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Cambridge Judge Business School Network magazineSummer 2007
Network07
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Director’s message
Arnoud De MeyerDirector
As we come to the end of the 2006-2007
academic year we can look back on what
has been a significant period for Judge
Business School.
In my first email to you last year, I noted
our intention to continue to recruit top
quality students across all our
programmes, as well as our ongoing
success in the various business
education rankings. Indeed our
continuing success is no better
highlighted than through gaining 15th
position in January’s Financial Times
MBA Global rankings.
The Cambridge MBA continues to
flourish and we are pleased to have
delivered on the expectations of the
current class in terms of the quality of the
educational experience and ongoing
recruitment. This has resulted in an
increased number of applications to the
programme for the forthcoming
academic year and, in particular, in a
much higher yield of acceptances. I am
therefore delighted to announce an
increase in class size of almost 50 % for
the incoming MBA cohort and look
forward to continuing growth in the MBA
programme over the coming years.
Our current priorities focus on growing
the size of our programmes and faculty
to increase the impact of the School as
well as increasing the quality and volume
of our research output. In addition to this,
building our links across the University of
Cambridge will help us differentiate
ourselves from other business schools.
Our investment in providing Executive
Education is also an important aspect of
our growth strategy and indeed we are
pleased to have moved on a pace since I
last updated you. Please view page 31
for some of our forthcoming
programmes.
Striving to invest in our brand and
communications is vital and will facilitate
the dissemination of our research results.
As I am sure many of you will have
noticed, Judge Business School now has
a much higher profile in the business
press, including regular features and
articles in publications such as the
Financial Times and Economist. One
particular research project that attracted
considerable media attention was Dr.
Mark de Rond’s study of the ‘Cambridge
Blue Boat’ the winning rowing team in
this year’s Varsity Boat Race. The article
on page 18 gives us a fascinating insight
on the challenges of how to build high
performance teams.
Investing in our future has never been
more crucial and I am delighted to report
that we have received around £7.4million
this year from supporters of the School
and have additional commitments for
another £2.5 M. Highlights include the
Chair and Research centre for Indian
Business, the Sir Evelyn de Rothschild
Chair in Finance, and a seed fund
(partially endowed) for Cultural and Arts
Management.
As always I would like to take this
opportunity to thank you, our alumni, for
your many and varied contributions to a
successful year. I have very much
enjoyed meeting you all during my many
visits both at home and overseas, and
look forward to seeing many more of you
in the coming months.
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Welcome
&Chair’s message page 4
Graduation celebration page 8
School news roundup page 10
Books page 14
Media mentions page 16
Student news page 21
Alumni news page 23
Network roundup page 26
Forthcoming events page 27
Classnotes page 28
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Chris Hope talks
climate change
13Alumni Weekend
2007 welcoming
alumni back to
Cambridge this
autumn
18Team work and
collaboration Mark
de Rond showcases
his latest research
Alumni relations
Meet the team and
reconnect with the
School.
25New ways to keep
in touch
Maintaining links
across your network
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Chair’s message
I am very excited to introduce
the latest edition of Network
magazine. Packed with alumni news,
forthcoming events and initiatives,
faculty focus’ and much more; this issue
of Network reflects all the various
exciting activity happening both in the
School and across our alumni network.
As you will recall in December 2006, I
took over as Chair of the alumni council
from Rachel Massey (MBA 1999).
Rachel has done a great job over recent
years to develop the network and build
our strategy. With the appointment of
Professor Arnoud De Meyer as Director
of Judge Business School last
September, we have been working hard
to align our aims and objectives with the
vision for the School going forward,
working closely with Rachael Barker,
Alumni Relations Manager, to drive
forward the implementation. We as a
Council are charged with helping create
and manage initiatives, such as the
Class Ambassador Scheme, with the
aim to foster and deepen links between
both Judge and non-Judge Business
School Cambridge alumni within the
global business community.
Members of the Judge Business
School alumni network are, by definition,
highly mobile and proactive individuals,
many of whom facilitate and coordinate
successful events across the world.
Recent events have included the MBA
2001 reunion weekend in Cambridge in
June, as well the Banking & Finance
Special Interest Group Lecture in
association with UBS in February, in
London. Faculty and staff have also
been welcomed by alumni in many
international cities including New York
and Hong Kong in recent months.
Upcoming events include the annual
Alumni Weekend in Cambridge, which
this year includes our inaugural Alumni
Gala Dinner on the weekend of
September 21-23. A great opportunity
to gather classmates together and revisit
the city this autumn – we look forward to
seeing you there. Don’t forget, all
forthcoming events are listed online on
the new-look events page – login into the
alumni website
www.alumni.jbs.cam.ac.uk
Don’t forget the network relies on you
to keep in touch, so please remember to
keep Rachael and Helen in the Alumni
Office informed of your news, comments
and personal updates – email
Finally I would like to encourage you to
take an active part in helping the network
grow so I look forward to welcoming you
to future events and reading about you in
Network magazine!
Regards,
Jeremy Marchant
MBA 2002
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As a result of his work developing the
PAGE2002 model for Policy Analysis of
the Greenhouse Effect, Chris Hope was
nominated in 2005 by the UK
Government as a Lead Author for the
Fourth Assessment Report of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change, which has recently been
published. Dr Hope has received
extensive and extremely positive
coverage in the media over the past few
months, since the PAGE2002 model
was used for the impact calculations at
the heart of the UK Government’s Stern
Review of the Economics of Climate
Change. In January, he was featured in
the Financial Times, in their ‘Professor to
Watch’ column and was described as
“the unsung hero, who has finally
devised a way of calculating the financial
cost of global warming.”
What led you to, and influenced
you in your work developing the
PAGE 2002 model which lies at
the core of the Stern Review?
I started work on the PAGE model
in1991, so it’s taken a while to get
noticed. Even way back then, climate
change was recognised as potentially an
important issue, but one where there
was great uncertainty. That’s where my
expertise lies; building numerical models
that can deal with big consequences
and uncertainty.
In layman’s terms can you tell us
what the PAGE2002 model is?
It is a computer model which takes the
best scientific and economic information
we have about climate change and
works out the impacts and the costs of
different policies to deal with the
problem.
You have said that you’d like to
see a carbon tax. Do you expect
that your recommendations will
be taken on board, so that we see
a shift in policy from the
government, in order to combat
the economic effects of climate
change?
I think we will see a carbon price in one
form or another. I prefer a carbon tax
because it gives some certainty about
the price, and produces billions of
pounds in revenue that can be used to
cut other taxes that we all dislike, such
as income tax or VAT.
If there is a change/shift in policy,
how long do you think it will take
to implement the change?
Climate change isn’t a problem that is
going to be solved overnight. It will take
decades of concerted action, before we
can really see an improvement.
Dr Chris Hope talksclimate changeNetwork met Chris Hope, Reader in PolicyModelling, to explore his latest research andhow we all can make a difference.
Interview | Climate change
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2007 on a future treaty to succeed
the current one. What if anything
would you like to see happen with
a new treaty?
To be useful, a new treaty would have to
include all of the developed countries,
and the most significant developing
countries. That will only happen if the
developed countries recognise that they
are mainly responsible for the
greenhouse gases emitted so far, while
the most serious effects are being felt in
the developing countries. So we will
need to give a lot of help to developing
countries as part of a deal for them to
cut their emissions. In the medium term,
as developing countries see that
environmental tax reform actually helps
economic growth, they will realise that it
Interview | Climate change
In your opinion, what are the
biggest issues facing Britain, and
indeed the world in terms of
energy reform?
Putting a price on all the uncertainties
around energy supply and use, from the
emission of greenhouse gases to the
storage of nuclear waste and the
security of oil and gas supply.
What are the simple things we can
be doing as individuals to make a
difference?
If the government gets its policies right
and puts a price on carbon and the other
harmful effects of energy supply and
use, then the actions we should take will
seem natural, because they will be those
that save us money. Saving energy in the
home, switching to greener electricity
suppliers, thinking twice before jumping
in the car or on a plane, that sort of thing.
The Kyoto Protocol to the United
Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change now covers more
than 160 countries globally and
more than 60% of countries in
terms of global greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions. In your opinion
how useful has the treaty been?
It’s been a start. It has got the whole
world thinking about limiting greenhouse
gas emissions, even if the cutbacks
involved are modest.
The treaty expires in 2012, and
international talks began in May
“…that’s where my expertise lies; building numerical modelsthat can deal with big consequences and uncertainty…”
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is in their own interest to put a price on
carbon and other pollutants. But we will
have to take the first steps down that
road, to show them where it leads.
What are the most important
elements of the research you
undertake and what areas do you
find the most fulfilling?
The most important thing is to be honest
about the uncertainties rather than trying
to cover them up, or taking a polarised
position. It’s fulfilling to help people see
that models can be helpful for making
decisions even where great uncertainty
exists.
What is your long term plan – your
vision for the future of your work?
Climate change is not going to be solved
in my working lifetime, so there’s plenty
to keep me busy there, working out the
prices to charge for all sorts of
greenhouse gases, and how they will
vary in the future. However I’m always on
the lookout for new areas with big
consequences and lots of uncertainty,
where some modelling could be helpful.
Have you come across any
prospective ‘professors to watch’
in the future in any of your
classes? Or has anyone taken a
specific interest in your research
area?
I had the pleasure of teaching Erica
Plambeck now Associate Professor of
Operations, Information and Technology
at Stanford Business School, when she
took an MPhil here in the 1990s. She
worked on an earlier version of the PAGE
model for her dissertation. She’s now
making a name for herself at Stanford
Business School and has numerous
accolades to her name including Faculty
Pioneer Award 2005 from the Aspen
Institute and World Resources Institute.
Are there any PhD research
associates who you think are
working on something
groundbreaking or influential?
Arlo Brady, now Visiting Associate here
at Judge Business School and Special
Advisor, Freud Communications;
finished his PhD with me a couple of
years ago. He is helping companies see
the benefits to their reputation if they
behave sustainably. International
businesses have so much power and
influence that they have to be a big part
of any move to sustainable
development, not just here, but even
more in the developing world.
