PhD to Consulting

Conference 2015
Friday 18th of September 2015
9:00 19:00
Room LT164, Skempton Building
Prince Consort Road,
Imperial College, London
SW7 2BB

Sponsors:

Welcome Address ................................................................................................................................ 3

Programme Agenda ............................................................................................................................ 4
Organising committee........................................................................................................................ 6
Participating firms ............................................................................................................................. 8
Map of conference venue ................................................................................................................. 20
Sponsors .............................................................................................................................................. 21
Delegate list ....................................................................................................................................... 22

Welcome Address
Dear delegate,
A very warm welcome to the PtC conference 2015. We received hundreds on
applications this year, congratulations on being selected.
The PtC conference provides a platform for discussion and networking to
researchers and professionals from consulting firms. The doctoral training gives
you exceptional problem solving skills, intellectual curiosity and ability to aim
for and achieve lofty goals; these are skills that once harnessed, are highly
attractive to consultancy firms. Commercial organisations and consulting firms
are realising the potential of PhDs, valuing their fresh and thoughtful approach
in delivering business insights.
We have worked very hard to create an impressive line-up of top ranking
consulting firms worldwide and for the first time, all the MBBs are present.
During this event, you will hear from former PhD students who made a
successful transition to consulting and have questions answered during panel
discussions and networking sessions. As PhD students/graduates contemplating
a consulting career, we urge you to take full advantage of this.
We would like to take this time to thank our sponsor, Cranmore Executive
Search for their support and all the companies whose representatives are
present today.
We hope that you enjoy the PtC Conference 2015, and that this event will
contribute one more step towards building an outstanding career. To keep
abreast of useful information and insightful discussions around transitioning to
consulting, keep an eye on the PhD to Consulting (PtC) LinkedIn page.

The PtC Conference 2015 Organising Committee

Programme Agenda
08:30 - 09:30 Delegate registration
09:30 - 09:40 Welcome and Introduction
PhD to Consulting Conference Organisers

Morning session
9:45 - 10:10 Building a Career in Consulting
Alex Formstone, Marakon
10:15 - 10.40 Typical route to entry at Deallus
Alex Bour and Eyram Adjogatse, Deallus Consulting
10:45 - 11:10 Benefits and pitfalls of an academic background in consulting
Jo Mclenaghan, Accenture
11:15 - 11:40 Application Process
Berna Demiray, EY
11:45 - 12:10 Meet McKinsey
George Blessley and Caroline Murphree, McKinsey&Company
12:10 - 13:20

Networking lunch

Afternoon Session
13:30 - 14:00 How to be a winning consulting applicant
Min Hu, ConsultingApplications.com
14:15 - 14:40 Healthcare consulting at GE Healthcare Finnamore: the Your
Care Connected programme
Tim OHanlon and Rob Holt, GE Healthcare Finnamore
14:45 - 15:10 TBC
Stuart Lowe, The Technology Partnership
15:15 - 15:40 Gamifying Businesses: Problem-Solving with a Twist
Pedro Matos, BTS
15:45 - 16:10 Day in the life of a consultant and transferable skills from a PhD
Nacho Quinones and Naveed Panjwani, Deloitte
16:15 - 16:40 Strategy consulting and beyond at BCG: From test-tubes to oil rigs
and piatas
Simon Sprague, The Boston Consulting Group
16:45 - 17:10 C.V. for consulting and career progression in OW
Elinor Godfrey, Oliver Wyman
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17:15 - 17:40 Why a PhD is a great asset for strategy consulting with Bain
Carolos Vidalis, Bain & Company
17:45 17:50 Closing remarks
PhD to Consulting Conference Organisers
17:50 - 19:00

