About
Name: Raúl López Petisco
Nationality: Spanish
Programme: MBA 2014
Education: Bachelor, Business Management & Law, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
Current role: M&A Vice President, Lincoln International, Madrid, Spain
Pre-MBA role: Associate (legal) – M&A and Capital Markets, KPMG Spain
What stood out about the academic learning experience for you?
All courses were high level, but I remember particularly three of them: Management Praxis helped me to understand what it is really like to work in multicultural and international environments, I enjoyed very much Philip Stiles’ Organisational Behaviour course, and above all, I learnt a really good strategy framework from Allègre Hadida.
Please tell us about the standout elements of the Cambridge experience or extra-curricular activities you had during your MBA.
Of course, I wouldn’t spend a year in Cambridge without giving a try to rowing with my college. Also, being part of the Cambridge Business School Club as Sports Chair, being in charge of organising sports events with the Oxford MBAs and our class attendance at MBAT.
What aspect of the MBA learning/experience would you say you find most useful now in your professional life?
The Global Consulting Project helped me to understand the insights of Corporate VC and helped me to develop my network in this field. I’m sure this still will be useful at some point in the future.
Did you change career path after the MBA?
I changed to a different sector. The Finance Concentration was particularly helpful to this move. Also the network – I now have a friend in so many countries.