In your opinion, do events such as
Live Earth help to make a
difference, or should there be a
more sustained campaign rather
than sporadic celebrity efforts?
Those kinds of events are fine if they get
people talking about the issues, but
they can only be a small part of the
solution. Al Gore’s film ‘An Inconvenient
Truth’ was also very helpful. But one of
the beauties of putting a price on
carbon and other pollutants is that
people don’t have to be constantly
worrying or feeling guilty about their
carbon emissions; they just need to do
what comes naturally and choose the
best value option, which will be the
green one.
“The most important thing is to be honest about theuncertainties rather than trying to cover them up”
Further information
Profile of Dr Chris Hope
www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/people/faculty/hopec.html
World Resources Institute
www.wri.org
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC)
www.ipcc.ch
Stern Review
www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/
independent_reviews/stern_review_economics_
climate_change/sternreview_index.cfm
Energy Saving Trust
www.energysavingtrust.org.uk
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GraduationcelebrationMBA students graduate during theUniversity’s summer graduationceremonies at Senate House.
The weekend of Friday 11 May 2007
saw MBA 2005 return for their
graduation. Judge Business School
welcomed over 230 friends, family and
guests to the weekend which started on
the Friday evening with a careers Q&A,
Battle of the Wits – a University
Challenge-type quiz pitting MBA 2005
against MBA 2006, as well as the
traditional pub night at the Anchor.
Following graduation with their
respective Colleges throughout the
Saturday and the official photograph, the
MBA Graduation Dinner was held at St
Catharine’s College.
Brunch at the Bun shop on Sunday, as
well as a friendly game of football
between MBA present and MBA past,
rounded off an enjoyable and
memorable weekend.
Rachael Barker, Alumni Relations
Manager said: “The weekend was a real
family occasion. We were delighted to
welcome so many graduates and their
families back to campus from all over the
world. Particular thanks are extended to
class representatives Nik Rouda and
Jasper Neilson who helped make the
weekend such as success!”
The John Bolton Memorial Prize
awarded to Andrew Cohen. Awarded
for outstanding achievement in obtaining
the highest mark overall on the
Cambridge MBA 2005 programme.
Recipients of the Director’s List 2006
are Andrew Cohen, Sarah Gadd,
Satnam Lehal, Min Liao, David
Luttrell, Jared Moon, Steve
Nosowski, Steven Purdie, Malcolm
Skene and Marc Weinberg. Awarded
for outstanding achievement in earning a
place in the top 10% of the class for
overall performance on the Cambridge
MBA 2005.
The Cambridge MBA Dissertation
Award awarded to Jared Moon, Arun
Muthirulan and Jabari Jackson.
Awarded for outstanding achievement in
obtaining the highest mark overall on the
MBA dissertation for the 2005
programme.
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Reflections
AlumniWeekend2007@ Judge Business SchoolFor members of the Judge BusinessSchool Alumni Network
21-23 September 2007
Speakers
Professor Arnoud De MeyerDirector, Judge Business SchoolStimulating innovation for a morecompetitive Europe
Ms Lois JacobsPresident, Jack Morton InternationalBranding a city through Olympic ceremonies
Alumni Gala Dinner
Drinks reception Five-course meal with wine Live band Book a table of ten and get your ticket for free Come dance the night away!
Contact
Telephone +44 (01223 764219 or email [email protected] reserve your tickets
We look forward to welcoming you back to Cambridge!
Full weekend programme detailed online atwww.jbs.cam.ac.uk/alumni/weekend.html
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School news roundup
Launch of new-look library
Celebrating CfEL’s Enterprise Tuesday
In January the Schoolcelebrated the opening ofthe restructured andrefurbished library with newmezzanine gallery. Anofficial ceremony to markthe occasion took place on26th January and was ledby Professor Arnoud De
Meyer and Professor DameSandra Dawson.
Generous donationsreceived from the businessschool’s alumni, other well-wishers and friends ofCambridge Universityamounted to over£137,000, for which the
School is extremelygrateful. The mezzaninegallery project providesmuch needed additionalspace in the existing library.
Professor Arnoud DeMeyer, Director, JudgeBusiness Schoolcommented, “We are
thrilled to mark thecompletion of this project.Research is at the veryheart of the School and ourlibrary is a vital ‘informationgateway’ whereinterdisciplinarycollaboration and thedissemination of ideas can
take place. That so many ofour alumni and friendsprovided such generousdonations is testament tothe School’s ethos of avirtuous circle of life-longlearning.”
Aspiring entrepreneursreturned to Judge BusinessSchool in May to receivetheir prized ‘Certificates inEnterprise’ from theorganisers of the popularand highly successfulEnterprise Tuesdayprogramme. ProfessorArnoud De Meyer, Director,Judge Business School,and Dr Shai Vyakarnam,Director, Centre forEntrepreneurial Learning(CfEL), presented thecertificates during a specialpresentation ceremony.
Enterprise Tuesday is afree evening programmemanaged by the Centre for
Entrepreneurial Learning(CfEL) which is open tostudents, alumni and staff ofthe University of Cambridge,as well as other Universitiesand members of the local hi-tech business community. Itaims to introduceparticipants to the world ofbusiness and inspire themto pursue theirentrepreneurial ambition.Over 2000 people attendedEnterprise Tuesday fromOctober 2006 to March2007, with 45% from theUniversity of Cambridge and24% from the local businesscommunity.
Some of the awardees
have successfully started uptheir own businesses. DeleOgunjumelo left ARM(software company) in 2006to start up Niche MobileCreations Ltd with the aimof developing mobileapplications for nichemarkets. Dele commented:“I have attended EnterpriseTuesday sessions since2004 in order to gainentrepreneurial skills as Ihave always had a desire tostart my own company. Infact, I commuted fromManchester every Tuesdayso I could attend all thesessions this year.” NicheMobile Creations has
recently won an award for alocal business plancompetition held inManchester. Dele said: “Ihave had support from theManchester ScienceEnterprise Centre in termsof advice and resources.However, EnterpriseTuesday has also been veryuseful and beneficial. Thebest thing about theprogramme was the chanceto hear from and speak toreal entrepreneurs.”
For more information onCfEL and the programmeson offer visit:www.cfel.jbs.cam.ac.uk
In brief…
Welcome to Dr SimonTaylor who joins the Schoolas Lecturer in Finance andJonathon Trevor andKate Kenny have bothbeen granted lectureships inHuman Resources &Organisations.
Congratulations to DannyRalph who has beenpromoted to Professor,Michael Barrett, Mark
Pho
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ns
For further news from across Judge Business School and thealumni community log on to www.alumni.jbs.cam.ac.uk
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Fulbright DistinguishedScholar Award awarded to Dr Mark de Rond
Dr Mark de Rond, Directorof the MPhil in Innovation,Strategy and OrganisationProgramme and UniversityReader in Strategy at theSchool, has been awardedone of only two FulbrightDistinguished ScholarAwards for 2007/08. Theaward forms part of ascheme of educationalgrants, considered one ofthe most prestigious awardprogrammes worldwide.
Presented annually, the Fulbright DistinguishedScholar Awards are offeredto exceptional post-doctoral lecturers andacademics as recognitionof their potential as leadersin their chosen fields. Eachaward of £15,000 enablesthe recipient to spend aperiod of time researchingor lecturing in the US,facilitating an exchange of persons, knowledge and skills between the US and the UK.
Dr Mark de Rond’snomination was supportedby his current originalresearch into thenegotiation, collaborationand competitive dynamicsof high-performance teams,based on a seven-monthobservation of theCambridge rowing crew,which will be the subject of anew book due to bepublished in 2008. Thisfollows on from his firstbook, Strategic Alliances asSocial Facts: Business,Biotechnology, andIntellectual History, whichwon the 2005 George R.Terry Award for the mostoutstanding contribution toadvancing managementknowledge.
Ignite – a burning success
This year’s Ignite programme(formerly known as SummerSchool) run by CfEL, tookplace from 8th to 14th July2007 and was a hugesuccess. This one-week,intensive programme setsaspiring entrepreneurs and corporate innovators on the fast-track tocommercialising theirinnovations and businessideas.
There were a recordnumber of delegates thisyear. Over 50 peopleparticipated in theprogramme includingdelegates from BT,Microsoft, the East ofEngland DevelopmentAgency (EEDA), East ofEngland International (EEI)and the CambridgeIntegrated KnowledgeCentre (CIKC). There were
also delegates from severaldepartments within theUniversity of Cambridge.The Ignite programme issupported by over 100experts, innovators andpractitioners from theentrepreneurial andbusiness communities and this included eightstudents from MBA 2006who acted as Facilitatorsduring the week.
de Rond and Chris Hopewho have all been promotedto Readers and HouyuanJiang who has beenpromoted to SeniorLecturer.
Dr Matthias Holweg,University Senior Lecturer inOperations Managementand Director of the Centrefor Competitiveness andInnovation, has been
awarded The Sloan IndustryStudies Best Book Awardfor his book The SecondCentury: ReconnectingCustomer and Value Chainthrough Build-to-Order:Moving beyond Mass andLean Production in the AutoIndustry. Dr Holweg co-wrote this book with Dr FritsPil, Associate Professor atthe University of Pittsburgh.The book was recognised in
particular for its authoritativeexploration of leanmanufacturing in theautomotive industry
In May of this year, 27leading organisations fromUK and overseas attendedJudge Business School’scollaborative recruitmentfair, to network on campuswith 300 of the combinedMBA and postgraduate
cohorts of the School and ofOxford Said BusinessSchool. Seven corporatepresentations weredelivered and 18 selectioninterviews with studentswere undertaken by thecompanies in attendance.
The Centre for BusinessResearch has beenawarded a grant of£500,000 from the
Economic and SocialResearch Council to analysethe impact of highereducation institutions onregional economies.Professor Michael Kitsonwill direct the research incollaboration with ProfessorAlan Hughes and DrMaria Abreu and VadimGrinevich have beenappointed as ResearchFellows on the project.
