key accounts
Full responsibility over sales of commodities
and value added products
Customisation of products for B2B accounts
Management of innovation projects
Coordination of optimisation in capabilities
among different production sites
Career interests
Marketing; corporate finance; economics;
entrepreneurship
Wayne Bowers
UK
Christophe Boyac
France
wayne.bowers@sbs.ox.ac.uk
christophe.boyac@sbs.ox.ac.uk
timothy.brantingham@sbs.ox.ac.uk
Chief Executive & Chief Investment
Officer, Northern Trust Asset Management
International, UK
Harvard University, USA, Master Liberal Arts
(Hons) Finance; Isema Business School – Kedge,
France, BBA (Hons) Marketing & Distribution
Languages: French, Spanish
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong,
MA Buddhist Studies; College of William
& Mary, USA, BA East Asian Studies
Languages: Mandarin
Founder, Genese Investment LLC, USA
Director of Asia Pacific, Brantingham & Carroll
International Ltd, Hong Kong
Chief Executive Officer: provide leadership
and manage the definition, development and
deployment of overall vision, business strategy
and execution for a global asset management
organisation
Chief Investment Officer – International
Markets: requires effective management
of the fund management and trading teams
in London, Hong Kong and Tokyo, leading our
investment thought leadership, strategic asset
allocation and capital market forecasts
Responsible for front office client facing
and operational support teams in London,
Hong Kong, Tokyo, Abu Dhabi, Stockholm,
Amsterdam, Singapore and Melbourne
Director of Global Fixed Income,
Northern Trust Asset Management, UK
Building and leading a team of fixed income
portfolio managers and analysts responsible
for the growth in assets under management
from US$12m to US$29bn during an eight year
period
Extending capabilities and sophistication of
Global Fixed Income solutions to our significant
global mega client relationships
Senior Interest Rate & FX Derivative Trader,
ABN AMRO Bank NV, London Branch, UK
Multi-instrument, outright position and
relative value trading across and against
various yield curves in both core and peripheral
European markets
Screening of potential source of investment
in start-ups and small cap in the retail and
consumer products industries
Business valuation analysis and assessment
of exit strategies
CEO, E.LECLERC Vaison, France
€30m annual sales, 200 employees
Leveraged buyout acquisition, restructuring
and sale of equity
Negotiation and purchase at the national,
regional and store level, for up to €60m
per annum
CEO, INTERMARCHE Vaison, France
€20m annual sales, 70 employees
Managed a 50,000 sq. feet store and
boutiques
Career interests
Private equity; venture capital;
entrepreneurship; consulting in retail and
consumer products
Timothy Brantingham
USA, Hong Kong
Co-owner and Asia Director of an industrial
contract manufacturing company focused
on the mining, power and renewable energy
sectors; operating in China, Korea, Malaysia,
India, Vietnam and Mexico
Responsible for all manufacturing operations,
JV partnerships, government and strategic
relationships in Asia; company has grown
an average of 30% a year for six years
Established a project development subsidiary
focused on seeding and financing utility-scale
solar power plants and industrial agriculture
and aquaculture projects in SE Asia
Director of Business Development,
Brantingham Manufacturing, China
Family trading company established in Taiwan
in 1979, with a later Shanghai office opened
in 1989. Managed sourcing and supply chain
functions for US and UK industrial B-to-B
brands
Spearheaded move to diversify coastal China
manufacturing to sources in Western China,
Indonesia and Vietnam
Sales Director, BMCMedia.com, Hong Kong
Managed advertising sales for an internet
advertising business
Copywriter, Saatchi & Saatchi, Taiwan
Responsible for the modelling and running
of a ‘grey euro’ multi-instrument derivative
trading book
English copywriter for Taiwan government
and trade accounts reaching out to foreign
business leaders and investors
Senior Interest Rate & FX Trader,
Hambros Bank Ltd, UK
Career interests
Multi-instrument, outright position and
relative trading across and against various yield
curves in illiquid and high yielding markets
Supply chain management; developing
markets; equity and debt finance; pan-regional
enterprise management; the green economy
Dale Brown
USA, UK work authorisation,
France work authorisation
dale.brown@sbs.ox.ac.uk
Georgetown University, USA,
BA Liberal Studies Social and Public Policy
Systems Planning and Analysis,
Programme Manager, USA
Principal advisor to Chief of Naval Operations,
Operational Staff (Pentagon, OPNAVN2N6)
Provided strategic, technical and programmatic
analysis for US$1bn Information Dominance
Portfolio
Coordinated management and defense
of US$150m R&D Military Intelligence
Programme
Coordinated S&T and R&D acquisition and
integration across Navy, DOD, academic and
commercial partners
Developed novel approach and strategy
roadmap to accelerate the development and
insertion of future technologies into portfolio
Drafted responses and supported liaison to
Congressional Inquiries and Senate Select
Committee
Principal advisor to Head of Delegation
Maritime Cryptologic Committee for
international engagements
Principal Engineer, Anteon, USA
Program management for the development
of Navy Theater Combat Systems
AEGIS expertise in support of USN Foreign
Military sales to Japan and Spain
Training development: action officer for
the development of Air Missile Fleet Battle
Experiments, War Games and Exercises
Analyst, Logicon Syscon, USA
Laboratory based validation, verification,
engineering and development of AEGIS combat
system software and hardware
AEGIS Combat System Test Director,
Lockheed Martin, USA
Significant revenue generation created through
Exchange Rate Mechanism and European
Monetary Union yield curve and currency
compression trading strategies
Test director, cross-functional team testing
and development of AEGIS system and
components
Career interests
Multidisciplinary advanced technology
development and application; corporate social
responsibility; entrepreneurship; venture
capital; corporate strategy; natural resource
security; management consulting
Global macro investment management;
asset management – multi-asset and
multi-style; building and growing value in
franchise; new market entry; innovation;
entrepreneurship
Career interests
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Reno Budic
Croatia
Wise Chigudu
UK, Zimbabwe
Jyoti Chopra
USA, UK
Alexandre Claude
UK
reno.budic@sbs.ox.ac.uk
wise.chigudu@sbs.ox.ac.uk
jyoti.chopra@sbs.ox.ac.uk
alexandre.claude@sbs.ox.ac.uk
Languages: Croatian, German
Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries
(UK); University of Cape Town, South Africa,
BCom Economics and Statistics
Languages: Shona
New York University, USA, BA (Hons)
Social Sciences (Major: Journalism)
Universite Paris Dauphine, France,
DESS 203 MSc Finance; EM-Lyon, France,
MSc Management
Languages: French, Spanish
Co-founder and Managing Partner,
Crowe Horwath, Croatia
International Liaison Partner CHI
Responsible for the strategic business
development of the Crowe Horwath office
in Zagreb
Supporting a large number of foreign
investors in Croatia with regard to market
entry, successful establishment, management
consulting and business advisory on
transaction aspects, including property
acquisitions, and the use of tax-efficient
deal structures for their investments in
Central and South Eastern Europe
Director, Impi Risk Solutions, UK
Head of Risk and Interim Director of Ceded
Reinsurance, ArgoGlobal, UK
Group Reinsurance Actuary, ACE European
Group, UK
Non Executive Director, Africa Risk Capacity
Limited, Bermuda
Career interests
Private equity; entrepreneurship; insurance
Active member of GCA (Global Corporate
Advisors) covering all aspects of corporate
finance consulting, mergers and acquisitions,
transaction advisory, restructuring, business
process improvements and strategic planning
for multinational clients from different
industries
Providing specific consultancy with an
emphasis on alternative energy, real estate,
tourism, media, manufacturing and retail
Member of the management team, KPMG,
Croatia
Audit of listed and private companies
standalone and consolidated financial
statements under German HGB, IAS and IFRS,
audit planning, supervising and leading audit
teams
Limited reviews, agreed upon procedures, Due
Diligences and valuations for clients in various
industry sectors
Leading the “German desk” supporting financial
and transactional advisory to German speaking
clients in the real estate, retail, pharmaceutical,
tourism and construction industry
Market and financial statements analysis and
client presentations
Advised high wealth individuals on tax
optimisation, local and foreign investors
in all aspects of taxation combined with tax
and deal finance structuring of transactions,
cross-border issues and double taxation
International Liaison Partner and GCA
Member, Crowe Horwath International
Board Member of the Croatian-Austrian
Chamber of Commerce
Trade and Investment committee member
at the American Chamber of Commerce
in Croatia
ACCA Platinum Employer
Career interests
Entrepreneurship; energy and resources;
mergers and acquisitions; turnaround
management; international business;
corporate strategy development
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Managing Director, Global Head, Diversity
and Inclusion, BNY Mellon, USA
Designed and deployed a global strategy
for advancing diversity across 100 markets,
35 countries and a workforce of over 50,000
employees
Advanced the company’s global recognition
in the marketplace
Led five employee resource groups
representing the interests of over 25%
of the global workforce
Managing Director, Global Head,
Communications and Public Relations,
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd., USA
Led global communications, public relations,
regulatory and crisis communications for the
organisation across more than 150 countries
and serving over 200,000 employees
Supported the Global CEO and Executive
Leadership team across all facets of
communications
Managed annual global revenue news and
marketplace dissemination
Managed all primary communication
distribution channels and vehicles for the
organisation worldwide
Managing Director, Merrill Lynch, USA
Designed multicultural business development
blueprint and strategy for the Global Wealth
Management Group
Accelerated retail brokerage penetration into
new diverse market segments generating
substantial new client asset and revenue
streams
Led brand, marketing and communications
integration for a major acquisition
Developed communications strategy for Global
Bank Business
Career interests
Diversity and inclusion; gender parity; human
capital; investment and wealth management
Head of Coal, Freepoint, London, UK
Head of Coal and Freight Trading, Vattenfall,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Trader, Louis Dreyfus Commodities, Singapore
Career interests
Entrepreneurship; private equity; financial
markets; commodities
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Alastair Collier
UK, Canada
J Alex Dalessio
USA
Anja Dieke
Germany
Aliaksei Dzemichau
Belarus
alastair.collier@sbs.ox.ac.uk
alex.dalessio@sbs.ox.ac.uk
anja.dieke@sbs.ox.ac.uk
aliaksei.dzemichau@sbs.ox.ac.uk
CIMA, UK, Management Accountant;
Acadia University, Canada, BA English;
Acadia University, Canada, BBA (Hons)
University of California Berkeley, USA, JD;
University of Colorado Boulder, USA,
BA Psychology
Languages: Spanish
European University Viadrina, Germany,
BSc International Business Administration;
Universidad Catolica de Cordoba, Argentina,
Licenciatura en Administracion de Empresa
Languages: German, Spanish
