AMBA & BGA EXCELLENCE AWARDS
BEST CSR AND SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE, IN ASSOCIATION WITH CESIM BUSINESS SIMULATIONS Egade Business School, Monterrey Institute of Technology, Mexico for Egade Action Week An annual multidisciplinary engagement initiative focused on the UN Sustainable Development Goals launched by the BGA member school in April 2023. BEST LIFELONG LEARNING INITIATIVE, IN ASSOCIATION WITH CANVAS BY INSTRUCTURE University College London (UCL) School of Management, UK for UCL MBA labs An initiative designed to bring students and alumni together with industry leaders to collaborate on real‑world issues and generate a cycle of lifelong learning. AMBA STUDENT OF THE YEAR Sonya Bachra-Byrne, University of Bradford School of Management, UK Through her involvement in mentorship and the school’s inaugural MBA summit, Sonya Bachra‑Byrne has strengthened relationships between alumni and current students at the University of Bradford School of Management, an AMBA & BGA dual-accredited business school.
BEST BUSINESS SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP AWARD, IN ASSOCIATION WITH PERLEGO Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK with Deloitte A long-running consultancy training week delivered by Deloitte that 98 per cent of applicants to the BGA member school’s MBA programme cite as a key attraction. POSTGRADUATE LEADERSHIP AWARD Lorna Conn, UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, Ireland Lorna Conn has risen to become CEO of talent solutions company CPL, with 14,000 employees spread across 47 offices in 13 different countries. She is also the only woman on the executive committee of its parent company, the Tokyo‑listed Outsourcing Inc. START-UP OF THE YEAR AWARD Puneet Saini, University of Canterbury Business School, New Zealand for Script Sense Script Sense draws on cloud computing, process automation, machine learning and AI to positively impact patient outcomes and help mitigate prescribing errors, reducing the number of deaths that occur because of medicine‑related mistakes. ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR AWARD Gaetano Lapenta, Polimi Graduate School of Management, Italy for Fybra Gaetano Lapenta’s executive MBA (EMBA) experience at this BGA member school enabled him to move from manager to impact entrepreneur with the launch of Fybra, a manufacturer of air quality products that draw on sensors and algorithms.
“May Al-Amir’s initiatives have positively impacted the educational experience for all”
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Business Impact • ISSUE 1 • 2024
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