Networking drinks

Organising committee
Member: Ascanio Digiacomo
Ascanio is a 2nd year Chemical Biology PhD candidate at Imperial
College London, where he investigates the dynamics of antibiotic treatment
on bacteria using Scanning Probe Microscopies. His study is funded by Bio
Nano Consulting through a Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher award,
conducted
within
the
European
Initial
Training
Network
Nanomicrowave. Previously he completed his B.Sc. in Physics and M.Sc.
in Materials Science in Italy, doing his masters project on innovative
racetrack magnetic memories at Institut dlectronique Fondamentale in
Paris. He is currently involved in life science consulting projects with
Oxbridge Biotech Roundtable for leading Pharma and academic clients
concerning innovation management both as consultant and project
manager. He is also Director of The Young Consultant, an international
nonprofit strategy consulting firm that gives top quality advice to small
businesses, charities and startups, develops the very best students in
London with hands-on impactful experience, and creates opportunities for
consulting firms to meet, coach and recruit them.
Member: Evrim Gurpinar
Evrim is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Cancer Research UK
Beatson Institute, where he studies the effects of p53 tumor suppressor
mutations on cancer cell metabolism. Previously, he received his B.S. in
Cell and Molecular Biology from Tulane University as a Fulbright Scholar
and his Ph.D. from the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of
Medicine. His PhD work entailed a preclinical drug development project to
identify novel drug candidates for non-small cell lung cancer. Evrim has
authored multiple peer-reviewed publications and presented his research
at large international conferences. He has a strong interest in strategy
consulting in the Healthcare & Life Sciences sector and is now keen to
apply his analytical and communication skills to help biotech and
pharmaceutical firms during drug development and product
commercialization steps. In addition, he is passionate about science
advocacy and actively participates in public engagement and fundraising
through several cancer research organizations.
Member: Pahini Pandya
Pahini is a final year PhD candidate at King's College London, where she is
investigating the biophysical and signalling changes driving drug- induced
cell plasticity during cancer metastasis. Her study is funded by the King's
Overseas Research Scholarship offered by King's College Graduate school.
Previously, she completed her BSc. in Biotechnology from
Fergusson College (India) and MRes in Molecular Biophysics from King's
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College London. Before her PhD she worked as a research technician in a

tumor migration and metastasis lab at King's College London. She is
currently involved in life science consulting project with Oxbridge Biotech
Roundtable for a top-tier academic client concerning innovation
management as consultant She also serves as the Vice-President of King's
College London Innovation forum, an organisation which aims to
bridge the gap between academia and industry and promotes
entrepreneurship amongst early career researchers. She has a strong
interest in strategy consulting in the Healthcare & Life Sciences sector and
is keen to apply her analytical, problem-solving skills to help life science
firms attain success.

Member: Halima Raji

Halima is a second year PhD student at Queen Mary University of London
where she also received her MEng degree in Medical Engineering. Her
research involves understanding the mechanism of taper corrosion in hip
replacement devices with a view to prescribing solutions to minimise its
occurrence. She has recently been involved in organising a very successful
graduate festival for all PhD students across her university. To her, the
PtC conference 2015 is an excellent opportunity to be more engaged with
the consulting industry as well as be instrumental in researchers making
an informed decision on consulting as a career path.

Member: Natalia Saiz-Ros

Natalia is currently a PhD candidate at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell
Biology at the University of Edinburgh (UK) where she works on the study
of herpes virus infections and immune response. She also has a MRes in
Biomedicine from Autonomous University in Madrid (Spain). During her
bachelor in biotechnology she was also pursuing an MRes in Management
and Accounting. In order to develop her communication and management
skills, she joined Innovation Forum Edinburgh which aims at connecting
businesses and industry with academia. She is involved in several students
societies and has recently participated in a business skill course run by the
University of Edinburgh. Natalia is fluent in Spanish and English and
wants to use her transferable skills developed during her PhD to help
companies achieve their goals.

