Bringing you a roundup of all the top events, stories, and social media posts in 2017. We’ve been celebrating Cass’s 50th Anniversary, hosted and supported events in New York, Athens, Dubai, San Francisco, Shanghai, Doha, Luxembourg, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Beijing, and more. It’s been amazing to reconnect with so many of you and we hope you have enjoyed meeting each other too. We’re already planning for 2018 so we hope to see many more of you soon!
PLUS, if the festive season for you means Premier League Football, join our Fantasy League and compete against other alumni! The joining code is 1318396-573914.
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Alumni Events
50th Anniversary Year Closing Party
Hosted at the London Transport Museum, over 300 alumni plus staff and guests joined special guest Sir Stelios to party late into the night. The silent disco proved a particular highlight.
Muhtar Kent Masterclass
It’s been a great year for connecting with famous alumni, with Muhtar Kent, the Chairman and former CEO of The Coca-Cola Company coming back for a masterclass on diversity alongside his annaul prizegiving of the Defne and Muhtar Kent Prize in Entrepreneurship and the Coca-Cola Foundation scholars. Find the full video of this talk on Cass Community.
Cyber Security at KPMG
We’ve also had alumni invite us to their place of work! We visited KPMG with some Cass academics to team up with the KPMG experts for this interactive discussion on cyber security.
Cass Couples
It’s been a lovely year for Cass couples! Thanks to those who sent us in their photos – we’d love to have more. Share with us via cass-alumni@city.ac.uk or message on our social platforms.
Cass Academics in 2017
The wonderful academics at Cass never stop! Here’s some of what they have been up to this year:
My five year old daughter was fined £150 for selling lemonade on the corner of our street. MT in @Telegraph today https://t.co/uHFyxEEEBh
— André Spicer (@andre_spicer) July 20, 2017
Cass Experts @andre_spicer @fleuraB Davide Ravasi & @giudicialex talk about the Uber ban in London: https://t.co/uGjhMBjxbN pic.twitter.com/J5jCuzNl18
— Business School (formerly Cass) Alumni (@cass_alumni) October 4, 2017
Great Rankings Results
Cass has been celebrating plenty of success in the rankings this year!
Giving Back in 2017
Cass alumni are launching and investing in businesses with a social angle, and City is joining in too.
Come along to City's Social Enterprise Festival 17th – 24th Feb – loads of sessions & exciting things happening: https://t.co/eRGAWuExFg pic.twitter.com/m5aQNI9m2V
— Business School (formerly Cass) Alumni (@cass_alumni) February 16, 2017
Björn Stjernquist (MSc Finance 2012) has made it easier and more rewarding to give back with @CapitalSmilesCF: https://t.co/rMz1ApDxeY pic.twitter.com/u2AryvMLqY
— Business School (formerly Cass) Alumni (@cass_alumni) May 31, 2017
Alumni Entrepreneurs
We have caught up with more alumni entrepreneurs in 2017 than ever before, and you can read all the interviews on our website. Highlights include:
We spoke to Cass alumna & @VestPod founder Emilie Bellet about surviving the crash & the importance of money talk: https://t.co/QbPm2xeRwX https://t.co/XmvjV4FF48
— Business School (formerly Cass) Alumni (@cass_alumni) July 5, 2017
We met up with the 4 #MBA alumni behind @CiderRevenant to chat about @cassbusiness, juggling the day job & more: https://t.co/dPQ1SOCJYM pic.twitter.com/RsoxJ0qhgS
— Business School (formerly Cass) Alumni (@cass_alumni) August 29, 2017
Enjoy #coworking in amazing places @hausspaces by Kaniyet Rayev (BSc Management 2016), who spills the beans here: https://t.co/NAfEOp1WLU pic.twitter.com/jRzKAyvK0k
— Business School (formerly Cass) Alumni (@cass_alumni) June 29, 2017
Meet the 3 MBA alumni behind @ElementalBrew. We talk juggling a new business, hauling grain sacks and much more: https://t.co/jpIDXZCd99 pic.twitter.com/sakQ5FrF5M
— Business School (formerly Cass) Alumni (@cass_alumni) February 23, 2017
Celebrating Success
Congratulations to all our alumni who have achieved their goals in 2017!
Congratulations Leon Crutchley (EMBA 2008) on the fantastic performance of @eight_tv on @planetoftheapps Discover: https://t.co/rEr6aa6qvO pic.twitter.com/gQpVfTMkWT
— Business School (formerly Cass) Alumni (@cass_alumni) August 21, 2017
We won a #THELMAs 2017 award for Alumni Engagement – thank you to all the professional mentors, and @BillBailey for hosting the evening 🥂🍾 pic.twitter.com/wYUsMU7slt
— Business School (formerly Cass) Alumni (@cass_alumni) June 23, 2017
Many congratulations Marisa Ambersley (Exec MBA, 2015) one of 2017s Top 30 Ethnic Minority Future Leaders @EMpoweriB https://t.co/gG3POsU9Vr pic.twitter.com/agZVvhfCCI
— Business School (formerly Cass) Alumni (@cass_alumni) May 26, 2017
From all of us at the Cass Alumni Relations Team we wish you a very Merry Christmas and every success in 2018.