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2020

GradFest2020: Career Networking Evening with Queen's Alumni Guest Speakers

Networking event open to final year students and recent graduates

Date(s)
June 22, 2020
Location
Online
Time
18:00 - 19:20
Price
Free

An opportunity to network with experienced and influential Queen’s alumni and hear inspirational stories about their personal career journeys in the UK and internationally. Find out how the COVID 19 crisis is affecting graduate recruitment and the importance of staying positive and adapting to change in the current graduate labour market.

The event will introduce you to 4 Panel members:

Panelist 1: Alumnus now based in New York. Managing Director and Head of an Globally significant leadership strategy consulting firm. This panellist also has significant previous experience of working as a Head of Talent and Management Development at a Quality of Life Services company.
Graduated from Queen’s with a BSc in Psychology and a Masters in Occupational Psychology.

Panelist 2: UK based Alumnus: Chief Technical Officer of Mindsauce.com, a knowledge on-demand startup, and recently a VP/IT Director for five star, boutique luxury and millennial Hotels business, Prior to this, senior IT and Digital roles in some of the world's best known airline businesses, leading mobile and digital initiatives and delivering innovation programmes. His background includes leading data warehousing and business intelligence programmes and owning commercial sales targets.
Graduated from Queen's with a BSc and PhD in Electronic Engineering.

Panellist 3: Recruitment Executive from First Derivatives (NI): This panellist is well placed to provide valuable insights into what employer look for in their graduate hires, how the COVID 19 crisis is changing their business in the short and long term and how that might impact on what they will look for in their new recruits in the future? Also has significant experience of working in Global PR and Marketing Executive roles.
Graduated from Queen’s with a Masters in Business Administration (International MBA).

Panellist 4: Alumnus based in India: Independent Technical Consultant and Chief Technology Officer at significant international good and beverage companies. Also has significant previous experience as a Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer at one of the world's largest producers of beers and spirits and as Head of Analytical Research at a significant international Institute For Industrial Research.
Graduated from Queen’s with a PhD in Analytical Chemistry from Queen’s University.

Department
Careers, Employability and Skills
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Subject/Theme
Careers
Event Organiser Details
Website http://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/gradfest2020/