Participating firms
Marakon
Company profile: We are a premier strategy consulting firm with
over 35 years of experience helping CEOs and their leadership teams
achieve winning performance and build stronger organisations. Our
clients hire us when their ambitions are high, the way forward is
unclear, and long-term growth is as important as immediate impact.
Presentation title: Building a career in Consulting
Speaker: Alex Formstone completed a D. Phil in Molecular
Microbiology and a Masters in Biochemistry both at the University of
Oxford. He joined Marakon as an associate in 2007 and is now a
Principal in the London office and leads recruitment in the UK. He has
worked primarily across the banking, insurance, consumer healthcare
and retail industries. During his time at Marakon he has advised
senior executives on a broad range of issues including customer driven
business unit strategies, corporate strategy, inorganic growth
strategies, commercial due diligence and pre-merger strategic
alignment.
Networking delegates: Matthew Wise

Deallus Consulting
Company profile: Deallus is a global company with 80 plus
employees with offices in London, New York, Los Angeles, Princeton,
Tokyo and Singapore. Deallus supports Life Science organisations
including global blue chip pharmaceuticals, small and mid-sized
biotech companies as well as the Medtech companies in maximising
their performance through strategic decision support at product,
portfolio and corporate level.
What we do in a nutshell

Deallus help clients win by supporting decision-making and strategy

development within key life science organisations around the
world. Our solutions range from short high intensity projects such as
market opportunity assessments, commercial due diligence support
and benchmarking studies, to longer term engagements in which we
monitor our clients competitive landscapes, identifying critical threats
and opportunities for brand teams to mitigate or capitalise on
respectively. Our world class strategy workshops enable our clients to
build a unified, cohesive plan around key milestones such as product
launches and defense from new market entrants, or to define and
address key mid-long term threats and opportunities at portfolio and
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corporate levels. Furthermore the expertise of our senior people is

leveraged through our training courses on competitive strategy &
analysis.
The majority of our work is conducted at a global or regional level
although there are occasions when the focus is on supporting the
strategy for a single market. The range and variety of our clients and
their needs ensure that Deallus employees are exposed to a breadth of
topics and much earlier involvement with resulting greater levels of
responsibility - than would be the case in larger consulting
organisations.
Our career structure is clear but no two Employees will have the same
experience. We are interested in individuals and what they can bring
to the Deallus team. We nurture and celebrate that individuality.
Presentation title: Typical route to entry at Deallus
Speaker: Alex Bour is currently an Associate at the Deallus
Consulting London Office. Prior to joining Deallus, Alex completed his
MSci in Biochemistry and Biological Chemistry at the University of
Nottingham. This was followed by a PhD at UCL in the use of
transaminase enzymes to synthesise pharmaceutical intermediates.
During this time he also spent 6 months in industry working as part of
a multi-disciplinary biopharmaceutical research team. Since joining
Deallus, Alex has worked in a variety of therapy areas, including
Alzheimers Disease, infectious disease, vaccines, oncology, and rare
diseases. Alex has worked directly with clients to support product
launches, conduct landscape assessments, and develop strategies for
product life cycle management.
Speaker: Eyram Adjogatse currently works as an Associate in the
Deallus Consulting London Office. Prior to joining Deallus, Eyram
completed his PhD, in the use of structure-based drug design for the
discovery of new treatments for trypanosmiasis, at the University
College London. Eyram is also a qualified Pharmacist with past
experience in the Hospital and Community sectors. While working at
Deallus Consulting, Eyram has worked in a diversity of therapy areas,
including infectious diseases, oncology, vaccines and rare diseases. He
has also supported Business Development efforts and worked directly
with clients during strategy workshops and international conferences.

