MBA LEADERSHIP AWARD The MBA Leadership Award honours alumni from AMBA-accredited Business Schools who have been making an impact in the business world following their graduation. The award recognises the work of these alumni through their achievements, performance, and recognition. In this category, the gold award was presented to Theresa Grant, Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, Manchester Metropolitan University (UK), currently working at Municipal Partners. Theresa Grant has recently been awarded the Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) as part of the Queen’s Birthday Honours, in recognition of her outstanding leadership, innovation, determination, and commitment to Northamptonshire in the UK. Theresa dedicated 42 years of service to local government, most recently in her role as Chief Executive of Northamptonshire County Council. When she took on the role, the Council had declared bankruptcy. Under her leadership, three years later, it ended its 132-year history with a £16.6 million underspend in its budget, and £60 million in reserve. The judges decided silver should go to Zakhira Begaliyeva, Graduate School of Business, Almaty Management University (AlmaU) (Kazakhstan), currently working at Public Foundation ‘ITeachMe’ Center for ‘Competence Development’. They made the decision to award bronze to Mansi Madan Tripathy, SP Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR) (India), currently working at Royal Dutch Shell.
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