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Mba Employment Report 2014 Final
Mba Employment Report 2014 Final
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Introduction from the Executive Director
93%
MBA2014s accepted job offers within for entrepreneurship continues to
three months of graduation. More grow with the largest number of
than 50% gained employment outside students pursuing entrepreneurial
of the UK, contributing to London paths this year. We have an expanded
Business School’s aim to have a team of 15 Entrepreneur Mentors
profound impact on the way the world in residence, hold weekly events
does business. It is an impact built for new entrepreneurs through the
accepted an offer on a unique combination of strengths Entrepreneurs’ Journey programme,
– our pivotal London location, the and run the prestigious London
within three months international outlook of our faculty and Business School Incubator.
of graduation students, and the academic excellence
that underpins everything we do. Our MBA remains firmly among the
top players in the world and the
We believe in developing strong School was once again ranked as the
and lasting relationships with our number one MBA School in Europe
global network of recruiters. From by the Financial Times this year.
recruitment fairs to international Our programmes are designed to
career treks, we offer a wealth of reflect the changing face of business,
opportunities for potential employers led by world-renowned faculty
to engage with our community, and and underpinned by relevant and
forge close ties with the School. ground-breaking thought leadership.
Our Global Business Experiences As the world’s youngest leading
continue to be hugely successful and business school, entering into its 50th
inspirational, immersing our MBAs in Anniversary, we are proud of what
five locations including Johannesburg, we have already achieved and look
Mumbai and Istanbul. We also forward to an inspiring future.
continue to work closely with student
clubs to organise career treks across I would like to take this opportunity
the globe, offering students invaluable to personally thank our recruiters
insight into the roles they wish to for having confidence in the world- “London Business School is a key recruiting
pursue. class talent our graduates can bring.
Together we will shape the future of partner for Amazon, helping us to find top
In November, we hosted the second
annual Asia Careers Fair alongside four
global business. leadership talent across all of our European
other top European business schools. Lara Berkowitz locations. The LBS students who join the
We invited employers across all sectors Executive Director
to give our students a real insight into Career Services, Amazon Leadership Development programme
the Asian market. London Business
School has strengthened its ties in Asia
London Business
School
combine long-term strategic thinking with
further this year, joining with Shanghai’s great execution skills.”
Fudan School of Management to
Amazon, 2015
launch a two-year, double degree, the
Global Masters in Management.
London Business School MBA Employment Report 2014 2
MBA2014/15 class profile
MBA2014 MBA2015
The MBA classes
of 2014 and 2015 Class profile Class profile
each represent Students* 394 Work experience Students* 406 Work experience
more than 60 Age range 25–40 range** (years) 2–15 Age range 24–40 range** (years) 2–12
nationalities. Many Average age 31 Primary nationalities 62 Average age 30 Primary nationalities 64
of the students have Average work GMAT range 600–780 Average work GMAT range 600–790
already worked in a experience (years) 6 GMAT average 699 experience (years) 5 GMAT average 695
range of countries Female 34% Female 31%
before joining the
School. All have Regional background Professional background Regional background Professional background
(pre-MBA) (pre-MBA)
demonstrated Europe (excluding UK) 30% Europe (excluding UK) 28%
career excellence Asia 20% Corporate sectors 44% Asia 22% Corporate sectors 48%
and outstanding USA/Canada 15% Consulting 28% USA/Canada 17% Consulting 29%
academic aptitude. Latin America 11% Finance 28% UK 11% Finance 23%
UK 9% Latin America 8%
30+44+
20+151196H 28+H28+48+
Australasia 9% Australasia 7%
22+171187H 29+23H
Middle East/Africa 6% Middle East/Africa 7%
8%
9%
MBA2014
23% MBA2015
MBA2014 Professional background 11% MBA2015 Professional background
11% Regional background 28% (pre-MBA) Regional background (pre-MBA)
22%
* Number of students is a current picture and 20%
excludes students who have not graduated.
93%
more MBA students:
26
offer within Corporate sectors 40% Strategy& 8
100
three months of Internet/e-Commerce 9% A.T. Kearney 7
graduation 23 29 31 25 36 33 29 32 Hi-tech/Telecommunications 7% Deloitte 6
Consumer products 5% Johnson & Johnson 6
80
graduates self- Energy and utilities 4% Accenture 5
employed/started Healthcare/Pharmaceutical 4% Google 5
Retail 3%
a business 60 H.J. Heinz 5
46 44 36 38 34 32 28 28 Diversified industrials 2% Shell 5
72%
Credit cards 1% Bank of America Merrill Lynch 4
40 Metals/Mining 1% BP 4
Media/Entertainment 1% Goldman Sachs 4
accepted an Real estate 1% Microsoft 4
offer with a new 20 Other 2% Millicom International Cellular 4
21%
employer 31 27 33 37 30 35 43 40 Morgan Stanley 4
Finance 28% Nomura 4
0 Investment banking 12% Samsung Global Strategy Group 4
returning to pre- Private equity/Venture capital 7% AB InBev 3
London Business Investment management 6%
School employer American Express 3
Retail and commercial banking 2% CDC Group 3
Insurance 1% HSBC 3
Monitor Deloitte 3
Syngenta 3
Tishman Speyer 3
Vodafone 3
Employment figures are calculated in compliance with MBA Career Services and Employer
Alliance (MBA CSEA) reporting standards. Based on a 99% reporting rate of the graduating
class. * See page 10 for full list of 2014 recruiters
8%
Recent career treks include:
2%
• Berlin startup trek
• China private equity/venture capital
career trek
• Dubai energy trek Latin
America Middle East
1%
• Dublin technology trek
• Hong Kong finance trek
• Israel technology trek
• London luxury goods trek
• Milan luxury goods trek
Africa
3%
• New York finance trek
• Paris luxury goods trek
• Silicon Valley technology trek
• Singapore trek
• Swiss healthcare trek.