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Creativity Workshop for Cambridge MBAs
In an exciting move for theSchool, Nick Butler hasbeen appointed as Directorof the recently establishedCambridge Centre forEnergy Studies (CCES).Based at Judge BusinessSchool, and building on thelong tradition of energyresearch at the University ofCambridge, the CambridgeCentre for Energy Studieswill examine some of the keyissues affecting energysecurity worldwide.
Arguing that theUniversity can and shoulduse its knowledge tosupport the realisation ofpublic policy in the UK andinternationally, Mr Butlercommented: “As global
demand for energycontinues to rise, andenergy security concernsbecome ever moreimportant, I believeCambridge has an influentialrole to play. Within theUniversity we have peoplewith the knowledge, theindependence of judgementand the international reachto make a majorcontribution. By drawingupon these diverseresources, I hope that theCambridge Centre forEnergy Studies can play itspart in the process ofresponding to one of thegreatest challenges facingthe world in the 21stcentury.”
Prior to joining theSchool, Nick Butler wasGroup Vice President forPolicy and StrategyDevelopment at BP (2002-2006). He is Chairman ofthe Centre for EuropeanReform, and a member ofthe International AdvisoryBoard, Yale, and theExecutive Committee of theCentre for China in theWorld Economy, at TsinghuaUniversity in Bejing. He isalso a member of theFaculty of the WorldEconomic Forum.
To find out more visit:www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/people/faculty/butlern.html
The Creativity Workshop, aunique project organisedthrough close collaborationbetween Judge BusinessSchool and Kevin Roberts,CEO Worldwide of Saatchi& Saatchi, took place at theSchool in January 2007 forthe School’s MBA students.
The Creativity Workshop,a two-day, hands-on event,was run by Richard Hytner,Deputy Chairman at Saatchi& Saatchi, Jasper Nelissen,Project Director ofReinvention at Saatchi &Saatchi and CambridgeMBA alumnus, and AllègreHadida, Lecturer inStrategy, at the School.
Creativity and ideas arecritically important in thebusiness world. However,according to data recentlycollected by Kevin Roberts,CEO Worldwide of Saatchi& Saatchi, and Tom Peters,Tompeters! Company andan established managementforward thinker; only two ofthe top U.S. MBA schoolsoffer courses in creativity,and only one Europeanschool has incorporateddesign into its curriculum.
“The concept behind TheCreativity Workshop, basedon research carried outcollaboratively by Saatchi &Saatchi and Judge
Business School, is toprovide a perspective onbusiness and careerdevelopment that lies totallyoutside the establishedMBA curriculum.Confronting prejudicesabout creativity andproviding innovativemethodologies developedto channel creativity to‘stretch the walls of theelastic-sided box’, that canbe successfully applied toany industry, to generatemomentous ideas,” saidKevin Roberts.
Creativity is usuallyaddressed as the preserveof the “creative industries”, a
terminology that can befiercely misleading ifinterpreted restrictively,rather than as a prerequisiteto success in all sorts ofbusinesses. In this new ageof ideas, the mostsuccessful business leadersare also the most creative.They are willing to take risksto come up with great ideasthat inspire and involve co-workers and customersalike. They use both theirinstinct to generate creativesparks and their analyticalskills to successfully takethese ideas to market in theform of products andexperiences, creating blue
oceans and developingsustainable competitiveadvantage.
The event was a greatexample of the value thatcan be achieved through anatural high-synergypartnership between twoorganisations, an ideascorporation and a university,who are both global leadersin generating ideas. Their in-depth association enablesthe Cambridge MBA tobridge the gap betweenacademia and thecommercial world ofbusiness through creativity.
New director for recently established centre
School news roundup
“I hope that the Cambridge
Centre for Energy Studies
can play its part in the
process of responding to
one of the greatest
challenges facing the
world in the 21st century”
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Meet the alumni team
Rachael Barker joined Judge
Business School as Alumni Relations
Manager in October 2006. Originally
from the North East of England, Rachael
attended the University of Liverpool and
holds a Masters degree from the
University of Sheffield, as well as the CIM
Professional Diploma in Marketing. She
has worked in business education for
the past 6 years and her previous roles
have included recruitment, events
management, marketing as well as
alumni relations and development.
Rachael says:
“I have received a warm welcome from
Judge Business School – its students,
staff and alumni – over the past year and
I am excited to be part of the School at
such an important time. With the arrival
of Professor Arnoud De Meyer last
autumn, the School’s ongoing success
in the various global MBA rankings, and
increased investment in both resources
and faculty; this is definitely the place to
be! Further to my joining the School,
much work has been done to develop a
comprehensive and relevant database,
as well as to support an enhanced
alumni community website. With many
new initiatives under way I look forward
to hearing from and meeting more of you
over the coming months and years. It’s
always good to get your feedback!”
Helen Carolan joined the Business
School as Marketing and
Communications Assistant in January
following her previous role as Marketing
Executive at Bell International Language
Schools. Helen read Communication
Studies with Business at Anglia Ruskin
University and is currently studying
towards her CIM Professional Diploma in
Marketing. Helen’s main areas of
responsibility include producing the
Network magazine, organising events,
co-ordinating the production of
promotional collateral, as well as
responding to enquiries into the office
and supporting the ongoing
development of the community website.
Helen says:
“I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at
the School so far, and in particular
getting to know all our students and
alumni. I hope to see many more of you
at the alumni weekend in September, but
in the meantime keep sending me all
your news and views and make sure you
keep in touch!
Contact us
Tel: +44 (0)1223 764219
Fax: +44 (0)1223 339701
Email: [email protected]
www.alumni.jbs.cam.ac.uk
Facebook: Search Judge Business School Alumni Network
Skype Name: judge_alumni_network
LinkedIn: Search Rachael Barker
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Books
Kevin Roberts, CEO inResidence, Judge BusinessSchool and CEO Saatchi &Saatchi Worldwide‘Lovemarks Effect: Winningin the Consumer Revolution’Following ‘Lovemarks: theFuture Beyond Brands’published in 2000, in thisfollow-up book, the peoplespeak – consumers,owners, and marketersshow the impact ofLovemarks on their lives,their businesses, and theiraspirations. ‘The LovemarksEffect’ offers instruction andinspiration about creatingemotional connections andwinning in a consumer-empowered future. Publisher: PowerHouseBooksISBN-13: 978-1576872673
Dr Matthias Holweg,University Senior Lecturer inOperations Managementand Director of the Centrefor Competitiveness andInnovation (co-authoredwith Frits K. Pil)‘The Second Century:Reconnecting Customerand Value Chain throughBuild-to-Order: Movingbeyond Mass and LeanProduction in the AutoIndustry’Matthias Holweg and FritsPil provide a comprehensivelook at the dysfunctionalnature of current value-chain strategies, thensystematically discuss theproduct and processchanges needed to bringabout responsiveness tocustomer needs throughbuild-to-order.Publisher: The MIT PressISBN-13: 978-0262582629
Professor Arnoud DeMeyer, Director of JudgeBusiness School, Professorof Management Studies‘Global future: the nextchallenge for Asianbusiness’This book reveals howAsia’s giants have growninto multinationalcompanies and providesinsight into how today’sglobalizers can achieve thesame success. The bookoffers a combination of casestudies from businessleaders, authoritativematerial on businessstrategy, and a“globalization staircase”framework to show howAsian companies havesucceeded in the past andcan potentially succeed inthe future. By looking atthree distinct stages ofAsian companies’globalization – from earlypioneers, to current networkbuilders, to today’snewcomers – the authorspaint a rich picture of howAsian companies at differentlevels of development canbest meet the challenges ofa global future. Publisher: Wiley ISBN-13: 978-0470821305
Professor MichaelPollitt, Assistant Director ofthe ESRC Electricity PolicyResearch Group, Reader inBusiness Economics,Director of Studies inManagement andEconomics. (Co-authoredwith Ian W. Jones and David Bek)‘Multinationals in TheirCommunities: A SocialCapital Approach toCorporate CitizenshipProjects’Multinationals can impactsignificantly on the quality ofsocial relations within thecommunities in which theyoperate. A key way they dothis is through theircorporate citizenshipprojects, funded as part oftheir corporate socialresponsibility programmes.This book analyzes thenature and effectiveness ofthese projects using thetheoretical and empiricalinsights of recent socialcapital literature. Publisher: PalgraveMacmillanISBN-13: 978-0230545687
Professor Arnoud DeMeyer, Director of JudgeBusiness School, Professorof Management Studies(co-authored with ChristophH. Loch and Michael T. Pich) ‘Managing the unknown: Anew approach to managinghigh uncertainty and risk inprojects’‘Managing the Unknown’offers a new way of lookingat the problem of managingprojects in novel andunknown environments.This book shows how tomanage two fundamentalapproaches (Trial and Errorlearning and Selectionism)that, in combination, offerthe possibility of coping withunforeseen influences thatinevitably arise in novelprojects.Publisher: Wiley ISBN-13: 978-0471693055
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Dr Mark de Rond,Director of the MPhil inInnovation, Strategy &Organisation Programme,University Senior Lecturer in Strategy‘Strategic Alliances asSocial Facts: Business,Biotechnology, andIntellectual History’Strategic alliances aregenerally analyzed asplanned and rationaldevelopments with clearlymeasurable outcomes intraditional managementtextbooks. Mark de Rondargues that such a view isunrealistic. Instead, heemphasizes the socialdimension and theimportance of theindividuals involved insidealliances. Based on in-depthcase studies of three majorbiotechnology alliances, the book combines insightsfrom social theory andintellectual history with more mainstream strategicmanagement literature. It provides a thought-provoking analysis thatappeals to the reflectiveprofessional as well asacademic researchers.Publisher: CambridgeUniversity Press ISBN-13: 978-0521811101
Professor Arnoud DeMeyer, Director of JudgeBusiness School, Professorof Management Studies(co-edited with SoumitraDutta, Amit Jain and GerardRichter (Editor)) ‘The Information Society inan Enlarged Europe’Europe enlarged itsboundaries in 2004 with theaccession of ten newmember states to theEuropean Union. Thecreation of an effectiveinformation society is seenas critical to the globalcompetitiveness of Europe.Based upon detailed datacollection and rigorousanalysis, this book presentsa benchmarking study ofthe 10 new member statesand 3 candidate countriesof the European Union ascompared to the 15incumbent countries withrespect to the developmentof their informationsocieties. Publisher: Springer ISBN-13: 978-3540262213
Edited by Dr RichardSteinberg, Reader inOperations Management(and Peter Cramton, YoavShoham) ‘Combinatorial auctions’The study of combinatorialauctions — auctions inwhich bidders can bid oncombinations of items or“packages” — draws on thedisciplines of economics,operations research, andcomputer science. Thislandmark collectionintegrates these threeperspectives, offering astate-of-the art survey ofdevelopments incombinatorial auctiontheory and practice byleaders in the field.Publisher: The MIT PressISBN-13: 978-0262033428
Professor Peter Nolan,Sinyi Professor of ChineseManagement, Chair of theUniversity of Cambridge’sDevelopment StudiesCommittee and Dr JiangZhang, University Lecturerin International Business(with C Liu).‘Global business revolutionand the cascade effect:systems integration in theglobal aerospace, beverageand retail industries’This book makes use of richdata from the supply chainof three fundamentallydifferent industries,aerospace, beverages andretail. It develops an originalanalytical framework – the‘cascade effect’-to explainrecent dramatic changes inindustrial concentrationacross the supply chain ofthese three industries. Thisprovides an original insightinto the determinants ofindustrial structure in theepoch of globalization. Italso has significanttheoretical implications, aswell as practical policyimplications, especially forfirms and policy-makers indeveloping countries.Publisher: PalgraveMacmillan ISBN-13: 978-0230013582
Dr Noreena Hertz,Associate Director, CIBAM(Centre for InternationalBusiness & Management),Judge Business School‘IOU: The Debt Threat andWhy We Must Defuse It’We are bombarded withimages of poverty, terrorism,war and collapsing states.Do we ever question whatthe root cause of theseproblems might be?Noreena Hertz, one of theworld’s leading experts oneconomic globalization,tackles Third World Debt asa problem which must beresolved if we are ever tosee global stability.Publisher: Fourth EstateISBN-13: 978-0007178988
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Media mentions
FinancialDirector
Highlighted title:‘Service with a smile’4 January 2007
Dr Simon Bell comments ona book by Frank Reichheldof Bain & Company – DrSimon Bell, Senior Lecturerat Judge Business Schoolexplains: “According to theReichheld, the willingness ofa customer to recommend abrand is the only way todetermine customersatisfaction.”