Belarus State University, Belarus,
BSc in Applied Maths and Computer Science
Languages: Russian
Operations Manager, Concha y Toro, UK
Operationalise the 2018 go-to-market
strategy by enabling key processes to be
efficiently and profitably scaled
Global Internal Consultant, Mars Inc, UK
Facilitated senior leaders and teams to deliver
step change results on strategic issues across
all of Mars by working within Mars’ culture
and structure to resolve issues and implement
solutions in areas that include organisational
effectiveness/development, strategic
planning, and process improvement
Worked with corporate strategic teams to
enable key organisation-wide programmes
to be effectively implemented – included
mapping the company’s five-year Cocoa
sustainability agenda
Supported country level leadership teams to
craft five-year operational road-map business
unit strategies
Global Efficiency Manager, Mars Inc, UK
In four years the programme delivered in
excess of $30m in hard annualised savings
through development of organisation-wide
manufacturing and R&D improvement
processes
Engaged a diverse community from around
the globe to define, develop and implement
a Mars-wide change programme. This included
leading regionally diverse teams in strategy
development, management ‘buy in’
programmes and culture change activities
Head of Technology Design and Innovation,
John Wiley & Sons, USA
Managing director of worldwide experience
strategy, research, design, and innovation
teams and programmes
Created, staffed and executed programme
to explore and validate new concepts and
business models including ideation, design,
product development and marketing
Focus on customer-driven transformational
digital product and market opportunities
across all platforms
Implemented and launched company-wide
innovation management platform
Founder, City Farm Fish, USA
Managing director of an environmentally,
socially and economically sustainable
commercial fishery and greenhouse project
Developed and now manage all aspects
of the business, from design to sourcing
to community relations and partnerships
Senior Director, Lexis Nexis, USA
Directed requirements, development and
customer experience strategy for key product
(US$10m) releases across three continents
Managed matrix of over 50 business and
development employees to ensure on time
and under budget delivery
Finance Business Partner, Mars Chocolate, UK
Responsible for product roadmap and
go-to-market strategy, including partnership
and acquisition opportunities
Financially managed the UK Chocolate
manufacturing plant producing circa. 100
kilotons per annum of confectionery products
Public face of new products, including speaking
at 25+ engagements per year to internal,
customer and trade show audiences
Career interests
Turnaround management; private equity;
organisational development; non-profit;
strategy
Director, Reed Elsevier, USA
Project Manager (Vice President) Inhouse
Consulting, Deutsche Bank, UK
Deutsche Bank’s Management Consultancy
focused on internal projects
Defined and designed a target operating
model for a business division within the bank
in order to handle all regulatory changes and
issues more efficiently throughout their
lifecycle (from awareness and assessment
to monitoring after successful implementation)
Supported the design of a marketing strategy
(e.g. webpage design, event management)
and definition of the target operating model
for recruiting in the London office
Senior Consultant Inhouse Consulting,
Deutsche Bank, Germany
Deputy programme lead for all operational
topics, that supported the ramp-up of an
unparalleled bank-wide efficiency programme
Transferred a product, including defining
new process flows as well as training affected
parties within Deutsche Bank, due to the
integration of a part of ABN AMR
Researched, analysed and forecasted age
structure and gender structure of Deutsche
Bank, as well as the connected challenges
and proposals of potential mitigation
Worked for six weeks in rural India with
a small Microfinance Bank (MannDeshi) and
created a marketing strategy, interviewed
female entrepreneurs, and worked with
underprivileged children
Head of Software Development Division,
Itransition Group, Belarus
Established and expanded a software
development division to a 300 people
self sustained business
Key responsibilities include business
development, strategic management,
key accounts management
Proficiency in leading large teams to
completion of software projects of all sizes
providing both technological and process
related leadership
Software Project Manager, Itransition Group,
Belarus
Managing software projects, setting up
requirements management process,
development process, delivery and support
Methodologies used range from lightweight
Agile to heavy duty Rational Unified Process
and others
Java Developer, Itransition Group, Belarus
Building enterprise grade applications from
scratch
Designing and implementing robust and
scalable software architecture frameworks
Career interests
Corporate strategy; mergers and acquisitions;
entrepreneurship; information technology;
innovation
Career interests
Think tanks; innovation; business
and infrastructure strategy; social
entrepreneurship; global trends; negotiation
Managed five research, design and prototyping
teams focused on inventing, designing and
developing publishing products across all
devices and platforms for US$1bn+ legal
services market
Led development/invented major release
concepts, including Microsoft partnership
product and flagship research tools
Directed focus groups, 1:1s, ethnography, and
usability studies with over 1,000 customers
across four continents
Extensive collaboration with sales, product and
business teams across 10 countries to develop
and implement global innovation strategy
Career interests
Innovation strategy and management;
entrepreneurship; international business
development; management consulting;
technology and media private equity
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Oluwateniola Eleoramo
Nigeria
Tony Ohifeme Ezekiel
Nigeria
Ilir Fani
UK
oluwateniola.eleoramo@sbs.ox.ac.uk
tony.ezekiel@sbs.ox.ac.uk
ilir.fani@sbs.ox.ac.uk
Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria,
BSc (Hons) Chemical Engineering; London
Business School, UK, Executive Education,
Corporate Finance
Languages: Yoruba
University of Oxford, UK, Post Graduate
Diploma in Global Business
American University in Bulgaria, Bulgaria,
BA (Hons) (Major: Applied Economics;
Major: Business Administration)
Languages: Italian, Spanish, Albanian
Group MD/CEO, Kohath Investment Group,
Nigeria
Responsible for conceptualisation and
formation of group strategy, business structure
in Africa
Grew the company’s asset portfolio above
US$250m across mining, agriculture and
real estate/urban land development
Nurtured the company from scratch to become
a reputable emerging markets conglomerate.
Assets in the conglomerate include the
Oro Tantalite Concession, Land of Honey City
Project and Kwara Integrated Rice Production
Project
Project Director, Land of Honey City
Development Project, Nigeria
Conceptualisation of the Land of Honey City
development, which sits on 1,767 hectares
and was the largest private sector led urban
land development for the middle income
in Nigeria
Chairman/CEO, Itex Furniture Limited, Nigeria
Founder of one of the most successful furniture
manufacturing companies in Nigeria
Furnished:
– Central Bank of Nigeria
– Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abuja, Nigeria
– Federal Ministry of Finance, Abuja, Nigeria
– Defence Headquarters, Abuja, Nigeria
– Presidential and Parliamentary Palaces of the
Government of Sao Tome and Principe etc
Chairman/CEO Itex Energy (Oil, Gas and
Power), Nigeria
Laying and maintenance of pipelines in Nigeria
Subsea Services in Nigeria
Production and marketing of electricity meters
in Nigeria
Manage credit risk in a wide range of
investments covering industry, commerce
and agribusiness sectors, all asset classes,
annual business volume c. $2bn
Participate in weekly senior management
approval process of new exposures, deputise
for Director, Credit Transaction Analysis unit
Interact daily with origination teams to improve
structures/mitigate credit risk, exercise capital
markets responsibility by signing off on deal
terms in between approvals by the Operations
Committee
Career interests
Director, Syndicated Leveraged Finance,
ING Bank N.V., UK
Leadership in management of entrepreneurship
entity; leadership in marketing of an emerging
market (Africa)
Advising pan-European originating teams on
LBOs – structural issues, terms and conditions,
pricing, market trends
Development of world class Master Plan,
and first of its kind in sub-saharan Africa
Land of Honey City Project will create homes
for about 100,000 residents, and will deliver
a minimum of 20,000 housing units
SAP Senior SCM/SRM/PM Consultant,
Total Upstream Companies of Nigeria, Nigeria
Implementation of SAP R/3 SCM for TUCN,
and upgrade to ECC 6.0. This included but was
not limited to creation and customisation of
business process maps for all the purchasing
processes, vendor management, MRP, stock
accounting, offshore logistics management
Creation of organisational structure for the
entire Supply Chain Management division,
and provision of all round support for the
Supply Chain Business
Served as an Integration Consultant to
tackle cross-functional issues around SCM,
Finance and Accounting, Cost Control, Plant
Maintenance
Career interests
Entrepreneurship; private equity;
renewable energy; gas
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Senior Credit Manager, Risk Management,
European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development, UK
EXECUTIVE MBA CLASS OF 2015/16
Assist in term sheet negotiations covering
underwriting risks, structure and pricing
appropriately for sell-down. Geographical
coverage pan-European (Spain, Italy, Benelux,
CEE etc.)
Obtain approval for underwriting limits at
ING’s global underwriting committee, advise
committee on underwrite and sell down risk
Maintenance of relationships with Private
Equity clients and key investors
Senior Banker, Agribusiness Team, European
Bank for Reconstruction and Development, UK
Leading/managing teams of bankers
in origination, execution and monitoring
of various forms of lending and equity
investments in Eastern Europe and the CIS
Lending experience includes appraising and
structuring: secured short and long-term debt,
on/off-balance sheet lending including project
finance, working capital and structured trade
finance, acquisitions and restructurings
Equity experience includes ordinary equity,
various forms of preferred equity, convertible
debt, redeemable shares
Career interests
Structured finance; leveraged finance;
private equity; trade finance
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Colleen C Gately
USA
Araz Guliyev
Azerbaijan
colleen.gately@sbs.ox.ac.uk
araz.guliyev@sbs.ox.ac.uk
University of Southern California, USA,
BS (Hons) Finance; Certified Fraud Examiner
(CFE)
Royal Holloway University of London, UK,
BSc (Hons) Management
Languages: Azeri, Turkish, Russian
Director, Visa Inc., USA
Vice President, New Sphere Holding,
Azerbaijan
Oversee anti-money laundering and
counter-terrorist financing (AML/CTF)
programme including, policy, enterprise-wide
risk assessments and global product standards
Represent Global Compliance (including
AML/CTF, anti-corruption, data privacy)
on committees that evaluate all new business
initiatives and emerging products for the entire
organisation
Serve as trusted advisor and subject matter
expert to business units throughout the Visa
organisation
First Republic Bank, USA
Assessed compliance with BSA/AML/CTF
and Sanctions related regulations and
proactively identified and evaluated emerging
risks requiring programme enhancement.
