Imperial retains winning title in global business competition

The winning team of students

A team of students from Imperial College Business School have won the Financial Times FTMBA Quiz 2015, for the second year running.

The Quiz, open to business schools worldwide, was compered by FT management editor Andrew Hill and aimed to test teams’ knowledge of business topics.

The Imperial team was made up of students Will Thorne, Adi Khera, Jonathan Lai and Stephen Zhang, and alumnus Ram Ananth.

Team leader Will said: “It was a pleasure to represent Imperial College at the recent FT MBA quiz, leading a brilliant team of students from across the business school. Considering that so many well-known business schools were taking part in support of the International Rescue Committee, we were delighted to have secured Imperial’s second victory in a row. The quiz is a real test of intelligence, skill and nous and the School is looking forward to a third win next year.”

Nine business schools took part, including Chicago Booth, LBS, Cass, Warwick Business School, and HEC Paris. Imperial won after going head-to-head with the University of St Gallen in the final buzzer round.

Held at the FT’s London offices, the quiz also raised £40k for humanitarian charity International Rescue Committee (IRCuk).

Anand G Anandalingam, Dean of the Business School said: “We are immensely proud of our students for defending our title and beating some of the top business schools in the world. It demonstrates our students’ great knowledge of real business issues.”

The quiz also marks the launch of the annual FTMBA Challenge, in which teams submit proposals to address a humanitarian issue. This year focused on how to improve management and support of healthcare workers and the delivery of immunisation.