Accenture
Company profile: Accenture is a global management consulting,
technology services and outsourcing company, with more than 336,000
people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Combining
unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all
industries and business functions, and extensive research on the
worlds most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients
to help them become high-performance businesses and governments.
The company generated net revenues of US$30.0 billion for the fiscal
year ended Aug. 31, 2014. Its home page is www.accenture.com.
Bring your talent and passion to a global organisation at the forefront
of business, technology and innovation. Collaborate with diverse,
talented colleagues and leaders who support your success. Help
transform organisations and communities around the world. Sharpen
your skills with industry-leading training and development, as you
build an extraordinary career. Discover how great you can be. As one
of the worlds leading consulting and technology organisations, we
achieve amazing things for our clients every day whether thats
increasing profits, gaining a greater market share, redefining
strategies, working with new technologies or offering better customer
experiences. In short, we examine a clients organisation, work out
how best to improve it, and implement agreed actions to bring about
positive, lasting and profitable change. For us, its not just about
coming up with the big ideas, its also about successfully delivering
and implementing them. To manage the broad spectrum of challenges
our clients face, our business needs to be diverse, which is why weve
set up our organisation across five business areas: Accenture Strategy;
Accenture Consulting; Accenture Digital; Accenture Technology; and
Accenture Operations. There are a variety of ways you can join us at
Accenture. Whichever programme you join, youll enjoy the perfect mix
of intensive training, expert support and live project experience. So
why not make the most of your talents. Get the variety and scope of
opportunities you deserve. Be an integral part of projects that impact
the way the world thinks, works and plays. Enjoy the responsibility
that helps you get ahead, fast.
Presentation title: Benefits and pitfalls of an academic background
in consulting
Speaker: Joanna McLenaghan has worked for Accenture since 2014,
undertaking projects in the energy and water industries. Notable
projects include, developing a real-time analytics tool for a major water
company and working on a SAP project for an energy provider. Prior to
this she earned her undergraduate degree from Oxford University and

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her PhD in experimental quantum optics from St Andrews.

Networking delegates: Maha Khan

EY
Company profile: EY is one of the global Big Four professional
services firms. We help our clients to reach their potential by
providing financially based assurance and advice, offering solutions to
complex problems. Although we are traditionally thought of as
accountants, we offer a full range of services from consultancy to
mergers and acquisitions advice.
Presentation title: Application Process
Speaker: Berna Demiray studied Biochemistry BSc (UCL), Molecular
Medicine MSc and completed her PhD in Cell Signalling Pathways at
UCL. Keenly interested in the intellectual challenges that consulting
provides, she enjoyed working in a variety of sectors and competencies
with a natural focus in the Life Sciences sector. She has experience
working in Supply chain operations and procurement, M&A
transaction advisory experience and strategy. As one of the original
founders of the PhD2Consulting Conference London, she is very
excited to be standing on the other side of the audience!
Networking Delegates: Hadrian Green (Executive Director), John
Thwaites

McKinsey & Company

Company profile: McKinsey & Company is a global management
consulting firm, deeply committed to helping institutions in the
private, public and social sectors achieve lasting success. For over
eight decades, our primary objective has been to serve as our clients'
most trusted external advisor. With consultants in more than 100
offices in 60 countries, we bring unparalleled expertise to clients
anywhere in the world. We work closely with teams at all levels of an
organization to shape direction, mobilize for long-term transformation,
build capabilities and support execution. As a consultant in our firm,
you will come into contact with CEOs, government leaders and the
foremost charitable organisations as well as building core skills that
will serve you well throughout your professional career, whether that
be in the business sphere, the non-profit sphere, the public sphere or
a combination of all three.
Presentation title: Meet McKinsey
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Speaker: Caroline Murphree is a Senior Associate at McKinsey and

Company's London office. Caroline was a Summer Associate in 2012
and joined the firm full-time after graduating from Harvard Business
School in 2013; she also holds an A.B. from Princeton, M.St. from
Oxford and M.Phil. from Yale. Since joining, she has worked on a
variety of projects across industries, from financial services to telecom
and transportation, but over the last year has focused primarily in
Healthcare, Pharma and Medical Products.
Speaker: George Blessley is an Associate at McKinsey and Company.
He joined the firm in September 2013 after completing his PhD in
Organic Chemistry at Oxford University, he also holds a M.Sc. degree
from Cambridge. Since joining George has been a generalist, working
across a wide range of industries; including mining, manufacturing,
and healthcare. He has been based mostly in the UK, but has also
worked on projects in Australasia and Europe.
Networking Delegates: Anna Parda

