After weeks of planning and preparation during the thick of Hilary term, on April 3rd fifteen MBA students arrived in Dubai for the Middle East student trek with the aim of learning about the region and exploring business and career opportunities. For the next five days we would meet eleven companies and government bodies and [...]

Last night, as I sat having dinner in the Divinity School in the Bodleian Library, I realized how lucky I have been in the experiences I’ve had in this extremely quick year at Oxford. In November, I was selected to be a part of the SBS Venture Fund Committee (http://sbsventurefund.wordpress.com/) –a group of nine students [...]

Fitizen: fit·i·zen; n. ; a health conscious person that embraces a connected world.

As a Fitizen, recall your last trip to the gym.  As you entered the gym, you headed straight for your favorite treadmill.  You probably struggled through a lonely gut wrenching 30 minutes.  It was early in the morning, so you flicked between channels [...]

As Chairman of the Finance Oxford Business Club (Finance-OBN) – a rather esoteric way of simply saying “President of the Oxford Finance Club” – I schedule one guest speaker each term (in addition to all the other programs we run: Treks, CFA Review, Oxbridge exchange, Finance Faculty dinner, Stock Trading competition, etc).

I cannot say this [...]

When I set out to apply for business school, my wife was 6 months pregnant and although I knew the intensity of a one year MBA program would be rough, I always knew we could do it.  We are now halfway through the program and as I look back to reflect, I can say this [...]