Hi there, I am an Indian expat living and working in the UK for the past 4 years and planning to take the GMAT to start my MBA applications early in 2024 and targeting a Jan '25 intake.
DemographicsNationality - Indian, will be British citizen at the time of application
Gender - Male
Age - 32 (during the program if successful)
Undergrad - Mechatronics Engineering (Hons) with a final GPA of 2.5/4 from the City University of Hong Kong (Top 50 in the world)
Postgrad - Engineering Enterprise Management with a final GPA of 3/4 from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Top 40 in the world)
GMATAiming for 700, but might range from 670-720.
Work ExperienceA total of 7 years of work experience, 4 years in Hong Kong, 3 in the UK so far. Will have a total of 9 years by the time of admission. Most of it is in Product or BizOps.
Since the very start, I have been working in early stage to growth stage start ups and scales in the eCommerce SaaS space along with technology consulting experience in the UK.
Currently working as a Product Lead at a growing start up, helping them scale globally.
ExtracurricularsPhotography as a hobby that I picked up during my undergrad in Hong Kong, have an Instagram portfolio with approx 8k followers.
YouTube channel I run with my wife as a hobby, 35k subscribers.
Picked up road cycling during the COVID lockdown and rode 3500km in between 2020 and 2022.
Leadership Experience- Was hired as the first intern and employee at a very early stage start up and helped them set up everything from scratch, hiring and growing teams etc.
- Led a team of 5 remote employees while working as a the Head of Special Projects at a start up
- Worked as a Product Manager and Senior Product manager which were purely leadership roles, working with my teams and responsible for an entire product line.
International Experience- Born and brought up in India, left India for Hong Kong for university / higher education.
- Studied, lived and worked in Hong Kong for almost 9 years which involved doing two degrees at two different top universities in Asia and worked for 4 years in multiple start ups before moving to the UK.
- Have been living and working in the UK since early 2019. Had the opportunity to work and live in London, Manchester and currently Edinburgh, Scotland.
LanguagesEnglish - Native speaker
Bengali - Mother tongue
Hindi - Native speaker
German - Intermediate
Cantonese - Beginner
Mandarin - Beginner
Post-MBA GoalsShort term: Strategy consulting roles at MBB or T2 firms in APAC / MENA
Long term: Product Leadership
Target SchoolINSEAD
Yes, its the only one school I am interested in as its the only 1 year program that can be done in both Europe and Asia and its the only program I am planning to apply for. Just wanted to know if a score in the 690-700 range will be enough for someone with a profile like mine?
Looking forward to the feedback