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The module involves the School’s whole community in its programming and delivery. This is only the first step in Imperial College Business School’s embrace of diversity in all its forms. BGA BUSINESS SCHOOL IMPACT AWARD School of Business, Universidad de San Andrés (Argentina) Restructuring and ongoing academic excellence at the School of Business, Universidad de San Andrés resulted in growth of almost 100% in the enrolment of postgraduate students, and a 170% increase in student applications for undergraduate courses between March 2017 and March 2020. During this period, more than 60 new executive education programmes were created at the School. This growth pattern, in which the School has constantly developed new courses of study, has turned it into one of the most dynamic Business Schools in Argentina in the past 10 years. It is worthy of note that, despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the School’s undergraduate and graduate courses have continued growing by more than 35% throughout 2020. BGA FUTURE LEADERS CASE COMPETITION Nicolas Sauviat, Aston Business School, Aston University (UK) Nicolas is a 2020 international business graduate at Aston Business School with a background in both law and international business. He is passionate about social innovation and advocates for aligning profit with purpose. He believes collaboration between all stakeholders is the way forward to create innovative ways of doing business. Nicolas’s experience has spanned internationally across the US, Europe and Asia, where he has worked for organisations ranging from NGOs to businesses. Recently, he promoted cross-sector collaborations and disruptive business models at Shared Value Project Hong Kong – a non-profit organisation striving to build uncommon partnerships for the UN Sustainable Development Goals. MBA STARTUP OF THE YEAR Daniele Pes, Graduate School of Management, MIP Politecnico di Milano (Italy), for Grycle Daniele Pes left his role as Director of Open Innovation and Digital Transformation in a multinational fair-trade company to dedicate himself to his new venture, Grycle. Grycle performs small-scale industrial waste treatment, allowing the transformation of undifferentiated waste back into raw materials upstream of the supply chain, thus dramatically reducing costs and impacts. The patented technology transforms waste sustainably into flakes of raw materials that are automatically separated and ready for industrial reuse. There is no
more need for manual sorting. Garbage is turned from waste into valuable resources, and these resources are recyclable indefinitely. MBA ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR Oluwatobi Ajayi, Lagos Business School, Pan-Atlantic University (Nigeria) for Nord Automobiles Oluwatobi Ajayi is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Nord Automobiles Limited. He started his career at Mercedes-Benz Nigeria, where he quickly became head of its van division, before later co-founding
an authorised dealership of Mercedes-Benz. Oluwatobi has been recognised locally and
internationally, for example in Forbes ’ 30 Most Promising Young Entrepreneurs in Africa 2018. He started Nord Automobiles to ensure that it becomes a norm for hardworking Africans to buy and drive new vehicles. His company assembles its own vehicles in Nigeria and offers Nigerians reliable, world-class vehicles at affordable prices. MBA LEADERSHIP AWARD Oare Ehiemua, ESADE Business School, Ramon Llull University (Spain) In the time of #BLM and #MeToo, the leaders promoted by Business Schools should represent and inspire the whole MBA community. Oare Ehiemua represents the best of ESADE, being a strong female entrepreneur in Nigeria with a background in HR who is passionate about lifelong learning and committed to meaningful change in society. Oare makes a difference in the lives of hundreds of young people every year, by giving them access to professional training and job opportunities through the organisation she founded, and drives leadership training development in her country at the Nigerian University of Technology and Management. Mital Thanki is a leader, entrepreneur, innovator, learner and educator par excellence, and an all-round MBA poster child. She is the Founder and CEO of Spark, a multi-award-winning company that provides tutoring for primary and secondary school pupils in Leicester, one of the most ethnically diverse and educationally underprivileged areas in the UK. Throughout her MBA studies, Mital has shown an ability to put programme learning into practice, turning every assignment into a business project. She has also served as mentor and role model for classmates, spearheaded programme improvements, and promoted the MBA while continuing to grow her business in socially responsible way. MBA STUDENT OF THE YEAR, SPONSORED BY BLUE PRISM Mital Thanki, School of Business, University of Leicester (UK)
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