The WallStreetJournal
‘China’s Automotiverise puts even Toyota onNotice’18 January 2007
In a letter to the editor,Matthias Holweg, Directorat the Centre forCompetitiveness andInnovation at JudgeBusiness School; talksabout the battle for survivalthat global automobilemanufacturers face.
TheIndependent
‘Life Lessons: Woefullyunder- represented.The number of womendirectors has fallen.Mary Braid looks at howbusiness schools areaddressing the problemand supporting womanin business’18 January 2007
Judge Business Schoolalumnna Deizani Alison-Madueke talks about theflexibility and support shereceived at Judge BusinessSchool and how an MBAcan help enhance careerprospects for women.
The Times
‘Sharing is the name ofthe game Des Dearloveand Steve Coomberlook at the importanceof group effort’18 January 2007
Dr Mark de Rond, Directorof the MPhil in Innovation,Strategy & OrganisationProgramme and UniversitySenior Lecturer in Strategyspeaks about his study ofthe Cambridge Universityrowers and about teamworkbeing a key attribute thatemployers seek in newMBA’s. The architect of theinterior of JBS, JohnOutram comments on thepurpose of building’sinterior.
The FinancialTimes
‘Professors to watch: Dr Chris Hope ofCambridge – Economicresearch that saves theworld’29 January 2007
“Reader in Policy Modelling,Dr Chris Hope is the unsunghero who has finally deviseda way of calculating thefinancial cost of globalwarming.”
The FinancialTimes
‘The Rankings: Coursesgrow moremultinational’29 January 2007
Della Bradshaw, FinancialTimes Business EducationEditor, looks at the changesthe MBA has gone throughsince the first ranking in1999. Judge BusinessSchool is referenced ashaving grown from afledgling business school tobeing among one of the‘world leaders’.
Vedomosti
‘A perspective fromCambridge’s BusinessSchool’29 January 2007
Sir Paul Judge speaks onjoint programmes withRussian schools, how hedeveloped Judge BusinessSchool in conjunction withThe University of Cambridgeand his role in Britishpolitics.
CNN.com
‘Learning to be creative’9 February 2007
With businessescomplaining that too manynewly-minted MBAs arecompetent but uninspired,well-versed in the technicaltheory but lacking inimagination, JudgeBusiness School is taking adirect approach, to improvethis perceived failing byteaming up with the leadingadvertising agency Saatchi& Saatchi, and holding a“unique creativityworkshop” for its MBAs.
CNN.com
‘Helping business faceterrorism’27 February 2007
With a focus on terrorismand how it damages theeconomy, CNN commentson how with this subjectmatter in mind, JudgeBusiness School is holdinga two-day symposium onterrorism and security thismonth. The event is beingorganised by the School’sCentre for InternationalBusiness and Management(CIBAM), the stated missionof which is to “deepen theunderstanding ofinternationalization andmanaging in the globaleconomy.”
Reuters.com
‘Car industry boom setto slow in centralEurope’2 March 2007
In an article discussing theEuropean car industry andthe fact that the automotiveboom is fading as qualifiedlabour becomes scarce, DrMatthias Holweg, SeniorLecturer, Judge BusinessSchool is quoted as saying:“(Supplier) inflow will slowdown but it (the region) isstill an attractive place. Inthe long term, what willreally make it fly is todevelop componentslocally.”
For further media mentions visitwww.jbs.cam.ac.uk/news/press_cov
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DiarioFinanciero
‘La pesadilla del cambioclimatico’5 March 2007
Following an interview in theChilean publication DiarioFinanciero, Dr Chris Hope,Reader in Policy Modelling,Judge Business Schooltalks about the economicimpact of global climatechange.
The TorontoStar
‘Barry slowly breakingbarriers’8 March 2007
In an article about dressingoversized women, the writerprofiles Ben Barry, MPhilstudent, Judge BusinessSchool, and focuses on hisexpertise in the field of‘modelling reality.’
The FinancialTimes
‘Executives must pulltogether like rowers inthe boat race’3 April 2007
Dr Mark de Rond, talks toThe Financial Times aboutteamwork and how it can beapplied to managementstrategies.
Corriere dellaSera
‘Il leader vincente? Ilprimo tra pari’9 March 2007
In an interview with IolandaBarera, Arnoud De Meyer,Director, Judge BusinessSchool, talks about newtrends in management, howglobalization is changingmanagement styles, howbusiness schools need toadapt to this shift and theeffects the shift has onthem. He also speaks abouthow the MBA Marketplaceis changing and evolving,the importance of‘Networking’ skills and whyhe believes Judge BusinessSchool has a number ofadvantages to be one ofthose new leaders in theworld of business schools.
Computing
‘Tories push opensource move’15 March 2007
The Conservatives plan toplace more reliance on opensource software ingovernment IT if they winthe next general election,and they have appointedMark Thompson, Lecturer,Judge Business School toadvise them on how Britaincan become the opensource leader in Europe.
TheEconomist
‘Rhythm and Blues’31 March 2007
This article explores themanagement skills that arebeing investigated by DrMark de Rond, Director ofthe MPhil in Innovation,Strategy & OrganisationProgramme and UniversitySenior Lecturer in Strategyin his collaboration/high-performance teamdynamics research as hefollows the Cambridgerowing team in its trainingfor the Varsity match in April.
Les Echos
‘Les marchésémergents, énormesviviers d’innovation’16 April 2007
Professor Arnoud De Meyer,Director, and Professor ofManagement Studies,Judge Business School isinterviewed by Les Echos.The article reviews Arnoud’sinterpretation of thestrengths and weakness ofemerging countries in theinnovation and researchsector.
Director
‘Energy. On a quest forenergy security’17 May 2007
Nick Butler, Director of theCambridge Centre forEnergy Studies talks aboutwhat changes are likely inthe future, to strengthen theUK’s energy security andthe first priority being toincrease diversity of supply.
Excellence inLeadership(CIMAmagazine)
‘Smart move’17 May 2007
Professor Arnoud De Meyercomments on howEuropean business schoolsand companies must worktogether to prevent anexodus of managementtalent in the face of anexpanding global economy.
The Times(Media PlanetSupplement)
‘BPO booming in LatinAmerica’29 June 2007
In an article on BPO in LatinAmerica and East Europe,Dr Michael Barrett,University Senior Lecturer inInformation Systems andInnovation is interviewed onthe benefits of outsourcingin East Europe.
ComputingBusiness
‘Change is in the air’21 June 2007
In an article discussing howa sensitive approach tomanaging business changewill encourage a positivestaff response and asuccessful project, MichaelBarrett talks about how hebelieves that the role of theCIO is changingdramatically.
CNN.com
‘The good corporatecitizen’31 May 2007
The School receivedcoverage on CNN.comfollowing a press releasewhich was recently issuedannouncing the launch of anew book based onresearch conducted byCBR, co-authored by DrMichael Pollitt, Dr Ian Jonesand David Bek and entitled‘Multinationals in theirCommunities: A SocialCapital Approach toCorporate CitizenshipProjects’.
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Mark de Rond has been shadowing the
Cambridge University Boat Club for
seven months in an attempt to
understand what it takes to create an
effective, high-performance team. He
shared in their glory as he proudly
watched the ‘Light Blues’ row their way
to victory against Oxford in the 153rd
Boat Race earlier this year.
