Sunday 2 March 2008

Nearing end of second term

The last few weeks were quite hectic and I attended a number of interesting talks (a few of them are listed below)

1) Lecture and formal dinner hosted at Wolfson College - commemorating the life of Sir Vivian Fuchs (100th anniversary of his birth and the 50th anniversary of the first land crossing of the Antarctic continent). The talk was made by Professor Nichloas Owens, the current Director of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS).
2) Talk by Lord Karan Bilimoria - This was as part of the case-study we had done about Cobra Beer. Lord Bilimoria is one of the best speakers I have listen to during my term in Cambridge.
3) Enterprise Tuesday - Building a Dream Team with Lousia Fletcher of Property Price Advice fame
4) Enterprise Tuesday -Making It Happen with Prof Sir Richard Friend and Stuart Evans, CEO of Plastic Logic
5) Enterprise Tuesday -Avoiding Big Mistakes with Dr Hermann Hauser CBE, Co-Founder of Amadeus Capital Partners
6) Strategy implementation session with Bradley Fried, CEO of Investec UK
7) "High Performance in a Multi-Polar World" with Mark Spelman, Global Head of Strategy at Accenture
8) Issues of Corporate Governance and Valued Talent with Sean O'Hare, Partner in the Human Resource Services Practice at PWC

We will finish this term on the 14th of March and will start on the Global Consulting Project (GCP). Our team (of 5 souls) is heading to Portugal to work on market entry strategy for a Solar Energy turnkey equipment manufacturer. We will be spending about 6 weeks working on this project. Can't wait to finish the exams and head to Portugal and enjoy the sun :)


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