ConsultingApplications.com
Company profile: Management consulting is the most difficult job
offer to get on earth. Although there are countless resources online for
preparing consulting CVs, cover letters, tests and interviews, most
candidates still miss their dream offers. The reason is twofold. Firstly,
consulting interviews are evolving, but many online resources arent.
Secondly, to get an offer, gaining information is seldom enough.
Getting a job in consulting requires a wide range of skills that need to
be developed to a very high standard. ConsultingApplications.com is
here to fill this gap. It offers guides, tips and coaching sessions that
are up-to-date with the new consulting interview styles. It draws upon
the knowledge and experience of its founder and network of
consultants. The service offerings are geared towards helping
candidates internalise and move beyond basic level skills, which is
crucial in differentiating from the 99.5% of candidates who do not get
offers.
Presentation title: How to be a winning consulting applicant
Speaker: Min Hu is the founder, director and lead coach at Talenta
Coaching, a company dedicated to coaching young talents to have a
head start in their careers. Min established the website
ConsultingApplications.com, which provides insightful and up-to-date
tips and guides on each step of the consulting job application process.
Before setting up her own company, Min worked at OC&C Strategy
Consultants as an Associate Consultant. During her time there, she
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was actively involved in the firms recruitment, including attending

company recruitment events at universities, and screening CVs. Prior
to her career, Min did a PhD in Bioinformatics and Genomics at
University of Cambridge, before which she did her undergraduate
in Life Sciences at Peking University, the top university in China.

GE Healthcare Finnamore
Company profile: GE Healthcare Finnamore is a leading specialist
health and social care consultancy dedicated to improving people's
health and well-being through the clients whom we serve. Our
personal approach to consultancy is backed by one of the worlds
greatest companies, GE, whose legacy of innovation and leadership
spans back to 1878. Our team of 70+ healthcare consultants combines
local agility, independent-thinking and responsiveness with GE's scale,
world-class leadership, and technology base. We are relationshipfocussed and outcomes-driven, flexing our approach every time to
provide just what our clients need. Our purpose is to improve health
and well-being; our passion is to unlock people's true potential to
deliver transformational change.
Presentation title: Healthcare consulting at
Finnamore: the Your Care Connected programme

GE

Healthcare

Speaker: Tim OHanlon is Partner at GE Healthcare Finnamore and

specialises in all aspects of business excellence, from leadership, to
strategy development, improvement methodologies and facilitation.
Tim has worked with clients in more than 40 countries and has led
multiple point solution and whole systems programmes within the
NHS. As a chartered quality professional, Tim fully understands and
enables performance improvement whilst achieving excellence in
delivery of services and has acted as a ISO 9001 lead auditor and
senior assessor for national award programmes. Tim has also led
award winning programmes with Commissioning Support Units and is
the author of several books and many published articles.
Speaker: Rob Holt has been a health consultant for the last three
years, working closely with a variety of NHS clients to support process
and cost improvement. He has carried out service re-design, analytics
and programme management within acute settings. Rob is a registered
Prince2 practitioner and has a background in finance and operational
management in retail, completing a wide range of management
training.

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The Technology Partnership (TTP)

Company profile: Since its foundation, the engineers and scientists
inside TTP have played a pioneering role in a broad spectrum of
sectors including drug discovery and pharmaceutical automation,
bioprocess
automation,
laboratory
instrumentation,
wireless
communications, digital printing, electric vehicles, digital radio, food
and beverage, drug delivery, diagnostics, micro-devices and sensing,
and consumer products.
We make new technology and new products possible by the way we
work. We build teams of talented, bright, accomplished people and
give them the freedom to share their knowledge and enthusiasm
within the business. We have a commitment to world-class
engineering and science and firmly believe it can have a huge impact
on the commercial success of our clients.
TTP is a team of over 300 exceptionally skilled and accomplished
individuals. A team of scientists, engineers, and business innovators,
with in-depth industry expertise, working closely with our clients to
turn great ideas into reality.
We put new technology and innovation to work. We invent, design,
develop and engineer new products, processes and instruments. In
many cases, the core technology needed to do this is created at TTP.
The scope and variety of our projects can be very different, but we
routinely define the need, assess the market opportunity, specify the
goals, create the solution, build the prototypes, engineer for production
and then transfer the output into a manufacturing supply chain.
Presentation title: TBC
Speaker: Stuart Lowe is a Consultant specializing in BioInstrumentation Development at TTP. Stuart joined TTP in 2014,
coming straight from a 2-year postdoctoral position at the Australian
Centre for NanoMedicine at the University of New South Wales,
Sydney. Prior to this, Stuart completed a PhD in Nanomaterials
Science with Prof Molly Stevens at the Department of Materials,
Imperial College London. During the past year at TTP, Stuart has
worked on a range of large and small projects within the Life Sciences
space, taking a project leadership role in 3 of these, as well as
pursuing internal IP development opportunities.

