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EXECUTIVE GLOBAL MASTER'S IN MANAGEMENT 2020 - Class Directory Management - LSE
Jesse Adkins                                   Ahlam Salman AlSoomehi                         Kanupriya Batra
Nationality: American                          Nationality: U.A.E.                            Nationality: Indian
Current Location: Dallas, USA                  Current Location: Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.            Current Location: Singapore
Current Job Title: Associate Counsel           Current Job Title: Governance                  Current Job Title: Group Senior IT
and Assistant Secretary                        & Compliance Manager                           Business Partner
Current Company: NACCO Industries, Inc.        Current Company: Abu Dhabi Global              Current Company: International SOS
                                               Market (ADGM)
I am a corporate transactions attorney                                                        I am a Biotech Engineer and Business
and real estate entrepreneur with              I hold my Bachelor Degree in Information       Analytics specialist by education. My
experience in the natural resources,           Technology Science and graduated in            career choices have varied from a
energy and construction industries. I also     2008 and hold a Master Degrees in Cyber        Research Biotechnologist to reengineering
have worked in private equity. I studied       Security in 2012 from Zayed University in      processes, setting up a global knowledge
Russian in college and economics in            U.A.E. I have total of 9 years of experience   processing team, and to managing digital
graduate school in addition to going to        in the domain of Governance, Risk and          acceleration projects. Currently, I hold the
law school. I am pursuing this programme       Compliance (GRC) field. I had the chance       role of Group Senior IT Business Partner
because I want to learn alongside              to work with multi-industrial companies        at International SOS, the world’s leading
global colleagues how to craft creative        in Abu Dhabi that have a significant role      medical and security, travel risk service
solutions for complex problems. I hope         in achieving Abu Dhabi Government’s            provider. I am responsible for fast-track
to challenge my current thinking about         Strategic Objectives. My first professional    digital initiatives and programs, optimizing
business management and be inspired to         journey started at National Bank of            cost and driving future business growth,
formulate successful business ideas that       Abu Dhabi (NBAD) in 2009, the first and        at International SOS.
also encourage development for some of         strongest leading bank in UAE, as IT
the world’s poorest and most vulnerable        Governance Analyst in the IT Department.       During my leisure time I enjoy traveling,
people. I volunteer at a legal hospice         Then, I moved to Abu Dhabi Systems             music, movies, coffee chats and more.
center and a low-income legal aid clinic.      & Information Centre (ADSIC) in 2012           It’s usually a yes for a travel trip anywhere
I am a former collegiate swimmer and           with the title of Policies & Standards         around the world. For my time at LSE, I
still enjoy swimming. I also like to ride my   Governance Specialist. And last and            envision an open space of mind that allows
cyclo-cross bicycle. I enjoy world travel      current professional journey with Abu          learning through an exchange of ideas,
and have lived in Russia and Argentina.        Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), started            analysing whys and what-ifs and how ideas
                                               in 2015 till present, as Governance &          transform into real-world outcomes.
                                               Compliance Manager.

                                               I like to go to the gym, meet with friends,
                                               watch movies, read and experience new
                                               things/activities. The EGMiM Program
                                               will give me potential exposure to lead
                                               high profile organizations nationally and
                                               internationally, gaining exposures and
                                               knowledge which will assist me to change
                                               my domain of experts to more broader
                                               strategic field.
