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Preparing experiencedsenior managers or

global leadership positions.

www.london.edu/sloan/

Preparing experiencedsenior managers or

global leadership positions.

Sloan Masters inLeadership and Strategy12 months, ull-time


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In the leaders o pioneering companies,there is a subtle balance between the

hard o clearly articulated business

goals and the sot o strong relationship

ties based on trust and respect.

Lynda Gratton

Proessor o Management Practice, London Business School


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ContentsLeadership that works 5

The London Business School Sloan experience 6

Experience matters 8

A curriculum or leaders 10

Core courses 12

A week in the lie o a Sloan Fellow 14

Electives 17

International Assignment 18

Management Report 21

Business skills or leaders 22

Career impact 25

Where are they now? 26

Academic excellence 28

The social side o Sloan 29

Moving to London 30

Your next steps 32

Benets or sponsoring organisations 34The London Business School programme portolio 35


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Since graduation in July 2000, my career has accelerated

beyond any o my initial expectations. Within ve years, I went

rom a marketing position to a CEO position.

I believe that the Sloan programme is an incredible catalyst;

rstly in terms o building sel-condence and the trust in your

own abilities, and secondly in the way others perceive you. Being

a London Business School Sloan alumnus gave me credibility

with headhunters, clients and the market. The programme

gives you the capacity to eel condent when approaching any

business issue in any company, regardless o whether you are a

specialist in that area or not.Jean-Christophe Bedos (French)

Sloan Fellow 2000

Current role: President and CEO, Birks & Mayors

Pre-Sloan role: Marketing and Purchase Director, Cartier France


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Focusing on strategy, leadership and change, and globalisation, the London

Business School Sloan programme delivers the latest insights in business

practice and research. Taught over 12 months with fexible options, Sloan is

specically designed or experienced, high-calibre managers and leads to a

Master o Science (MSc) in Leadership and Strategy.

The Sloan programme enhances your leadership abilities, sharpens your

strategic thinking and enables you to lead change in an organisation.

The programme builds on your proven managerial talent and signicant

experience, and helps you to rene your leadership style so that you can create

real value or your organisation.

Your career has seen you pursue initiatives and lead teams, and you have

enjoyed successes and learnt rom setbacks. It is this path that has made youthe senior executive or thriving entrepreneur that you are today. It is your ability

to develop and grow that will allow you to compete and win in the uture.

The programme challenges todays senior managers and entrepreneurs to

raise their game, conront the gaps in their knowledge and rene their skill

set to become the eective global leaders o tomorrow. It brings together an

experienced peer group o successul executives and proessionals with a

diverse range o nationalities and industry and unctional backgrounds, all

ready to share their experiences in a rich, collaborative learning environment.

The result is the knowledge, enhanced skills and networks to make a

signicant impact on your career as a leader. As a graduate o the London

Business School Sloan programme, you will have the renewed ocus and

condence to achieve your leadership ambitions.

Leadership that works



A world-class degree or senior executives oered by a top-ranked global business school

is an exceptional opportunity. The London Business School Sloan programme oers this

and so much more.

The London Business School

Sloan experience

Inspiration

Be inspired by some o the worlds most infuential and powerul people

in business and politics through a range o guest speakers, networking

events and Career Services sessions. Benet rom the extensive global

network o contacts, riends and uture colleagues rom the Schools

alumni database. Each member o the School community is potentially a

powerul source o new ideas and opportunities.

Global networks

The London Business School Sloan programme expands your global

networks through the varied curriculum, an international assignment,

diverse class and wider School community. Sloan alumni live and work

all around the world, maintaining the networks and riendships they

developed on campus or the rest o their careers.

World-class aculty

London Business Schools world-class aculty are ully engaged with

business. They consult with major institutions, corporations and

government agencies. Faculty insights eed directly into the curriculum,

connecting cutting-edge research with real-lie experience to deliver a

powerul learning experience.

Flexibility

You complete the majority o your core classes in our months, enabling

you to choose the speed at which you complete your degree*. Your

choices rom the extensive elective portolio enable you to ocus on

specic subject areas in depth, or to explore new areas, shaping the

programme to meet your personal and proessional objectives.

*Subject to visa regulations



A wealth o shared experience

Sloan Fellows are diverse, successul and highly engaged. They

each bring an average o 16 years o managerial experience to the

classroom rom a variety o industries, and come rom more than 21

dierent countries. Studying alongside executives, proessionals and

entrepreneurs with an unrivalled mix o seniority and diversity is an

invigorating and inspiring learning experience. The immersion ormat

means that, as a group, you build lasting bonds.

Tailored curriculum

Core courses are tailored specically to experienced senior managers

making the transition into senior leadership positions. Teaching is

unied by three key themes that are essential to career impact: strategy,

leadership and change, and globalisation. The business skills portolio

maximises your personal and proessional eectiveness and ability to

lead change.

Space or reection

The Sloan programme gives you the opportunity to refect on your career

in a structured and disciplined way, and to take stock o your personal

leadership aspirations and capabilities. You leave the programme

equipped to take on challenging leadership positions across a broad

range o industries.

An established programme

London Business School has oered the Sloan programme since it was

launched by Proessor Charles Handy in 1968. In this time more than

1,800 Sloan Fellows have gone on to thriving leadership careers across

the world. Sloan is oered at only two other institutions worldwide MIT

and Stanord making London Business School the only school to oer

the Sloan programme in Europe.



The London Business School Sloan programme is or successul senior managers,

proessionals and entrepreneurs who are driven to continue to learn and grow, becoming

truly eective leaders.

Experience matters

Inspiring individuals

Sloan Fellows are highly regarded, ocused individuals with impressive

careers. They come rom all around the world and rom a wide variety

o industries and unctional backgrounds. They have signicant

managerial experience, including decision making at strategic levels.

Many have studied an MBA or other post-graduate degree earlier in their

careers.

Immediate impact and lielong rewards

Sloan Fellows come to reresh and expand their networks. You

benet rom a richness o viewpoints and external perspectives. The

powerul mix o diversity and calibre in the Sloan class creates a

learning environment that is inused with talent and experience. Class

discussions are intense and challenging, and are an abundant source o

insights, ideas and inspiration.

