Executive MBA Perspectives: global tech leaders

What does leadership look like when technology is moving faster than ever?

Join us for the launch of Executive MBA Perspectives, a new series shining a spotlight on members of the Cambridge EMBA community and their experiences and decisions that shape leadership in today’s world. Through candid conversations, we explore what leadership looks like beyond the job title.

To kick off the series, we’re joined by Christine Chen (EMBA 2021), Senior Engineering Manager at Google, entrepreneur, board member, technology leader and recipient of the EMBA Scholarship for Women.

Christine’s journey spans multinational companies, startups, boardrooms, cities, countries and sectors. She has built products, led teams, launched businesses, experienced failure, earned industry recognition, completed a Cambridge EMBA and is now pursuing a PhD at the University of Cambridge focused on AI and digital twins.

We’ll explore with Christine:

• what global leadership really looks like in the technology sector
• how she built a career across Europe, Australia and Asia
• why failure can be one of the most valuable career assets
• what the opportunities and challenges of moving between startups, large organisations and board roles are
• what role curiosity, resilience and continuous learning play in long-term success
• how the Cambridge Executive MBA contributed to her leadership journey

This is not a keynote. It’s not a presentation. It’s a conversation. Moderated by a member of our Admissions team, this fireside chat offers a rare opportunity to hear the story behind the CV: the risks taken, the lessons learned, the setbacks overcome and the decisions that shaped a global career.

Bring your questions and join us for an hour of honest perspectives from someone helping shape the future of technology while continuing to reinvent her own career.