Tomas Kucera changed careers and relocated from the US to China with an MBA at HKUST Business School in Hong Kong. He tells us why more people should do the same. 

Pre-MBA: Business Analyst, The World Bank Group (US) 
Post-MBA: Senior Consultant, 7Marketers (China) 
Current: Senior Branding and Business Development Manager, Shanghai Foreign Service Group (China) 
 

Yoshifumi Morita, Class of 2017 
Pre-MBA: Associate, Mizuho 
Current: Senior Associate, PwC Advisory LLC 


 

1. Why did you decide to do an MBA and how has the experience transformed you?

Sam Dash, Executive Assistant to the Group CEO at animal healthcare company Bimeda, was keen to change careers after spending seven years working in corporate finance, covering mergers and acquisitions. 

Samuel Dash, Class of 2016 
Full-time MBA 
Europe 

Sam Dash, Executive Assistant to the Group CEO at animal healthcare company Bimeda, was keen to change careers after spending seven years working in corporate finance, covering mergers and acquisitions. 

Gautam Khattak, Class of 2013 
Full-time MBA 
Asia 

The HKUST MBA curriculum is designed to help grads launch careers in tech. 34% of 2019’s MBA cohort entered tech companies like Apple, Google, and more 

Technology is overtaking banking and finance in Hong Kong as the most popular destination for MBA graduates from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Business School. Up to 34% of HKUST MBA graduates entered the sector in 2019. 

COVID-19 has hit the travel industry hard. HKUST Business School MBA, Aldric Chau, explains how top MBA talent can help the industry recover 

“We should get used to managing technology.” Takashi Kobayashi, our HKUST MBA graduate, also a sponsored nominee from a leading Japanese telecom shared how the MBA interlinks technology with different business sectors. Takashi has also recently expanded his career footprints from Japan to Singapore. 
Pre-MBA: Account Manager, NTT Communications (Japan) 
Post-MBA: Corporate Strategy and Planning, NTT Ltd. (Singapore) 

Takashi Kobayashi,Class of 2019 

 

The flexibility of the HKUST MBA program allowed Lin Yuan to extend his three-month MBA internship with BASF. He's now set to start a full-time role with the firm. 

Lin Yuan was able to extend his MBA internship with BASF before landing a full-time job with the firm in 2021 

‘Be like water, my friend.’ Lin Yuan says the Bruce Lee quote has guided him throughout his career. Be flexible; adapt to your surroundings; be prepared for change—those are the biggest learnings Lin says he got from his MBA at HKUST Business School. 

BCG consultant Stephanie van den Boogaard is being sponsored by her company to study an MBA at HKUST. Here’s how business school is making her a better consultant. 

For many MBA graduates, management consulting is the ideal end-goal, with a career in consulting offering sky-high salaries and the opportunity to combine everything learned on an MBA to lead projects across an array of sectors and functions. But Stephanie van den Boogaard is already there. 

David Carreno Cerillo found his way to his dream city, Hong Kong, through an MBA, which also gave him the skills he needed to launch a global career.  

Meet Ni Joyce Zhang, an exceptional individual and one of the distinguished class representatives from our Full-time MBA program Intake 2023. Joyce’s journey began in the northeastern region of Mainland China, where her determination and drive laid the foundation for her remarkable career.