Cass Business School Hosts Champion of Diversity
Cass Business School of the City University of London recently hosted champion of diversity, Helena Morrissey, CEO of Newton, an investment management subsidiary of BNY Mellon, for its Dean’s Lecture Series in February 2016.
Morrissey’s lecture, entitled ‘New Approaches to Diversity’ focused on the nuances of fostering gender equality in the business world.
Cass EMBA Student Is Finalist for Honor
An Executive MBA student at Cass Business School-City University London is on the shortlist for The Independent MBA Student of the Year Award presented by the Association of MBAs. Cass EMBA student Simon Cooper is one of six finalists for the honor, according to a press release from the school.
Cass MBA London Symposium Kicks Off
Cass MBA London Symposium recently kicked off its four-day run at Cass Business School on Bunhill Row. Following last year’s successful inaugural event, high-profile industry leaders have again stepped up to offer students a glimpse behind the scenes of businesses in the Capital.
Students spent the afternoon going behind the scenes into London’s diverse range of organisations, including the trading floor at Lloyds of London, Central St Martins creative core of film finance in Soho, and the boardrooms of the City and Canary Wharf.
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Cass FTMBA Students to Hike One of Iceland’s Volcanoes for International Consulting Week
Cass Business School MBA students took on the challenge of climbing one of Iceland’s most spectacular glaciers, Mt. Eyjafjallajökull.
This adventure was part of the Cass FTMBA Leadership Expedition, and marked the end of this year’s client work in Rekjavik for the MBA International Consulting Week in Iceland.
This was the first time a Cass MBA cohort has attempted to tackle Eyjafjallajökull, which hides (under its ice caps) the volcano that brought Europe to a standstill in 2010.
With a steep 12-hour ascent up the volcano to reach the top, the climb was be no easy feat for the students.
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Cass Entrepreneurs Network Event Focuses on “Unbundling the Bank”
The future significance of banks in society is in the hands of millenials, an audience at Cass Business School heard last week. Cass Entrepreneurs Network hosted a fintech event, entitled “Unbundling the Bank” on April 9th (in conjunction with Chinwag) to discuss disruption in the banking sector.
An expert panel, chaired by Ben Rooney (Co-Editor-in-Chief of tech news site Informilo), debated whether financial innovation is likely to be driven by the banks, start-ups, or through partnerships between them.
The panel agreed that the output of banks’ on-going digital transformation will depend on the extent to which they are seen as trusted by both millennials and, crucially, regulators.
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Cass MBA Students Attend 2015 Global Venture Capital Investment Competition
A team of Cass Business School MBA students acted as venture capitalists, evaluating real start-ups and interacting with entrepreneurs, during the regional finals of the 2015 Global Venture Capital Investment (VCIC) competition.
The Europe North event at Paris’s HEC Business School brought together top VCs, prestigious MBAs and promising start-ups. Cass students competed in one of the 12 regional finals held on three continents. Judges from Orevon, 360 Capital Partners, Suez New Ventures, ERM LCE Fund and BCG assessed the students’ performances.
“It was an intense three days from Thursday until Saturday evening. The event was highly practical and it was certainly one of the best experiences I had on the MBA course. I strongly believe a highly practical Venture Capital elective module at Cass could be developed around the topics we covered on the competition,” said Cass EMBA 2013 student, Jozsef PG-Tibold.
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