The learning experience means you build bonds with your ellow

students that translate into a powerul global network as alumni. As

a leader in a globalised world, an international network o driven and

successul Sloan Fellows is a valuable asset.

Typical class profle*

These gures represent a three-year average:

*Please note that admissions decisions are taken in accordance with best equal opportunities practice.

Nationality by region

Job unction

Industry sector

Women

Average years o management experience

Total countries represented

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South Asia 23%

Europe (excludingUK) 22%

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Africa / Middle East 3%

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The biggest strength o the Sloan programme is

the experience and diversity o the class. This,

combined with some excellent aculty, results in a

uniquely powerul learning experience. Whatever

the topic, there was always at least one person in

the room who could apply the discussion to theirown eld and experience.

Tom Schalenbourg (Belgian)

Sloan Fellow 2010

Current role: Sustainable Development Director, Toyota Material Handling Europe

Pre-Sloan role: Group Environmental and Non-Financial Reporting Manager, Imperial Tobacco



Develop a strategic mindset

Sloan develops your ability to make inormed judgements, the sel-belie

to take a stand on matters that are important to you, and the condence

to take responsibility or your decisions. You will enhance your ability

to create a vision o the uture, and master the communication skills to

inspire and infuence others to make that journey with you.

Sloan ocuses on the knowledge and skills necessary to make the

transition into board-level positions. The programme draws together a

broad range o experiences and perspectives to give you a sophisticated

understanding o the issues aecting an organisation and its

stakeholders at the macro-level.

You develop a solid basis or eective strategic decision making

by rening your knowledge in areas such as nance, strategy and

marketing through the curriculum and through sharing experiences aspart o a diverse, multicultural classroom environment.

A customised experience

The curriculum has ve elements:

1 Core courses equipping you with the essential knowledge required

to move into board-level positions.

2 Electives allowing you to shape the programme to meet

your individual interests and objectives.

3 International assignment taking you out o the classroom

to apply theories in the real world and enhance your global

perspectives.*

4 Management report ocusing on an issue o real and long-termimportance to you (optional).

5 Portolio o business skills or leaders oering you a customised

programme o skills development to maximise your personal and

proessional eectiveness across a range o capabilities necessary or

successul leadership.

Personalised learning journey

You choose your own path through the programme.

There are three potential routes through the programme; immersive,

accelerated and ast-track. These allow you to select the speed at which

you complete Sloan, as illustrated by the diagram opposite.

Whether you choose an intense injection o learning or a years

immersion, the London Business School experience oers you the

knowledge, networks and personal development you need to urther

your leadership career.

Essential knowledge

Sloan core course teaching is unied by three broad themes that

are essential to eective leadership today:

1 Strategy chart the uture direction o your organisation and

implement your chosen strategy.

2 Leadership and change work as an eective leader and infuence

others to help you achieve your goals.

3 Globalisation analyse and make sense o the major changes

underway in the business environment and benet rom global

business opportunities.

Tailored learning

The wide elective portolio allows you to ocus on specic subject areas

in depth, or experiment in areas o new and dierent thinking. The

portolio is continually updated to refect current developments in all

areas o management thinking. Some electives are available in a choice

o ormats, including evening sessions and block weeks.

Business skills or leaders

During the programme you make tailored choices rom the portolio o

key leadership and career development skills workshops. Your choice

o workshops and other skills development activities will be inormed

by competency-based assessments and one-to-one discussions with

trained coaches.

Study group

Throughout the Sloan programme you work in study groups to complete

assignments. This creates a highly enriched learning experience and

reinorces your ability to build winning teams.

Teaching and assessment

The majority o teaching takes the orm o structured lectures,

acilitated by a aculty member and driven by class discussions and

case study analysis. Assessment is continuous. The method varies by

course and includes:

n individual projects/essays/reports

n examinations

n class participation

n group assignments/reports

n class presentations.

The London Business School Sloan programme gives you the credentials and condence

to take bold career steps and to lead organisations successully through growth and

change.

A curriculum or leaders

*Subject to visa conditions



Visit the website or a detailed programme schedule: www.london.edu/sloan/timetable/

Immersive route Accelerated route Fast-track route

Term 1Jan - Apr

Term 2Apr - Jul

Term 3Sept - Dec

Core coursesEquipping you with the essential

knowledge needed to take your

leadership career orward.

8 core courses

Core + ElectivesBalance your workload; spread 5-8electives evenly over terms 2 and 3.

+ 2 core courses

ElectivesComplete electives at your own pace.

Use extra time to:

engage in School activities

refect on experience

start job hunt

complete Management Report

(optional).

ElectivesComplete nal electives.

Block electives allow you to ocus on

your career and return to work early.

Management Report (optional).

Core + ElectivesAccelerate the programme throughmore intensive study.

3-5 elective courses

+ 2 core courses

Core + ElectivesComplete the programme early byocusing your electives in term 2.

5-8 elective courses

+ 2 core courses




8 core courses




8 core courses

August break:Entrepreneurship Summer School elective

Capstone event:Celebrate the end o the Sloan programme with an opportunity to refect on what you have learned both inside and outside the classroom.

Capstone brings the whole class back together or a series o key events eaturing headline speakers and alumni panels.

July:International Assignment to Shanghai (required)

Programme completeReturn to work early or kick start

new projects.

Management Report (optional).



Strategic perspective

Sloan core courses deliver strategic perspective and explore how this

knowledge can be harnessed to improve organisational perormance. As

you progress through the core courses, you develop a new mindset and

a series o tools and techniques that allow you to build winning teams,

make better business decisions and develop robust strategies. You

increase your ability to adjust as the world changes around you and to

develop with the needs o your organisation.

The ollowing is an introduction to the core courses:

Corporate Governance

Refect on your uture as a senior executive, board member, owner or

stakeholder in the changing landscape o corporate governance.

Corporate Finance

From the viewpoint o a senior manager, this course looks at capital

allocation, external nancing, risk in the corporation and in nancial

markets, leverage, strategic options, company valuation, corporate

governance, and executive compensation.

