About
Name: Rezvan Ahmed
Nationality: Canadian /Kenyan
Programme: MBA 2018
Education: PEng, Ontario, Canada; Bachelor of Applied Science Electrical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada
Current role: Senior Manager, Offtake, UGE, Ontario, Canada
Pre-MBA role: Engineering and Technical Project Manager, Arup
You were heavily involved in Cambridge Africa Business Network while at Cambridge Judge – tell us about that.
Together with two of my MBA classmates, I led the planning committee for the 2019 Business in Africa Conference at Cambridge Judge. It was a challenging experience, but a rewarding one. I got to put into practice things I had learnt in the classroom, and was pushed to step outside my comfort zone in helping to solve the numerous challenges that planning a conference brings with it. I got to meet people I would have otherwise never met and work closely with my classmates and staff at Cambridge Judge. Overall, it was a valuable experience (and the conference was a success!).
How would you describe the cohort of people in your class?
It was a diverse group of people in all aspects – background, education, viewpoints, career objectives. The diversity of my classmates was one of the most valuable things about the MBA – I learnt from their perspectives and opened my mind up to new ways of approaching things.
What aspect of the MBA learning/experience would you say you find most useful now in your professional life?
The MBA gave me the tools to approach problems with a critical eye and to ask the right questions. It also gave me an appreciation of diverse ways of looking at things and approaching situations, and made me more empathetic to the views of others.
Did you switch any of the following after your MBA?
I switched industry sector. The wide perspectives and networking opportunities that the MBA opened for me made this possible. The MBA made me more confident in evaluating career options and more open-minded to possibilities I may not have thought about before.