EXECUTIVE GLOBAL MASTER'S IN MANAGEMENT 2020 - Class Directory Management - LSE
Jason Bradshaw                                 Dominique Brisson                               Stephanie Brooklyn
Nationality: American                          Nationality: Canadian                           Nationality: Canadian
Current Location: Aspen, USA                   Current Location: Montreal, Canada              Current Location: Toronto, Canada
Current Job Title: President                   Current Job Title: Director of Finance          Current Job Title: Managing Director
Current Company: Colony Partners, Inc.         Current Company: Simple Concept Inc.,           Current Company: Piloti
                                               dba BONE Structure
I graduated in 1995 from Occidental                                                            I graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in
College with a BA in American Studies          I completed a graduate degree in                Sociology in 2010. From there I completed
which is a degree that combines                accounting at HEC Montreal and then             a Master of Professional Studies in Sport
coursework in American history,                started to work as an auditor at KPMG           Management at Georgetown University in
economics, political science and literature.   Montreal. I worked for 6 years in audit and     Washington D.C. while interning at a PR
Following graduation, I accepted a project     then I asked for an internal transfer in the    firm. I then attended Stanford University
manager position at a technology start         due diligence department, where I stayed        and worked as a reporter while completing
up. In 1996 I applied to analyst programs      for over a 1 year. During that year, I was      my M.A. in Communications, graduating in
at multiple investment banks in New            approached by a former colleague for a          2014. I then moved to New York City where
York City and was offered a position at        position as director of finance in a private    I worked in advertising. In 2016, I moved
JP Morgan Chase. After completing the          organization, which I accepted. I have          back to my home town of Toronto to work
analyst training program, I was placed         been in that role for now more than a year,     at Canada’s largest Retailer, Canadian
in the Real Estate Investment Banking          reporting directly to the CEO.                  Tire. I worked in Digital Strategy/Brand
Group where I served as an analyst for a                                                       Management for a year and then received
year and a half and as an associate for        Outside of work, I like to be with my friends   a promotion to become the Managing
three years. The focus of my work while        and family, I like to travel and to ski, run    Director of Piloti Shoes (a wholly owned
at JP Morgan Chase was predominately           and bike. Two years ago, I climbed the          subsidiary of Canadian Tire.)
mergers and acquisitions for publicly listed   Kilimanjaro with a friend and my mother.
REIT’s and lodging companies. In 2001,                                                         I went to university on a Division 1
                                               This program will help me in getting at a       tennis scholarship at UCLA and
I co-founded Colony Partners, Inc. which
                                               leading position of a company and I plan        played professionally for a while- I still
is a multi-faceted real estate investment
                                               to use the knowledge and the skills to          play competitively when I can and love
and development company. For the last 7
                                               continue to evolve in the business world.       all sports!
years, the focus of the company has been
working with governments through public
                                                                                               I know this programme will be able to
/ private partnerships to realize affordable
                                                                                               help me make difficult strategy decisions,
housing goals.
                                                                                               manage a team and also strengthen my
Outside of work, I enjoy reading, traveling,                                                   background in finance.
skiing, hiking, running and golf.

My goal in completing the program is
to develop the tools to be an effective
decision maker in the global economy.
While I have an open mind with regard to
specific opportunities, I want manage and
grow an international business operation.
EXECUTIVE GLOBAL MASTER'S IN MANAGEMENT 2020 - Class Directory Management - LSE
Ashot Davoyan                                Thomas Dokubo
Nationality: Armenian                        Nationality: Nigerian
Current Location: Yerevan, Armenia           Current Location: Erbil, Iraq
Current Job Title: Lecturer                  Current Job Title: MIS/Data
Current Company: Yerevan                     Analytics Manager
State University                             Current Company: Korek Telecom

I have more than five years of experience    I have an MSc. in Enterprise Systems from       I currently run a private business in addition
in managing a private company Samasu         Sheffield Hallam University. I have been        to working for my current employer. I
LLC, which I founded just after graduating   working for close to 15 years mostly in         intend to apply the skills I will learn at the
Yerevan State University in 2006. The        the Information Systems and Technology          program in improving the performance
activities of the company included           field, with expertise in Management             of my business and becoming a better
projects such as the first Armenia-based     Information Systems, Enterprise Data            manager and entrepreneur. I also intend to
online auctioning services, eBuy.am. This    Warehouse, Business Intelligence and            apply the skills at my current place of work
service operated between March 2006          Data Analytics. In the course of my             to see how I can improve my performance
and June 2010. Since 2010 my company         employment, I have had the opportunity          at my current role and by extension, the
involved in real-estate management.          to develop project management, user             entire department I work in, with the aim to
In 2016 I founded PMC (Co-working            requirement gathering, analysis and             move into a larger role in the future either
Space). I developed this project during      implementation skills. I have worked in the     here or somewhere else.