Global Business Environment

Macroeconomic actors exert a signicant impact on the business

environment whether it is sudden events like the subprime

mortgage crisis, or long-term changes brought about by globalisation,

new technologies and the launch o the European single currency.

Understand the changes caused by these developments, their

implications or dierent sectors, and the likely response ogovernments to these orces.

Executive Leadership

Understand the knowledge, skills and attributes required or eective

leadership, and maximise your personal impact through enhanced

insight and skill. Obtain individual eedback using assessment

instruments and work one-to-one with an experienced coach to

develop a personal action plan.

Management Accounting or Perormance Measurement

Use better measurement to improve your decision making and drive

perormance. Examine organisational perormance measures, such

as cost control and economic prot, and explore the dierent ways o

setting useul perormance targets.

Managing People and Organisations

Understand and acquire the critical leadership skills to build and sustain

competitive advantage through people. This course ocuses on achieving

your strategic goals by leveraging the intellectual capital and unique

abilities o your workorce.

Marketing

Marketing is the process by which a rm creates value or its customers

and captures a share o that value or itsel. Since customers are the

principal driver o revenue, a marketing perspective is essential or

determining the strategy o the rm, and is thereore a leadership

responsibility as well as a unctional specialisation.

Strategy

Drawing on insights rom the other core courses, this course examines

what makes or good strategy and how you ormulate it. Examine how

to position a rm eectively against market orces and shape these to

your advantage; how to build the resources and capabilities essential to

maintaining and strengthening market position; and how to link strategy

to action at the level o day-to-day activities.

Understanding Top Management

As a top manager, how can you bring your infuence to bear on the

world within and beyond your organisation? How can you do so in a

way that gives ull expression to what you stand or personally and

proessionally?

Biography

This unique and innovative course helps you to think constructively

about your career and lie transitions, and gain control over your uture

career as a leader. You look outward, at the lives o leaders and notable

historical gures, and inward at your past choices and uture trajectories.

The aim is to reinorce your ability to creatively adapt to change through

insights into yoursel, others, and the contexts around you.

As a senior leader tackling organisational challenges, you need a set o skills that will

enable you to eectively lead change and set strategic direction to drive the perormance

o your organisation.

Core courses



The Sloan programme was a once in a lietime experience.

The chance to spend a year ocused solidly on my own

personal and career development helped me to ne-tune my

sel-understanding, skills and aspirations in a way that might

otherwise have taken years. Along the way, I gained a superb

global network o riends and contacts and was exposed to

some o the brightest business ideas and thinkers.Radhika U Chadwick (British/Singaporean)

Sloan Fellow 2005

Current role: Director, PwC

Pre-Sloan role: Strategist, EDS



Lectures Skills sessions Social and student club events Lunch

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Understanding

Top

Management

Corporate

Finance

Student

club and

society

events

Key skills

workshop:

Inuencing

and

Persuading

Studentclub and

society

events

Corporate

FinanceStrategy

Career Services

workshop:

Networking

or Success

Managing

People and

Organisations

Marketing

Sundowners,

a weekly

School-widesocial event

Cross-

programme

networkingevent

Sloan core classes are concentrated between Tuesday and Thursday to give your schedule

fexibility. You also need to set aside time or skills sessions, private study, study group

meetings, careers events, guest speakers and club events.

A week in the lie o a Sloan Fellow in Term 1

A typical weekly timetable showing the core courses in term one:

Session 1

Session 2

Session 3

Session 4



My approach to leadership and teamwork was

changed by my learning at London Business

School. The rst week we spent on leadership

issues was a real eye-opener and provided

valuable insights on group/organisational

dynamics, but more importantly it gave me

insight into my own strengths and weaknesses.

As I am conronted by leadership and strategy

issues, I reer back to the tools provided in the

core courses as a rm starting point.

Dan Harasemchuk (Canadian)

Sloan Fellow 2010

Current role: General Counsel, ETX CapitalPre-Sloan role: General Counsel, Baikal



The electives were a real highlight o

the Sloan programme. The extensive

range and breadth o elective choices

allowed me to choose subjects that I

had little direct experience in, but had

always wanted to learn more about.

The rst-class teaching, the interactive

class sessions and the excellent

external speakers made the classes

interesting and highly enjoyable.Neeta Patel (British)

Sloan Fellow 2009

Current role: CEO, New Entrepreneurs Foundation

Pre-Sloan role: Director, Online Services, British Council



Exceptional choice

You select between ve and eight electives rom London Business

Schools portolio o more than 70 elective courses. You may choose to

deepen your knowledge in areas you are already amiliar with, or acquire

skills and understanding in new areas.

The choice o electives is updated annually to refect developments in

management thinking and to meet changing demand.

Some o the most popular electives taken by Sloan Fellows are:

Accounting

n Financial Analysis o Mergers,

Acquisitions and Other ComplexCorporate Restructurings

n Venture Capital and Private Equity

Finance

n Advanced Corporate Finance

n Credit Riskn Equity Investment Management

n Financial Engineering and Risk

Management

n Fixed Income Securities

n Hedge Funds

n Mergers, Management Buyouts and

Other Corporate Reorganisations

n Options and Futures

n Project Finance

n Topics in Asset Management

Management Science and Operations

n Computer-Based Financial Modelling

n Strategic Modelling and Business

Dynamics

n Strategy Dynamics

Marketing

n Analysis or Marketing Planning and

Decision Makingn Brand Management

n Internet Marketing

Organisational Behaviour

n The Global Business Leader

n Leading Teams and Organisations

n Managing Change

n Negotiation and Bargaining

Strategic and International Management

n Corporate Strategy

n Managing Corporate Turnarounds

n Strategic Innovation

Customise your Sloan experience through your choice o electives. Accelerate your

completion o the programme or extend your immersive learning experience across

the year.

Electives

Economics

n Emerging Markets

n Thinking Strategically

n World Economy: Problems and

Prospects

Entrepreneurship

n Financing the Entrepreneurial Business

n Managing the Growing Business

n New Creative Ventures

n New Technology Ventures

n New Venture Development

Electives

You start to take electives rom the end o the rst term. You are able to

shape your elective timetable to either continue intensive learning or, iyou wish, to integrate your electives with your return to the workplace.*

Electives constitute between 25 and 30 hours o teaching time, and are

oered in one or more o the ollowing three ormats:

n weekly sessions three-hour classes once a week or 10 weeks in

day or evening time slotsn modular sessions ull days o classes on Fridays and Saturdays o

alternate weeks or 10 weeks

n block sessions ull days o classes on Monday to Friday o one week.

