examples
"Programmes like Mansion House Scholars provide a good
opportunity to have a better insight of British business life and underlying
cultural perceptions."
Students from all over the world have benefited from the Mansion House Scholars Scheme. Details of some of our Scholars and their Scholarships are outlined below.
Greece
An award of £5,500 to Miss Eleni Stathaki.
Aged 30 and a lawyer
in the legal department of a large Greek construction company, Miss Stathaki
was selected to participate in the European Young Lawyers Scheme run by the
College of Law in London in 2006. She is a graduate of Athens University and
studied also in The Hague and in Kiel.
Vietnam
An award of £8,500 to
Miss Nguyen Thu Ha.
Aged 26, Thu Ha had been working for the Vietnam Chamber
of Commerce and Industry in Hanoi. She is a graduate of the Foreign Trade University
in Hanoi and studied for an MBA Degree at Aston University in 2005. She subsequently
spent one year on an internship with the City firm of Deloittes and has since
returned to Vietnam.
Malta
An award of £3,000 to Mr James Farrugia.
Mr
Farrugia is a 28 year old scholar from the Maltese Financial Services Authority.
He was a senior member of the Securities Unit with responsibility for licensing
and oversight of investment funds and holds a Master’s Degree in Financial
Services from the University of Malta. Mr Farrugia spent three weeks attached
to Barclays Capital, Canary Wharf in November 2005, working in their Global
Financial Risk Management Division.
China
An award of £5,000 to Mr Li
Xiaoyu.
Mr Li is Deputy General Manager of the Vehicle Insurance Department
of the Chongqing Branch of PICC Property and Casualty Company td - one of the
biggest insurance companies in China. He was awarded his Mansion House Scholarship
in February 2006 during a visit to China by the Lord Mayor and began his studies
in September 2006 for a Masters’ Course in Risk and Stochastics at the
London School of Economics.
Kazakhstan
An award of £7,500 to Mr Temirlan
Omarzhanov.
Mr Omarzhanov, aged 30, is currently the acting President of Deutsche
Bank Securities in Kazakhstan. He is one of the first Kazakh nationals to manage
a local subsidiary of a major multinational company. He has a Bachelors Degree
in International Relations from Karaganda State University and was selected
to study for an MSc Degree in Investment Management at Cass Business School
starting in September 2007.
Brazil
An award of £7,500 to Mrs Thais Linhares-Juvenal.
Aged 37, Mrs Linhares-Juvenal is a senior economist in the Environment Department
of BNDES – the Brazilian National Development Bank. She is a graduate
of the University of Rio de Janeiro and was accepted to study for a Master’s
Degree in Sustainable Development at the London School of Economics. Her course
in London began in September 2007.