In the lead up to the race, Mark’s
research received extensive and
extremely positive coverage in the media,
including in The Economist, The Financial
Times, The Times, The Independent, The
Week, The Chronicle of Higher
Education, De Volkskrant, Het Financieel
Dagblad, and on the radio.
Seven months ago you began
observing the Cambridge
University Boat Club as part of your
Teamwork andcollaboration –going for gold!
Network met Mark de Rond, Reader in Strategyand Organisation, to find out more about his latestresearch into high-performance team dynamicsand his future plans.
research into teamwork and
collaboration. What inspired you to
embark on this method of
research?
It is in some ways a rather old-fashioned
way of doing research – of studying
people by living with them, by watching
them as they go about their everyday
lives, trying to understand what matters
to them and why. To me this seemed the
only plausible approach given my
research interests: What does it really
take to earn one’s place in a Blue Boat
crew? How does one fashion a world-
class eight from a motley bunch of thirty-
five full-time students, different from
each other in every way except in resolve
and sheer doggedness? And how does
a crew become more than the sum total
of its individual oarsmen?
In studying people by living with
them under the same conditions,
did you find it hard to go back to
your own life and working
environment?
Somewhat, although I suppose the
upside is that I get more sleep! On the
downside, I do miss that extra bit of
colourfulness and the camaraderie.
You mention that you’re writing up
your research on high-
performance team dynamics and
collaboration as a book – are you
able to tell us a little more about
what type of book will be?
I’m trying hard to write a book that’s of
interest to – and accessible to – a wide
audience. The book will not be a fast-
paced exposé of what is still an elitist
organisation; rather it will try to explain
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what makes these boys who they are.
What does it take to earn one’s place in
the coveted Blue Boat crew? Why would
thirty-odd students give up seven
months of an otherwise comfortable
student life to compete for one of only
eight places in the Boat? The answers,
unsurprisingly, are far from
straightforward.
Those bold enough to try for a seat in
the Blue Boat can do so only by
collaborating seamlessly with the very
people they are competing against. They
express individuality in wishing to remain
on the coaches’ radar screens, but
togetherness in building team spirit. They
are expected to adopt a rowing style that
is quintessentially Cambridge, but have
to learn to sacrifice what they know has
made them go fast in the past. They are
strong-minded yet rife with self-doubt,
masculine yet unafraid of male intimacy,
extraordinary in some ways yet so very
ordinary in others too.
Cambridge rowers are painstakingly
cultivated yet remain a raw and instinctive
cast of alpha males in a Dead Poets
Society world. This is the story I want to
tell, warts and all. A story of the making of
a Boat Race crew, and the race they
won, but almost lost.
Do you plan to work with the club
again next year?
I hope to remain involved with them in
some role. Not only is it a fairly unique
organisation – passionately amateur yet
holding to professional standards,
exhibiting mutual respect yet also intense
rivalry, where all that matters is taking part
and yet where the pain of losing is
intolerable, quintessentially British yet
reliant on modern technologies – but also
one that affords me practice in mediation
and team-building.
Your research sounds really
interesting although what
attracted you to organisational
research as a discipline? Did you
ever consider working in another
area, as opposed to academia?
To be honest, I found academia by
accident really. My path could have easily
taken me elsewhere, but following a
chance decision to start my working life
teaching in America; I’ve never looked
back! I love my work and find its sense of
worth and focus, rewarding. Frankly, I
can’t think of something more satisfying
at present.
Is there anyone who has inspired
you or indeed influenced you in
your work?
There are many sources I’ve drawn
inspiration from – and still do. This makes
it difficult to isolate that small handful of
influences. One that merits attention,
however, is the intellectual historian Sir
Isaiah Berlin. In fact, one of my great
regrets is not having met him, before he
died in 1997, whilst I was working in
Oxford. His essay ‘The Hedgehog and
the Fox’ (his classic essay on Tolstoy) is
particularly insightful in helping one
appreciate some of the ‘messiness’ of
organisational life and the undesirability of
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“I’m particularly interested in causation and causalexplanation … we know there are good and badexplanations, but what makes one better than anotherwhen dealing with unique events?”
imposing a rational one-size-fits-all
system that people, if only they were
more rational, would have chosen
themselves.
What other areas of research are
you currently developing at the
moment?
I’m particularly interested in causation,
that is the relation between strategic
choice, chance and inevitability and
causal explanation – we know there are
good and bad explanations, but what
makes one explanation better than
another when dealing with unique
events?
You were recently awarded one of
one of two Fulbright Distinguished
Scholar Awards – congratulations!
Can you tell us about the
significance of this award for you
and your future plans?
Not only is it a nice endorsement (as
these awards can be given to any
discipline) but it will allow me to spend a
nine-month sabbatical at Stanford
University to work with James March
(Jack Steele Parker Professor of
International Management, Emeritus) and
Robert Burgelman (Edmund W. Littlefield
Professor of Management) – both leaders
in their fields of strategy and
organisational behaviour. Whilst there, I
hope to complete a final draft of a book
on causation and causal explanation in
the organization sciences. For example,
are some organizations ‘luckier’ than
others, and if so why?
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Finally, as Reader in Strategy, you
now teach on the new Executive
Education open programme
‘Creating High Performance
Teams’. Could you explain a little
more about this programme and
how individuals may benefit?
‘Creating High Performance Teams’ is
one of the new open programmes for the
individual now being offered by
Cambridge Executive Education here at
Judge Business School. This
programme provides an important
management tool kit for creating a high
performance culture within organisations
by focusing on communicating,
motivating, teaming, evaluating and
rewarding. Over two days, participants
are taken through the dynamics of high-
performance teams, with specific
example to my Cambridge University
Boat Club experience. Participants also
get the opportunity to visit Goldie
(Cambridge’s Boat House) to see our top
rowers in training and spend a session
with their chief coach, as well as David
Hemery, Olympic gold medallist 1968.
Further information
Profile of Dr Mark de Rond
www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/people/faculty/derondm.html
Cambridge Executive Education
www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/execed/index.html
The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
www.theboatrace.org
The Hedgehog and the Fox
Publisher: Phoenix ISBN-13:978-0753808672
Student news
Ben Hardy, PhD student at
the School was awarded an
IBM Fellowship Award in
April for the 2007-2008
academic year.
Selected from many
highly competitive
nominations worldwide,
Ben was one of the few
British recipients of the
award. The selection
process is based on the
student’s overall potential
for research excellence, and
their progress to date as
evidenced by publications
and endorsements from
their faculty advisors.
“Typically few of these
awards are given to the
management/business
disciplines, usually nearly all
are awarded to the applied
science areas. That Ben’s
award was based on his
research on the subject of
‘employee morale and
attitudes to work’ is
therefore in fact a double
accolade. Ben’s nomination
and application found
strong support within IBM,
reflecting both his work and
also the quality and
standing of the leading edge
research undertaken here at
Judge Business School,”
commented Dr Philip Stiles,
University Senior Lecturer in
Organisational Behaviour.
Ben explained: “IBM is a
very exciting company with
an astonishing record of
research and innovation
which fits well with Judge
Business School’s
emphasis on creativity and
collaboration. I am
honoured that they have
recognised my research into
organisational behaviour,
and look forward to working
with IBM during my
fellowship and the
opportunity it will bring to
cross-pollinate ideas and
techniques.”
The IBM PhD Fellows are
awarded tuition, fees and a
stipend for one nine-month
academic year, as well as
being matched with an IBM
mentor according to their
discipline interests. They are
also provided with the
opportunity to undertake an
internship at an IBM
research or development
laboratory that benefits the
student’s thesis research.
Prestigious IBM PhDFellowship Awarded
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Ben Barry, an MPhil
Innovation, Strategy and
Organisation student at
Judge Business School,
where he is studying on an
Ogilvy Foundation Research
Grant, has recently
published a book entitled
Fashioning Reality: A New
Generation of
Entrepreneurs. Released in
North America, it has
already become a national
bestseller in Canada.
The book explores the
topical issue of size zero
and how an innovative
business strategy has
started to address the social
perception of catwalk
models.
The book chronicles the
successful establishment of
Ben’s own modelling
agency, the Ben Barry
Agency Inc., set up when
Ben was only fourteen,
which challenges the
prescriptive standards for
models in today’s fashion
industry by scouting and
sourcing ‘real’ models of all
ages, sizes, colours and
abilities, for major fashion
and beauty brands,
including the Dove
campaign for Real Beauty.
Ben’s entrepreneurial drive
was to create a company
that would make a profit by
driving a positive social
change, striking what he
calls a “balanced contract”
as it changed the face of
fashion.
“I wanted to share my
experiences with others,
and to shatter the myth that
young people have to wait
until they obtain decades of
industry knowledge before
they can start up their own
companies. Youth have all
the knowledge and skills
and energy to begin their
own businesses today – I
want to inspire them to have
faith in their ideas and to see
how young passionate
entrepreneurs are capable
of positively changing the
world we live in now.”
Anna Kim, MBA 2006,
received a £1000 award
from the Worshipful
Company of Marketers for
her dissertation proposal on
the market potential of local
and regional fair trade in
Asia. They were especially
interested in how her
proposal can reveal
opportunities for UK
organisations in this arena.
She will have the formal
opportunity to present her
research findings at the
awards dinner in Autumn
this year.
In June Anna put together
an exhibit of 107 fans (all
hand painted by her mother)
in the Common Room at the
School as a ‘thank you’ to
each of the 107 members of
the MBA 2006 class for the
support they gave her and
their efforts in raising money
towards her unpaid
internship at Oxfam this
summer.
Forrest Metz a PhD
Candidate at Judge
Business School recently
completed a series of
pioneering activities in the
field of management in
post-conflict Angola. He
conducted the country’s
first telephone survey of
businesses, involving over
150 leading Angolan small
and medium sized
enterprises (SMEs). He also
designed and implemented
Angola’s first university level
entrepreneurship teaching
module.