Broaden your network

Electives are oered School-wide, providing the opportunity to widen

your network as you work alongside students rom the MBA, Executive

MBA, EMBA-Global and Masters in Finance programmes.

*Subject to visa conditions



Global business insights

The week-long International Assignment ocuses on the impact o

economic events on the business environment, the changes brought

about by these developments, the repercussions or di erent sectors,

and the potential responses or rms and governments.

Recent years have seen the Sloan class visit Shanghai.* The growth o

China is clearly reshaping the world economy with important implications

not just or global business, but also or individuals and rms. Through

lectures, company visits and debates, you begin to develop your own

view on growth prospects or this region, and how these trends will aect

your career path going orward.

Working in small teams, you visit dierent companies, both national

and multinational, explore the concerns o local business leaders, and

are brieed by government representatives and resident academics. Some

o the worlds leading players have welcomed Sloan Fellows to join

them or in-depth company visits to discuss the key issues acing their

organisations and country. Previous companies visited have included:

Maersk, Cadbury, Coca Cola, HSBC, J.P. Morgan, Shanghai Stock

Exchange and Standard Chartered Bank.

Accommodation, transers and some subsistence is included in the

tuition ees.

*It is each Sloan Fellows responsibility to organise their own visa. Should you be unable to obtain a

visa or China you will be oered the opportunity to attend an alternative International Assignment.

Explore the themes o development and globalisation rst-hand in a dynamic economic

environment, and consider their implications or yoursel, your organisation and the

world economy.

International Assignment

Without strong leadership,

an established company is

unlikely to innovate.

Costas Markides

Robert P Bauman Chair in Strategic Leadership; Proessor o

Strategic and International Management, London Business School



I discovered the true power o London

Business Schools global network

on the international assignment to

Shanghai. Our task was to establish

various business meetings. With no

prior Chinese contacts, I was able to

lock in multiple business meetings

with senior executives in global

companies simply by tapping into the

London Business School network.Oana Neumayer (Romanian)

Sloan Fellow 2010

Current role: Managing Director, EMEA & APAC, Syncapse

Pre-Sloan role: Client Partner, Tullo Marshall and Warren



During my time at the School I came to the realisation

that I wanted to work in sport, and more specically,

as part o the Olympic movement. The bid or London

2012 was in ull swing during my degree and I

managed to secure my management report with thebid team. It was the perect way to get to know the

people and the industry, and post-graduation I went to

work or LOCOG (the London Organising Committee o

the Olympic and Paralympic Games).

Malgorzata Grzyb(British)

Sloan Fellow 2005

Current role: Director o Business Development, The British Olympic Association

Pre-Sloan role: Media Director, Initiative Media Warsaw



The Management Report enables you to integrate what you have learnt

on the Sloan programme and apply it to an issue concerning anorganisation or industry.

Guided by a aculty member, the Management Report is a substantial

piece o work that requires you to integrate theory and practice, as well as

eectively using the knowledge and tools introduced on the programme.

Signifcant payback

Many company-sponsored Sloan Fellows complete a project on a

problem concerning their own organisation, delivering signicant payback

and oten relating it to their uture role. Sloan Fellows have also used

the Management Report as a way o building expertise, reputation and

networks within a sector that they are looking to move into post-Sloan.

Past topics have included:

n the growth o social networking sites and the implications

or marketers

n a business plan or a new mobile telecoms company

n achieving prosperity in post-confict Chechnya

n knowledge transer in a multinational corporation

n identiying the key success actors or an FMCG product

launch in an emerging market

n a global competitiveness strategy or the Indian auto

component sector

n hostile takeovers and takeover deence in Japan

n nancial valuation o tax planning strategies

n the use o credit ratings by amily rms.

The optional Management Report challenges you to look strategically at, and develop

solutions to, issues conronting an organisation or industry o your choice.

Management Report



Enhance your leadership style

As you progress through the Sloan programme, you choose rom a

selection o key leadership and career development skills workshops.

Your choices will be driven by competency-based assessments and

one-to-one sessions with trained coaches.

The portolio o business skills or leaders may include*:

Personal Impact

Many leadership skills and competencies rely on personal impact,

whether it is in the boardroom or on a one-to-one basis. This session

improves your ability to work with and infuence others.

Perormance Management

Your ability to achieve your business objectives relies on eectiveperormance management o each individual member o the team.

Improve organisational success by motivating sta to improve their

perormance through constructive eedback.

Advanced Presentation Skills

Achieve the business objectives you dene or yoursel by using the

powerul vehicle o public speaking to infuence, inorm, engage,

motivate or persuade.

Inuencing and Persuading

Learn to navigate negotiations with condence, clarity and ease.

Develop vital insights into your personal style and how you can adapt it

to dicult situations.

Coaching or Leaders

Coaching others is a key capability o successul leaders. Develop a

core coaching toolkit, including the well-respected GROW approach.

Boardroom Experience

Visiting guest speakers and London Business School aculty oer

insights into what is required to operate successully at board level.

*Please note that the courses oered are subject to change.

Eective leadership requires a balance o experience, knowledge and sot skills. Choose

rom a portolio o business, personal impact and career skills workshops to maximise your

personal and proessional eectiveness.

Business skills or leaders

We think too much in terms o

the lone leader. It is a mattero building a winning team.

Nigel Nicholson

Proessor o Organisational Behaviour, London Business School



Without any ormal business training or commercial experience,

I enrolled on the Sloan programme to learn the language o the

business world. The most valuable takeaways are thesel-discovery process and the lielong riendships with ellow

Sloans established over the year. I have also made many useul

contacts in London (and in Hong Kong) through the Schools

networks.

The Sloan programme equipped me with the skills, and more

importantly the condence, to reinvent mysel and to lead a very

dierent liestyle.