Start-up Cup competition providing a         banking industry, the telecommunications
unique concept of work and life targeting    industry and a technology start-up. I have
startups, freelancers and those who need     gained valuable experience working in 4
workspace out of workplace.                  countries across 4 continents.

As a young entrepreneur and university       Outside of work, I love to read. I’m also a
teacher, I believe EGMiM will provide me     sports enthusiast. I love to watch football,
with opportunities to expand professional    lawn tennis, athletics, cycling, especially
horizons globally.                           the major tours, and Formula 1. I love to
                                             take long drives and long walks and visit
                                             new places if I have the time. I also love to
                                             cook. I believe that cooking your own meal
                                             is very satisfying.
EXECUTIVE GLOBAL MASTER'S IN MANAGEMENT 2020 - Class Directory Management - LSE
Matthew Dunlevie                              Arturo Esayag Rosler
Nationality: American                         Nationality: Venezuelan
Current Location: Orange County, USA          Current Location: Caracas, Venezuela
Current Job Title: Senior Clinical            Current Job Title: Director of
Account Specialist                            International Operations
Current Company: Johnson & Johnson            Current Company: Valoralta

I am an engineer by training and at           I am an undergraduate in the class of
heart. I graduated from the University        2010 in Business Entrepreneurship
of California, Irvine with my Bachelor’s      from Suffolk University in Boston
in Biomedical Engineering. I received         Massachusetts. I have worked in a family-
my Master’s in Bioengineering from            owned business for the last eight years.
the University of California, San Diego.      I currently hold the position of Director,
I am currently employed by Johnson &          in Valoralta, a consortium of Financial,
Johnson as a surgical consultant for          Real estate development, Insurance
cardiac procedures.                           Companies, Commercial and retail brands,
                                              Manufacturing and foreign investments;
Outside of work I enjoy spending time         each financial entity in Venezuela,
outdoors with my wife and playing             Panama, and Colombia are regulated by
basketball. I am always up for a challenge,   disjointed countries regulatory systems.
and enjoy balancing fun and competition.
                                              I enjoy traveling, exercising, nightlife
I hope to utilize the global and strategic    and watching films. I also like to go to
insights from LSE to advance my career        concerts of any type of musical genre and
within the healthcare industry. I foresee     consider myself a music scholar. I plan to
my technical experience and foundations       apply all of the methods learned and skills
providing valuable insight for technology     acquired during the program to better
investments and startups. I look forward      improve the company in which I work for.
to learning more about the language and       In order that all of my family may prosper
study of business ventures.                   from cutting-edge Global Management
                                              skills and assets.
EXECUTIVE GLOBAL MASTER'S IN MANAGEMENT 2020 - Class Directory Management - LSE
Rob Etheridge                                                                               Isabell Faad
Nationality: British                                                                        Nationality: German
Current Location: London, UK                                                                Current Location: Freiburg, Germany
Current Job Title: Head of Group Workforce Management & Analytics                           Current Job Title: Co-Founder & CEO |
Current Company: Deutsche Bank                                                              Head of Marketing & Sales, Innovation Unit
                                                                                            Current Company: Winglet Education
I have enjoyed a professional career         Most importantly I’m a family man, and         GmbH | Intercongress GmbH
spanning 22 years across multiple            I’m kept on my toes outside work by my
industries including Travel, Insurance and   wife Gem, daughter Dahlia (2 1/2) and          I am an entrepreneur and innovator in
Investment Banking. I took an alternative    son Xander (1). My wife and I love snow        the medical education industry with
route to my peers on leaving high school     sports and we try to spend as much time        an undergraduate degree in business
and joined an accounting firm on an          as possible each season in the alps –          studies, who’s strategically developed
apprenticeship scheme. Once I had            fortunately the kids seem to love the snow     major scientific congresses together with
completed an accounting qualification,       too! My other interests include vinyl djing,   world-leading physicians and scientists
I joined British Airways as a business       electronic music production and playing        for years. Led by the vision to improve
analyst in Marketing, before using my        the guitar (a little worse each year).         the quality of patient care by providing
reporting skills to build a career in HR                                                    access to high-quality continuing medical
specialisms at RBS, Morgan Stanley,                                                         education (CME) for physicians across
Petronas and finally Deutsche Bank, where                                                   the globe, I co-founded an online platform
I have held a number of managerial roles                                                    and production company for digital
over the last 10 years.                                                                     medical education in June 2016. Having