Reported periodically on overall programme
and escalated issues to senior management
Designed and managed independent quality
control reviews and analytics assessments
to ensure BSA/AML/CTF and Sanctions
programmes complied with laws and regulations
and were consistent with bank policy
Supervision of “Corvet Wood”, the luxury
furniture production with high-end standards
Supervision of “Khalgar Dostlughu”, the local
shopping mall with size of 40,000m2 in Baku
Supervision of “Romance Palace” and “Sharg
Saray”, the modern wedding venues in Baku
Supervision of “Green House”, the luxury
mountain resort with 50 units in Ismayilli
Construction of residential and commercial
properties with size of 200,000m2 in Baku
Construction of residential and commercial
properties with size of 100,000m2 in Kiev
Construction of production factory for wheat
flour and other flour products in Ukraine
Career interests
Entrepreneurship; international management;
construction; tourism; logistics; trade
Collaborated with enterprise-level, business
and/or support units and bank subsidiaries
to ensure successful programme execution.
Served as trusted advisor, subject matter
expert and partner to business units
throughout the bank
Manager, Deloitte, USA
For over 12 years, conducted internal and
regulatory investigations; advised global
companies on ethics and compliance matters;
and assisted clients with designing and
developing solutions to improve their ability
to manage diverse enterprise-wide, regulatory
and emerging market risks
Managed projects at more than 50 global
companies spanning many levels of scope and
complexity, with individual project fees ranging
from US$50k to more than US$5m and
consisting of cross-functional, global teams
of up to 45–50 professionals
Managed projects in China (mainland and
Hong Kong), Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan,
Korea, The Netherlands, Russia, South Africa,
UAE and Vietnam
Co-authored three white papers on enterprisewide compliance and conducting internal
investigations
Delivered more than 10 presentations
regarding anti-fraud and anti-corruption at
organisations such as the Institute of Internal
Auditors, Practising Law Institute, global
technology companies and global law firms
Career interests
Ethics; regulatory compliance; FinTech;
business consulting; regulatory investigations;
social responsibility; cyber crime
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Mohammed R Hamid
UK
Jeff Henriksen
USA
Abdi Ismail
UK
Samuel Jesselson
USA, Germany
mohammed.hamid@sbs.ox.ac.uk
jeffrey.henriksen@sbs.ox.ac.uk
abdi-rizak.ismail@sbs.ox.ac.uk
samuel.jesselson@sbs.ox.ac.uk
Chartered Institute of Management
Accountants, UK, CGMA; King’s College
London, UK, BSc (Hons) Computer Science
with Management
University of Colorado Denver, USA,
MS Finance; University of Colorado Boulder,
USA, BA magna cum laude History
King's College London, UK, BSc (Hons)
Pharmacology
Languages: Somali
University of Pennsylvania, USA, BA History
Languages: Hebrew
Portfolio Manager and Partner,
Thorpe Abbotts Capital, USA
Head of New Business Benelux Sales,
Bloomberg, UK
Find and assess potential investments
for the partnership
Responsible for setting, implementing and
managing Bloomberg's sales strategies for
Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg
Regional Commercial Finance Advisor
(Europe & Africa), Shell International
Petroleum Company Limited, UK
Maximise end to end bottom line performance
across the commodities trading and refining
businesses
Regional responsibility for managing price
risk via the hedging of crude oil and refined
products exposures
Country Finance Controller, Shell Companies
in Kuwait, Kuwait
Increased profitability through extensive
contract management and negotiations with
the Kuwait Oil Company
Responsible for all financial activities including
cash flow and working capital management,
guaranteeing stable dividend payments for
the group
Director, Jesselson Capital Corporation, USA
Implement valuation technologies to establish
intrinsic values of potential and current
portfolio companies, and identify individual
catalysts for fair-value convergence
Make asset allocation decisions based on this
research, monitor positions, evaluate potential
threats to portfolio companies, and implement
risk management techniques
Established a systematic investment
management process comprising search
strategy, valuation techniques, research
strategy, and risk management
Currently transitioning the partnership to
a new hedge fund entity that will implement a
value-oriented long-short investment strategy
Investment Research Analyst,
Family Office, USA
Career interests
Corporate finance; commodities trading;
oil & gas; mergers, acquisitions & divestments;
risk management; strategy
Performed bottom-up, fundamental
research and accounting analysis on potential
investments
Clarified investment decisions for the family
office and portfolio manager by highlighting
the critical factors and catalysts that were
most likely to drive stock performance over
the investment time horizon
Prepared valuation analyses and financial
models for target and portfolio companies,
including dividend discount models, discounted
cash flow models, economic value-added
models, real option models, relative valuations,
asset-based valuations, and earnings power
valuations
Career interests
Value investing; behavioural finance; corporate
valuation; asset management; corporate
finance; corporate strategy; activist investing;
alternative investments
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Maintaining and growing a portfolio of over
US$309m annually
Driving product development and strategy
for enterprise applications across multi asset
classes for tier one financial institutions
Account Manager, Informa, UK
Provide strategies for the commercialisation
of life science disclosures from technology
transfer and academic institutions
Provide leadership direction for go to market
strategies for new spin offs
Negotiations of licensing deals between
tier one pharmaceuticals and biotechs
Responsible for graduate hiring, training and
developments
Career interests
Asset management; private equity;
management consulting; entrepreneurship
Focused on real estate investments and
advisory situations. Real estate equity and
debt underwriting. Property types include
multifamily, retail, office, hotel, and self
storage. Projects include income producing
assets with value add, and ground up
development within the USA
Venture capital investments focusing
on capital markets, financial institutions,
healthcare and technology
Loan Originator, CIII Capital Partners, USA
Originated fixed and floating rate loans for
securitisation
Underwrote retail, office, multifamily,
hotel and self storage properties
Oversaw loan production pipeline that
deployed US$1.5bn in principal
Associate, Island Capital Group, USA
Corporate restructuring
Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities fund
investing
Advisory M&A services for publicly traded
companies
Analyst, Lehman Brothers, USA
Healthcare M&A and underwriting
Development of strategic advisory structures
Submitted RFP for public to private conversion
health insurer IPO
Conducted in-depth industry, market
and company research
Career interests
Merchant banking; real estate; venture capital;
private equity; hedge fund
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Kaziwe Kaulule
Zambia
Arefe Khosravi
Switzerland
Manish Kumar
UK, India
kaziwe.kaulule@sbs.ox.ac.uk
arefe.khosravi@sbs.ox.ac.uk
manish.kumar2@sbs.ox.ac.uk
University of Cape Town, South Africa,
BCom (Hons) Information Systems;
University of Cape Town, South Africa,
BSc Computer Science
Languages: French, Bemba
Chartered Financial Analyst Level 3 Exam;
University College London, UK, BSc (Hons)
Pharmacology
Languages: Farsi, German
University of Sheffield, UK,
BSc (Hons) Computer Science
Languages: Hindi, German
Founder & Director, Glass World
Head Trader, TMT Metals AG, Switzerland
Marketing & Strategy Director, Lafarge,
Zambia
Lead the development and execution of
business strategy in preparation for major
competition entry
Develop new solutions, services and products
based on a clear understanding of customer
needs: Led new initiatives that contributed
€13m EBITDA in 2013
Lead business start ups: Launched Aggregates
and readymix business in Zambia
Cluster Marketing Director, Lafarge South
East Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi
Designed and set up the marketing and
innovation organisations within the cluster
of countries
Developed top level sales capabilities: sales
force effectiveness in products, solutions and
services
Defined and implemented growth strategy
for EBITDA from €95m to €130m by 2015
Led the most successful media campaign
in the history of Lafarge Zambia which was
nominated as the best branding campaign
in Lafarge Group
Audit Manager, Lafarge SA, France
Led teams of senior auditors in audit
assignments worldwide across all Lafarge
Divisions and multiple functions
Significant engagements: Human resources
and talent management (Asia), Entity audits
(France, Egypt, Iraq, Nigeria, South Africa,
Morocco), Treasury (USA), Security (Brazil),
ERP and shared services (USA, UK)
Led the change management of the audit
department’s methodology and implemented
new risk assessment, scheduling, field work
and tracking of recommendations
Project Leader, LAFARGE SERVICES GROUP,
France
Supported Lafarge businesses worldwide
to implement Group standard solutions
Co-led the development of first Group
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
system and supported pilot implementation
in France
Career interests
Business strategy and development;
management; Africa and emerging markets
Established and developed a vertically
integrated physical commodities asset and
trading company
Contributed in achieving US$500m revenue
within the second year of business with above
industry standard margins, estimated US$1bn
revenue for the third year
Responsible for all trading positions and
consequently risk adjusted PNL of the trading
team
Directly involved in the acquisition, monitoring
and disposal of upstream assets
Aluminium Trader, JB Commodities AG,
Switzerland
Performed trade origination, analysis and
execution of Aluminium trades globally for
ex Glencore founders
Founded Glass World, a global glass and glass
machine manufacturing business, offering one
stop shop to all glass processors
Responsible for leading the business operations
and improving performance including supply
chain management, trade expansion, contract
management and new trade opportunities
Responsible for all manufacturing operations;
JV partnerships, government and strategic
relationship
Founder & Director, Peritus Digitalia, UK
Founded Peritus Digitalia, an Information
Technology (IT) consultancy, innovating
end-to-end IT delivery and management with
focus on financial, security and government
organisations
Responsible for negotiation of trade contracts
and leading delivery teams
Algorithmic Trader, Nasamax Hedge Fund,
Bahamas
Established a multi-channel knowledge sharing
platform for the Indian IT student
Designed and assisted the development of
a directional momentum systematic algorithm
alongside proprietary trading of base metals
Institutional Manager, Morningstar, UK
Proprietary Trading Analyst, Sempra Metals
Ltd (now JP Morgan Chase), UK