Rachel Chan (British)

Sloan Fellow 2006

Current role: Founder and Chie Catalyst, InnoFoco

Pre-Sloan role: Director o International and Corporate Marketing, Hong Kong Trade Development Council



The Sloan programme was undoubtedly a powerul learning

experience or me. But the programme was not just about

getting a rst-class business education and developing my

skills and knowledge. As a ull-time course, it gave me the

opportunity to really review my career goals and consider

new challenges. Sloan gave me resh stimulation, ideas

and perspectives on strategy and leadership. All this, and a

unique network o ellow Sloans, was invaluable as I branched

out on my own as an entrepreneur ater the programme.Per Regnarsson (Danish)

Sloan Fellow 2006

Current role: CEO and Managing Partner, Clean World Capital

Pre-Sloan role: Assistant General Manager, Danske Bank



Career Services

Each Sloan Fellow is unique in terms o experience, background and

aspirations. Whether you are progressing into a more senior leadership

role within your existing organisation, or looking to make a career

move post-programme, the Schools dedicated Career Services team is

available to support you in making strategic career decisions and to help

lay the oundations or long-term career development.

Career Services provides a range o opportunities throughout the Sloan

programme. Our aim is that you leave London Business School with a

proound understanding o the behaviour, process, tools and inormation

required to progress your career.

A dedicated Career Coach will work with you to explore your specic

career circumstances, clariy your career goals and evaluate the career

opportunities that are open to you. This tailored assistance will help

you identiy the best ways to achieve your career goals as you progress

through the programme.

Skills or long-term career success

Career coaching is complemented by a rich programme o workshops,

lectures and small group sessions on career-related topics, designed to

improve your knowledge and career skills. These seek to ensure that you:

n have a deep understanding o what you want to achieve in your

career long-term

n are able to create an outstanding CV and cover letter

n have eective networking skills

n are condent in your interview skills

n develop a good knowledge o working with head-hunters

n are able to structure and conduct an independent job search

successully.

In addition to the sessions run by the Career Services team, you have

worldwide, online access 24 hours a day to job postings, plus recommended

reading or all aspects o career planning and career management.

Alumni Career Services

Ater you graduate rom London Business School, you benet rom the

Schools Alumni Career Services. Alumni Career Services is dedicatedto helping you regardless o your career stage, career circumstances

or geography whether you are actively looking or a job or you want to

keep in touch with the market.

Network or success

There are many sources o career opportunities on the London Business

School campus. Every member o the School community rom your

classmates and aculty, to alumni and infuential guest speakers is

a rich source o ideas and inspiration, contacts and potential career

opportunities. Throughout the Sloan year, a wide range o ormal and

inormal events connect you with this extensive portolio o contacts.

Sloan Career Report

81% o the Sloan class that completed the programme in December

2011, accepted oers within 6 months o graduation. O these:

n 37%accepted an oer with a new employer

n 24%returned to their pre-Sloan employer

n 10% started their own business

n 10%embarked on a new project.

Recent recruiters o Sloan Fellows include:

As an alumnus o the London Business School Sloan programme, you leave the School

with the vision, condence and skills to embrace leadership challenges and adapt to

changing conditions.

Career impact

n Alvarez & Marsal

n Bunzl

n Centrica

n Cisco

n Citigroup

n eBay

n Ernst & Young

n European Bank o

Reconstruction and

Development

n Ferrari

n Goldman Sachs

n Google

n Heinz

n Hess

n Johnson & Johnson

n Kingsher

n Microsot

n Moodys Investor Services

n NHS

n Royal Bank o Scotland

n Vodaone

n Wipro Technologies.



Where are they now?

Christopher Woolard (British)

Sloan Fellow 2005

Current role: Partner, Ocom

Pre-Sloan role: Director, Postal Services, Department o Trade

and Industry

The Sloan experience gave me the chance to consider whatleadership means to me and provided me with the skills and

knowledge to challenge the status quo and be decisive when

it matters.

Seven years on, I am still using many o the techniques rom Sloan

every day. Perhaps more importantly, as the public sector aces

major challenges in the UK, I eel I have a strong base o skills to

help lead my organisation through difcult times. Long-term, the

impact o Sloan or me can be summarised in one word confdence.

Kok Kong Chan(Malaysian)

Sloan Fellow 1997

Current role: Partner, Egon Zehnder International

Pre-Sloan role: Senior Manager, Global Corporate Finance, Arthur

Andersen

The Sloan programme was a lie-changing experience. It

broadened my perspectives and opened doors that I had not

previously imagined.

The content was relevant, my student peers were interesting, andwe all worked hard while having loads o un. It broadened my

knowledge across all acets o business management and opened

my eyes beyond a career that was previously deeply fnance ocused.

The course is still paying dividends. It connected me, and

continues to connect me, with a large number o highly capable

people who are successul in their own right. This is o at least as

much, i not greater, value as the content o the programme itsel.

Michael Azlen (Canadian)

Sloan Fellow 1994

Current role: Founder and CEO, Frontier Capital Management

Pre-Sloan role: Vice President, Equity Derivatives, CIBC World

Markets

The Sloan programme, and the entrepreneurial electives available

at London Business School, were the ideal combination or me.

The programme was the right choice and I eel I have received an

excellent return on my investment.

My most valuable experiences came rom learning rom other Sloans

in my class. You are in a class with a huge amount o experienceacross a wide range o cultures and industries. This experience and

diversity results in a dynamic learning environment and I would

estimate that I learned at least as much rom my classmates as rom

the material on the programme.

Paul Benson (Australian)

Sloan Fellow 2000

Current role: CEO and Managing Director, Troy Resources NL

Pre-Sloan role: General Manager, Renison Goldfelds

Although the Sloan programme requires a large investment o time

and money, I do believe the rewards oten cannot be achieved by

normal career progression. I have been able to get and succeed in

roles that I do not believe would have been oered to me had I not

completed the Sloan programme.

The most important single change I experienced has been the

confdence to talk about complex business problems at the most

senior levels within an organisation. I know early in my career

there were times when I kept a view or idea to mysel, particularly

in the ace o an aggressive colleague or super confdent

management consultant. Today, I have the skills and confdence to

put my point o view across.