                                                                                            gained a competitive edge on the German-
My current role involves leading a                                                          speaking market, we now strive for global
number of teams concerned with                                                              expansion with a particular focus on the
helping the management board and                                                            emerging markets. Being the CEO of our
Head of HR shape the bank’s workforce                                                       own venture, and in parallel, the youngest
strategy for it’s 140,000 workers. As                                                       member of the senior management team
well as coordinating planning activities                                                    at a leading pan-European congress
and supporting decision making at                                                           organiser, I am passionate about my
the Management Board, this involves                                                         work, and I run and grow my businesses
overseeing the creation and maintenance                                                     with extreme dedication and pure
of Workforce related governance                                                             perseverance every day. At the same time,
frameworks and providing insights                                                           I view myself being a highly analytical and
through the application of People                                                           critical-thinking person with keen interest
Analytics. It’s an exciting, varied and                                                     in political, social and economic debates.
busy role, and I feel supplementing my
professional experience with the LSE’s                                                      I am an avid traveller, outdoor runner and
EGMiM will ensure the consultancy                                                           podcast enthusiast, hungry for ever new
and advice I provide the bank can be                                                        adventures and horizons.
the best possible.
EXECUTIVE GLOBAL MASTER'S IN MANAGEMENT 2020 - Class Directory Management - LSE
Andres Friedman                                                                                   Andrew Hosch
Nationality: Uruguay                                                                              Nationality: American
Current Location: Montreal, Canada                                                                Current Location: Seattle, USA
Current Job Title: Program Director                                                               Current Job Title: Vice President,
Current Company: Bombardier                                                                       Software
                                                                                                  Current Company: Base2 Solutions
I was born and raised in Montevideo,            I joined the EGMiM to broaden my
Uruguay, and first moved to Canada to           perspective on business, by learning              For the past 12 years, I have been
attend university. I pursued my undergrad       how other companies address their key             a technology consultant in Seattle,
in Economics and Business at McGill,            challenges and opportunities. I also              responsible for bringing software products
and started my career in General Electric       wanted to refresh/update some of the              from concept to production for multiple
in Finance. After a short stint at GE, I        business knowledge I acquired during my           clients. Companies range from Fortune 50
joined Bombardier in the strategy area for      undergrad. And to enhance my leadership           to small non-profits. Projects I’ve worked
the launch of a new program (CSeries,           skills by working with and learning from a        on and managed are now flying on the
now Airbus A220). While I have been             smart cohort of class mates.                      new Boeing 737 MAX airplane, helping
at Bombardier since, I’ve had many                                                                airlines save money at gate-turns. Another
opportunities to change functions /             My hobbies are varied, ranging from History,      project simply helps swimmers schedule
countries. I led the emerging countries’        Politics, and reading on the one hand,            classes at a local pool. LSE’s data-driven
sourcing strategy, which allowed me to          to salsa dancing, swimming and scuba              program will give me the foundation to be
spend significant time in China/Maghreb/        diving on the other. I also love travelling and   the same creative risk taker in finance and
Mexico. I then moved to Mexico where i          learning languages/other cultures.                management that I am in technology. My
held several roles in Operations: Supply                                                          first sustained international experience
Chain Manager, Production Manager                                                                 was as a graduate student at McGill
and Logistics Director. I then moved                                                              University in Montreal, Canada. Since then
to our Toronto site where I held the                                                              I have lived and worked in Asia, Europe,
position of Program Director for the                                                              and North America. In my spare time, I
Global 5000/6000 product line (Business                                                           enjoy hiking in the Olympic and Cascade
Aircraft). Since early 2017, I’ve been living                                                     mountain ranges in Washington State.
in Germany, managing our European
partners for a new program (Global 6500),
which we launched in May 2018. I will
move back to Montreal in October 2018.