Performed market analysis, prepared daily
technical reports, produced base metal
overview reports and presented new findings
to senior management
Traded short and long term trading strategies
in base metals
Career interests
Commodities; mining; private equity;
entrepreneurship
Responsible for all institutional clients across
Europe
Defined and implemented institutional growth
strategy for Institutional clients increasing
revenue by more than 20%
Responsible for £10 million contract for
delivery of institutional products, investor
relations to HSBC worldwide
Responsible for £5 million contract for investor
relation, trading platform management and
new financial portfolio management research
and capabilities for Credit Swiss
Designed and developed new risk modelling
and portfolio management tools for
institutional clients
Program Manager, National Health Services
(NHS), UK
Designed, developed and delivered integrated
patient record management system (ICE)
used by general practitioners across the UK
Introduced integrated online appointment
booking system to empower patients to book
and track their records digitally
Introduced patient information sharing by
providing access to patient records during out
of hour doctor visits and emergency
ambulance services
Career interests
Entrepreneurship; startups; business
strategy; turnaround management; strategy
management; expansion management;
management consulting; negotiations;
innovation; information technology; artificial
intelligence; non-profit organisations
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Kin W Lau
Singapore
Qiming Li
China, Germany work authorisation
Zhucheng Liu
China
Saleh Lootah
UAE
kin.lau@sbs.ox.ac.uk
qiming.li@sbs.ox.ac.uk
zhucheng.liu@sbs.ox.ac.uk
saleh.lootah@sbs.ox.ac.uk
University of Manchester, UK, BEng (Hons)
Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Languages: Mandarin, Indonesian
Shanghai Normal University, China, BA
Languages: Mandarin Chinese, Shanghainese,
German
Khalifa University, UAE, BSc Communication
Engineering
Languages: Arabic
CEO, Fatfish Internet Group Ltd, Australia
Manager, Accenture-Management
Consulting, Germany
Royal Holloway, University of London, UK,
PhD Corporate Governance and Finance;
King’s College London, University of London,
UK, LLM International Financial Law;
University of Reading, UK, MSc Finance and
International Business; GuangDong University
of Finance, China, BSc Economics
Languages: Mandarin, Cantonese
Led the ASX-listing of the group – among the
first tech venture investment firms to be listed
in Australia
Manages strategy consulting projects including
emerging market entry strategies
Responsible for securing co-investment
partnership with Singapore Government
and Malaysian Government
Specialises in markets, revenue growth
strategy, modelling analysis, M&A,
due diligence, market assessment
Headed the venture investment team that
made more than 15 investments in Internet
businesses across Asia and Australia
Industry experiences include consumer health,
medical device, automotive
Chairman, Oriented Media Grp, Malaysia
Manager & Country Lead of Life Sciences,
Accenture-Strategy Consulting, China
A pioneering publicly-listed digital media group
in Malaysia
Manages corporate level strategy projects
and client account relationship development
Personally led the online game publishing
in Southeast Asia and ad network business
in Hong Kong
Specialised in market entry strategy, revenue
growth strategy, modelling analysis, M&A,
distribution channel optimisation, due diligence
Exec. Director, Sanrio Digital, Singapore
For a major US client, lifted its annual growth
rate from 27% to 85%
Headed the Southeast Asian digital arm of the
Sanrio Group that owns popular characters
such as Hello Kitty and Badtz Maru
Responsible for licensing of digital assets
in Southeast Asia
MD, Viztel Solutions Bhd, Malaysia
Industry experiences include healthcare,
medical device, high tech, automotive,
consumer goods, retail
Manager of Strategy & Projects, B&Q (China)
Investment Co. Ltd., China
Led a wildly successful IPO that was 174x
oversubscribed
Division head, and lead financial analysis,
commercial strategy, pricing strategy, vendor
management and process optimisation
Grown the startup to become a regional
software firm that has bluechip clientele like
AirAsia, Maxis etc
Specialised in financial modelling and strategy
formulation
Asia Pacific Fast 500 company
Senior Consultant, Kurt Salmon Associates,
China
Career interests
Private equity; venture capital; corporate
finance; internet business; entrepreneurship
Delivered strategy and operation improvement
projects for global consumer goods and retails
clients
Consultant, Booz Allen Hamilton, China
Delivered corporate level strategy consulting
projects; analysis and strategy formulation
Specialised in market entry strategy, revenue
growth strategy, commercial due diligence
Industry experiences include financial services,
healthcare, consumer goods, steel, industrial
goods
Career interests
Investment banking; strategy consulting;
private equity; strategic planning function
Group Director, Wah Sing Global Ltd, UK
To contribute to the development and
implementation of company’s policies as
member of Board of Directors and Chair
of Investment Strategy and Policy Group
To manage a broadly diversified account base
of over 395 personal and institutional accounts
with total value in excess of £450m
To conduct numerous feasibility studies and
risk assessments, both political and economic
forecasts, for a variety of projects including
nuclear energy development, port, railroad and
packaging facilities
Manager, Investment Analysis Team,
Simon Capital Group, UK
Analyse financial performance of private equity
fund holdings in Asia and Europe; execute credit
and financial analyses of sub-project equity
investments across various sectors
Structured new project/corporate finance
deals with capitalisation of £100,000
to £100m in commercial property, health
insurance, IT and telecom
Produced IT/telecom marketing plan to expand
brand awareness and market penetration
of OPII products
Develop rapport with clients interested in
investment opportunities in emerging markets,
including Mainland China, Taiwan, the
Caribbean, the Middle East, the Pacific Islands,
and Southeastern Europe
Analyst and Research Fellow, Senate House,
University of London and Bank of England, UK
To conduct jointed research projects (Bank
of England) related to monetary economics,
financial stability including banking theory,
economics of payment system, etc.
To structure project/corporate finance deals
with capitalisation and capital investment and
this includes ensuring timely completion of
the research and dissemination of the tasks,
both internally and externally
To actively maintain and continue to cultivate
relationships with academic and financial
institutions and business enterprises contacts
in the field of capital investment and
professional management of various securities
and assets (e.g. Real Estate)
Career interests
Capital investment; private equity;
project finance; merger and acquisition
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Deputy General Manager – TV & Radio
Support, Head of TV & Radio Engineering,
Dubai Media Incorporated, UAE
Initiate a three-year infrastructure upgrade
plan to migrate Dubai Media Inc. infrastructure
from SD tape based to 3G/HD/SD file based
infrastructure while maintaining 24/7
transmission
Create strong alliances with vendors and
system integrators to ensure preferential rates
for projects
Align the strategic plan of the department
with the strategic goals of Dubai Media Inc.
and Dubai Government
Initiate and implement a disaster recovery plan
to make sure that Dubai Media Inc. channels
remain on air during various disaster scenarios
Business Development Manager –
Broadcasting, du, UAE
Manage and develop partnerships with
other major teleports and Media Technology
platforms
Develop new products to maximise sales
Launch new satellite platforms from Dubai
to meet customer requirements
Account Manager – Broadcasting, du, UAE
Maintain accounts of National and International
Media clients
Provision of telecom and TV services via VSAT
for Marine and Offshore Oil services
Establish International fibre connectivity to
support content distribution requirements
Career interests
Entrepreneurship; change management
Arne Lorenzen
Denmark
Manna Luo
USA
Dulmazul Luvsandorj
UK
arne.lorenzen@sbs.ox.ac.uk
manna.luo@sbs.ox.ac.uk
dulmaazul.luvsandorj@sbs.ox.ac.uk
Virginia Commonwealth University, USA,
MS Operations Research and Statistics (double
major); Wuhan University, PRC, BEng Geodesy
Languages: Chinese (Mandarin)
University of Oxford, PGDip in Financial
Strategy; Charles University, Prague,
MSc Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Languages: Russian, Czech, Japanese,
Mongolian
University of Aarhus, Denmark; Master’s
Degree in Political Science and Master’s Degree
in Social Science and Philosophy; University
of Washington, Seattle, USA, Fulbright
Scholarship, International relations and
Political Science
Languages: German, French, Swedish,
Norwegian, Danish
Managing Director, RES Northern Europe,
New & Emerging Markets
Regional strategy and business development
Market entry in Finland via joint venture
Market entry in Germany: Start-up and M&A
South Africa business
New technologies strategy development
Organisational design
Lobby work at EU and national levels
Regional health and safety
Interaction with board and shareholders
CEO, Nordisk Vindkraft AB, Sweden
Change management: Transformation
of company organisation and culture
Setting business and commercial strategy
Attracting new investors to Swedish market
Negotiating joint venture partnership
for Norwegian market entry
Lobby work at national and local levels
Executive Vice President (COO), Theolia SA,
France
Business development, international M&A
and post-merger integration
Joint venture co-operation in India
Investor relations work and road shows
Cost-cutting, down-sizing, strategic
re-focusing in the wake of financial crisis
Executive Board Member, PNE Wind,
Germany
Devised and negotiated strategic partnership
for offshore wind parks
Sales of wind farms to international investors
Company turn-around including divestments,
down-sizing, bank negotiations
Manager, Accenture, Germany
Strategic management consulting in energy
and resource industry
Commodity Trader, Cargill, Hamburg, Paris,
Budapest
Trader and Manager: trading- and hedging
strategies – commodities, currencies, futures
Director of Joint Venture in Hungary
Career interests
Leadership; strategy; entrepreneurship;
corporate diplomacy; turn-around; private
equity; international organisations; evolving
Investor, USA
Self-directed investor, primarily in US equity
market
Senior Analyst, Philip Morris, USA
International market and consumer research
in diverse markets (Asia, Australia and Latin
America)
Career interests
Entrepreneurship; private equity;
asset management; business strategy
VP, Structured Finance, Emerging Markets,
SMBC Bank Europe Ltd, London, UK
Over 10 years’ expertise in equity and
debt financing in origination, structuring
and execution of multinational entities
infrastructure, mining, energy, renewable,
petrochemical projects in emerging markets
of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)
Executed in total over US$20bn financing
to emerging market projects in EMEA.
