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Join us virtually to talk with Meg Krench to learn about her career trajectory and the exciting world of life sciences venture capital!

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JoiHave you taken part in the Global Case Competition at Harvard?

Are you a finance or business student at Harvard or MIT? We'd love to meet you in person! We are organising a gala to network, share thoughts, learn, and celebrate!

We are looking forward to welcome you at the renowned Isabella Gardner Museum in the heart of Boston! The individual ticket grants access to the gala (with food & drinks included), a tour, and all upcoming physical events (to be announced).

The detailed agenda will be released closer to the event date, but we encourage you to be around Boston on Friday morning (29th or April) and available until Saturday late at night (30th of April). Due to the venue's regulation, attendance is limited to 200 guests. Tickets will be sold on a first come first served basis. Only registered participants at the Global Case Competition at Harvard are allowed at the venue.

**Presentation Slides Available Here!**

Join us virtually to learn about the Mini-MBA program, an accelerated summer business course designed for non-business students that will be relevant to those interested in working in the management realm.

*Program overview* The Mini-MBA will introduce the material that MBA students encounter in their first year of business school. Instruction is led by professors from Harvard Business School in the traditional HBS case method. Students are therefore able to master the core concepts of business while also engaging with complex business problems and real-world scenarios under the guidance of the world’s top business thinkers.

Please note that the 14th Annual Mini-MBA will be held virtually
*Why attend the info session?*

✓ Gain an overview of the course structure and expectations

✓ Learn about how the HBS case method is used

✓ Find out more about the application process and timeline

*Program application deadline* The deadline to apply for the Mini-MBA is Monday May 16th 2022. Applications will go live after the info session.

Join Daniel Acheampong for an exciting session combining finance and social impact! Daniel is a co-founder and General Partner at Visible Hands, a venture capital firm with a virtual-first accelerator on a mission to highlight and invest in the limitless potential of overlooked founders. At the earliest stages of company-building, it provides meaningful funding, personalized support, and social capital to help its founders build exceptional technology startups. He received a dual Masters in Business Administration from the Wharton School and Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School. Prior to graduate school, Daniel was an associate at Summit Partners, a premier investment firm, where he managed the firm’s due diligence process to raise investment funds. Previously, he was a financial analyst at Goldman Sachs, where he supported senior management in supervising the New England Private Wealth Management business.

Help Lead HGBC! We are recruiting new Co-Presidents for the 2022-23 school year! Why Apply?

The leadership team gets an opportunity to engage in various aspects of business creation and management.

Leveraging this diversified experience, many members of the leadership team have exited into exciting opportunities in general and life-science consulting, venture capital, finance and launching their own startups.

CO-PRESIDENT, Responsibilities & Expectations :

-Oversee events and presentations from the club's seven initiatives

- Lead a team of 30+ Directors and Associates

- Coordinate outreach and collaboration with other Harvard and MIT organizations

- Manage club budget and annual leadership transition Application Process & Deadline Complete online application form and upload resume Selected candidates will be invited to interview Applications processed on a rolling basis; submit ASAP!

Deadline: April 4

Openings Remain for the following HGBC Associate Roles in 2022-23:

- FINANCE & INVESTMENT, Associate Director

- SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP, Associate Director

- GLOBAL CASE COMPETITION, Associate Director

Application Process & Deadline Complete online application form and upload resume: https://tinyurl.com/ApplyHGBC Selected candidates will be invited to interview Applications processed on a rolling basis; submit ASAP! Deadline: March 31

Join Alexandre de Martino for an exciting session about the transition from an AutoTech/Mobility M&A group to a tech-focused venture fund! Alexandre is a Growth Equity investor at AXA Venture Partners, a global cross-stage $1bn tech-fund. Prior to his current role, he spent 5 years at J.P. Morgan in London where he advised clients on M&A and financing, particularly in the fields of AutoTech and Mobility, but also more recently in a number of European SPAC initiatives. Alexandre graduated from EDHEC Business School in Nice, France.

Now recruiting for Director and Executive-Level roles for the 2022-23 academic year! Applications accepted on a rolling basis, so apply ASAP! The final application deadline is February 28 2022 11:59pm.

The leadership team gets an opportunity to engage in various aspects of business creation and management. Leveraging this diversified experience, many members of the leadership team have exited into exciting opportunities in general and life-science consulting, venture capital, finance and launching their own startups.