EXECUTIVE GLOBAL MASTER'S IN MANAGEMENT 2020 - Class Directory Management - LSE
Valentin Janiaut                             Lubna Kayyali
Nationality: French                          Nationality: Syrian
Current Location: Seoul, Korea               Current Location: Palo Alto, California
Current Job Title: Program Manager           Current Job Title: Assistant Director
Current Company: LG Electronics              Current Company: Teachers College, Columbia University

While completing my degree in Computer       I hold BSc in Foreign Service from            Outside the professional universe, I spend
Science in France, I had the chance to       Georgetown University and MA in               my time dancing, doing kickboxing,
broaden my horizon and studying in KAIST     International Education from Columbia         traveling, and writing poems. I look
in Korea. Following a year-long hiatus in    University. For the past seven years,         forward to connecting with the EGMiM
India to work as a Digital Project Manager   I worked in various roles in the legal        community and to learning about their
for a Facebook marketing agency, I joined    and education sectors in Qatar and            passions and aspirations!
the automotive division of LG Electronics    the United States. I was a paralegal at
in Seoul to take care of the launch of the   Patton Boggs LLP and Qatar Investment
current infotainment system equipping        Authority for a combined period of three
all Renault vehicles. I am now overseeing    years. I then transitioned to educational
the development of the future Jaguar         management and administration and
Land-Rover infotainment system for 2020.     worked at Georgetown University in
Leaving my technical background, I seek      Qatar and Teachers College Columbia
to expand my horizon to improve the          University in New York for a period of four
management of my future projects.            years. I have also worked on research and
                                             consultancy projects for international and
Outside of my fast-paced office life, I      intergovernmental organizations including
enjoy trying to improve my squash skills     the World Bank and UNICEF as well as
although I have still a long way to go.      for private entities such as Avenues: The
                                             World School.

                                             I am hoping to learn through the program
                                             about management in today’s globalized
                                             private sector. I am interested in the role
                                             of corporations in emerging markets
                                             and how we can harness their potential
                                             for the growth of the wider communities
                                             in which they operate. I am also eager
                                             to learn more about strategic decision
                                             making for the purpose of enhancing
                                             innovation. Having emerging markets in
                                             mind, this skill seems especially important
                                             given their complex economic and
                                             political contexts and the pressing need to
                                             generate creative solutions to seemingly
                                             intractable problems.
EXECUTIVE GLOBAL MASTER'S IN MANAGEMENT 2020 - Class Directory Management - LSE
Victor Ma                                      Zacharie Magnan                              Rodrigo Marques
Nationality: American                          Nationality: Canadian                        Nationality: Brazilian
Current Location: London, UK                   Current Location: Geneva, Switzerland        Current Location: Brazil
Current Job Title: Associate Portfolio         Current Job Title: Head of Finance           Current Job Title: CEO
Manager, Fixed Income                          Current Company: Oryx Petroleum Corp.        Current Company: Grupo CEI
Current Company: AllianceBernstein
                                               I am a Canadian professional accountant.     A serial entrepreneur and investor, I am
I obtained my undergraduate education          My initial Bachelor’s degree in Physical     the co-founder and CEO of Grupo CEI,
from the wintry University of Chicago          Education was obtained in pursuit of         which owns and operates a network of
and began my career in the fixed income        my dream to ‘organise the Olympics’.         private schools (elementary, middle and
asset management industry where I              Shifting gears and after spending about 8    high schools) and colleges (both on-
was fascinated by the interlinkages of         years as an auditor, I have spent the past   campus and distance learning segments)
geopolitics and the financial markets.         decade working with Canadian publicly        in Northern Brazil.
