The year I spent in Montreal is one of the defining periods of my life
What students sayThe knowledge and experience gained during my time studying at WBS have been of immense value in developing my career.
Currently I am working with the BBC where I am responsible for driving change within the Finance department.
The WBS reputation and brand have helped me to arrive at this stage of my career feeling extremely happy with my achievements.
My WBS background opened up opportunities to me that may not have otherwise been available.
After graduating, I joined Arthur Andersen as a technology risk consultant where I used a number of things learnt at WBS to help me progress there.
After four and a half years, I focused on moving to the global management consultancy Accenture.
I consulted a number of recruitment consultancies to help me achieve this ambition.
All of them commented on the value of having a WBS education as part of my background.
I spent two and a half years with Accenture on a very steep learning curve.
My experiences at WBS of managing my time and performing under pressure helped me to become a top performer within my unit.
From a personal perspective, the year I spent in Montreal as part of my course is one of the defining periods in the development of my life.
I learnt so much about myself, about living in a foreign country, and about a multitude of cultures that I experienced through my friendship circle whilst I was there.
The friendships I started whilst in Montreal had such strong foundations through this shared experience that I am still in close contact with eight of the people I met there,
all from around Europe and Canada.
I am looking forward to catching up with them at my wedding in April 2009!
Continuous Improvement Manager for Finance, BBC