Douglas Grieco (American)

Sloan Fellow 2004

Current role: Senior Director, Global Brand Design, W Hotels,

Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide

Pre-Sloan role: President and Founder, Take Branding and Design

Consultants

I am now leading the global expansion o a boutique hotel chain.

Sloan allowed me to move into this position and enabled me to lead

and manage within an international corporate context.

The programme helped me leverage my core strengths while flling

in my managerial gaps. It enabled me to translate my experience

in architectural design and as an entrepreneur into an approach

that has allowed me to successully develop a global brand.

Finance, marketing and strategy are all key to building a brand,

but none o it is possible without people, their belie in a vision,

and their belie in themselves. Sloan gives you the leadership

skills to turn a shared vision into reality.

The programme undoubtedly has a superb curriculum and great

aculty, but the most valuable takeaway or me was the interaction

with other Sloans, and the continued dialogue and network.

Barbara Domayne-Hayman (British)

Sloan Fellow 2000

Current role: CEO, Stabilitech

Pre-Sloan role: European Market Development Manager, Syngenta

I came to Sloan with a marketing background in agrochemicals,

having worked in a large organisation or more than 10 years. Ater

two entrepreneurship electives and meeting entrepreneurs in class,

as well as visiting venture capitalists, I decided to combine my

chemistry doctorate with my business experience and move into the

biotech sector.

Following two roles o increasing responsibility in other biotech

companies, I am now CEO o an early stage vaccines technology

company. I it had not been or my time at London Business School,

it would not have occurred to me to work in a small entrepreneurial

company, let alone run one! Sloan opened up a new world o

possibilities or me, and gave me the confdence to go or it. My

class also provided me with a group o wonderul riends all round

the world.

Seyi Ajibola (Nigerian)

Sloan Fellow 2007

Current role: General Manager, Nigeria Exile Resources

Pre-Sloan role: Manager, Business Development/Local Content,

Devon Energy

Beore applying to Sloan, I had been fnding it difcult to make

the step into senior management positions with either whole

asset or country responsibilities. I had the track record, dedication

and drive to step into the roles, but I also knew I needed some

leadership tools. Sloan ticked all the boxes or me. It delivered the

peer group, content and contacts that have allowed me to land my

current position with both asset and country responsibilities. I

fnished the Sloan programme much richer or the experience and

insights, and much more confdent in my own capabilities. I also

made some antastic riends along the way.



The latest business thinking

London Business School aculty are renowned academics and opinion

ormers in the business world who consult in organisations, advise

governments and routinely address high-level conerences and business

orums. And with more than 70% coming rom outside the UK,

London Business School aculty oer a truly international perspective.

Sloan aculty are some o our most experienced, combining excellent

academic credentials with extensive practical business experience.

To stay ahead with the latest business thinking, insight and analysis rom

our global aculty, visit: www.london.edu/bsr/

World-class research

Research is at the heart o London Business Schools excellence. The

Higher Education Funding Council or England (HEFCE) has consistentlyawarded the Schools research a top ranking in its Research Assessment

Exercise (RAE) since this was introduced in 1986.

These are some o London Business Schools research centres:

n Aditya Birla India Centre

n Centre or Corporate Governance

n Coller Institute o Private Equity

n Deloitte Institute o Innovation and Entrepreneurship

n Energy Markets Group

n Family Business Research Initiative

n Global Entrepreneurship Monitor

n Hedge Fund Centre

n Management Lab.

Packed calendar o events

Thanks to our global reputation and central location in the heart o the

worlds best connected city, London Business School has relationships

with businesses and business leaders at all levels. The School hosts

a wide range o events, including high prole guest speaker events,

lectures, lunches, press conerences and symposia. These events are

open to alumni, corporate partners, sta, aculty and students.

Previous guest speakers have included:

n Antnio Horta-Osrio, Chie Executive, Lloyds Banking Group

n Scott McNealy, ormer Chair and Co-Founder, Sun Microsystems

n Muhtar Kent, Chairman and CEO, The Coca-Cola Company

n Steve Ballmer, Chie Executive Ocer, Microsot Corporation

n Anne Mulcahy, ormer Chairman and Chie Executive Ocer,

Xerox Corporation

n Stan ONeal, ormer Chairman and CEO, Merrill Lynch

n Sir Richard Branson, Chairman, Virgin Group

nJohn Allan CBE, Chie Executive, Exel

n Honorable Al Gore, ormer US Vice-President

nJeroen van der Veer, ormer Chie Executive, Royal Dutch Shell

n Ana Patricia Botn, Executive Chairwoman, Santander UK

n Dr Jose Ackermann, Chairman o the Board, Deutsche Bank

n Rt. Hon. Alistair Darling, ormer UK Chancellor o the Exchequer

n Bill Clinton,ormer US President

n Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown, ormer UK Prime Minister

nJack Welch, ormer CEO o General Electric

n Rt. Hon. Tony Blair, ormer UK Prime Minister

n Paul Deighton, Chie Executive, The London Organising Committeeo the Olympic and Paralympic Games

n Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO o WPP Group

n Tony Cohen, ormer CEO o FremantleMedia.

London Business School is a leading global business school with strong corporate

connections and an exceptional international reputation or excellence. Where better to

hone your leadership skills?

Academic excellence



A range o activities

The Sloan experience is oten as much about networking and building

lielong riendships, as it is about the academic challenge. The Sloan

social calendar ranges rom major events such as the Winter and

Summer Balls, to lunchtime barbecues with live music on campus

during the summer term. Every week during term time, students, aculty

and sta enjoy drinks at Sundowners, which is sponsored by companies

and consultancies. There are also sporting and social events, allowing

you to expand your network, participate in the vibrant School community

and have un.

Partners

The Schools Partners Club recognises the commitment o Sloan

partners and the importance o their support. It provides a network thathelps ease the transition and assists amilies to adapt to a new city.

The club promotes a community in which inormation, riendship and

emotional support are provided through workshops, social gatherings

and cultural events.

The School organises social events throughout the year in which

partners and children can become involved. Sloan Fellows regularly

organise activities or themselves and their amilies on campus and

around London. These include barbecues, picnics in Regents Park, ice

skating, karaoke, Diwali celebrations and national ood evenings, as well

as a range o other ad hoc events.