In my current role, I implement various        listed companies in the international
strategies across global multi-sector and      upstream oil and gas industry. I have had    Moreover, I am founder and board
absolute return portfolios through the         professional dealings on most continents     member of my family office that has
assistive use of technology to incorporate     in the process and have toiled in and led    made private equity and venture capital
quantitative and fundamental data into         the broad finance function, corporate        investments in companies and start-ups
the investment process. I continued my         services (HR, IT, Admin.), procurement,      from a wide range of sectors in Brazil and
education with the CFA charter and now         and commercial affairs.                      abroad. My prior professional experience
with this unique program at LSE which                                                       also includes working at the investment
aligns with my global perspectives.            Outside of work, I spend as much time        bank JP Morgan.
                                               as possible with my two young children
In my free time, I traverse other countries,   and family. Once upon a time, when time      I hold a BSc in International Relations from
exploring both the classic routes and          permitted, I played hockey, golf, and        the London School of Economics and
the roads less taken, experiencing and         other sports. I now do whatever I can        Political Science, an MBA from Fundação
understanding different cultures. I enjoy      to stay active. I am also interested in      Dom Cabral, and have taken several
dedicating time to volunteering, where I       current events and geopolitical affairs.     executive education courses at Harvard
am passionate about providing access           Regarding the LSE’s EGMiM, I hope that       Business School, Oxford Said Business
to educational opportunities in local and      the programme will allow me to broaden       School and Singularity University.
international communities.                     my horizons. Let’s see where this journey
                                                                                            I play an active role in fostering
                                               takes us!
                                                                                            entrepreneurship in Brazil, and currently
                                                                                            serve as board member for several
                                                                                            companies and start-ups, including non-
                                                                                            profit organizations that support social
                                                                                            impact/entrepreneurship.
EXECUTIVE GLOBAL MASTER'S IN MANAGEMENT 2020 - Class Directory Management - LSE
Abraham Monroy                                                                               Anusha Naidoo
Nationality: Mexican                                                                         Nationality: New Zealand
Current Location: Mexico city, Mexico                                                        Current Location: London, UK
Current Job Title: Business Transformation Process Manager                                   Current Job Title: Radiologist
Current Company: RC                                                                          Current Company: I-Med

From 2011 to 2018 I have been the             I like sports, watching many of them           I am a specialist Radiologist. I trained in
Accounting and Administration Director        such as soccer, F1, ice hockey and tennis.     New Zealand and have worked both in
of a worldwide Non Profit group in North      Also I like to go to the movies and theater.   Australia and New Zealand in the public
and Central America. Manager of four          Other interests are beer brewing and           and private sectors. I currently work in
teams (two accounting teams of 10             winery (enology).                              a UK based office for I-Med which is
persons each, one administration team                                                        Australia’s largest private Radiology group.
of 10 persons and one IT team of 5            I’m planning to use the programme to           I report the after-hours emergency and
persons). My principal duties in the group    have better tools to assume the next           trauma radiology scans.
is to lead and manage these accounting,       roles on the company. Since a few years
administration and IT teams that give         I’ve been informed to prepare myself to        Outside of work I read and enjoy travelling.
corporate services for Semper Altius          assume some roles on the organization          I intend to use the skills that I obtain from
School Network, Anáhuac Universities          such as a regional CFO or global CFO in        the programme to enable better access to
Network, the Regnum Christi Movement          the future.                                    Teleradiology services on a global scale.
and other public charities and non-profit
organizations.

Also, since October 2016, I’ve been leading
a transformation process in the group
in order to improve customer support
in all the services the corporate office
(including regional corporate offices)
provides to the different divisional
companies. This transformation includes
a process review and update to the
different corporate departments, such
as: legal, treasury, human resources,
accounting, administration, construction
management, audit, IT, controlling and
customer support. This project required to
lead two teams: change management and
process review teams.
Tolu Phillips                                 Praisont Prasertamporn
Nationality: Nigerian                         Nationality: Thai
Current Location: Houston, USA                Current Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Current Job Title: Management Consultant      Current Job Title: Drilling Engineer
Current Company: Accenture                    Current Company: Carigali-PTTEPI Operating Company

I have my undergraduate degree in             I work for Carigali-PTTEPI Operating            After working for a long period in drilling,
Economics with a minor in Business            Company (CPOC), a joint venture between         I would like to shift my career to focus
Law from Carleton University in Ottawa,       PETRONAS, Malaysia’s fully integrated           more on performance improvement. I
Canada. After graduation, I started work at   oil and gas multinational, and PTTEP,           target at gaining management knowledge
Accenture as a Management Consultant          the exploration and production arm of           and moving to the position, which I will be
working primarily on Organizational           Thailand’s national energy conglomerate.        involved in operational excellence.
