Alumni

160cc wanderlust

Cambridge MBA alumnus Kirk Wilson (MBA 2007) was riding high in his career, but shifted gears with a 20,000-mile motorcycle ride around …

Executive MBA programme ranked 18th by the Financial Times

Cambridge Judge Business School’s Executive MBA (EMBA) degree programme for senior working professionals was today (18 November) ranked 18th in the Financial Times (FT) …

Pharma journey

From Greece to Scotland Yard to providing drugs for clinical trials: Cambridge MBA alumna Vanessa Dekou (MBA 2002) built a global pharma …

AI in healthcare

Razvan Ionasec (EMBA 2018) has been a computer buff since his childhood in Romania. His team at Siemens has now developed an …

Changing the world, one café at a time

A café near the mystical temple complex of Angkor Wat in Cambodia, set up with support from Cambridge Judge Business School, provides …

A central banker who rode a solar-powered bike across the Sahara

Simon Milward (MBA 2008) was working in international development before he enrolled at Cambridge Judge and started his own business in solar …

Sustainable fashion

Cambridge Judge alumni talk about challenges and opportunities in creating fashion that is sustainable and environmentally friendly. With Fashion Week events in …

CEO of maritime museum: cultural organisations need to adapt to stay relevant

Kevin Sumption, Director of the Australian National Maritime Museum, shares his thoughts about the cultural sector, main challenges and importance of life-long …

From finance and mobile communications to digital advertising

Rael Cline, an alumnus of the Master of Finance programme at Cambridge Judge, had a taste of academic life and worked in …

How to avoid being replaced by robots

Balint Bertok, alumnus of the Postgraduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship programme (PGDE 2017) at Cambridge Judge Business School, recently gave a TEDx talk …

The key to entrepreneurial success? Managing yourself

Terence Yeo, Founder and CEO of LED lighting products company Fusion Optix and a Cambridge MBA alumnus (MBA 2001), says that managing …

Philipp Man on watches, entrepreneurship and leadership

Philipp Man says his venture CHRONEXT isn’t trying to reinvent the wheel, or even the watch. Instead, the goal of the luxury …

Ten years on

The Cambridge Judge Master of Finance (MFin) class of 2008: where are they now? The Master of Finance (MFin) programme at Cambridge …

Insight into sustainable fashion

A report co-authored by two Cambridge Judge Business School alumni looks at the promise and challenges of sustainable fashion. The “Sustainable Fashion …

Blowhorn – moving goods in India made easy

Owing to horrible congestion and narrow roads, big trucks are banned from many major cities in India. So Cambridge Judge Business School …

Expanding medical education

Executive MBA participant David Lenihan seeks to transform medical education to address a severe shortage of healthcare workers, using a once-struggling medical …

Ship-shape collaboration

Cambridge Judge Business School alumni link up to help digital shipping exchange NYSHEX cruise ahead with $13 million in new funding. Connections …

Nikita Chiu on space debris, satellites and public education about space sustainability

Dr Nikita Chiu, a 2016 alumna of the MPhil in Technology Policy programme at Cambridge Judge Business School, worries about an improbable …

From consumer products to car sharing

Andrew Yi Tan followed a conventional corporate career for two decades, but changed course following his Executive MBA at Cambridge Judge to …

Huckleberry Labs: helping to solve new parents’ number one problem – kids who don’t sleep

Before she had her first child six years ago, Jessica Toh, an alumna of Cambridge Judge Business School (MBA 2013), read plenty …

Cambridge lessons for a French engineer working for the government

Jordan Cartier, an alumnus of MPhil in Technology Policy (2011) at Cambridge Judge Business School, shares his insights on working life as …

Hire Space: bespoke event booking

Venture founded by Cambridge Judge Business School alumnus makes the process of venue booking much easier. Will Swannell (MPhil Finance 2006) founded …

Design studio CEO on square fruits and ‘smart’ shopping baskets

Fancy tasting a mushroom ketchup, mango chutney, or honey and elderflower cube? These are just a few of the quirky 3D printed …

Juggling act: banking, family and rowing

Ailsa Kegler of Newton Investment Management, an alumna of the Advanced Leadership Programme (ALP 2015) delivered by Cambridge Judge Business School Executive …

Approaching leadership from within

Lorraine Warne, alumna of the School’s Postgraduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship (PGDE), helps people become better business leaders by absorbing – and, especially, …

Laser-like focus, plus a bit of luck

Cambridge MBA alumnus Tommy Katzenellenbogen went from Israel to Cambridge to Silicon Valley, where he helped launch a tech startup that protects …

From concert hall to board room

Stuart Barr was musical director for Dame Shirley Bassey, and has worked with iconic artistes from Sting to Elton John. He’s now …

Work for good

Venture begun by Cambridge MBA alumnus Rupert Pick helps simplify business donations to charities. There are more than 195,000 charities in the …

Paving the way for Israeli and Palestinian entrepreneurs of the future

In July this year the Cambridge Gates Foundation held a biennial event to celebrate Gates Scholars past and present. In a video …

Mentoring: why honesty pays

Siobhan Sweeney and her mentor Professor Dame Sandra Dawson discuss the ways informal mentoring works for them. Mentoring doesn’t have to have …

A fair polish on diamonds

Cambridge Judge alumnus Tim Ingle co-founded a jewellery company that tells customers where and under what conditions their diamonds and other precious …

The History Project

On a mission to change the way Indian and Pakistani history is taught. Ayyaz Ahmad (MBA 2014) has no time to celebrate …

Bringing global street food to the supermarket shelf

Sunil Kavuri has been a model, investment banker and now entrepreneur. This is his story. Sunil Kavuri is king of the magnificent …

At home abroad: in tourism, there’s a big world beyond hotels

Nicola D’Elia of Airbnb seeks to open up many more areas to visitors in developing countries. Most tourists around the world, says …

See the unseen: why you have to be brave to be truly creative

James Pattinson of Reluctantly Brave explains why having a sense of purpose at work is not enough. “We’ve been called the cultural …

Want a fresh perspective on leadership? Go to business school, says NZ Lieutenant Colonel

Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Fox went to business school and came away with a new frame of reference. Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Fox is …

Why are law firms queueing up to be disrupted? Because it benefits their customers.

