LBS Team in Top Four at Sustainable Investing Challenge
Four London Business School students are celebrating after coming within the top four out of 380 teams at the Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge.
The LBS team, EnPower Capital, presented its proposal to bring electricity to the poorest people in Africa during the final stage of the challenge, which took place at Morgan Stanley’s London headquarters on April 17th.
Radhika Gupta, Juan Pablo Mejia Caicedo, Elizabeth Swanton and Amrita Kundu (MBA2016s and a PHD2014, respectively) had just five months to put their case together. EnPower sees investors’ capital held in an escrow account to fund distributed energy service companies (DESCOs) that create solar power generators in Africa. Projected returns for investors are between 10 per cent and 15 per cent.
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Part-time MBA Programs In London – What Sets Them Apart?
For those wishing to apply to part-time MBA programs in London, here are a few key features of each program in the area to help you compare:
Ashridge Business School
– A varied mix of merit-based scholarships open to members of specific populations (military, women) or interests (sustainability)
– The Employability Programme, an intensive and personalized module by which students can plan future career moves with the help of one-on-one mentors and a diverse array of workshops
Cass Business School
– Week-long orientation program held at Sandhurst to bond students to one another and further develop their networks
Mandatory Emerging Markets Consultancy week
Cranfield School of Management
– A part-time EMBA track oriented towards those looking to work in military initiatives
Henley Business School
– A Flex EMBA track oriented to executives who want more flexibility in scheduling
Imperial College Business School
– A completely paperless EMBA curriculum, which creates a streamlined efficiency for students
Judge Business School
– EMBA graduates are permitted to return to Cambridge to take one elective a year (free of charge) alongside current EMBA participants
London Business School
– the EMBA-Global Asia program, in partnership with Hong Kong University and Columbia University
– a permanent campus in Dubai
Said Business School
– Global Opportunities and Threats Oxford, or GOTO, component challenges students to use their accumulating business acumen to address global issues
Visit MetroMBA in the new year for news on these various part-time and executive MBA programs’ new offerings.