Australasia
** Includes PPP due to the high number of students who have international salaries. The
IMF’s implied purchasing power parity (PPP) conversion rate has been applied to the salary
information collected. PPP is the rate of exchange between two currencies which equalises
the purchasing power across economies.
98%
Students undertaking
Employer sector
Consulting 18%
Primary location
UK 63%
Sector choice for internship
Consulting
Finance
projects/internships Strategy
Other
16% Europe (excluding UK)
2% Asia
16%
11%
Corporate sectors and social impact
Latin America 3%
Finance 28% USA/Canada 3%
MBA class year
Investment banking 10% Middle East 2%
Private equity/venture capital 11% Africa % 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015**
1%
Investment management 4% Australasia 100
1%
Insurance 1% 20 13 16 19 16 17 18
Private wealth management 1%
Retail and commercial banking 1% 80
Schlumberger Business Consulting 2 ** Includes PPP, due to the high number of students who have international salaries. The
Thomson Reuters 2 IMF’s implied purchasing power parity (PPP) conversion rate has been applied to the salary
information collected. PPP is the rate of exchange between two currencies which equalises
* e.g. NGO and charities the purchasing power across economies.
Organisations that hired more than 365 Freelance Boundary Capital Duke Street Capital Greencoat
one student from a class year are in AB InBev* Bouygues Télécom DuPont Greentech Capital Advisors
bold. Abbott Laboratories BP Earfold Groupon
Organisations that hired for both Accenture* BP Ventures Earlybird Grupo Falabella
full-time and summer positions Actis Brasil Foods eBay Gucci
are starred. Aditya Birla Group Bridgepoint Capital EBRD Gulf Investor Circle
Adstream British Land Ebury Partners H.J. Heinz
Advace Group BT* Eisvogel Capital Habrok Capital Management
All Party Parliamentary Corporate Burger King Eli Lilly Harris Williams & Co.
Governance Group Business of Fashion Energy Deck Hayfin Capital Management
Alvarez & Marsal Busuu EQT Partners Healthbox
Amazon* Capital Markets Board of Turkey euNetworks Hermes GPE
Amcor Cargill* European Commission Hines
American Express* CDC Group* Eventbrite HSBC*
Anglo American Chalhoub Group Exodus Ventures Htoo Group
Anthropics Technology Charme II Expedia* Illuminate Financial
Apsara Capital Citi* Facebook Immediate Media
Arbela Investimentos CNBC Falabella Inarco
ARC Resources Coats Fendi Infosys
Asante Capital Coller Capital Fidelity Management & Research Innovate Finance
Asian Development Bank Commonwealth Bank of Australia Company (FMR) Instituto Ayrton Senna
A.T. Kearney CQS (UK) First Beverage Group Integration Management Consulting
ATN International Craft.co First Reserve Corporation InterContinental Hotels Group
Aurelius Investments Credicorp Capital First Reserve International IP Group
authentiQ Credit Suisse* FMC Technologies IPAE Escuela de Empresarios (Intercorp)
Azadea Group CrowdBnk Fortress Investment Group Itaú BBA
B2WDigital Cupris Fosun Real Estate Itaú Unibanco
Bain & Company* D. Capital Partners FTI Consulting J.P. Morgan*
Bank of America Merrill Lynch* DCM Shriram Consolidated Gaw Capital Jaguar Land Rover
Barclays De Beers Group General Electric Janssen Cilag
Bayer Healthcare DealGlobe General Mills* Janssen Healthcare
Bayton Grupo Empresario Deloitte* GHO Capital JD.com
Biognosys Deloitte Touche Tomatsu GIC Jefferies
BioTherm Energy Delta Partners Group GlaxoSmithKline* Johnson & Johnson*
Black Forest Deutsche Bank* G-Medshr KDB Daewoo Securities
BlackRock Diageo* Goldman Sachs* Kennet Partners
Blackstone* Discovery Networks Google* Kingsley Capital Partners
Blairgowrie DrEd.com Great Point Media KPMG
Booz Allen Hamilton Duff & Phelps Green Investment Bank L.E.K. Consulting*