Aris Grigoriou – Executive MBA 2011

Study Medicine Europe is a London-based medical student recruiter offering academic counselling services to UK and overseas students to secure a place in the top and most affordable European Universities for Medical, Dentistry and Veterinary studies.

For more information, see the website, or email us.

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Mr Matthew Stafford – MBA 2010

Student Upstarts invests up to £15k in exchange for around 8% equity in student run companies. The criteria is simple – one member of your team must be a full-time student at a UK or European higher education institute, or have graduated from one in the last 12 months.

We will get companies incorporated and set up with bank accounts, lawyers and accountants with shareholders agreements and IP assignment in place. Alongside this we help them and get them into the London start-up and investment networks we have, the teams have one or two very strong and relevant dedicated mentors to help them with their product development, MVP, business model and getting to market.

We also help them connect to the right people for the next stage in their entrepreneurial journey by connecting them to Seedcamp, Springboard, Y Combinator and Tech Stars alumni as well as active, relevant Business Angels and VCs.

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For more information, see the Student Upstarts website here or write to matthew@studentupstarts.com

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Michael Chinwuba – Msc Management 2010

SpreadBox is a social media marketing consultancy which specialises in promoting the products and services of small and medium sized organisations on social media platforms.

SpreadBox provides organisations with multi- channel social media marketing services which organisations can use to effectively engage with their target audience and boost their brand identity.

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Mr Joachim Klindworth – MSc Risk Management & Financial Engineering 2011

Sentivest is an independent alternative investment boutique specialising in systematic trading strategies. At Sentivest, we believe that financial markets are dominated by behavioural finance anomalies which lead to temporary market inefficiencies.

In our view, a sustainable investment approach can only be achieved if its nature is intuitive – simple is always preferred to complicated. We do not believe in an ultimate solution, ‘a Holy Grail’. Rather, we subscribe to a rolling forward calibration approach which ensures a dynamic adjustment to the current market environment.

As markets tend to act blindfolded in extreme situations, Sentivest always applies a systematic investment methodology. This ensures we implement our investment strategies with the highest level of discipline and consequently avoid ‘behavioural traps’; which, on the contrary, we aim to exploit.

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Mr Satjit Singh – Executive MBA 1991

The School of Etiquette was established by a management consultant and an investment banker to help young professionals and students acquire vital life skills needed to deal with everyday situations and make them more effective. With an increasingly competitive job market, the consistent feedback from employers, is that soft skills are often making that precious difference.

Courses can be customised to meet an organisation’s requirements and can be delivered either at the client’s premises or at a Central London location. We also run regular courses for individuals.

The training is led by Lt. Col (Dr) Ian Daniell, who after commanding a regiment in the British Army, became the Chairman of the Interim Management Association (being awarded the first professional doctorate in this discipline). He is also a Past Master of a City Livery Company and has extensive experience in training young executives.

Ian is supported by Satjit Singh who is a management consultant with rich experience of working in the UK, Europe, South Asia, Middle East and China. He has 

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Mr Duncan Sansome – Full Time MBA 1991

Sansome Consulting provides interim management and contract resources in the fields of Strategic Planning, Change Management and Programme Management.

Sansome Consulting supports organisations in defining strategic direction, delivering practical solutions and realising benefits.

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Mr Keith Ashworth-Lord – MSc Management Science 1979

Sanford DeLand Asset Management Limited (SDL) is an independent investment management company, established in 2010 by Keith Ashworth-Lord with the support of a group of businessmen and financiers. The Chairman is Ian Page, the CEO of Dechra Pharmaceuticals PLC, and Keith Ashworth-Lord is the Managing Director. For FSA regulatory purposes, SDL is an Appointed Representative of Castlefield Investment Partners LLP, a Manchester-based investment house.

SDL has an exclusive 10-year licence to use the trade mark ‘Buffettology’ in the UK & Ireland for fund management. The Licensors are Mary Buffett and David Clark, authors of the seminal ‘Buffettology’ series of investment books about Warren Buffett’s investment style.

Keith is a career professional with over 30 years’ equity capital markets experience in investment analysis, fund management and corporate finance. The flagship fund which he manages is the Premier Sanford DeLand UK Buffettology Fund. The guiding principle is the philosophy of Business Perspective Investing – acknowledged as one of the most successful long-term investment strategies associated in particular with Warren Buffett and other disciples of Benjamin Graham.

We believe that risk is economic based. Real risk comes from investing in the wrong businesses not share price volatility. So, we favour concentrating investments in relatively few companies that much is known about. Two other differentiating factors are that we conduct all our own research and invest our own capital alongside our clients so that we make money with our clients, not off them.

In managing the Fund, the emphasis is on the long-term, i.e. an investment horizon of five to ten years. Building long-term value for our shareholders and clients alike depends on one thing: performance. Business Perspective Investors believe that a share is an ownership claim on a business, therefore business success and investment success go hand in hand.

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Mr Michael Barker – Executive MBA 2001

Saffron Steer provides niche health care marketing and brand strategy services. We assist health care organisations, both private and NHS with developing their services, creating value and competitive advantage through customer focus. We have a ‘sleeves rolled up’ approach and are actively involved in the delivery and shaping of growth strategies and initiatives.

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Mr Graham Kirkwood – Full-time MBA 1991

Resource is a strategic design consultancy specialising in architecture and interiors of working environments. Services include strategic planning, change management, architecture and project management. Recent client outcomes include increased productivity, effectiveness and efficiency, as well as reduced occupancy cost and faster and better quality decision making.

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Andrea Guzzoni – MSc Strategic Marketing 2014

Rentuu.com is an online platform that allows you to rent products for the short term.

Rentuu.com aims to make renting online easy and hassle-free. Creating a simple platform (marketplace) where you can rent different products like, strollers, espresso machine, bbq, projectors, camping tent and etc. online.

Rentuu is signing partnerships with rental companies and listing their products on the website. Rentuu would also support the logistics (Delivery & Pick Up) thanks to partnerships with other logistic companies.

We mostly work with the hospitality industry, serviced apartments and AirBnB to allow clients to customise their stay.

Rentuu supports these ‘partners’ by providing a better online experience for final customers, a better online marketing strategy and payment platform offering an all-online services.

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