Active student clubs

There are more than 60 student clubs at the School, includingproessional interest clubs in areas such as consulting, emerging

markets, energy, entrepreneurship, amily business, investment

management, media, responsible business and technology. The clubs

are a great opportunity to build your network, and also provide industry

education, skills development and recruitment opportunities.

Engaged alumni community

Sloan alumni become lielong members o an international network

o more than 35,000 truly exceptional contacts, riends and potential

colleagues. Alumni networking activities are supported by our dedicated

Alumni Relations team and there are Alumni clubs in more than 65

cities worldwide. There are also proessional interest clubs such as

the Alumni Womens International Network, the Alumni EntrepreneursNetwork and the Alumni Strategy Club.

With its location in the heart o London and students rom 130 dierent countries on campus,

London Business School is a vibrant and diverse place to study, network and socialise.

The social side o Sloan

Compared with MBAprogrammes, Sloan cohorts aremore mature with a great dealo previous industry experience.

I have been impressed with thenetworking opportunities, the

guest speakers and my peers

on the programme. Thesepeople will become not only

riends, but also good mentors

in my lie.

Wataru Tamura (Japanese)

Sloan Fellow 2010

Current role: Senior Manager, Business Development, APAC and

JAPAN at ServiceSource

Pre-Sloan role: Account Manager, Hewlett-Packard Japan (sponsor)



A vibrant capital

An international centre or business, politics, education, entertainment,

ashion, media and the arts, London is an extraordinary city and a great

place in which to live and study. One o the most cosmopolitan cities in

the world, London is home to a diverse range o peoples, cultures and

religions, with more than 300 languages spoken every day.

Help and advice

The Sloan programme is an intensive experience both academically

and socially. You join a group o talented and experienced people rom

whom you will have much to learn and with whom you will have much in

common. The School provides plenty o activities to help you and your

amily build a social network while you are here. Even beore you apply,

you may nd it useul to speak with a student or alumnus who has also

made the move to London. Please contact the School to arrange this.

We recommend that you allow yoursel plenty o time or your relocation

to London and to get settled in beore the programme begins. As soon

as you have accepted your place on the Sloan programme, you have

access to advice and inormation on moving to London. Portal, the

Schools intranet, gives you immediate access to the Schools community

and discussion orums, as well as to a range o classied adverts or

everything rom fat shares to urniture.

Portal also provides inormation on topics such as:

n visas

n travelling to London

n London hotels

n nding accommodation or the duration o the programme

n nance and banking

n travelling around London

n healthcare

n schooling and childcare.

Visas

The Sloan programme is a ull-time Masters degree so, i you are a

non-EEA national, you require a Tier 4 visa to study in the UK. The

School will issue you with the relevant documentation once you have

accepted a place on the programme. We encourage you to read the

UK visa entry guidelines and have the most up-to-date inormation to

ensure your visa application goes smoothly and in good time or the

start o the programme.

For inormation about applying or a UK ull-time student

visa, please visit the UK Border Agency website:

www.ukba.homeofce.gov.uk/visas-immigration/studying/

Living expenses

The ees or the Sloan programme do not include living expenses,

which vary according to your circumstances and liestyle. Typically,

or the duration o the programme, you should budget approximately

28,00043,000 or a amily, or 21,00027,000 or a single person

in shared accommodation.

London is an exciting place in which to live and study. I becoming a Sloan Fellow means

relocating to London, and possibly bringing your amily with you, you have additional

rewards and challenges ahead.

Moving to London

Bringing my amily to London or the Sloan programme was a great

experience. London is a antastic place or amilies, with many

parks, museums, castles, zoos and arms in easy reach. The biggest

unexpected bonus was the way my child, Isabel, blossomed. She

arrived rom Mexico a shy three year old and fnished the year

with perect English pronunciation and social skills. The otherunexpected bonus was the support rom the Sloan class during

difcult times and the riendships not only with me as a Sloan, but

with my whole amily.

Enrique Navarro Ramirez (Mexican)

Sloan Fellow 2006

Current role: Strategic Planning Director, BanRegio

Pre-Sloan role: Projects Director, Banorte


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What are we looking or?

Through the admissions process we look or a strong combination

o characteristics and rich personal and proessional experience.

Successul Sloan applicants typically have:

n signicant depth and breadth o proessional experience

n management experience at strategic levels

n leadership skills

n ambition

n a global outlook

n commitment and motivation

n a clear sense o how the programme will contribute totheir career path

n intellectual ability.

Sloan Fellows come rom a wide range o proessional backgrounds.

Whatever your current role, we would expect that you:

n are a decision maker in your unctional area

n are accountable or results

n lead mission critical projects

n infuence and take a leadership role in managing change.

Explore your ftTo make a successul application to the London Business School Sloan

programme, you need to thoroughly research the programme and

explore its t with your long-term career objectives. The Admissions

Team are on hand to support you throughout your decision making

process. We are happy to advise you on your suitability or the

programme and provide personalised guidance on how to proceed with

an application. Simply send us a copy o your CV, along with a brie

outline o your motivations or coming to the programme and what you

hope to achieve in the uture.

Send in your CV or an inormal review:

[email protected]

Speak with an alumnus

We can put you in touch with Sloan alumni who can share their

experiences o the programme and discuss the impact Sloan has had on

their career.

Attend an event

Our inormation events and open days are an excellent opportunity or

you to visit the School and meet admissions sta, current students and

global alumni. We also arrange a portolio o international events each

year in cities around the world.

Our ortnightly on-campus drop-in sessions give you the opportunity to

meet inormally with members o the Admissions Team to discuss the

programme and your application in more depth.

Visit the website to register or an inormation event:

www.london.edu/sloan/events/

When recruiting Sloan Fellows, we seek highly experienced people with the potential to be

successul leaders in the private, public or non-prot sectors. We aim to create a class o

intelligent, passionate and accomplished people.

Your next steps



How to apply

The Sloan application is completed online and can be worked on over a

number o sessions. Once submitted, each application is judged on its

individual merits. I you are successully shortlisted, you will be invited

to attend an interview with senior admissions sta or Sloan alumni. Ater

your interview, the Admissions Committee take into account your ull

application including your experience, essays, interview, reerences

and academic credentials when making its decision.

