In my third year I studied abroad at HEC Montréal, Canada for six months. Working with international students I had the opportunity to understand the impact of different cultural dimensions, and I got to see first-hand their influence on modules such as conflict management.

The second six months were spent working at Access Performance Solutions, a technology and marketing consultancy focussed on improving client business performance. In my project management role, I was able to apply in practice what I had learnt over my first two years at university. I worked on a variety of interesting projects, related to business strategy, virtual reality, blockchain and e-learning systems.

After finishing my degree, I recognised that most new business models, particularly in the finance sector are based around technology, so decided to do an MSc in Information Management & Business Technology. During my first degree I became really interested in the ‘Solow Paradox’, a theory which questions whether technological advancement has resulted in increases in GDP. The MSc gave me the opportunity to study this in greater depth.

I have secured a graduate role at Microsoft as a Cloud and Culture Experience Customer Engineer. This involves bridging the gap between people and technology and brings together everything I have learned during my time at University.