Category: Bayes Business School Alumni Stories

Bayes Alumni Forum 2025 – ‘Navigating the Unknown: Re-thinking Business in a Transforming World’

The Bayes Alumni Forum

The Bayes Alumni Forum is an annual event which aims to bring together the alumni community in London and beyond for a day of insightful talks, discussions and the opportunity to hear from world-leading speakers from the Business School and beyond. We are excited to announce that the theme for this year’s Bayes Alumni Forum…Continue Reading Bayes Alumni Forum 2025 – ‘Navigating the Unknown: Re-thinking Business in a Transforming World’

Folorunsho Olubiyi (Executive MBA Dubai, 2022) – The Roots of Success

Folly Olubiyi

Currently Finance Director at AECOM in Dubai, Folly (as he likes to be known) has been on a more-than-challenging journey via Nigeria and the UK to reach his current position as a highly successful professional and active member of the Bayes Alumni network. He recounts the lessons he has learned along the way and why…Continue Reading Folorunsho Olubiyi (Executive MBA Dubai, 2022) – The Roots of Success

Marta Kalas (MBA International Business & Export, 1992) – When a Change is as Good as a Rest

When a career covers such diverse sectors as energy, supply chain and logistics, optometry, healthcare and professional training and certification, there’s a lesson in change management to be learned. Marta Kalas tells her wide-ranging story. What brought you to Bayes in the first place? I arrived in England from my native Hungary in 1990 to…Continue Reading Marta Kalas (MBA International Business & Export, 1992) – When a Change is as Good as a Rest

Sonya Barlow (BSc Business Studies, 2015) – the Art of Going Solo

Sonya Barlow

A keynote speaker at the September 2024 edition of Bayes Alumni Connect exploring  ‘Unlocking Your Personal Brand’, Sonya has forged a career as a neurodivergent award-winning tech entrepreneur, broadcaster and journalist. She recounts the learning curve she faced in successfully building her own business. What drives you to get involved in Bayes alumni events? I…Continue Reading Sonya Barlow (BSc Business Studies, 2015) – the Art of Going Solo

International Women’s Day 2025: Celebrating strong voices

At City St George’s, we get to celebrate our alumni throughout the year, and this International Women’s Day, we’re highlighting some of the many amazing women we have spoken to in the past twelve months. Whether recently graduated or firmly established in their career, these women are achieving great things within their own sectors. Rochelle…Continue Reading International Women’s Day 2025: Celebrating strong voices

International Women’s Day 2025 – Celebrating Bayes Alumnae

International Women's Day 2025 - Bayes Alumnae

This International Women’s Day, let’s remind ourselves of the pioneering Bayes alumnae to have featured on the Bayes Alumni Blog over the past 12 months. Bayes Alumni Award winners: Caroline Mitterdorfer (BSc Hons Business Studies, 2013), Patience Mukeli Muvea (MSc in Actuarial Management, 2013) and Salma Seetaroo (Executive MBA, 2011) Oscar-nominated and BAFTA award-winning Palestinian…Continue Reading International Women’s Day 2025 – Celebrating Bayes Alumnae

Reconnecting with Alumni Around the World at Alumni Receptions in Athens, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore

An impactful trio of flagship Alumni Receptions kicked off on 14 November at the Stelios Foundation Conference Hall, Athens for a reception kindly supported by the Stelios Philanthropic Foundation. Bayes and City St George’s alumni gathered for an evening of networking and insightful discussion. The event began with a welcome from George Politis (MSc Shipping,…Continue Reading Reconnecting with Alumni Around the World at Alumni Receptions in Athens, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore

The Bayes Alumni Awards – Celebrating Positive Impact

Three of the seven Bayes Alumni Award winners 2024

In the Spring of 2024, the inaugural Bayes Alumni Awards were launched comprising seven categories and open to the Business School’s entire alumni network. The aim? To give due recognition and coverage of the many tangible contributions made by alumni to business, society, the School community and the lives of others. An initial pool of…Continue Reading The Bayes Alumni Awards – Celebrating Positive Impact

The Teacher – An exploration beyond nationalistic or ideological labels

“This is a film about parental love, the pursuit of justice and the inevitability of resistance when no other path to freedom, dignity and justice exists,” says Farah Nabulsi (BSc Investment and Insurance, 1996), the Oscar-nominated and BAFTA award-winning Palestinian British filmmaker who has made her directorial fiction feature-length film debut with The Teacher. Farah…Continue Reading The Teacher – An exploration beyond nationalistic or ideological labels

The Actuarial Glass Ceiling – Breaking on Through to the Other Side

Dr Simone Krummaker, Kalpana Shah (BSc Actuarial Science, 1990) and Kartina Tahir Thomson (BSc Actuarial Science, 1998) at the Bayes Alumni Forum.

As part of the inaugural Bayes Alumni Forum held on 8 June, Dr Simone Krummaker (Associate Dean MSc Programmes and Associate Professor in Insurance, Bayes Business School) ran a breakout session featuring the career paths of two distinguished Bayes alumnae. Kartina Tahir Thomson (BSc Actuarial Science, 1998) and Kalpana Shah (BSc Actuarial Science, 1990) shed…Continue Reading The Actuarial Glass Ceiling – Breaking on Through to the Other Side