Both initiatives were in
partnership with the
Economics and
Management Department of
the Universidade Católica
de Angola, and are related
to Forrest’s practical PhD
research into finance and
investment issues with
SMEs and post conflict
economic development. We
wish Forrest all the best in
his continuing research.
Size Zero research Worshipful Company of Marketers Award
Entrepreneurship in Angola
Student news
Four of the MBA 2006
students were selected to
enrol as full-time MBA
students for one academic
semester at the Wadwani
Centre for Entrepreneurship
at the Indian School of
Business, Hyderabad.
This is the inaugural
exchange in a three-year
international student
exchange programme
agreed between Judge
Business School and the
Indian School of Business at
the close of last year.
Throughout the course of
the programme selected
students from the Indian
School of Business will also
enrol on the Cambridge
MBA course for similar
periods of time, with the first
group due to attend Judge
Business School in early
2008. While visiting their
host schools, the students
will attend lectures and
undertake consulting
projects, two of which will
be with Microsoft Research
on “emerging” technologies
in order to familiarise
themselves with technology
entrepreneurship.
The programme offers a
fantastic opportunity to gain
a deeper understanding of
how innovation in India is
being positioned to meet
global needs.
Inaugural studentexchange
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Richard Edge (MPhilTechnology Policy 2005) co-founded Keima Ltd whilestill at Judge BusinessSchool in January 2006. Heis now a Director, with
responsibilities for businessdevelopment and wirelesstechnology. Before joiningthe Technology Policyprogramme Richard hadworked as a principaltechnology consultant andproduct manager for anumber of leading UK SMEs in the mobilecommunications space.Keima was jointly foundedwith three leading computer
scientists from CardiffUniversity, and is currentlydeveloping engineeringsolutions for the nextgeneration of wirelessnetworks. In essence,Keima helps mobile phoneand wireless broadbandengineers to deploy theirnetworks more quickly,efficiently and effectively:fewer towers to cover moresubscribers, planned in a
shorter period of time. Thisis achieved throughadvanced computeroptimisation algorithms, anda unique understanding ofthe pain of real-worldnetwork deployment.
One year on, Keima isgoing from strength tostrength with the possibilityof a Washington DC office tosupport growing NorthAmerican business being
considered. The firstproduct, Composer, will belaunched during mid 2007to help customers plan newtechnology networks andplan for network mergers. Inparallel, the OvertureFramework, which providesrapid applicationprototyping capabilities, willbe launched as atechnology outsourcingservice.
Alumni newsMPhil entrepreneurial success
Management ConsultantLucio Cicolecchia ( MBA2001) is hoping tocommence his crosschannel relay attempt in aidof The Stroke Association,this autumn.
A charity close to theCicolecchia family, Lucioand five other waterpololoving friends hoped toattempt their crossing inearly July, but as a result ofthe terrible summerweather, the team is nowhoping to attempt theircrossing this autumn –weather permitting!
Whilst the fastest channelswim is recorded as justover 7 hours with theslowest almost 27 hours;Lucio and his team aim tocomplete this mammothundertaking in around 12hours. Strong tidal currentsand a heavy swell areanticipated – best of luck toLucio and his team – nomean undertaking!
To support Lucio inmemory of his mother,please donate via his securedonation websitewww.justgiving.com/lucio-channelswim
Cross channel challengefor Lucio Cicolecchia
Marissa Vanderzee (MBA2002) has started her ownwomenswear company,from marissa v.. Launchedin August 2005, Marissa
comments “this was a bigdeparture from priorpositions in accounting andretail management (mostrecently as BusinessManager of London-basedmultichannel retailerGraham & Green). Primarily I was interested in theentrepreneurial aspects of
running my own companyand the multitasking itrequires, and decided tocombine this with my love ofcolour and fabric and myhobby of designing clothes.After tackling the steeplearning curve of clothingmanufacture, and exhibitingat trade shows in London &
Paris, the from marissa v.collection is now sold in afew independent boutiquesin Italy, Spain and the UK. In addition, I launched my e-commerce website inJanuary 2007 atwww.marissav.comI invite all Judge studentsand alumni to have a look!”
New challenge for MBA Alumna
PhD 1992 alumna, Dr NitiD. Villinger, AssociateProfessor of Managementat Hawaii Pacific University,received her secondFulbright Award earlier thisyear. The grant awards arepart of a nationalcompetition whereparticipants are selected(among the 50 US states) tolearn about Germany andthe European Union (inBelgium and Germany)during the Summer of 2007.Dr Villinger, a facultymember at HPU whoteaches International
Business Management, alsoreceived a Fulbright HaysAward in 2003. That wasalso part of a nationalcompetition for awards thatpromote internationalunderstanding andeducation. Dr Villinger ispleased with the Fulbrightawards as they havecontributed to greaterinternational cooperationand learning. Dr Villinger willuse the Fulbright GermanStudies Seminar Award(2007) to promote moreunderstanding of Europeancountries in her classrooms.
Alumna wins secondFulbright Award
Several MBA1999classmates were inattendance at the launchparty of James Buckley’sdebut novel, ‘CelebrateMyself’ in London thisMarch. James’ debut novelfollows a fictionalinterpretation of businessschool academia to reveal asimmering world ofunbridled lust andunchecked ambition. When tragedy strikes duringa riotous evening on thetown, the MBA students’entangled lives becomeirreversibly altered. Amidstthe recrimination anddespair surroundingunfolding events, powerfullessons are learned thatcould never be taught in anyclassroom.
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We are pleased toannounce that the alumniwebsite will shortly berelaunched with a new look,as well as a series of newdevelopments to enhanceboth the user experienceand connectivity ofmembers. Frustrated by thelack of visible email addressto allow networking withclassmates and potentialcontacts online? With anew School policy on dataprotection for all incomingstudent members, and anongoing data campaign toencourage members tosubmit and make contactdetails visible, the JudgeBusiness School alumni
community can lookforward to a new moreconnected experience;whilst at the same time,empowering members tobe in control of the datathey make visible to peersvia the online community.
Easy access class lists,hotlinks to careerresources, new initiativesand much much more to beunveiled in the earlyautumn! Full details aboutthe new-look website willfeature in the next edition ofNetwork. We look forwardto re-connecting alumniacross the world.
New-look website
Judge Business Schoolwelcomed graduates fromMBA 1995 back toCambridge for their 10 yearreunion since graduation. Atthat time a two-yearprogramme, numbering 48in the class; 14 alumni andtheir families from acrossthe globe registered toreturn for a weekend ofnostalgia and friendship.The weekend included
punting on the Cam, a pubnight in the Anchor as wellas a tour around theBusiness School – verymuch different from whenthey first came toCambridge. As the firstclass to be taught in theconverted oldAddenbrooke’s Hospitalbuilding, the class wereimpressed to view the newMBA Syndicate Room,
Library with mezzaninelevel, student commonroom with kitchen and hi-tech resources.
With the official alumnireunion schedule for thecoming years to beannounced this autumn, ifyou are keen to return toCambridge for your classreunion, please don’thesitate to contact theAlumni Team for support.
Join alumni at the new ‘2ndSaturday Alumni Pub Night’,alternating monthly betweenCambridge and London. Agreat opportunity to meetnew members of thenetwork as well as yourclassmates; this regularsocial series commenced atthe start of September witha good turnout inCambridge at The Eaglepub (Benet St).
Open to all in the JudgeBusiness School network,including current students,faculty and staff; theseoccasions promise to be yetanother great way to keep intouch and make newcontacts. It couldn’t beeasier to get involved as thepub nights will be held inone of two venues. When inCambridge (odd numbered
months) – the Eagle Pub –and when in London (evennumbered months) – TheWindsor Castle near NottingHill Gate.
See forthcoming eventson page 27 for furtherdetails.
Interested in setting a series up in yourcountry? Please contactRachael Barker, AlumniRelations Manager todiscuss further.
Reunion for MBA 2005
New alumni social series launchedThere’s now more ways for
members to communicatethan ever before! Buildingon the improvements madeto the alumni communitywebsite address inDecember, members cannow choose to stay in touchwith the Alumni Team andeach other through a varietyof channels. Email, e-
bulletin, phone, fax,Skype(tm), Flickr,community website, Linked-In group membership andface to face contact; allprovide differing levels ofconnectivity to help us reachout across the network tobuild our alumni associationinto a truly dynamic andworld class community. Not
receiving the monthly e-bulletin? Please check [email protected] is onyour safe senders list andconsider that we perhapsdon’t have your up to datepreferred email address.Contact the Alumni Teamwith your latest details toensure you remain up-to-date and connected.
More ways to communicate
We are delighted toannounce that increasednumbers of School-basedseminar event schedulesare now officially opened tomembers of the alumnicommunity. Judge BusinessSchool seminar series’cover all aspects ofmanagement, reflecting the
range of expertise amongour individual faculty,subject groups andresearch centres. Inaddition, the Alumni Teamcontinues to bring membersexternal opportunities thatmay be of interest to themembership. Listed onlineand featured in the
Connections andEventConnections monthlye-bulletins, keep a watch forevents of interest to you. Doyou have an event that youwould like featured? [email protected] withthe details.
Event opportunities for JudgeBusiness School alumni
Alumni news
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The Alumni Class
Ambassador Scheme is a
new initiative to help
reconnect class groups with
the School and each other.
Connectivity sits at the heart
of Judge Business School’s
Alumni Association and as
such having identified that
formalised class links with
the School are traditionally
weak, degrading more over
time in many cases;
facilitating a clear and
deliberate link is hopefully
one way to reconnect alumni
across the world for the
benefit of all.
The role class
ambassadors play is
founded on a few basic
parameters with the
opportunity to shape the role
to suit your time and
personal circumstance.
Essentially becoming the link
between a named contact in
the Alumni Team and their
respective class group, the
ambassador role is
envisaged to assist on a
variety of levels. This may
include collecting and
encouraging updates of
personal contacts,
spreading the word on
alumni initiatives or perhaps
promoting alumni events –
essentially keeping
classmates in contact
with each other. There may
well be more than one
ambassador per class and
all would be fully supported
by the Alumni Team.