Had covered project origination roles in
Sub-Sahara, Russia, CIS countries. Close
working relationship with financial institutions,
multilateral banks such as World Bank,
ADB, IFC, FMO and export credit agencies
Some executed projects have been awarded
Deal of the Year by industry magazines.
Country Manager role for origination and
relationship building with large Mongolian
entities and Government for the Bank
Cases of executed deals:
– Abu Dhabi National Oil Company –
US$3bn PFX financing
– Siberian Coal Company (SUEK) –
US$900m PFX financing
– Moscow Shremetyevo Airport –
US$670m Terminal D project
– Tanzania, Tanesco 340MW Combines Gas
fired Power Plant – US$400m
– South Africa, 90MW Dorper Wind Farm –
US$120m financing
– Turkmenistan Government – large scale
Petrochemical projects 3x US$3bn
Advisory role positions in Government of
Mongolia in executing large scale IPP, Mining,
Infra projects
Managing Director, Mongolian Trade Business
Council in the UK
Non profit organisation to develop business
relations between UK and Mongolia
Organising charity, industry events and
conferences
Supported number of UK companies to enter
Mongolian market
Senior Consultant, Bearingpoint Management
Consultancy, (currently PWC) Tokyo
Advised on strategy management projects for
large trading houses, utilities, web companies
in Japan, Singapore, UK and USA
Advisor to Mongolian Government on Energy
and Renewable Energy Policy, Mongolia
Career interests
Corporate finance; advisory boutique;
asset management; PE; energy; mining;
NPO; impact investing
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Chukwuka C Monye
Nigeria
Kingdom Mugadza
Zimbabwe, South Africa
Yuri Mykhaylyuk
Ukraine, UK work authorisation
Tayvanie Nagendran
UK, Mauritius
chukwuka.monye@sbs.ox.ac.uk
kingdom.mugadza@sbs.ox.ac.uk
yuriy.mykhaylyuk@sbs.ox.ac.uk
tayvanie.nagendran@sbs.ox.ac.uk
University of Oxford, UK, Post Graduate
Diploma in Strategy and Innovation;
Warner University, USA, BA (Hons) Business
Management
Languages: Igbo
University of Cape Town, South Africa,
BBusSci Finance and Economics
Languages: Shona, Zulu, Ndebele
Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK,
Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing;
Academy of National Economy, Ukraine,
BA Economics; Odessa State University,
Ukraine, BA (Hons) English
Languages: Russian
King’s College London, UK, MA Public Policy;
University College London, UK,
BSc Architectural Studies
Founder, iQube, Nigeria
Established a multi-channel knowledge sharing
platform for the African business community
Empowering business professionals with
relevant business information
Promoting the importance of innovation and
entrepreneurship
Successfully launched a number of initiatives
targeted at promoting African businesses
including events in Africa and Europe
Managing Partner, Ciuci Consulting,
Nigeria and UK
Founded the firm, which has completed over
110 projects in eight years ranging from
strategy to consumer intelligence to human
capacity development in several industries
such as financial services, telecoms, media,
retail and the public sector
Set up a world-class research team that has
published a number of market reports and
articles that are widely used by analysts and
business decision makers
Led several Ciuci Consulting teams through
the development of social impact initiatives
aimed at taking the capacity building focus
to corporate Nigeria and the society at large
in sectors such as agriculture and healthcare on
a pro bono basis as a sign of Ciuci’s commitment
to its ideals
Partner, Tirisano Partners, South Africa
Founded an advisory and investment firm
that focuses on infrastructure for power,
water, mining and healthcare in Africa
Advised and invested in numerous renewable
energy projects in Africa
Principal, Old Mutual Investment Group,
South Africa
Co-created the largest private fund
in renewable energy in Africa
Responsible for managing multiple assets
in power, gas and rail in Africa
Head of Corporate Finance, Vodacom Group,
South Africa
Managed Vodacom’s investments and
acquisitions across Africa
Analyst, JPMorgan, South Africa
M&A specialist executing mergers in banking
and telecoms sector in Africa
Career interests
Infrastructure for power, water, mining and
healthcare in Africa; social entrepreneurship,
especially in healthcare and education
Conducted several African market entry
feasibility studies for a number of global clients
Serve as a Director on the board of House
of Tara, Africa’s leading makeup brand
Associate Partner, MombaurMcCabe
Consulting, Nigeria
Developed market entry strategy for a UAE
company entering the Nigerian mobile industry
Provided investment evaluation advice to a UK
company seeking to enter the Nigerian solid
minerals industry
Chief Marketing Officer, Surburban Telecom,
Nigeria
Developed the roll-out strategy for a
nationwide fibre optic network including
related business and financial models
Managed the funding process for a fibre
network and raising of US$75m through debt
syndication
Led the team that facilitated the country’s first
WiMax network, providing wireless internet
service in Nigeria
Career interests
Consumer intelligence; strategy; leadership;
human capacity building; innovation
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Vice President, Oriflame Cosmetics,
Russia and Belarus
P&L responsible for Oriflame’s largest
subsidiary
Second biggest cosmetics brand in Russia,
biggest in Belarus
1,200 staff and 800,000 independent
distributors
Managing Director, Oriflame Cosmetics,
Ukraine
Biggest cosmetics brand in Ukraine
Increased market share during economic crisis
Chairman of Ukrainian Direct Selling
Association
Regional Director, Oriflame Cosmetics,
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Mongolia
Biggest cosmetics brand in Armenia and
Mongolia, second biggest in Azerbaijan and
Georgia
Developed strong operations in volatile
markets
Managing Director, KTN Care, UK
Company originates, structures and ultimately
operates UK healthcare businesses
Lead partner for commercial and operational
due diligence on physical healthcare assets
for acquisition
Design, build and implement operational
strategies for business and care quality
turnaround for healthcare assets
Negotiated debt and equity packages
for acquisitions
Prince 2 Practitioner
CEO, AITCH Care Homes (London), UK
Responsible for all aspects of a regulated
private healthcare business with £22m
turnover
Completely restructured regional management
for a 23 site business and head office
Created new systems and processes for
greater information transparency throughout
business
Operations Director, Cambridge Nursing
Home, UK
Increased region’s profitability by 28%
Responsible for all non-clinical operations
management
Consultant, PricewaterhouseCoopers,
Ukraine
City and Guilds Quality Assurance of
programmes at on-site training centre
Managed a project team of 22 consultants
Care and EFL trainer
Provided privatisation consulting to Ukraine’s
state property authority
Care Employer Award, 2014, Regional Finalist
Career interests
Top 30 in Social Care, 2012, National Finalist
FMCG; e-commerce; entrepreneurship
Care Innovator Award, 2011, Regional Finalist
Care Trainer Award, 2013, National Finalist
Research Associate, Social Care Workforce
Research Unit, UK
Published in UK and international journals
Project managed healthcare and social care
research
Career interests
Public-private partnerships; entrepreneurship;
private equity; healthcare; social care
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George Nwangwu
Nigeria
Raúl Ogaz
Chile, Italy
Erkin Oksel
UK, Turkey
george.nwangwu@sbs.ox.ac.uk
raul.ogazarriagada@sbs.ox.ac.uk
erkin.oksel@sbs.ox.ac.uk
University of Hull, UK, PhD, Thesis title
Managing Project Risks in Public Private
Partnerships in Nigeria; University College
London, UK, LLM (Hons) Law; University
of Lagos, Nigeria, LLB (Hons) Law
Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile,
MSc Finance; Universidad Tecnológica
Metropolitana, Chile, BSc Agribusiness
Management
Languages: Spanish, Portuguese
Bogazici University, Turkey, BSc Electrical
and Electronics Engineering
Languages: Turkish
PPP Coordinator and Head PPP Division &
Special Adviser to the Hon Minister of Finance
on PPPs, Federal Ministry of Finance, Nigeria
Senior Financial Analyst, Santander Group,
Spain
Understand, promote and apply Data Analytics
techniques to improve Citi’s Controls
ecosystem
Controlling and coordinating the asset liability
management (ALM) activity, and the risk
metrics in Latin America (Argentina, Brazil,
Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay)
Propose and create best practices for complex
Decision Support Systems through the use
of new technologies
Set up and manage a vibrant lead PPP Unit
under the Federal Ministry of Finance
Organise and chair a technical PPP group
consisting of other MDAs of Government,
World Bank to agree a quarterly action plan
Act as the interface between the PPP Unit,
Ministry of Finance, MDAs and advisers
Head Strategy and Multilateral Relations Unit,
Bureau of Public Enterprises, Nigeria
Responsible for managing the outcomes of
transactions relating to the IDA Privatization
Support Project (PSP)
Coordinate and execute transactions within
the different departments and transaction
managers in the Bureau
Ensure compliance with World Bank and
project processes in line with Key Performance
Indicators (KPIs) as agreed between the
FGN and the World Bank
Lecturer, Commercial and Industrial Law,
University of Lagos, Nigeria
Lecturer in Department of Commercial and
Industrial Law
Career interests
Corporate finance; public-private
partnership; law
Participating monthly in committees of our
Latin American subsidiaries (involves discussing
interest rates, currency, macroeconomic
conditions and portfolio strategy)
Participating in the annual budget/target
process of our subsidiaries
Preparing reports to the top management of
the Bank (financial reports about subsidiaries
and global report with the portfolio
performance)
Product Manager, Santander Bank, Brazil
Analysed and prepared the strategies to
increase profit margin, product penetration
rates and leveraging existing customers
Coordinated a team
Achieved 110% of the target in 2011
Financial Risk Analyst, Santander Asset
Management, Chile
Participated in the risk committee and decision
making
Analysed and managed credit risk and liquidity
for mutual funds, real state funds and private
banking
Analysed and assessed risk of issuers of
debt instruments, such as corporate bonds,
securitised bonds, commercial papers and
time deposits
VP – Digital Controls Manager, Citibank, UK
Management of the creation of Intraday
Liquidities POC for broker/dealer arm of the
business
VP – Transaction Services Lead Analyst,
Citibank, UK
Managed Citidirect EMEA business change
following prioritisation until completion
Managed and prioritised CitiConnect for
SWIFT EMEA business change
Managed EMEA Operations Technology
investment financials along with team
financials
Managed various EMEA Cross Border ACH
requirements for key client engagements on
both public as well as private sector
AVP – Transaction Services, Citibank, UK
Managed Regional Local Funds Transfer
clearing platform for EMEA
Managed OFAC Infrastructure migration
project for EMEA
Officer – Transaction Services, Citibank,
Turkey
Oversaw the development of Local Cheque
Clearing system
Oversaw the development and design
of Enhanced MIS System
Corporate Risk Analyst, Rabobank, Chile
Onboarded/procured new vendors
to Citi approved vendor list
Took part in the bank’s risk committee and
prepared reports for the board
Officer – Application Developer, Finansbank,
Turkey
Analysed and assessed the risks of the
large-company segment for decision making.