Join Sümer Uysal for an insightful session about investing in digital growth companies!

Uysal is the Team Lead for the focus area Wealth & FinTech. Allianz X invests in digital frontrunners in ecosystems relevant to insurance and asset management.

Sümer began his career in Management Consulting and joined the Allianz Group in 2013 as Senior Analyst in the CEO Office at Allianz Turkey. Sümer led various strategic projects and was responsible for the formation of the Innovation Department.

Sümer received a Master of Science in International Management (CEMS) from the Erasmus University of Rotterdam. During his studies, he spent time in Singapore and Istanbul.

Learn about Debt Capital Markets with Goldman Sachs' Murat Pişkin!

Murat is an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE.

He joined Goldman Sachs in 2014 and is part of the firm’s European Financing Group based in Frankfurt and London. Murat is responsible for the origination of fixed income solutions and capital advisory of Corporates and Financial Institutions.

Murat holds a Master of Science degree in Finance from the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University.

RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/GSinFI

Join Alexandre Ballarin to hear about his journey of becoming a Chief Financial Officer.

Alexandre is CFO at DC Company, a holding company for Media assets for which he oversees the build-up strategy as well as the financial management of portfolio companies.

He is a former Vice President at J.P. Morgan in Paris where he spent 3 years advising large Corporate clients and Private Equity firms on complex M&A as well as debt and equity transactions. He had previously spent 3 years in J.P. Morgan’s EMEA TMT team mostly covering Telecoms and was based out of London.

He graduated with a Masters in Finance from Sciences Po Paris, France.

RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/CFOPathFI

The 2022 edition of the Global Case Competition at Harvard is now underway! Register now to show off your finance skills to a jury and compete to win a 10,000 USD cash prize!

Given the global pandemic and the success of last year’s online competition, we have decided to host the competition in a hybrid format. All teams will compete from home and pitch their solutions virtually.

To extend the Harvard experience, we are planning to host an optional in-person event in Cambridge late next Spring. The in-person event registration will be open to all participating teams (and past participants we didn’t get to meet yet!) through a separate ticket. More information to come.

Register now through thecasecompetition.org, and enjoy early bird prices!

http://thecasecompetition.org/

This session with Prof. Brian Trelstad, Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School, and Gina Kline, CEO of SmartJob LLC, will discuss the history of impact investing, the various kinds of impact investing, how investors measure social change, and diversity & inclusion in impact investing.

Speaker:
Gina Kline, Founder and CEO of SmartJob LLC
Brian Trelstad, Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School

(Zoom Webinar link will only be provided to those who RSVP)

RSVP: https://tinyrurl.com/HGBCImpactInvest

Join us to learn more about investing on your own!

For more than 18 years, Adam Grenier has worked at Fidelity Investments where, today, he supports multi-generational families across all aspects of money, wealth and estate planning. As a CFP® professional and Wealth Planner, Adam and his clients work together to make a real, lasting impact for their family and community with their financial decisions.

In addition to his work at Fidelity, Adam is also a teacher and researcher in the field of microfinance, wealth/income inequality and financial inclusion at Tufts University and the Harvard Extension School. As part of this work, Adam has led several Global Engagement Trips with his students in different parts of Latin America to introduce them to the challenges of financial services and access for the poor.

RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/FidelityFI

Join us for an insightful session about quantitative research and portfolio management!

Jiajun Gu holds a doctorate in applied mathematics and is a senior quantitative researcher at Jump Trading, specializing in portfolio management and trading of global equities.

Previously she was a portfolio manager at Millennium Management, and a steering committee member of the Women in Investments Network at Millennium. Jiajun also spent a decade at Credit Suisse, where she was a director at the QT fund of Credit Suisse Asset Management, and served on the philanthropy and outreach committee of Credit Suisse Asian Professional Network.

Jiajun plays an active role in the Harvard community. She currently serves on the Harvard Graduate School Alumni Council and the Harvard Graduate School Fund committee. During her time at GSAS, she was a Dudley Fellow and the manager of Cafe Gato Rojo.

RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/JumpTradingHGBC

Learn how to launch your business idea and receive VC funding for your company!

Dr. Torben Antretter is the co-founder and chief financial officer at RightNow, a claims purchasing company based in Germany. With RightNow, Torben has raised more than $30M in VC and working capital funding.

