From: MIT Sloan British Business Club
Date: March 3, 2021
Subject: MIT Sloan British Business Club - Newsletter



Hello!

Welcome back to campus - we have our first Spring speaker event next week and another lined up for April. Please join us! And read on for more FT and Intern opportunities in London.

Events

Wednesday 10th March, 13.00-14.00, Lunchtime Talk with Don Hoang, VP Global Business at Revolut (w/ Fintech Club)
Join us for a discussion with Don covering his career journey to Revolut and the growth behind one of the largest fintech unicorns in Europe.

Don is Vice President Global Business at Revolut, responsible for global business activities including product partnerships, business development, and corporate development. Previously at Uber, Don was responsible for leading partnerships and global deals such as Uber's $3.5bn raise from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and the $4bn merger with Yandex in Russia. He has spent 18 years in technology and investing with an experience that includes Vice President at Klout, private equity at Terra Firma Capital Partners, and investment banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

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Friday 2nd April, 11.00-12.00, Morning Talk with Nathan Benaich, General Partner at Air Street Capital (w/ VCPE Club)
Air Street Capital is a London-based venture capital firm investing in AI-first technology and life science companies. Join us for an interactive session with Nathan Benaich, General Partner, as he discusses the latest state of AI and investing in Europe and the US.

Nathan is the Founder and General Partner of Air Street Capital, a venture capital firm investing in AI-first technology and life science companies. He also founded The Research and Applied AI Summit, a community for entrepreneurs and researchers in AI, and serve as Managing Trustee of The RAAIS Foundation, a UK-registered charity with a mission to advance education and research in artificial intelligence for the common good.

Register here (*Please note the morning timing*)

Leadership

We will be looking to refresh our leadership soon - if you're graduating in 2022 and interested in shaping the future direction of this club, please get in touch!

Job Opportunities

Company: OC&C Strategy Consultants
Role: Consultant (MBA) 2021
Location: London
Description: As a Consultant you will bring incisive thinking and analytical skills to a range of strategic projects. Working as a member of a project team, you will help to crack some of the most important problems facing our clients, and you will rapidly have exposure to their senior management teams. Our focus on strategy means that projects tend to be shorter (typically 3-8 weeks) than in other consultancies, and involve more time based in our offices than travelling.

Apply here

Company: YZ Talents (recruiter)
Role: VC Investment Associate (remote), Early Stage
Location: London
Description: You will be a founding member of the investment team responsible for all aspects of sourcing, evaluating, and executing transactions. The Venture Capital Associate will be involved in aspects of the investment process, from market research, target analysis and investment evaluation, to portfolio company support, performance measurement and exits.

Apply here

Company: Merck
Role: 2021 MBA, General Management Acceleration Programme
Location: London
Description: The General Management Acceleration Programme is the Company’s “flagship” programme to develop future global enterprise-wide directors for our company. It is sponsored by the Office of the CEO. The term General Management is a reference to future Senior directors across the organization and is not targeted to development of future Managing Directors.

Apply here

Company: Uber
Role: MBA Operations Marketplace Intern, Mobility- UK
Location: London
Description: This particular role will focus on using data to diagnose issues, building out new processes for actioning anomalies, and improving the rider experience for the occasions that matter most e.g. airport pickups, train stations, major events.

Apply here

Company: Facebook
Role: Network Investments Strategy Manager, MBA Intern
Location: London
Description: As an MBA Intern Strategy Manager, you will collaborate closely with a broad Facebook cross-functional team and regional partner managers to help evaluate, develop and implement digital internet infrastructure business strategies utilizing operating, financial and economic models. You will help to analyze fiber markets, IP transit, and other internet demand and supply drivers, across various emerging market geographies, technologies and domains. 

Apply here

Company: King
Role: Corporate Strategy Manager MBA Intern
Location: London
Description: This is a unique internship opportunity to join a successful and highly valued team that works closely with King’s Executive Leadership in shaping our long- term strategy and roadmap, and in making mission- critical decisions of the business. The team also supports the implementation of new business initiatives that ‘move the needle’ for King. This role reports to the Corporate Strategy Director. 

Apply here

Lunchtime Talk with Don Hoang, VP Global Business at Revolut Logo

EVENT

Lunchtime Talk with Don Hoang, VP Global Business at Revolut

Wednesday, March 10, 2021
1:00pm - 2:00pm
TBD
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Join us for a discussion with Don covering his career journey to Revolut and the growth behind one of the largest fintech unicorns in Europe.

Don is Vice President Global Business at Revolut, responsible for global business activities including product partnerships, business development, and corporate development. Previously at Uber, Don was responsible for leading partnerships and global deals such as Uber's $3.5bn raise from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and the $4bn merger with Yandex in Russia. He has spent 18 years in technology and investing with an experience that includes Vice President at Klout, private equity at Terra Firma Capital Partners, and investment banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Don received his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and BA from UCLA.

Hosted by the MIT Sloan British Business Club and Fintech Club.

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Morning Talk with Nathan Benaich, General Partner at Air Street Capital Logo

EVENT

Morning Talk with Nathan Benaich, General Partner at Air Street Capital

Friday, April 23, 2021
10:00am - 11:00am
Private Location (register to display)
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Air Street Capital is a London-based venture capital firm investing in AI-first technology and life science companies. Join us for an interactive session with Nathan Benaich, General Partner, as he discusses the latest state of AI and investing in Europe and the US.

Nathan is the Founder and General Partner of Air Street Capital, a venture capital firm investing in AI-first technology and life science companies. He also founded The Research and Applied AI Summit, a community for entrepreneurs and researchers in AI, and serve as Managing Trustee of The RAAIS Foundation, a UK-registered charity with a mission to advance education and research in artificial intelligence for the common good. He earned an M.Phil and Ph.D. in computational and experimental cancer research as a Gates and Dr. Herchel Smith Scholar at the University of Cambridge, and a BA in biology from Williams College. He has published research that leverages both experimental and computational approaches to understand how we might stem the fatal spread of cancer around the body.

Hosted by the British Business Club and VCPE Club.

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