I have spent the last 12 years of my career as a Management Consultant working in KPMG.
I'm currently working as a Key Account Manager at BRF.
I am a Private Client Manager for a not-for-profit bank, also known as Charities Aid Foundation.
The MBA is a well-rounded course and it can give you exposure
and confidence to take up anything in life.
I come from a family of entrepreneurs and I really wanted to understand businesses fully.
I knew that an MBA would prepare me for my career in management consulting.
I wanted to invest in myself, I wanted to
extend my knowledge and I wanted to develop my soft skills.
My work has been in sustainability so I thought
learning more about businesses would really drive more positive action on the
people and the planet.
So I decided to choose the University of Birmingham because of the ranking of its MBA programme.
It's fantastic reputation within the UK and also globally.
And it also has a lot of Indian, Indonesian students so it was great
I have to say the University of Birmingham experience gave me a lot more than what I expected.
One of the modules I thoroughly enjoyed was a module that took
place in Budapest, it was great fun it was a lot of work but it was good fun.
I particularly enjoyed my strategy classes, I loved my marketing classes.
The Professors, staff and everyone, they all are super friendly helpful and welcoming.
I love the way the modules were taught
and I loved the fact that we are also able to learn in groups and in teams.
I love Birmingham as a city definitely, the student community, the fact that
it was safe and the cost of living was quite also very affordable.
It's a truly amazing city in the sense that it's a melting pot of cultures.
It's very vibrant, a lot of Asian community, very diverse
wonderful food and places to go out, lovely cafes out there.
While we remained focused on our studies, we were able to also
unwind and enjoy our time with the multitude of
great options of places to eat, party and relax.
One of my fondest memories from Birmingham really was shopping in the Bullring,
I think for me shopping is the way I kind of, you know,
de-stress after a very long and hectic week in school,
so I really, really love that experience.
I think it's one of the best cities to live in in the UK.
The MBA has helped me in several ways, I've grown in confidence in regards to the workplace.
I learned how important it is to work with others.
It changed my work in a major way, it obviously put me into a very
different league, having studied from an international university.
My business knowledge has grown
significantly, I can work with departments a lot more effectively
and become involved in lots of different types of projects.
I could use all that learning to advance sustainability, my core field now
in talking to large international businesses and their supply chains so
it has provided me a lot of benefits.
I would definitely recommend taking the full-time MBA programme at the
University of Birmingham as it is a lot of fun as well as challenging at the same time.
I strongly believe that the MBA can
really help you create a lot of opportunities for yourself throughout your career.
The intense preparation and sheer volume of
interactions during the MBA ingrains a lot of
confidence, subject knowledge and helps you hold the
conversation and respect of your colleagues and senior management.
I think it's one of the best courses because it teaches you all the aspects of entrepreneurship.
So I would definitely recommend the MBA programme at the University of Birmingham
to anybody looking to transition their career for impact in future.
Find out more at birmingham.ac.uk/mba.