BTS
Company profile: BTS is the global leader in accelerating strategic
alignment and execution, innovating how organizations learn, change
and improve. The unique BTS process offers fast strategic alignment
and rapid capability building through:
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Business Simulations and experiential solutions the most

effective way to help organizations understand, align and
execute.
In-depth customization to what is relevant and actionable on
the job.
A results-focused approach that comprehensively and efficiently
secures and measures business impact.
BTS adds value to its clients through four practice areas:
Strategic Alignment & Business Acumen;
Leadership & Management;
Sales Force Transformation;
Innovation.
We offer the world's premier, best-in-class experiential learning,
support tools and results assurance. We build commitment and
capability to accelerate strategy execution and improve business
results. BTS has over 300 highly talented professionals serving over
400 clients, including 40 of the US Fortune 100 companies and 25 of
the Global Fortune 100 worlds largest corporations.
At BTS, we believe our culture is the foundation upon which our
organization is built and the reason clients choose to do business with
us. We look to hire employees who embody and embrace our unique
culture. The following are the most powerful aspects of our culture:
Fun & Adventure: It is not just corporate propaganda. BTS has
won highly contested deals because clients have said, We
chose BTS because they are more fun to work with. We believe
life is too short to not have fun at work.
Achievement & Excellence: Whether we are engaged in a client
development meeting with a C-level executive or creating an
innovative new simulation application, we believe in delivering
quality and excellence.
Freedom & Responsibility: We believe that if you find the right
people and give them freedom and responsibility, they will
achieve great things.
Presentation title: Gamifying Businesses: Problem-Solving with a
Twist

Speaker: Pedro Matos is a Senior Consultant, working as a part of

the BTS Europe team in London. He focuses primarily on carrying out
comprehensive analysis of clients businesses and industries and
developing customised business computer simulations in order to
accelerate strategy execution at some of the largest multinational
corporations in the world.
Networking Delegates: Jamie Dunbar Smyth

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Deloitte LLP
Company profile: Deloitte LLP offers professional services to the UK
and European market. We provide audit, tax, consulting and financial
advisory services to public and private clients spanning multiple
industries. We have a globally connected network of member firms in
more than 150 countries, 14,726 exceptional people in 28 offices in the
UK and Switzerland with annual revenues of 2,550m for FY14.
Presentation title: Day in the life of a consultant and transferable
skills from a PhD
Speaker: Naveed is a Senior Manager within Deloittes Life Sciences
R&D advisory practice. He has 16 years of varied experience in
academia, industry and consulting, always with the Life Sciences as a
common thread. In industry roles, Naveed has delivered projects in
drug discovery, development, manufacturing and testing, often in
collaboration with external partners and in dialogue with regulators.
In consulting roles, he has helped Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences
clients evolve strategic direction in a range of business functions and
process areas, from R&D to Commercial Supply, and has helped
reshape operating models to match strategic intent.
Naveed has a BSc in Biotechnology from Imperial College, London, a
PhD in Molecular Biology from University College, London and an
MBA from Manchester Business School. In his spare moments,
Naveed likes to travel to lesser known destinations, ski and scuba
dive.
Speaker: Nacho is an enthusiastic senior consultant with over 8
years experience in the delivery of operational improvement and
research projects in the life sciences industry. Within Deloitte, Nacho
is a member of the Life Sciences R&D Business Model Transformation
team, part of the Strategy and Operations group. He specialised in the
delivery of operational excellence and business transformation
initiatives in pharmaceutical and life sciences organisations.
Nacho holds a degree in Biochemistry from Imperial College London
and a doctorate in Genetics from Kings College London. Prior to
joining Deloitte, he worked in the Directorate of Forensic Science in
the metropolitan police, who sponsored his PhD in Forensic Genetics
at Kings College London.
After joining Deloitte, he obtained his green belt certifications in Lean
Six Sigma Green process improvement and holds a CIMA Certificate
Diploma in Management accounting.
Nacho speaks fluent English and Spanish, and can carry a decent
conversation in French and Italian. In his spare time, youll often find
him on a bike.