Maintained the credit portfolio without losing
money
Oversaw the development of local cheque
clearing system
Career interests
Financial management; corporate finance;
investment banking; asset management;
business strategy
Career interests
Management consulting; venture capital;
disruptive technologies; financial markets;
treasury and cash management
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Janet Parker
USA
David Powell
Hong Kong
Ibrahim Rahmani
USA
janet.parker@sbs.ox.ac.uk
david.powell@sbs.ox.ac.uk
ibrahim.rahmani@sbs.ox.ac.uk
University of California, San Diego, USA,
MS Mechanical Engineering; University
of California, San Diego, USA, BS Mechanical
Engineering; Professional Engineer,
California, USA
City University, London, MSc (Distinction),
Business Systems Analysis & Design;
King’s College London, BA (Hons) Philosophy
Iowa State University, USA, BSc Computer
Engineering; Stanford University, USA,
Leadership, Decision Making and Trust;
Stanford University, USA, Building High
Performance Team
Languages: Urdu, Arabic, Hindi
andrew.redpath@sbs.ox.ac.uk
Director of Product and Solutions Marketing,
DataCore Software, USA
Financial Strategy & Policy Specialist,
The Global Fund, Switzerland
Defined go-to-market strategy for
software-defined storage
Advise CFO, Deputy CFO, and Global Fund
Board Finance sub-committee on financial
management solutions to mitigate core
financial risks characteristic of a US$30bn
global grant portfolio implemented in over
150 countries
Director, Typhoon Consulting, Hong Kong
Manage operator training simulator products
for control systems
Director, responsible for business
development, marketing and client delivery
at boutique consulting firm headquartered
in Hong Kong
Develop business plans and market growth
initiatives
Developing the firm’s global office network
including Shanghai and London
Design marketing and sales collateral
Leading major APAC business process
re-engineering engagement for global
pharmaceutical organisation
Product Manager, Schneider Electric, USA
Principal Engineer – Technical Support,
Schneider Electric, USA
Lead critical issues development activities
Plan schedule and resource allocation
for ongoing product development
Write design and functional software
requirements documentation
Lead technical training courses
Senior Engineer – Operator Training
Simulator, Schneider Electric, USA
Deliver OTS projects for power, pulp and paper,
nuclear, oil & gas, and polymer process plants
Software Developer, IVID Communications,
USA
Lead programming team to develop interactive
multimedia technical courses
Certify software under ISO 9000 quality
control procedures
Program in C++, Visual Basic, and MS SQL
Server
Engineer – Combustion Analysis,
SGI International, USA
Optimise coal upgrading process in low heating
value coal for emissions reduction
Engineer – Nuclear Fuel Analysis,
General Atomics, USA
Analyse fuel performance and fission product
transport for gas-cooled nuclear reactors
Career interests
Product management; operations
management; asset management;
entrepreneurship
Account Director, SMS Management &
Technology, Hong Kong
Influenced the analyst committee by showing
thought leadership in the software-defined
storage space
Member of the four-person Asia Leadership
Team for an Australia-headquartered
consulting firm
Hired and developed a team to run the demand
generation initiative and increase awareness
Head of Business Process Improvement
practice, comprising 50 consultants and
delivering US$10m annual revenues
Head of the firm’s Financial Services industry
capability, managing clients across the Banking
and Insurance sectors
Responsible for winning and managing
company’s largest multi-year consulting
contracts, worth over US$10m
Senior Product and Solutions Marketing
Manager, Nimble Storage, USA
Launched solutions to help company into the
enterprise space – resulting in an incremental
revenue of US$30m within a year
Provided messaging and positioning for
software-defined storage
Director, Molten Group, London
Positioned product in specific bundles
to secure a US$150m revenue stream
Founding Director of boutique consulting firm
headquartered in London
Priced, positioned, packaged and promoted
new products in the Cloud offering
Established offices in Moscow, Bahrain and
Hong Kong
Architected the customer advisory council
to gain positioning and pricing intelligence
Built Financial Services team of 25 consultants
from scratch; responsible for annual revenues
of more than £5m
Co-Founder/Chief Marketing Analyst,
Revelation Associates, USA
Gained investors’ mindshare to raise fund
Provided operational due diligence services
to leading investment banks and private equity
investors
Led international market research projects
covering US, UK, France, India and China
Executive Consultant, KPMG Consulting,
London
Led business development initiatives –
prospected, generated leads, designed
research methodologies and wrote proposals
Led major programme for a European
investment bank migrating OTC derivatives
business from Germany to the UK
Designed and moderated focus groups with
CIO and CTO
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Member of pension fund board and investment
sub-committee (AUM: US$100m)
Finance Specialist, The Global Fund,
Switzerland
Negotiated US$700m of funding decisions
Senior Product Marketing Manager,
VMware, USA
Entrepreneurship; management consulting;
business strategy; private equity
Manage and align private sector partnerships
with corporate objectives and capacity building
needs of programme implementers
Trained channel, sales and customers
on company’s value proposition
Head of Banking Practice, responsible for
managing clients in the Investment Banking,
Wealth Management and Cards sectors
Career interests
Develop policy, assess operational impact and
manage stakeholders
Financial management of US$3.0bn portfolio
to Nigeria, Ghana, Zambia and Sudan
Key speaker at major events: VMworld,
Microsoft TechEd
Won major contract with leading global private
banking and wealth management group
Kaplan University, Australia, Grad Dip Major
Applied Finance & Investments; Deakin
University, Australia, BComm (Hons) Finance;
Deakin University, Australia, BSc (Hons)
Biological Science
Led a team to develop web content, messaging,
and positioning for the new product release
Associate Partner, Distinct Business
Consulting, London
Led integration programme of six business
units in downstream business of global oil major
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Provided market intelligence and guided
company to emerging markets: big data and
virtualisation
Andrew Redpath
Australia, UK,
Swiss work authorisation
Career interests
Entrepreneurship; marketing; computer
software start-up; corporate strategy
Engaged in financial management capacity
building initiatives
Assistant Manager – CF&IB: M&A,
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Australia
Financial advisor to public and private
companies providing strategic analysis, project
management of the mergers and acquisition
processes, divestments, public company
takeovers, corporate restructuring, capital
raisings, and public-to-private engagements
(total transaction value: A$340m)
Coordinated cross-functional teams on
multimillion dollar transactions, engaged
with domestic and multinational clients,
and managed client advisory teams
Associate Business Advisor, Ernst & Young, UK
Client engagement within wholesale banking
and capital markets advising on financial risk
management and derivative valuations
Career interests
Corporate finance; impact investing; health and
development; entrepreneurship; technology
Bayasgalan Rentsendorj
Mongolia
Johanna Ruyssevelt
UK
bayasgalan.rentsendorj@sbs.ox.ac.uk
johanna.ruyssevelt@sbs.ox.ac.uk
Williams College, Massachusetts, USA,
MA Policy Economics; National University
of Mongolia, BBA Finance
Nottingham Trent University, UK,
BSc Psychology
Head of Talent, Oxford University Press, UK
Senior Membership Manager, International
Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds
Lead membership engagement initiatives;
provide investment and governance advisory
to global sovereign wealth funds
Senior Research Officer, International
Monetary Fund
Developed strategic asset allocation tool
for sovereign wealth funds; supported the
management of secretariat for IFSWF
Economics Officer, Asian Development Bank
Supervised project implementation and
prepared country strategic and operational
business plans
Head, Senior Economist, Economist,
Bank of Mongolia (Central Bank)
Oversaw reserve management and fixed
income portfolio; conducted macroeconomic
research and policy analysis
Career interests
International finance; emerging markets;
business development
Execution of global succession planning and
talent management strategy
Introduced a new approach to resource
planning to support business growth
International HR Manager,
Oxford University Press, UK
Managed significant business change
restructures
Designed and co-delivered senior executive
leadership programmes globally
Project managed global benefit review
Global HR Manager, Camco, UK
Built HR function in Asia, Africa and Americas
Managed significant business change
restructures and JVs in UK, Africa and USA
Recruitment of senior executives and
non-executive Board members in Asia,
UK and USA
International HR Manager, Camco,
Beijing & UK
Implemented global performance management
strategy
Designed graduate training scheme with
international placements
Implemented global reward strategy
Career interests
International business; human resource
management; consulting; strategy;
general management
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Joydip Sanyal
UK
Aristotelis Savvides
Cyprus, UK
Samantha See
South Africa, UK
Richard Sepulveda
USA
joydip.sanyal@sbs.ox.ac.uk
aristotelis.savvides@sbs.ox.ac.uk
samantha.see@sbs.ox.ac.uk
richard.sepulveda@sbs.ox.ac.uk
Chartered Engineer, MIMechE; University
of Liverpool, UK, MSc (Eng) Product Design
and Management; Nagpur University, India,
BEng Mechanical Engineering
Languages: Bengali, Hindi
University of Exeter, UK, LLB Law
Languages: Greek
University of Cape Town, South Africa,
Bachelor of Business Science (Hons)
Information Systems (Major: Finance
and Accounting); Herschel High School,
South Africa, National Senior Certificate
Languages: Afrikaans
University of Oxford, UK, Post Graduate
Diploma in Financial Strategy; University
of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, USA,
CIMA Program; Manhattan College, USA,
BS Economics
Global Product Manager, ABB Ltd, UK
Manage US$45m portfolio of electromagnetic
flowmeter products’ business globally
Manage complete lifecycle of the products
Set priorities for the cross functional teams
CEO, General Counsel, Choice One Group, UK
Responsible for strategic planning, M&A,
compliance and legal affairs for each of the
Group’s healthcare services companies
Extensive M&A experience across UK, Europe
and Asia, having created and led teams to
successful closings
Led a R&D team of Scientists and Engineers
Led day to day operations and central services
hub for HR, IT and finance resulting in improved
management information flow, controls and
processes and substantial overhead savings
Execution owner of the strategic product
development roadmap
Led all legal and regulatory issues of expansion