How do ambassadors
benefit? Maintaining
networks is a crucially
important and sensitive role.
Knowing you will have not
only helped the School keep
in touch with its graduates
but also helped maintain
your own community; is a
positive step and will
undoubtedly be of benefit to
your own future. As a named
contact you will become
seen as a key part of the
alumni community, with the
opportunity to meet with
other ambassadors to share
ideas and initiatives. Also, as
a way of saying thank you,
we invite all active class
ambassadors to be our
guests at dedicated events
each year.
How can I get in touch
with my class? With a
change in technology and a
new alumni website to be
launched this autumn,
getting in touch with
members of your class will
be easy! We will be
encouraging members to
contact their class through
the alumni website where
you can be assured of
dedicated class-lists
allowing group emailing;
ensuring you reach out to
your cohort with the most up
to date email on record.
How do I get more
information? To register
your interest in becoming a
class ambassador or for
more information, please
contact Rachael or Helen in
the Alumni Relations Office.
Tel: +44 (0)1223 764219
or email
Special Interest groups are
the perfect vehicle for
bringing together alumni with
common interests. Providing
a forum for debate and
networking as well as
socialising and friendship,
these groups are important
catalysts for connectivity and
communication.
Judge Business School is
pleased to say the London-
based Banking and Finance
Alumni Special Interest
Group (SIG), continues to be
successful with over 200
members attending a wide
range of events, many of
which are forthcoming in the
calendar. Jeremy Marchant
(MBA 2002, Chair of the
Alumni Advisory Council and
Leader of the Banking and
Finance SIG) has also
noticed an additional benefit
of membership. “Bringing
together alumni who have an
interest in the banking and
finance sector has been a
really positive experience.
Not only has it allowed
members to network with
others from their sector, but it
has also allowed me to
connect with so many city-
based alumni from
Cambridge. A real benefit to
me has been the opportunity
to source high calibre
candidates for vacancies at
my company [UBS Wealth
Management]. The quality of
candidate has really been
exceptional and I would
definitely encourage other
alumni to engage in
networking opportunities as
you never know where you’ll
find your next hire!”
We have also been
pleased by the response to
join more burgeoning groups
in biotechnology as well as
marketing and advertising.
Whilst membership is at
present small, we are
anticipating real growth this
year in both of these groups
as we seek to provide
technological support for
enabling online discussion,
as well as ongoing support in
event management.
To support the creation of
further groups, alumni will
shortly be able to express
their business interests via
the alumni website. SIGs do
require a critical mass to
enable their creation and
furthermore sustainable
activity, so make sure to take
a look at the new alumni
website this autumn to
register your interests and
memberships. Indeed we
have already had
expressions of interest for
SIGs encompassing energy,
consulting and technology
policy, so remember to
contribute your thoughts at
this important time of
development.
Alumni Class Ambassador Scheme
Special Interest Groups
Alumni news
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Network roundup
Alumni in New York
Varsity weekend
The Business School wasdelighted to welcome backalmost fifty guests for therecent MBA 2001-2002Reunion Weekend. A Fridaynight drinks receptionmarked the start of anenjoyable weekend; whichculminated on the Sundaywith a ‘survivors’ farewelllunch in Grantchester. Theweekend was a greatsuccess with MBA 2006 Vs
MBA 2001 alumni in bothfootball and cricket, as wellas a highly enjoyable minilecture series showcasingindividual members of theclass. A formal ReunionDinner at Trinity Hall wasalso held on the Saturdayevening. Thanks to MaxPurser, Marie Taylor andAngeli Weller for organisinga superb reunion weekend!
MBA 2001 reunion weekend
Cambridge supportersroared on the Light Blues atthis year’s Varsity Boat Raceon Saturday 7th April.Judge Business School hadgood reason to be proud asSebastian Schulte, currentPhD Finance student, sat
seat 7 and helped bring thecrew home to victory overOxford in the 153rd annualBoat Race by one and aquarter lengths.Cheeringthe crew along weremembers and friends ofMBA 2005.
Left to right: Kieron Burchell,Gavin Flynn, Orly Danon,Nik Rouda, Catherine Qi,Cyril Coste, UrszulaZapolska, Murphy Thomas,Audrey Christon, SanneMartens, Jasper Nelissen.
Becky Schutt (MBA 2004)reports “The Alumni of NewYork City were delighted towelcome Professor ArnoudDe Meyer and JonathanBadger of the CambridgeUniversity Foundation tothe Apple that is Big in lateNovember 2006. Weshared drinks and M&Ms at the Library Bar at theRegency Hotel and learnedabout Professor De Meyer’sadventures in Cambridge
thus far. He also providedus with his thoughtful visionfor the Judge, with specialattention paid to the role of alumni. Following theM&Ms and talk withProfessor De Meyer, someof the alums ventureduptown to a Park Avenuepenthouse, home of aCambridge graduate, forthe Cambridge in Americaholiday party. There, weenjoyed sweeping views of
New York City from theterrace, conversations with Cambridge graduatesand, of course, the holidaycrackers. Great to see Dan Cohen (MPhil 2000),Morgan Davis (MPhil 1997),Helen Ervin (MBA 2004),Michael Jakob (MPhil1991), Carol Ng (MBA2001), Nadine Surur (MBA1995) and EmmanuelleVernhes-Koudella (MBA 1999)”
Connecting alumni around the world
Alumni in banking andfinance network
The London-based Bankingand Finance special interestgroup continues to flourishwith recent speaker as wellas social events held acrossthe capital in recent months.A new group email hasrecently established
enabling members tocommunicate betweeneach other. Interested injoining this group? Emailyou name and programmeof study to the Alumni Officeand we will be happy to addyou to the membership.
During the latest round ofMBA recruitment, Dr SimonLearmount was delighted tomeet up with MBA alumni inJapan. Members turned outin force to help with theMBA recruitment fair andenjoyed an informal drinksreception afterwards. We’re
always keen to meet withalumni, from which everprogramme studied; soplease remember to keepyour contact details up-to-date so we can extend aninvite to you when visitingyour region.
Alumni in action
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Forthcoming events
Annual Alumni Weekend21-23 September 2007Cambridge, UK
Join fellow alumni for a whole weekend of activity. A
great opportunity to network across Judge Business
School’s global community and the perfect weekend to
arrange your own class reunion. Speaker slots featuring
Ms Lois Jacobs, President International – Jack Morton
Worldwide and Professor Arnoud De Meyer, Director,
Judge Business School.
Alumni Gala Dinner
Join fellow alumni and guests of Judge Business School
at the inaugural Reunion Weekend Gala Dinner at the
De Vere University Arms Hotel, Cambridge on the
Saturday of Alumni Weekend (22nd September). A
great opportunity to socialise and network. Drinks
reception, five-course meal with coffee & mints, wine
and entertainment. Come dance the night away!
Tickets only £48.
For further information visit
www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/alumni/weekend.html
Other events
MPhil Technology Policy Five Year Reunion26 September 2007, London, UK
Alumni in Banking and Finance (SIG) Pub Night27 September 2007, London, UK
MBA 2004 – Edinburgh Trip28- 30 September 2007, Edinburgh, UK
Global Brand Strategy 2007 with Kevin Keller2 October 2007, London, UK
Enterprise Tuesday Programme23 October 2007, Cambridge, UK
Alumni Association Annual General Meeting 10 December 2007, Cambridge, UK
Alumni Christmas Gathering, St John’s College10 December 2007, Cambridge, UK
Judge Business School / Wharton Christmas Party19 December 2007, London, UK
2nd Saturday Alumni Pub Nights13 October 2007, London, UK10 November 2007, Cambridge, UK8 December 2007, London, UK
For full details of all events open to alumni, log onto www.alumni.jbs.cam.ac.uk
Are you organising an event? Email the Alumni Team with your event details
and we can post them online.
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• Online member directory• Forthcoming global events• Latest school and alumni news• Careers resources• Networking opportunities
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manage their real estate.I’ve been in Cambridge for 7years, I’ll miss it a lot butalso look forward to thechange. Met up with Joseand Kenta and familiesrecently, which was great.
Still playing 5-a-side football with Christian everyweek. Last month we joinedMBA 2001 in a gameagainst MBA 2006 andplayed them off the park, sowe still have it!”
John Carter (MBA 1993)is still working for KraftFoods although has recentlymoved back to Munich fromNew York.
Kavi Chandrakumar(MBA 2001) is happy toreport that after one year atiProspect, a search enginemarketing firm, she hasrecently been promoted to
Manager and will head ateam that looks into paidand organic optimisation forclients. iProspect is a part ofAegis Media (UK).Congratulations to Kavi andher partner as they haverecently become first timeparents to a beautiful babygirl, Anirud Raghav Mantha.
Vijay Chintamaneni(MBA 1994) has recentlymoved jobs from Director ofSPG India Ltd to CEO ofVisage Media Services Ltd,managing the company’sglobal operations out ofIndia. Visage is one ofIndia’s leading still and filmfootage banks.
Benjamin Davis (MBA2003) reports that he hasmoved from his role atInterregnum and now worksfor The Capital Fund (YFMGroup) as InvestmentManager. The Capital Fundis London’s regional VCfund, and is a £50 milliongeneralist venture capitalfund which backs fast-growing, small andmedium-sized enterprises(SMEs) in Greater London.
Iain Edmondson (MBA1998) is now a consultantwith the UK’s largest sport-specialist managementconsultancy (PMP) and isconcentrating on the legacyof major sports events (notleast the 2012 Olympics).
Ismael Al-Amoudi (PhD2002) has accepted alecturer position inManagement at theUniversity of Reading andhas become a ResidentSenior Member of WolfsonCollege, Cambridge.