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Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

Company profile: The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is a global
management consulting firm and the world's leading advisor on
business strategy and transformation. BCG partners with clients in all
sectors to identify their highest-value opportunities, address their
most critical challenges, and transform their businesses
BCG hires talented graduates from diverse academic backgrounds,
including business, engineering, economics, science, and the
humanities, including around 20% from PhD and graduate medic
backgrounds. BCG seeks people with strong drive, relentless curiosity,
the desire to create their own path, and the passion and leadership to
make an impact. At the core of BCG's business is close collaboration
among employees at all levels and with our clients. Learn how to
navigate complexity, draw unique insights, facilitate change, and
become a leader responsible for real and lasting impact. Coached by a
personal mentor and supported by teams, employees at BCG join a
diverse group of highly driven individuals from different backgrounds
who respect and trust each other.
A career at BCG offers opportunities to work in many different fields
and industries. Exposure to both breadth and depth of experiences
enables employees to pursue any number of career paths. With on-thejob experience combined with extensive training and mentorship
programs, employees develop analytical, conceptual, and leadership
skills, increasing their value at BCG and beyond. The opportunities
for educational support, international mobility, social impact work,
and connections to our vast alumni network help graduates find deep
personal meaning as they develop a platform for future success.
Become a part of BCG's heritage of game-changing ideas, business
model innovation, and reshaping landscapes.
Presentation title: Strategy consulting and beyond at BCG: From
test-tubes to oil rigs and piatas
Speaker: Simon Sprague is now a Consultant in BCG's London office,
having joined in November 2012. After graduating in Natural Sciences
(specializing in Chemistry) from Cambridge University, Simon
undertook a DPhil in Organic Chemistry at the University of Oxford,
followed by a two-year postdoctoral stint at Stanford University, CA.
Since joining BCG, Simon has worked in a range of industries
including retail, healthcare and energy, and recently became an
inaugural member of BCG's Operations Centre in London, with
specialization in pharma manufacturing and upstream oil & gas
production. Simon also took the opportunity to complete a pro bono
case with Cancer Research UK, working with a client team to help
define their biotherapeutics research strategy.
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Oliver Wyman
Company profile: Oliver Wyman is a global leader in management
consulting. With offices in 50+ cities across 26 countries, Oliver
Wyman combines deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise
in strategy, operations, risk management, and organization
transformation. Our 4000+ professionals help clients optimize their
business, improve their operations and risk profile, and accelerate
their organizational performance to seize the most attractive
opportunities. Oliver Wymans thought leadership is evident in our
agenda-setting books, white papers, research reports, and articles in
the business press.
The firms capabilities and intellectual capital are enhanced by our
deep industry expertise, geographic range, analytical rigor, and handson, collaborative approach. Our professionals see what others don't,
challenge conventional thinking, and consistently deliver innovative,
customized solutions. We also work side by side with senior executives
to accelerate execution through a blend of behavioral and management
approaches. As a result, we have a tangible impact on clients top and
bottom lines. Our clients are the CEOs and executive teams of the top
Global
1000
companies.
For
more
information,
visitwww.oliverwyman.com/careers and follow Oliver Wyman on
Twitter @OliverWyman.
Presentation title: C.V. for consulting and career progression in OW
Speaker: Elinor joined Oliver Wyman in January 2013, after
completing her DPhil in Infectious Diseases at the University of
Oxford. During her time at Oliver Wyman, she has been involved in 20
projects ranging across the Financial Services, Health and Life
Sciences and Manufacturing, Transport and Energy practices. Despite
her academic background in health, she has decided to focus in the
Financial Services sector, enjoying projects working with C-suite
clients across insurance, retail, corporate and institutional banking
companies. Notable projects include contributing to two published
reports, multiple banking conduct reviews and strategy overhauls for
retail banks and insurance companies.
Networking Delegates: Ben Collie, Nick Faull

