CUHK MBA Student receives top honour in the prestigious Graduate Business Forum Leadership Awards

 

CUHK Business School MBA student Rohit Gupta received top honours and was runner up in the prestigious Graduate Business Forum (GBF) Leadership Awards 2016. The awards were presented at the Graduate Business Conference of the Graduate Business Forum hosted by the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

The GBF Leadership Awards honour student leader achievement across the top business schools around the world. Over 100 elected student government leaders and alumni drawn from the top 50 global business schools and MBA programs around the world and distinguished leaders in business and academics met at the University of St. Gallen campus in April to share the best practices on student government, global views on responsible leadership and learn from global business, industry leaders and each other.

Rohit Gupta was recognised for his outstanding leadership in creating a co-learning environment and helping students to build a strong professional network in the Hong Kong community. Using the Peer-to-Peer (P2P) model, Rohit managed to gain the support of students, alumni and professors to participate in this initiative and look for mentors who are willing to share their knowledge and experience. So far the initiative has been a great success with sessions devoted to Finance, Consulting and Marketing, helping students to explore different industries and expand their network. Rohit is looking to expand this idea and adapt it for the Hong Kong unemployed youth in collaboration with the HK International Finance Center.

Vaibhav Agarwal and Jason Burchard from the London School of Economics and Political Science were presented the GBF Student Leadership Award. Abby Schwartz from the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business received the GBF Responsible Leadership Award.

The GBF awards were presented by Jim Deveau, GBF Founder, Wieteke Dupain, GBF CEO, and Prof. Dr. Kuno Schedler, Vice President Research & Faculty at the University of St. Gallen.

About the GBF Leadership Awards
Every year the GBF selects two exceptional student leaders or teams to win the global Student Leadership Award and Responsible Leadership Award. The winners are role models for student leadership and responsible leadership at the global level and have succeeded in making a significant impact within the graduate business community or society.

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