Timing your application

We highly recommend that you apply as early as possible to give yoursel

time to nalise arrangements with your organisation and, i necessary,

arrange your visa and relocation to London. We operate a rolling

admissions process, which means the earlier you submit a complete

application, the earlier you receive a nal decision. At the same time,

we look to build a balanced class o diverse individuals and once all the

places are lled, we operate a waitlist system.

Visit the website or more details on the admissions

process and to begin your application:

www.london.edu/sloan/apply/

GMAT

We use tests such as the GMAT (Graduate Management Admissions

Test) to assess your suitability or the programme as they provide useul

inormation about quantitative and verbal reasoning abilities. They also

provide a useul benchmark to assess applicants across degree subjects,academic institutions and nationalities.

We recommend that you prepare or and arrange to sit your GMAT

as early as possible. There are numerous resources available that are

designed to help you prepare or the test. It is also worth remembering

that it is possible to re-take GMAT i necessary. The GMAT reporting code

or London Business Schools Sloan programme is Z11-J7-18.

For urther inormation on GMAT, and to arrange your test,

please visit: www.mba.com

TOEFL/IELTS

Prociency in speaking, writing and reading in English is essential. I

English is not your native language, you are required to take the Test

o English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the International English

Language Testing System (IELTS). You may request a waiver i you

have studied or worked in an English-speaking environment or at

least two years.

Fees and unding

Please see the website or inormation on tuition ees and options orunding your place on the programme, which include:

n personal savings

n company sponsorship

n Sloan Womens Scholarship

n Sloan Alumni Scholarship Fund.

Visit the website or details o the unding options available

to Sloan Fellows: www.london.edu/sloan/ees/

All admissions decisions are taken in accordance with best equal opportunities practice.



Invest in uture leadership

To succeed, organisations must develop eective leaders capable o

navigating todays increasingly complex, globalised and volatile business

environment. Supporting a member o sta on the Sloan programme

represents an invaluable investment in an organisations uture

perormance. Those chosen or sponsorship will have been identied as

proven talent with the potential to eect real change.

The programme develops and accelerates this potential through

a rich mix o skills enhancement, aculty and guest speaker insights,

and interaction with an exceptional class o Sloan Fellows. By bringing

together experienced managers rom a wide range o industries

and countries, the programme exposes Sloan Fellows to an array

o perspectives and new possibilities, which can be applied to your

organisation.

Sponsoring employers

A wide variety o organisations sponsor employees on the London

Business School Sloan programme. Recent employers that have

sponsored participants on the programme include:

Return on investment

Sloan Fellows leave the programme with heightened abilities and

ambitions, and new ways o approaching business problems.

They are well-prepared or uture responsibilities and ready to

enhance organisational perormance and make value-driving

strategies a reality. They are equipped to handle business problems

in uncertain environments.

Sponsored Sloan Fellows return to their workplace with renewed

motivation and enhanced abilities to address their organisationschallenges. To meet these expectations and make the most o this

new energy and talent, preparation may be needed to ensure eective

reintegration and promotion. We are happy to work with line managers

or HR specialists within sponsoring organisations.

n A.T. Kearney

n Accenture

n BBC

n Booz Allen Hamilton

n BP

n BT

n Citigroup

n Chiyoda Corporation

n Danske Bank

n Dentsu

n EDS

n Ford

n Galison Manuacturing

n Hewlett-Packard

n Hong Kong Government

n John Crane

n Korea Deposit

Insurance Corporation

n Korean Air

n Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

n Mizuho Corporate Bank

n Nomura Research Institute

n NTT Communications

n Ocean Energy Nigeria

n Ocom

n Pzer

n Royal Navy

n Saatchi & Saatchi

n Schroders

n Shinhan Lie Insurance

n Singapore Ministry o Trade

and Industry

n Singapore Development Agency

n Singapore Ministry o Finance

n Statoil

n The Bank o Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ

n UK Department o Trade

and Industry

n UK Ministry o Deence

n Unilevern Valois

n WRCS

The London Business School Sloan programme gives sponsoring organisations the

opportunity to invest in the development o exceptional managers; preparing them or

senior leadership positions.

Benefts or sponsoring organisations



Find out more

For more inormation on our programmes and advice on the best solution or your proessional development needs,

please visit www.london.edu/programmes/or contact:

Masters programmes

Telephone: +44 (0)20 7000 7500Email: [email protected]

Executive Education

Telephone: +44 (0)20 7000 7390Email: [email protected]

Masters in Management12 months / Full-time / London

For recent graduates with less than one year o ull-time postgraduate corporate work

experience or with less than two years in a non-traditional business role.

MBA15 - 21 months / Full-time / London

For individuals who are looking to make a vertical shit in their career path, change

industry or job unction, or develop an entrepreneurial toolkit.

Masters in Finance10 - 16 or 22 months / Full-time or weekend / London

For individuals wishing to advance their career or change their area within nance.

Executive MBA20 months / Study while working ull-time / London or Dubai

Designed or those who want to accelerate their career into general management or move

beyond their technical or unctional specialism.

EMBA-Global Americas and Europe20 months / Study while working ull-time / London and New York

For dynamic, mid-career managers and proessionals who are highly ambitious and have,

or aspire to have, transnational responsibilities.

EMBA-Global Asia20 months / Study while working ull-time / Hong Kong

For dynamic, globally-ocused executives and managers wishing to deepen their

understanding o western and eastern business practices.

Sloan Masters in Leadership and Strategy

12 months / Full-time / LondonDesigned to prepare experienced senior managers or their next career challenge.

Executive EducationOur Executive Education portolio comprises both open enrolment and company specic

programmes. Open programmes range rom two days to our weeks in length and span

General Management, Finance, HR, Leadership, Strategic Marketing and Strategy.

RecentgraduateDuration / Format / Primary study location

Earlycareer

Midcareer

Seniormanager

Course details and other inormation provided in this brochure are correct at time o going

to print. London Business School reserves the right to make changes at any time.

The London Business School

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