Prior to founding of RightNow, he worked in financial consulting at Deloitte and venture capital research. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, where he teaches classes on Entrepreneurial Finance. Most recently, he has been featured in several original HBS case studies that are being analyzed within present MBA cohorts. In 2020, Torben has been named 30 under 30 by Forbes Magazine.

RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/PhD2Entrepreneur

Shahram Seyedin Noor from civilization ventures will discuss what factors should be considered when making VC investments.

RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd_9FrJ09nsaYqyXOYC3PRIlZHF7rSruSq7qFyALxa2KWbrLw/viewform

It is a misconception that social entrepreneurship is a charitable or philanthropic endeavor, when in reality it just describes a business that is impact-oriented. Social enterprises are most sustainable and effective if they can achieve healthy financial returns.

This session with Prof. Cavanagh will introduce various for-profit, non-profit, and hybrid frameworks that support social enterprises and demonstrate how they differ from traditional business models.

Speaker: Richard E. Cavanagh, Professor at Harvard Kennedy School

(Zoom Webinar link will only be provided to those who RSVP)


Join us on November 3rd at 5 PM EST to be inspired and have your questions answered!

RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScgRLT7NYFFsCr6jfVzKShNP0qPMTAWbMbZN--EF8r-v6yucA/viewform

Learn about key financial analyses performed during M&A deals!

Danijel Lipovac, CFA, is a Manager in KPMG Germany’s Deal Advisory team performing financial due diligence for major corporations across the manufacturing, automotive, and retail industries as well as financial sponsors and private equity firms. His mandates include national and cross-border due diligence assignments during mergers & acquisitions, corporate carve-outs and restructurings. Danijel is a CFA charterholder and holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Cologne, Germany.

RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/KPMGinFI

Ian Chiang and Margaret Malone from Flare Capital will talk about the trends in VC pertaining to digital health.

RSVP: https://forms.gle/5eZ7ToQdJYFMqfcv8

Join Richard Oliver, PhD and Farzad Jalali for a discussion on their work in sales and trading at HSBC.

Richard has been trading, managing and developing trading groups for over 20 years. He completed his PhD in Astrophysics in 1997 and left academia to initiate his professional career in FX swap and spot trading at Natwest Markets. In 2001, he moved to Morgan Stanley where he became co-head of FXEM EMEA. In 2010, he was instrumental in reopening the Morgan Stanley Istanbul office. He made the transition to the buy-side in 2013, joining Brevan Howard where he was partner and senior portfolio manager until 2016. He has most recently been at Nomura before joining HSBC in April 2019.

Farzad has been trading with FX related products for over a decade. He completed his studies at Maastricht University whilst working as Junior Finance Lecturer with focus on financial markets. Prior to joining HSBC, he worked for UBS and Commerzbank. Farzad covers a global client base including large institutional investors such as leading asset managers, banks, pensions and insurance companies.

Open Q&A session to follow presentation.

RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/HSBCinFI

**Rescheduled from 9/29**

Join Arian Nazar for an insightful session about credit and bonds!

Arian is a Vice President at Morgan Stanley, trading with credit and bond related products. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley in 2017, Arian has been part of the credit sales & trading team at J.P. Morgan in London. At Morgan Stanley, he is responsible for covering large institutional clients such as leading asset managers, banks and insurance companies. He completed his studies in Economics at the University of St. Gallen and is a CFA charterholder.

RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/MorganStanleyFI

The Social Entrepreneurship Initiative by the Harvard GSAS
Business Club is a platform to engage business as a vehicle
for social change. This year, we bring to you a year-long
thinkshop series titled The Journey of A Social Entrepreneur.
The thinkshop will cover the lifespan of a social
entrepreneur: from making the plunge to be a social
entrepreneur to choosing the right business model and
exploring the unique milestones and hurdles social
entrepreneurs are likely to face.

We strongly encourage you to sign up for our first two
sessions together. This is the right thinkshop for you if:
- you want to know more about social entrepreneurship
- you want to become a social entrepreneur
- you already are or have been a social entrepreneur
- you love learning about business and entrepreneurship

Sessions Announced:
- Session I: Do you have what it takes to be a social
entrepreneur? October 14, 5 PM EST
- Session II: Which business model suits your social
startup? Nov 3, 5 PM EST

Sign up here: https://forms.gle/UGjQ2p4APDRXmyoc9 and stay tuned for the rest of the sessions!