into Asia, US and MENA region
Led multiple cross functional project teams
from idea generation to commercialisation
COO, General Counsel, Options Cassoulides Plc,
Cyprus
New Product Introduction Manager,
ABB Ltd, UK
Chief Compliance Officer responsible for
liaising with the Cyprus Stock Exchange and the
Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission
on all regulatory matters and filings
R&D Program Manager, ABB Ltd, UK
Developed business cases for new product
development projects
Led cross functional project teams for
introducing new products to market
Mechanical Design Engineer, ABB Ltd, UK
Developed asset management strategies to
extend life of pressure equipment on offshore
Oil & Gas rigs
Detailed design of pressure equipment
Career interests
Strategic marketing; new technology scouting;
general management
Implemented new quality control processes,
Management Information System and Printing
Workflow System throughout the production
process which reduced error costs by over 50%
and reduced overtime pay by over 30% thereby
increasing profit margins
Led the M&A team for the disposal of the Group’s
substantial equity stake in the third largest
publishing business in Cyprus and in the sale
of printing business in 2010 to a management
buy-out team while simultaneously achieving
a significant de-leveraging of the Group
Operations Director and General Counsel,
MAD DOG SA, Greece
Managed the warehouse, data-entry and
document delivery teams with up to 60 staff
Created and implemented processes to allow
the business to scale up new business receipts
Representative for the Professional Records
& Information Services Management (PRISM)
industry group and a member of the Regulatory
Affairs Taskforce
Advocate, Andreas Neocleous & Co, Cyprus
Qualified as a Cypriot advocate
Specialised in financial services and M&A
Career interests
Entrepreneurship; leadership; strategy;
general management; private equity;
mergers and acquisitions
Senior Project Manager, Prime Services &
Trade Management, Credit Suisse, UK
Manage the negotiations and set up of 17
new memberships between a new legal entity,
the exchanges and clearing houses for Prime
Services business
Responsible for the Prime Services front office
client migration planning and management
to the new legal entity
Responsible for managing employee migration
to the new legal entity, from an HR and legal
perspective
Migrated Equity and Fixed Income trades to
strategic trade management platforms for
multiple business divisions
Co-Owner, Africa Links, UK & South Africa
Responsible for design work, sourcing suppliers
and supplier management
Marketing and sales of products
Strategic planning and implementation,
including expansion planning across Africa
Account and financial management
Account Director, YUDO Global, UK
Led new sales pitches and relationship
management of current clients
Advised on financials and human resourcerelated business
Project & Migration Programme Manager,
Schroders Asset Management, UK
Delivered a centrally operated and fully
automated vendor-based revenue
management and income accounting system
to the CFO
Managed global business re-alignment
and restructuring of the Finance division
Managed the IT delivery from the vendor,
including 300 bespoke requirements, as well
as internal system deliveries to ensure seamless
integration and migration of data
Senior Project Manager, Royal Bank of
Scotland, UK
Managed delivery of multiple regulatory
reporting projects
Responsible for London migration of acquired
business on to specific trading platforms
Led global roll out of new settlement initiative
to improve in-house payment approach
Career interests
Industry-wide strategic planning and delivery;
private equity; e-commerce; entrepreneurship
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Senior Investment Management Consultant,
Certified Investment Management Analyst,
Morgan Stanley, USA
Asset manager covering ultra-high-net-worth
institutions and endowments
Vice President of Investments, Senior
Investment Management Consultant,
Certified Investment Management Analyst,
Smith Barney, USA
Asset manager covering ultra-high-net-worth
institutions and endowments
Stock Broker, Oppenheimer & Co., USA
Investment advisory high-net-worth
individuals
Career interests
Asset management; private equity; leveraged
buyouts; entrepreneurship; corporate finance
Chandan Sinha
India
Moses Soussis
Greece, UK
Samuel Stephens
USA, UK
Emma Stratful
UK
chandan.sinha@sbs.ox.ac.uk
moses.soussis@sbs.ox.ac.uk
samuel.stephens@sbs.ox.ac.uk
emma.stratful@sbs.ox.ac.uk
Birla Institute of Technology, India,
BEng Information Technology
Languages: Hindi
UMIST, UK, MPhil Financial Mathematics;
UMIST, UK, BSc (Hons) Mathematics,
Statistics & Operational Research
Languages: Greek
University of Bridgeport, USA, BSc Accounting
(Cum laude); CISA; CRISC; CTP
University of Cardiff, UK, Diploma Clinical
Research; King’s College London, UK,
MSc Neuroscience; University of Hertfordshire,
UK, BSc (Hons) Pharmacology
Functional Consultant, Wipro Technologies,
UK
Team leader for analysis, design and global
delivery of IT projects for a major UK Utilities
customer
Subject matter expert on UK Gas Transmission
and Distribution (capacity management,
energy balancing, trading and invoicing)
Vendor Management Consultant,
VISA Europe, London
Management of top two tier 1 strategic
vendors with an annual spend in excess of
£100m
Identification of efficiencies, renegotiation
of strategic contracts and realisation of savings
Responsible for assessing future business
change and projects
Established strategic relations between key
suppliers and C-Suite members
Key player in securing a £2m+ contract
for a regulatory IT programme in 2014
Service Manager, Barclays Bank, London
Contributed to winning a £20m+ deal
for a strategic IT programme in 2013
Consultant for a major IT re-platform
programme from 2012–13
Project Leader, Wipro Technologies, UK
Led delivery of £6m+ regulatory IT programme
from 2009–12
Responsible for global delivery from inception
to implementation for multiple parallel projects
Formulated strategies for application
integration, migration, testing and
implementation
Vendor Management of key IT back office
suppliers
Successfully implemented major audit
remediation plan
Vendor Management of Self Service estate
suppliers
Renegotiation of key contracts that introduced
an improvement in services and made
significant savings
IT Service Manager, IBM UK, Manchester
Implementation of ITIL Problem Management
in the largest EMEA retail customer
Head of Financial Controls, EMEA & APAC,
AIG Europe Ltd, London, UK
Planned, organised and operated an internal
risk and controls assurance programme
for over 55 AIG entities in EMEA and APAC
Provided Financial Controls updates to several
AIG Subsidiary Boards & Audit Committees
in EMEA & APAC
Provided internal controls assurance on
Enterprise Finance Transformation activities
in two finance centres in India and one in
Budapest, Hungary
Optimised the AIG Financial Controls
programme to ensure greater leveraging
(over 95%) by External Auditors
Credited with working with SEC Independent
Consultant to resolve internal control issues
Developed a Quality Review Standard used
in the AIG Global FCU programme
Provide thought leadership, engage and
influence stakeholders and executives on the
business benefits of stable internal controls
Assistant Vice President, Structured Finance,
MBIA Inc., NY, USA
Module Leader, Wipro Technologies, India
Turnaround of failing .com service within
six months and prior to peak trading period
Developed a quantitative rating model used
to rate loan servicers for the Structured
Finance Division
Functional lead, responsible for solution
definition, and design delivery from 2008–09
Management of Incident Management team
– UK and India based
Performed operational reviews of loan
servicing clients for multiple asset classes
Recruited developers, structured team and
assigned roles and responsibilities
Transition of Service Desk services to
South Africa
Provided Consulting and Risk Management
services for New Business & the Insured
Portfolio Management teams
Onshore Coordinator, Wipro Technologies, UK
Managed multiple modules for applications
support from 2006–08
Call handling and ticket resolution
Single point of contact for coordination with
business stakeholders, other vendors and
external teams
Developer, Wipro Technologies, India
Worked as developer and tester for
applications support and development
projects from 2005–06
Career interests
Business strategy; management consulting;
business development; operations;
sustainability; corporate social responsibility;
leadership development
Career interests
Information technology; company turnaround;
global strategy; entrepreneurship; automotive;
financial services
Performed monthly reviews of Asset backed
deals within the Structured Finance portfolio
Head of Research and Development,
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Developed and implemented R&D governance
processes to ensure compliance with national
legislation and guideline
Developed and implemented business strategy
to establish first mental and cognitive health
focused clinical research facility, leading to
increased external funding
Led on R&D strategy to increase research
opportunities within the organisation
Staff and budget management
Clinical Research Project Manager,
Oxford BioMedica (UK) Limited, UK
Responsible for the management of setting
up a Phase I/II first in human study delivering
a gene therapy product for patients with
Parkinson’s disease
Wrote essential documents in preparation for
regulatory and ethics submissions and for the
conduct of the clinical trial
Research Scientist, Vernalis R&D Limited, UK
Designed and conducted laboratory
experiments with novel compounds
Wrote scientific protocols, operating
procedures, undertook data analysis and
produced reports
Career interests
Health care research; operational
management; business strategy/development;
entrepreneurship
Senior Auditor, OdysseyRe, USA
Designed and executed Finance, Operational
and Compliance Reviews of OdysseyRe
Subsidiaries in NY, California, London and
Singapore locations
Provided quality assurance on remediation
action plans and control activities implemented
by Management
Delivered Audit Committee Presentations
and SOX Steering Committee Reports on
a quarterly basis
Career interests
Transformation; corporate governance;
risk management; financial controls; microinsurance; cybersecurity; entrepreneurship;
real estate development; solar energy;
infrastructure development
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Per Magne Sviggum
Norway
Grant Franklin Totten
USA
Michal Trnka
Slovakia
Sarah Ultsch
UK
per.sviggum@sbs.ox.ac.uk
grant.totten@sbs.ox.ac.uk
michal.trnka@sbs.ox.ac.uk
sarah.ultsch@sbs.ox.ac.uk
Robert Gordon University, UK, BA (Hons)
Design & Craft – Visual Communication; Leeds
College of Art, UK, BTEC Diploma Foundation
studies in Art and Design
Languages: Norwegian
University of Hartford, USA, BSc (Hons)
Acoustical Engineering; Oxford Postgraduate
Diploma in Strategy and Innovation
Languages: Arabic, French
Languages: Slovak
University of Birmingham, UK, MA Dance,
Drama
Design Consultant and Owner, Sviggum
Design & Kommunikasjon AS, Norway
Relocated business and generated 50% higher