Change Management. Outside of work,           CPOC is operating gas fields located in
I like to travel and tend to indulge in       the overlapping area between Thailand           Besides working, I enjoy sports and
crafty activities. Most recently, flower      and Malaysia. As a Malaysia-Thailand            community services. I normally visit the
arrangement – making bouquets and             joint venture, CPOC has an office in            gym and practice Thai boxing.
center pieces. I also enjoy a good hike       Malaysia and an operational supply base
(when the weather in Texas permits).          in Thailand; it is regulated by the Malaysia-
                                              Thailand joint authority.
As I transitioned into management within
Accenture, I sought a program that will       Currently, I personally lead our infill
help me build more rounded management         and exploration drilling project, which
skills. I also sought a program that          consists of 32 wells. My team includes
will provide me with a robust, in-depth       30 people, including external technical
knowledge of the economic and socio-          contractors. Furthermore, I implement
political climate in which firms in           drilling performance improvement project
emerging markets operate as my end            and perform drilling engineering design.
goal is to pivot my consulting career         I am also regularly assigned to represent
towards advising companies within Africa.     CPOC to share CPOC drilling practices in
The EGMiM program delivers on these,          shareholder meetings, workshops, and
embedded in LSE’s renowned excellence.        oil and gas workshops. I have 13 years
I look forward to the relationships I will    of experience in the oil and gas industry.
develop during this experience.               During this period, I mainly performed
                                              drilling engineering, project management,
                                              drilling project economics analysis, and
                                              performance improvement in multiple
                                              countries, including Thailand, Myanmar,
                                              Indonesia, and Malaysia.
Margaret Riley                                  Lorraine Rivera Torres                        Monica Schmiede
Nationality: Australian                         Nationality: American                         Nationality: American, Polish
Current Location: Sydney, Australia             Current Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico       Current Location: New York, USA
Current Job Title: Senior Project Manager       Current Job Title: Industrial Engineer        Current Job Title: Key Account Director
Current Company: N/A                            Current Company: Banco Popular of             Current Company: Informa
                                                Puerto Rico
I studied engineering (at undergraduate                                                       I am currently a Key Account Manager at
and master’s levels) at universities            I have a degree in Industrial Engineering     Informa Pharma Intelligence collaborating
in Australia and have worked in local           from the University of Puerto Rico,           with biotech companies to bring meaning
government and at a water utility. Over         Mayagüez campus. As an Industrial             therapies to patients. I am thrilled to
the past 7 years I have been a senior           Engineer I have had the opportunity to work   embark on my studies at LSE to hone my
project manager leading teams which             in various sectors such as: manufacturing,    finance and business skill set to transition
have delivered a range of construction,         service, and government. Currently, I work    to the private equity sector to focus on
business improvement and organisational         for the biggest bank of Puerto Rico, Banco    funding breakthrough technology and
reform projects.                                Popular. For the last 6 years I had diverse   healthcare companies. We are at a turning
                                                roles and executed projects in the areas of   point in our society where advancements
I now look to the Executive Global              Mortgage Collections, Mortgage Servicing,     are occurring at an unprecedented I
Master’s in Management Programme to             Default Management, and Investor              have recognized that it is crucial to
offer, as an alternative to the ubiquitous      Relations. Also, I oversee mortgage’s         have a holistic skill set to contribute in a
MBA, a stepping stone to realising              incentive design, key performance indicator   meaningful way.