Could legal services be the next big sector to face major disruption? If so, Filip Corveleyn’s Tools4Legal is well ahead of the …

Why the financial crisis was just the start, not the end, of one man’s career

For Carl Bradshaw, partner at Kirkland & Ellis International, the financial crisis was an opportunity, not a disaster. He explains how he …

How this Buddhist is transforming banking

There’s so much more to finance than just returns, says alternative finance expert Tiara Letourneau (MFin 2014). She believes that, used wisely, …

The MBA graduate and start-up mentor taking on a very global food waste problem

Get structures and systems in place before you grow a big idea, says Matt McLaren’s mentor Charles Payne. What do you look …

This is why you should start a business in your 40s. Cambridge Judge grad says that age is no barrier to success.

The world is facing an energy challenge. Coal and gas will some day run out, and more and more nations are looking …

Chara Georgiadou, Country Manager at trivago

What do you need to survive and thrive at a start-up? For Chara Georgiadou it was flexibility, commitment… and two weeks on …

Michael Chin, Head of Asia Practice at Lewis Holdway Lawyers

For Michael Chin, building bridges is an integral part of establishing a truly global business. On paper, Michael Chin, Head of Asia …

Magda Papadaki, interim Lead Technologist at Innovate UK

Regenerative medicine is one of the government’s “eight great future technologies”. Magda Papadaki (MPhil in Bioscience Enterprise, 2012) is part of the …

Neri Karra, CEO & Creative Director of Neri Karra

Neri Karra (PhD in Management Studies, 2005) built her luxury leather goods business up from nothing but ambition, family and an insatiable …

Julian Metherell, Co-Founder of Vallares (now Genel)

As a big hitter at banking giants Goldman Sachs, Julian Metherell (Cambridge MBA 1992) was one of the industry’s stars. So why …

Denis Kaminskiy, Director and Co-Founder of Arcus Global

Denis Kaminskiy (Cambridge MBA 2008) is passionate about disrupting public sector computer services – saving the taxpayer a pile of money in …

Zohra Khaku, Founder & Editor of Halal Gems

The halal food market is worth around £1bn a year in the UK alone. But it’s still not easy to find halal …

Doug Rowe (MBA 2008), Director at Nookie

Whether it’s artisan bread, designer popcorn or organic chocolate, high-end food is big business. Could brothers Doug (MBA 2008) and Marcus Rowe’s …

Simon Glass (MBA 1999), Founder of qodeo

The global venture community has traditionally relied on historic data when deciding what to back. But qodeo, the company founded by Simon …

Dr Saif Abed (MPhil 2012), Founding Partner of AbedGraham Healthcare Strategies

Medicine and business may seem like very different worlds, but Saif Abed (MPhil in Management 2012) is using his expertise in both …

Sara Horsfall, Founder & Director of Ginibee

Job-sharing is one of the fastest-growing models of flexible working, yet perhaps the least understood. As one of the stars of this …

James Nightingall (Postgraduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship 2013), Founder & Director of James & James

With a Postgraduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship from Cambridge Judge Business School under his belt, James Nightingall wants to be a serial property …

My mentor: Rupert Pick

One of Hot Pickle’s pop-up shops. Rupert Pick Cambridge MBA (2008) alumnus, and co-founder of marketing agency Hot Pickle talks about how …

My mentor: James Whittingham, Givvit mentor

James Whittingham (MPhil in Management 2005) and Ronald Reynolds, chair of Shaping Cloud and CEO and founder of New York-based investment company …

Julia Fintz (MBA 2008), Co-Founder of Lekker Adventures

What do you do when you can’t find the sort of specific travel experience you’re looking for? For MBA alumnus Julia Fintz …

Jun Shiomitsu (MBA 2010), Global Financial Institute, Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management

With more people under 20 than anywhere else in the world, Africa is an entrepreneur’s dream. And Jun Shiomitsu is on a …

Didac Lee (Ignite 2005), CEO & Founder of Inspirit and Board Member of FC Barcelona

As a serial entrepreneur and board member at one of the world’s biggest football clubs, Didac Lee doesn’t lack confidence. But, until …

Harry Tsao (MBA 1994), General Partner at Juvo Capital and Co-Founder of MeziMedia

In the 10 years after completing his Cambridge MBA, Harry Tsao had learned enough from his business mistakes to have a business …

Rossa Shanks (MPhil in Management 2006) and James Lohan, Founder of Mr and Mrs Smith

Co-Founder of Great Little Place, Rossa Shanks, talks start-ups, revenue streams and train sets with his mentor James Lohan, founder of boutique …

Vanessa Gomes (MFin 2011), Director of Alice’s Wardrobe

Living between two cities meant that Vanessa Gomes’s wardrobe was in chaos, but her solution set the platform for a thriving business …

Michael Levens (Postgraduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship 2013), Director of TrackActive

When Michael Levens was completing his Postgraduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship at Cambridge Judge Business School, even he may not have grasped the …

Neeraj Agarwal (MBA 2005), Co-Founder and CEO of Tea People

How do you make a viable business out of a social enterprise? Simple, says Neeraj Agarwal: just have an amazing, professionally branded …