Benoit Allehaut (MBA2000) “I am pleased to letyou know that after severalyears working at GE Windand GE Energy FinancialServices, I have accepted anew challenge in therenewable energy sector. Iam excited to join Optisolar,a fast growing thin film solarcompany based inHayward, CA. My new roleas Director of BusinessDevelopment will be to leadinternational projectdevelopment efforts andsupport project financestructuring.”
Barbara Angerstein(MBA 2003) “I just wantedto let you know that myhusband (Walter Sanchez)and I are now the proud andhappy parents of a lovelybaby girl. Victoria was bornon the 3rd January 2007 inSantiago de Chile.
Classnotes
Helen Campbell neeAndreou (MBA 1994) “Weare delighted to announcethe birth of our first child, alovely baby girl namedKimberley Sophia Campbellwho arrived on the 2ndFebruary 2007 weighing 8lb1oz. Kimberley is a real littlesmiler and has captivated allthose who come her way,not that we are in any waybiased of course!”
Jens Bernhardt (MBA1996) is pleased to reportthat he joined theManagement Board ofOppenheimVermögenstreuhand GmbHin March. This movesignifies a return to hisprevious employer Sal.Oppenheim jr. & Cie. KGaA,although Jens is nowresponsible for assetallocation and assetselection – providingcomprehensive advice forthe structuring ofinvestment opportunities forultra-high-net-worth-individuals, families andtrusts.
Jochem Boeke (MBA2000) updates Network...“More great changes.Tamara is expecting oursecond (due date 5th Nov),on the echo it looked like agirl. We are moving back tothe Lowlands in August tobe closer to our families andbuy a home. I took a jobwith a managementconsultancy; my firstassignment is to help aDutch Local Authority
Recent promotion? New arrival? On the move? We are delighted toreceive news from across Judge Business School’s global community.Email [email protected] to share your classnotes in the next edition.
Anthony Fitzsimmons(MA Engineering 1969)works at Iskra WindTurbines, one the world’smost efficient small windturbine manufacturers.Anthony was one of theearliest Angel investors inthe firm – since 2002 – andhaving spent 3 months asinterim CEO, he is nowCommercial Director.
Adriana Guerrero (MBA2000) “My news... my bignews of course is the birthof my second baby boy. His name is Daniel.
I continue to live in Dubaiworking in consulting andnow for Oliver Wyman as aprincipal of the telecom andmedia practice (OW is nowthe name of Mercer.. whopreviously boughtDiamondcluster, whopreviously bought Cluster... I have been in 4 companieswithout changing my job!).Anyone interested onworking (we need people) orvisiting Dubai... please letme know!!!
Looking for classmate contacts or alumni in a particular region? Log onto www.alumni.jbs.cam.ac.uk to search the member’s directory.
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Nilima Gulrajani (PhD2000) has been appointedLecturer at the LondonSchool of Economicsworking in the area of publicmanagement anddevelopment. As a formerGates Scholar at JudgeBusiness School, Nilimaresearched organisationalreforms in large aidorganisations introduced tomake developmentspending more effective.
Congratulations to LoizosHeracleous (MPhil 1992and PhD 1993) who hasrecently been appointedChair in Strategy at WarwickBusiness School. Loizoswas previously Reader inStrategy at Said BusinessSchool, Oxford.
Congratulations to JustinHayward (MBA 2000) andwife Diana as their sonRalph Edward was born on20th Dec 2006.
Sonny Hsu (MBA 2000)comments “I have justmoved to Hong Kongrecently, still working withFitch Ratings and doing thesame job as before. I think Iwill live here in Hong Kongfor the foreseeable future.Do drop me a note whenyou plan to visit Hong Kong.I will happily be the tourguide!” Contact detailsonline.
Vincent Jegou(MBA2002) was appointedFinance Director of IKEATaiwan (DFI HomeFurnishing Taiwan Ltd) inSeptember 2006. Thecompany operates fourIKEA stores with a totalsurface 152000 sqf andemploys1000 staff. If youare visiting Taipei, you cancontact Vincent [email protected] +886 2 25479598.
Sir Paul Judge (MANatural Sciences &Management Studies 1968)is currently Chairman of theLord Mayor’s ‘City ofLondon – City of Learning’project. This projectlaunched by Lord MayorStuttard and backed by the
British Council and UKTI;aims to link global centreswith high-level professionalinstitutions anduniversities/businessschools in the UK. See the website for furtherinformation www.cityoflondonlearning.org.
Alexander Kaleniouk(MBA 2000) updatesNetwork and writes “I amstill based in Moscow –currently involved in mega(by Russian standards) M&A deal.”
Tina Fisher (MBA 2004)reports “Ryan Kedrowski(MBA 2004) and JenKillmer (MBA 2004) weremarried on February 22nd inMiami, Florida.
The ceremony was beautifuland took place in an oldSpanish monastary in NorthMiami. The bride and groomwere absolutely beamingand looked stunning. A fewof us made the journey toFlorida and it was an honourto be able to be there inperson to share in their bigday. Congratulations to theKedrowskis!!!!”
Harry Lake (MBA 2000)and Claire Nailis (MBA 2000)“Not too much new forClaire and I these days andwe are living in Ottawa.Work wise, I am still at PWCand have been managingCanadian Governmentconsulting jobs. Summerhas hit and I have startedwhite water kayaking again(boy, I am not as young as Iused to be...these youngkids are able to do circlesaround me) and playinghockey a day a week (samecomment about the youngkids here as well...). Had agreat week of skiing inColorado with Claire, Arthur,Mark Davidson and others...highlight was the 17inches of powder we got inone night!”
Ming Lim (PhD 2002) hasbeen offered a Lecturerposition in Marketing atLeicester ManagementSchool.
Jaco Lok (PhD 2002) hasrecently started as Lecturerof Organisational Behaviourat the University of NewSouth Wales (AustralianGraduate School ofManagement), Sydney,Australia.
Hasbi Lubis (MBA 2000)informs us that he is still withSchlumberger still, but nowrelocated to UK, havingmoved to the Gatwick areaat the start of the year.
Vincent Mascia (MBA2001) wishes to relay awarm hello to his fellowclassmates and offers anupdate of his career news. “Iam presently completing amasters of public health atthe University of Virginia withan emphasis on healthcarepolicy. While doing a fieldplacement at the AmericanDental Association’sWashington headquartersfor governmental affairs Iwas able to propose a Billprovision to improvehealthcare access for theunderserved in the US. Thepresident of the AmericanDental Association flew toWashington to testify at ahearing with me as anadvisor for the legislation.Currently consideringworking in Washington inhealthcare policy.”
Rachel Massey (MBA1999) and former Chair ofthe Alumni Council gavebirth to baby Graceweighing 7lbs 1oz or 3.3kgon Monday 12th February2007. Congratulations tothe whole family!
k to search the member’s directory.
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AIMTECH research group,Leeds Business School.
Fei Sun (MBA 2000) is currently doing free lancework, mainly on educationalprojects.
“I also opened a smallcompany in Shanghai. Atthe moment, we take onprojects for foreigncompanies who wish todevelop business in China,including market research,branch or office set-up, PR,etc. We also help staffrecruitment for foreigncompanies in Shanghai andhelp with translation andinterpretation. I am alsoinvolved in educationalprojects for foreignuniversities in studentrecruitment in China. “
Nesli Tezgoren (MBA2000) “Flavio and I aredelighted to announce the birth of our little babygirl Alessia. She was born
on 4th January at St.Thomas’ Hospital in Londonat 3pm, weighing 3.7kg /8.2lbs. Dad is super thrilledwith joy.”
Nico Uauy (MBA 2000)writes “I moved back toChile 5 months ago, after 4years in DC. Had a greattime while I was there(travelled all over LatinAmerica for work and to theCaribbean for diving).Leaving proved a bit harderthan I expected, but it wastime for a change. So farChile has been a lot of funand work. I am working inSantander’s investmentbanking group here in Chile,in charge of M&A and equitycapital markets transactionsin the infrastructure, energy,and food & beveragesectors.
Other than that, I amsnowboarding everyweekend (the snow here inChile is fantastic this time ofthe year), playing squash acouple of times a week (somy domination over Kjelland Christian is probably still intact), and starting tomake plans to buy a pieceof land (small one) in thesouth of Chile.”
Rianna Mohammed-Roberts (PhD 2003) hasstarted working at the WorldBank (Washington, DC), asa Young Professional. She iscurrently working in theHuman Development Unit,within the Europe CentralAsia region.
Yasu Okabe (MBA 2005)
now living in Lucerne,Switzerland, has joinedT.E.A.M Marketing AGwhich is the exclusivemarketing agency for UEFA,the European governingbody of football. Yasu’scurrent job involvesmanaging the TV broadcastrights sales for UEFAChampions League andUEFA Cup.
Chatura Ranaweera(PhD 1998)
Upon completing his PhD atJudge Business School in2002, Chatura has been
working at the Wilfrid LaurierUniversity, School ofBusiness in Ontario,Canada as an AssistantProfessor of Marketing. Hegot his tenure lastDecember and is now anAssociate Professor ofMarketing.
Arshad Saeed (MBA2000) “All well at this end.My daughter Arshi will bemarried by the time youread this – the wedding tookplace in Toronto on 6th July.Toronto is at its liveliestthese days – excellentweather and loads offestivities.
After spending 5 weeks inToronto for the wedding, I’llhead back to Saudi Arabiain mid July. I am still workingwith the same company andhave been given additionalresponsibility of sales. Ourcompany is in the processof implementing SAP. I amleading the MaterialsManagement module whichtakes up almost 60% of mytime. The plan is to go live inJanuary 2008.”
Branimira Slavova (PhD2002) has accepted aResearch Fellowship at
Ken Wee (MBA 2002) andCatherine Szeto (MBA2002) were married on 12thNovember 2006 in HongKong. Several MBAs andCambridge alumni attendedthe celebrations includingCarrie Cheung, Fion Li,Andrea Du, Vincent Jegou,Irene Yang, Anne Fung,Clementine Ng, DominicChan, Edmund Leong.
A second celebration washeld in Singapore where thebride and groom welcomedeven more MBA guests andfamily!
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