revenue through personal selling effort
Develop and execute high quality design
concepts for advertising, branding, packaging,
corporate ID and digital communication for
a wide range of industries
Full responsibility for sales, negotiating prices,
managing subcontractors and developing new
business
Have succeeded in establishing my company
as a valued and trusted operator, with a diverse
client base
Teacher of Media and communication,
Sogndal Upper Secondary School, Norway
Taught communication design and art history
nine hours per week as a side occupation
Founder, Sviggum Design & Kommunikasjon,
Norway
Negotiated terms with advertising agencies
and founded my own freelance design
consultancy in Bergen, Norway
Global Technology Transformation Head,
Al Jazeera Media Network, Qatar
Responsible for consolidating global IT
operations across five broadcast centres and
82 bureaus and aligning with Business Strategy
Responsible for building out and
operationalising Office of the CIO functions
managing global IT operations
Executed Business Transformation and
Technology Strategy Projects with a financial
impact of US$250m
Co-Founder and Manager of Information
Systems, LGL Systems, USA
Founded eLearning services company with
services to universities and training institutions
with revenues of $1m per annum
Led development, integration and architecture
of core information and eLearning systems
infrastructure and applications
Involved in seeking startup funding,
company valuation and share distribution
decision-making
Senior Business Systems Analyst,
BusinessEdge Solutions (EMC2), USA
Worked in teams with copywriters and project
managers to develop strategic advertising
concepts for clients in a multitude of industries,
such as banking, offshore, oil/gas, education
and tourism
Responsible for a team of business systems
analysts building out FMIS systems and
reporting solutions for account managers
across communications, insurance, finance,
energy and pharmaceuticals industries
Designer/Creative Director,
Gasta Reklamebyrå AS, Norway
Led team development of consulting arm’s
FMIS infrastructure supporting the growth
from 200 to over 1,000 staff as a startup
facilitating its acquisition by EMC2
Art directed and designed several corporate
identities for companies in a wide range
of industries, including banking, software
engineering, furniture construction and retail
Working with clients and copywriters to create
effective advertising concepts
Career interests
Facilitated the discovery of additional revenue
opportunities and over 40% in cost-savings
as a result of decision-support analytics
Career interests
Innovation in digital media; big data; ICT
Brand strategy and communication;
entrepreneurship; digital media technology;
automotive
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Chief Marketing Officer, ESET, Slovakia
Developed and globally launched the new
ESET brand and product strategy
Coordinated marketing strategy across
150+ countries
Driven multiple global projects in product
management, BI, e-commerce and others
Chief Executive Officer, Phirational, Slovakia
Delivered strategy consulting, UX and software
development projects for clients in CE, Italy
and Switzerland
Has been voted the Founder of the Year,
Slovakia in CE Startup Awards
Partner, TRNKA Investments, Slovakia
Evaluation of investment opportunities
in high-tech
Global Marketing Director, Oxford University
Press, UK/New York
Direct strategy for 400+ digital education
products, online learning tools and information
services
Lead global marketing strategy, channel
distribution, campaign implementation,
and performance metric analysis
Manage a global staff in the UK, USA, India,
China and Japan
Lead market research and new product
development
Direct brand management and communication
Marketing Manager, Blackwell Publishing, UK
Managed the global marketing strategy for
higher education texts and online learning tools
Management of investment projects
Management of real estate development
projects
Career interests
Technology; entrepreneurship; innovation
management; strategy consulting
Career interests
Education and technology; media;
social entrepreneurship
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Marco Visser
South Africa
Ahmed W Warraich
Pakistan, UK
marco.visser@sbs.ox.ac.uk
ahmed.warraich@sbs.ox.ac.uk
University of Cape Town, South Africa,
BBus Sc (Hons) Finance
UET Lahore, Pakistan, BSc (Hons) Electrical
& Electronics Engineering
Languages: Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi
Strategic Advisor Exec Team Africa,
Deloitte Consulting, South Africa
Programme managed all key strategic projects
as identified by the CEO of the Deloitte
Strategy and Innovation business unit and
LeadCo (Executive team). Eleven project
managers reported to him through the
“Results Hub” on 13 major national and
Pan-African projects on issues involving
strategy, operations, transformation (culture,
finance and strategy), client engagement and
go-to-market strategies
Led the team responsible for co-developing,
alongside Deloitte’s COO, a four-month
turnaround strategy for a global professional
services’ Human Capital business, with a focus
on leadership capacitation, organisation
redesign and client market strategy
Helped to manage and design Deloitte’s
strategy across Africa for the period
2012–2017. Implemented recommendations
have helped Deloitte Consulting grow by
133% since 2012
Managing Director, TutoringSA, South Africa
Aged 23, began an educational start-up,
TutoringSA (www.tutoringsa.co.za) and within
12 months of trading the business had achieved
an ROI of over 1,100%
Grew the initial contingent of three staff to
over 20 staff in 18 months and was responsible
for strategy development, execution, financial
growth and the operational management of
the business
The business achieved average gross margins
of between 52%–60% and average net
margins of between 30%–41% for each
operating year
Successfully sold and exited the business
in December 2014
Career interests
Principal Engineer, Vodafone, UK
Business and process improvement in
multibillion pound Vodafone and O2 (Telefonica)
network sharing “beacon project”
Network performance and operations
management through vendor governance,
forecasting and trend analytics
Technical expert on multi-generational mobile
networks
Tech Lead, Ericsson, UK
Project lead for multiple consulting and
network upgrade projects and a key role in
delivering Vodafone UK managed services
Managed Olympics London 2012 consulting
and service delivery project for Vodafone
Regional Lead, Motorola, Turkey
Strategy and business development consulting
involving CAPEX and OPEX optimisation at
technical leadership level
Consulting on bid negotiations for managed
service projects worth US$100m plus
Regional Head of Radio, Mobilink (Orascom
Telecom), Pakistan
Developed technical business plans for annual
network spend of US$500–900m
Managed technical and operational capability
to drive company’s explosive growth from
1m to 33m subscribers in four years
Resource optimisation in network operations
resulting in nationwide 45% reduction
in resource requirement by implementing
market’s first modular NOC platforms
Career interests
Strategy consulting; corporate leadership;
management consulting; operations
optimisation; technology and innovation
Venture capital; private equity;
entrepreneurship; business building; strategy
development and execution; innovation builds;
technology
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Vasilios Zafeiris
Greece, Poland
Elena Zotkina
Russia, The Netherlands
vasileios.zafeiris@sbs.ox.ac.uk
elena.zotkina@sbs.ox.ac.uk
CFA; FRM; University of Piraeus, Greece,
BSc (Hons) Banking and Financial Management
Languages: Greek, Polish, German
Finance Academy, Russia, MSc Finance and
Credit; MPGU, Russia, BA English Language
and Philology
Languages: Russian, German, Dutch
Principal Consultant, Financial Engineering,
IBM Risk Analytics, UK
Team leader of EMEA-based Financial
Engineers
Implementation of complex enterprise wide
risk management solutions for banks, asset
managers and insurance companies in EMEA
Managed transition of Basel II (for banks) and
Solvency II (for insurance companies) solutions
from implementation to production phase
Development of innovative risk solutions for
IBM Risk Analytics’ clients and successful Proof
of Concepts in Asia and South Africa
Full cycle development of models for pricing
and risk management of derivatives in Foreign
Exchange, Commodities, Equities, Interest
Rates and Credit Derivatives markets
Work for R&D department in Toronto
Business Analyst, LARCO SA, Greece
Manager of Documentary Business,
Amsterdam Trade Bank NV, The Netherlands
Management of L/C, Guarantees and
Collection operations, representing the area
on internal and external level
Head of Trade Operations, the Royal Bank
of Scotland, Russia
Management of Trade Operations,
representing the area on country level
Head of L/C Department, TransCreditBank,
Russia
Management of L/C business, start-up
of L/C area
Career interests
Trade and structured finance; commercial
banking; financial institutions; private banking;
documentary business; product management;
trade sales
Developed risk management system that
valued the firm’s positions in the Foreign
Exchange and the London Metal Exchange
markets
Cost accounting analysis of the firm’s mining
and smelter operations
Career interests
Asset management; private equity;
risk management; financial technology
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Saïd Business School
University of Oxford
Park End Street
Oxford, OX1 1HP
United Kingdom
Saïd Business School
Taught Programmes
Executive Education
Finance
Saïd Business School at the
University of Oxford blends the
best of new and old. We are a
vibrant and innovative business
school, but yet deeply embedded
in an 800-year-old world-class
university. We create programmes
and ideas that have global
impact. We educate people for
successful business careers, and
as a community seek to tackle
world-scale problems. We deliver
cutting-edge programmes and
ground-breaking research that
transform individuals, organisations,
business practice and society. We
seek to be a world-class business
school community, embedded in
a world-class university, tackling
world-scale problems.
MBA
General Management
Oxford 1+1 MBA Programme
Oxford Advanced Management
and Leadership Programme
Oxford Finance Programme
for Senior Executives
Executive MBA
MSc Financial Economics
MSc in Major Programme
Management
MSc in Law and Finance
Diploma in Financial Strategy
Diploma in Global Business
Diploma in Organisational
Leadership
Diploma in Strategy and
Innovation
BA in Economics and
Management
Research Programmes
DPhil Programme in
Management Studies
Leadership
Oxford Strategic
Leadership Programme
Oxford High Performance
Leadership Programme
Women Transforming
Leadership Programme
Oxford Impact Investing
Programme
Oxford Private Equity
Programme
Oxford Chicago Valuation
Programme
Oxford Real Estate Programme
Custom Programmes
Oxford Programme
on Negotiation
Corporate Reputation
and Executive Leadership
Programme
Strategy and Change
Oxford Scenarios Programme
Consulting and Coaching
for Change
CIO Academy
Corporate Affairs Academy
Oxford Cyber Risk for Leaders
Programme
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