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Bain and Company

Company profile: Bain & Company is one of the worlds leading
management consulting firms. Bain advises top businesses on their
most critical issues and opportunities: Strategy, marketing,
organization, operations, technology and mergers & acquisitions,
across all industries and geographies. Every case begins by looking at
the business from a chief executives perspective, asking the right
questions, and then digging deep into the numbers to unearth the
right solutions. It is not about off-the-shelf solutions. The approach
and recommendations are highly customized - Bain helps clients
decide where they want to go, and how to get there. Bain seeks to
attract, develop, and retain talented individuals who are passionate
about making a difference. Bains supportive culture and mentorship
model ensures that each graduate has the opportunity to reach their
full potential. Bain invests heavily in professional development
ranging from formal training around the world, personalized coaching
on every project, and a mentor to help guide a PhD through their
career. These intangibles are part of why Bain is consistently ranked
as one of the best firms to work for by many leading publications,
including Consulting Magazine (number 1 for 11 years running), Vault
Magazine (number 1 or 2 for 7 years running) and Glassdoor (in the
top 5 for 7 years running).
Presentation title: Why a PhD is a great asset for strategy
consulting with Bain
Speaker: Carolos is currently an Associate Consultant, now entering
his 2nd year in the Bain & Company London office. While at Bain, he
has worked in a variety of strategy projects across different industries
including Technology, Industrials, IT services and Financial Services.
He has worked with companies in the UK, US and France. Prior to
that, he completed his PhD in Structural Engineering at Imperial
College London, on the design of more robust metal and composite
structures. The project won the 1st Prize for Young Researcher in
Structural Engineering in 2013 by the Institute of Structural
Engineers.
He has completed his undergraduate studies at Ecole Centrale Paris
(France) and at Aristotles University of Thessaloniki (Greece) through
the Top Industrial Managers for Europe Programme.
In 2009, he co-founded VDL Bros, an IT services company providing
innovative event solutions for medical conferences. The company,
which he continued to co-manage while at Imperial, still operates in
Greece. Carolos volunteers with the Rotaract club, practices ju-jitsu
and plays as much tennis as possible, London weather permitting!
Networking Delegates: Michael Ward, Lux Paterson
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Enrico Fantoni
John T Wilson
Adam Marinovic
Manfredi Miraula
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Dirk Kruger
Lucien West
Mitchell Cuddihy
Anida Sarajlic
Christopher
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Bryce Dorin
Benjamin David Bell
Chagit Sima
Reichenbach
Jonathan Weiner
Hege Ekeberg Larsen
Shachi Patel
Melissa Koluksuz
Kate Campbell
Sean Bartlett
Sarah Jasim
Hugo Sant'ana
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Thomas Rensch
Joe Ciardiello
Li Li
Thibaud Gabillard
Joanna Hale
Ryan Mccully
Marie Bachelet
Elena Loche
Jiawei Li
Nathaniel Dahan
Lauren Steele
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Mohamed Elmikaty
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Catherine Symonds
Simona Mellino
Saba Butt
Shaoda He
Diya Malhotra
Katherine Self
Davide Bommarito
Ewelina Kurtys
Daniel Martin
Petersen
Rachel George
Bernadette ElliottBowman
Luca Antonello
Annecchino
Thomas Ricketts
Chii Fen Hiu
Peter Udo Diehl
Eduardo Zabala
Filip Markiewicz
Richard Mbasu
Emily Rose Chater
Marina Georgiou
Sophie Norman
Nidhin Raj
George Damoulakis
Claudio Ferraro
Kirstin Wood
Jan Oltmanns
Ksenia Rostislavleva
Raul MartinezOviedo
Karolin Nowak
Michail Palaiokostas
Carolina Feijao
Graham Mills
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Stephen Wood
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Darcie Dixon
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