Gautam Khattak, Class of 2013 
Full-time MBA 
Asia 

The HKUST MBA curriculum is designed to help grads launch careers in tech. 34% of 2019’s MBA cohort entered tech companies like Apple, Google, and more 

Technology is overtaking banking and finance in Hong Kong as the most popular destination for MBA graduates from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Business School. Up to 34% of HKUST MBA graduates entered the sector in 2019. 

COVID-19 has hit the travel industry hard. HKUST Business School MBA, Aldric Chau, explains how top MBA talent can help the industry recover 

BCG consultant Stephanie van den Boogaard is being sponsored by her company to study an MBA at HKUST. Here’s how business school is making her a better consultant. 

For many MBA graduates, management consulting is the ideal end-goal, with a career in consulting offering sky-high salaries and the opportunity to combine everything learned on an MBA to lead projects across an array of sectors and functions. But Stephanie van den Boogaard is already there. 

“We should get used to managing technology.” Takashi Kobayashi, our HKUST MBA graduate, also a sponsored nominee from a leading Japanese telecom shared how the MBA interlinks technology with different business sectors. Takashi has also recently expanded his career footprints from Japan to Singapore. 
Pre-MBA: Account Manager, NTT Communications (Japan) 
Post-MBA: Corporate Strategy and Planning, NTT Ltd. (Singapore) 

Takashi Kobayashi,Class of 2019 

 

The flexibility of the HKUST MBA program allowed Lin Yuan to extend his three-month MBA internship with BASF. He's now set to start a full-time role with the firm. 

Lin Yuan was able to extend his MBA internship with BASF before landing a full-time job with the firm in 2021 

‘Be like water, my friend.’ Lin Yuan says the Bruce Lee quote has guided him throughout his career. Be flexible; adapt to your surroundings; be prepared for change—those are the biggest learnings Lin says he got from his MBA at HKUST Business School. 

Pimolpat (Pauline) Thanusutiyabhorn (Thailand) 
Class of 2020 
Pre-MBA: Head of Business Development and Marketing, Thai B.B. Friut Co., Ltd  

David Carreno Cerillo found his way to his dream city, Hong Kong, through an MBA, which also gave him the skills he needed to launch a global career.  

This is particularly true in Asia, where businesses are at the forefront of developing and adopting revolutionary technologies, such as robotics. But, rapid technological development also makes workplace skills depreciate faster than in the past, as new technologies generate gaps in workers' skills.   

 "I wanted to make a direct scaled impact by helping companies execute their social responsibilities." By Stephanie CHOW  

- Transform, Soar and Thrive - 

Stephanie CHOW (Australia) 
Class of 2022 

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