my career goals by providing a sound            development, and process improvement
theoretical foundation on which to build        projects. My goal is to manage a cross-       My previous academic training includes
my work experience. I believe that the          functional group that not only master         a Masters in Environmental Policy and
diversity in professional backgrounds           the project management and process            German from Rutgers University in NJ
and global experiences of my classmates         improvement methodologies, but also have      with time spent abroad in Konstanz,
along with the international modules will       the technical and business knowledge to       Germany and Poland. I am an avid master
enrich the study experience. Through            make strategic decisions without forgetting   SCUBA diver, free diver, and para-glider
this course of study I will be challenged       the continuous education in technology        pilot in training and thrive when I am out in
and my horizons extended. I hope that           and inclusive thinking.                       nature in the mountains or underwater.
the networks established through this
programme will persist well beyond              During my leisure time, I enjoy: traveling,
our graduation day providing ongoing            road trips, going to the beach and
collaborative problem-solving and support       spending time with family and friends.
to each other as we meet the particular
challenges in our various fields of practice.

Outside of work I am an avid traveller. My
goal is to completely fill each passport
with exciting destinations – broadening
my experiences, meeting interesting
people and forming lasting friendships
along the way. I also enjoy a good craft
and cooking binge every so often – so
look out for homemade jams and cards!!
Ulzhan Shonatayeva                             Jens Thiemann                                     Christina V. Tsironi
Nationality: Kazakh                            Nationality: German                               Nationality: Greek
Current Location: Atyrau, Kazakhstan           Current Location: New York, USA                   Current Location: Athens, Greece
Current Job Title: Group Supervisor,           Current Job Title: Portfolio Manager              Current Job Title: CEO
Internal Audit                                 Current Company: GLL Real Estate Partners,        Current Company: N.P.LYMPERIS S.A.
Current Company: Tengizchevroil                member of Macquarie Group
                                                                                                 For the past 18 years I have been working
I am a corporate finance professional          I am a portfolio manager with GLL Real            in the health care sector in Athens,
with 10+ years of experience in treasury,      Estate Partners and currently based in            Greece. My academic background is in
management reporting, business                 New York. I joined GLL in the Munich              education, media and economics. My
planning, decision analysis, audit             headquarters back in 2011 as part of a dual       most recent project is the independent
and compliance, along with process             study program, combining an academic              film production company “mildframe“
optimization and project management            undergraduate degree with a professional          and the company’s magazine that was
background in Finance department of            trainee program, and received a Bachelor          launched at the Cannes Film Festival. I
Tengizchevroil LLP, a joint venture of the     of Arts degree as the best graduate of my         love cinematography and all aspects of
oil majors Chevron (50%) and ExxonMobil        year at the partner university in Freiburg, iba   design – opera costumes, stage design,
(25%), Russian energy company LukArco          Internationale Berufsakademie.                    and architecture. I strongly believe
(5%) and the national oil and gas company                                                        that EGMIM’s academic approach to
KazmunaiGas (20%) developing the sixth         GLL is the real estate equity investment          management will prove valuable to my
largest oil field in the world – Tengiz,       platform of Macquarie Infrastructure and          personal and professional development.
located in Kazakhstan. I worked in various     Real Assets with an employee base that
locations of Chevron, including San            consists of more than 20 nationalities and
Ramon, USA. Currently I am internal audit      the 17 offices span four continents, all within
group supervisor based in Kazakhstan.          a relatively small team of around 120 people
                                               worldwide. This global environment started
Outside of work, I like to run and organized   to teach me early on how to deal with
running group in my town. Last year, I ran     different cultures, ways to conduct business
two half marathons and one full marathon       in different jurisdictions and regions of the
beating my personal best in each               world, and, most importantly, has shown me
following race.                                how rewarding it is to constantly get out of,
                                               and as such, expand your own comfort zone
I like to gain a deeper knowledge of           in an international context.
managing global organizations and
believe that the Executive Global Master’s     I am excited to have been accepted for LSE’s
in Management program curriculum fits          EGMiM program, seeking another academic
my career plans.                               challenge after several years of full time
                                               work experience along with the target to
                                               gain a broader understanding of general
                                               management on top of my real estate
                                               specialization. At the same time, thanks to
                                               the diversity in locations, cultures, ages, and
                                               in professional backgrounds of the class, I
                                               look forward to expanding my professional
                                               and personal networks.
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