Month: August 2021

Conversations with City’s Alumni Mentors: Natalia Kolotneva (MSc Corporate Real Estate Finance and Strategy, 2007)

Natalia Kolotneva is currently working at LaSalle Investment Management as Head of Alternatives and Residential, having graduated with an MSc in Corporate Real Estate Finance and Strategy in 2007. Natalia has a history in professional mentoring and joined the Alumni Mentoring scheme in September last year, she hasn’t looked back since! We spoke to Natalia…Continue Reading Conversations with City’s Alumni Mentors: Natalia Kolotneva (MSc Corporate Real Estate Finance and Strategy, 2007)

In Conversation with City’s Alumni Mentors: Egla Aitkens (BSc Nursing, 2008 & MSc Health Management, 2012)

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Two-time alumna Egla Aitkens (BSc Nursing, 2008 & MSc Health Management, 2012) has been a qualified nurse since 1986. She joined the mentoring scheme in 2015 and has volunteered as a mentor every year since, never looking back. Her commitment has won her the appreciation of the students she has helped, which is reflected in…Continue Reading In Conversation with City’s Alumni Mentors: Egla Aitkens (BSc Nursing, 2008 & MSc Health Management, 2012)

In Conversation with City’s Alumni Mentors: Mentoring Excellence Award Winner 2021, Milad Lakani (MEng Mechanical Engineering, 2009)

Since graduating from City, University of London in 2009, Milad Lakani has worked in a variety of roles across the engineering sector. Having kept in close contact with his alma mater, in 2016 Milad was invited to take part in the University’s mentoring scheme. Milad has continued with the scheme ever since, providing vital insights…Continue Reading In Conversation with City’s Alumni Mentors: Mentoring Excellence Award Winner 2021, Milad Lakani (MEng Mechanical Engineering, 2009)

Let That Be A Lesson – What a former teacher learnt

Ryan Wilson (Broadcast Journalism, 2017) spent a decade working as a teacher, his childhood dream job. In 2016, he decided to pursue another life-long passion but also wanted to share his experiences of working in education. The result is his often humorous, but also reflective new memoir Let That Be a Lesson – A Teacher’s…Continue Reading Let That Be A Lesson – What a former teacher learnt

More than just CVs: Lessons from Trinnovo Group founder and chairperson Ashley Lawrence

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Ashley Lawrence (Executive MBA, 2018) is the founder and Chairperson of Trinnovo Group. Trinnovo Group is an international recruitment company, bringing together three market specialists and their own social enterprise. The Group’s mission is to build diversity, create inclusion and encourage workplace innovation, “as a recruitment agency, we’re not just sending CVs. It’s actually more…Continue Reading More than just CVs: Lessons from Trinnovo Group founder and chairperson Ashley Lawrence