About
Name: Leo Jiang
Nationality: Chinese
Programme: MBA 2022
Education: The George Washington University, USA, Master of Science
Pre-MBA role: Credit Trading, JPMorgan, New York, USA
Post-MBA role: Co-founder & CEO, JoltSynSor, UK
Cambridge is a very safe place to try new things. Our professor encourages everyone to take a role that you have never tried before, take it as an opportunity to try something new and to step out of your comfort zone.
Why did you choose Cambridge Judge Business School?
For me the MBA offered a good chance to explore something outside of the traditional finance or even fintech industry sector.
The Cambridge MBA is very unique because it sits in the overall Cambridge ecosystem. The majority of people here are scientists, engineers and by talking to them and meeting so many different people from different places and different sectors, so many with non-traditional career paths also, this ecosystem opens my mind to all the possibilities out there, where we can try so many different things. That creates a lot of synergy and is something I have appreciated during my time here.
How did you find the entrepreneurship aspect of the MBA programme?
Entrepreneurship was something that I know I wanted to pursue, even before the MBA, but I wasn’t entirely sure. So, in the first term I really enjoyed the entrepreneurship classes we had.
I then chose entrepreneurship as my concentration. Alongside this I was developing a network and building up my plans to develop my own business. There were also so many resources and support provided by the professors at Cambridge to help me as I started out on this pathway.
Read the story of how Leo leveraged the Cambridge MBA and Silicon Fen to launch an AI-driven startup
How did you find the College system at Cambridge University?
I was based at Emmanuel College which is really central to Cambridge and close to the Business School. The great thing about the College system is that we don’t just have one networking circle within the Business School itself, but we also have another network across the wider University – you meet postgraduates studying for their PhD or their Masters in other subjects, as well as undergraduates. So, this offers a huge variety of people to talk to and share stories from so many different backgrounds and subjects.