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25 Dec 2018, 05:22
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Hi! I am planning to apply for the January 2020 intake, and would like know my chances of acceptance. Below is the brief summary of my profile:
Age: 29
Sex: Male
Nationality: Pakistani
GMAT: 650 (Q 45, V 35, IR 6)
Bachelors: Oxford brooks – First class honours (Considered 4.0)
ACCA: 65% - Completed in 1.5 Years, which at that time was an achievement. Not sure if it is the case nowadays
Languages: English (PTE 90), Urdu, Punjabi, (Arabic very basic)
Work Experience – Total 7.5 Years
1 - EY – Pakistan
Audit Junior – 1 yr
Audit Semi Senior – 1 Yr
Audit Senior – 1 Yr
Secondments
EY – Saudi Arabia
Tax accountant 1 Yr
Commercial Officer - Engor – Pakistan (Biggest listed company of Pakistan)
4 months
Team leadership – Lead teams of up to 20 people
Promotions – Every year
2 - Tech Company (Leading recruitment portal in UAE) – United Arab Emirates
Accountant – 1 yr
Senior Accountant – 5 months
Assistant Finance Manager – 2 Years
Key responsibilities:
Reporting directly to CEO, I am fully responsible of the finance function of our Dubai and UK office. Other key aspects:
• Overseeing the fund raising process of the company
• Make strategies for the business’s expansion into other countries
• Will be promoted to finance manager position in the next couple of weeks
• CEO is Insead alumni and would give excellent recommendation
Extracurricular:
Endurance obstacle races (Spartan trifecta)
Hiking
Squash and table tennis
I have not been involved in volunteer work recently. But have worked on assignments of UNICEF and several other NGO’s in the past.
Post MBA motivation -
Want to work in the finance function of a tech giant before setting up my own company within next 5 years.
Age: 29
Sex: Male
Nationality: Pakistani
GMAT: 650 (Q 45, V 35, IR 6)
Bachelors: Oxford brooks – First class honours (Considered 4.0)
ACCA: 65% - Completed in 1.5 Years, which at that time was an achievement. Not sure if it is the case nowadays
Languages: English (PTE 90), Urdu, Punjabi, (Arabic very basic)
Work Experience – Total 7.5 Years
1 - EY – Pakistan
Audit Junior – 1 yr
Audit Semi Senior – 1 Yr
Audit Senior – 1 Yr
Secondments
EY – Saudi Arabia
Tax accountant 1 Yr
Commercial Officer - Engor – Pakistan (Biggest listed company of Pakistan)
4 months
Team leadership – Lead teams of up to 20 people
Promotions – Every year
2 - Tech Company (Leading recruitment portal in UAE) – United Arab Emirates
Accountant – 1 yr
Senior Accountant – 5 months
Assistant Finance Manager – 2 Years
Key responsibilities:
Reporting directly to CEO, I am fully responsible of the finance function of our Dubai and UK office. Other key aspects:
• Overseeing the fund raising process of the company
• Make strategies for the business’s expansion into other countries
• Will be promoted to finance manager position in the next couple of weeks
• CEO is Insead alumni and would give excellent recommendation
Extracurricular:
Endurance obstacle races (Spartan trifecta)
Hiking
Squash and table tennis
I have not been involved in volunteer work recently. But have worked on assignments of UNICEF and several other NGO’s in the past.
Post MBA motivation -
Want to work in the finance function of a tech giant before setting up my own company within next 5 years.
26 Dec 2018, 04:50
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Age- 30 years
GMAT- 700 (Q49, V36, IR-6, AWA-6)
UG- B.E. in Instrumentation and Control from NSIT, Delhi
UG %age -79.7 (2nd ranker but no document for that)
12th-85.4%
10th-89.4%
Work Experience-8.5 years
Company- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
Department- Operations
Present designation- Incharge of a plant having annual turnover of Rs. 2400 crores and supplying petroleum products to 6 districts, heading a team of 18 employees, 50 contract labours, 300 Tanker crew.
Previous roles- worked in similar plants in different roles as supplies manager, safety officer, maintenance manager, second in command in 3 different plants including present one.
Professional achievements-
1. youngest plant incharge of IOCL at present.
2. developed a new supply model for a 500 crore customer to prevent him from switching on account of enroute pilferage from tankers leading to huge losses to customer
3. brought about market realignment to save 2.2 crore annually on logistics costs in the plant
4. designed the automation system for Rail wagons for which pilot project is being undertaken at my plant and post successful commissioning will be replicated on PAN India basis.
5. undertook capitalization projects worth Rs. 33 crores as maintenance manager in previous plant and Rs. 16 crore in the capacity of plant incharge presently.
6. All India winner of a series of online quizzes conducted by our operations department on various topics covering downstream oil operations.
7. My plant awarded British International Safety award for commitment to occupational health, safety and welbeing.
8. presented techincal paper to management proposing modification in core facilities in the plant to meet future challenges.
9. Developed e-learning modules for Operations department for effective training of employees, labour etc.
International experience- Nil
Extra curricular
1. Silver medalist at one National Level Painting competitions and have significant achievements in fine arts at various levels throughout school and college life.
2. President of college's annual cultural festival
3. Organised oil conservation rallies/signature campaigns
4. Provided borewell for local villagers near my plant.
Future goals
Plan A- Management Consulting
Plan B- Operations/downstream oil & gas
Background- Rose from a very low economic status by working for 8.5 years and considering an MBA now since I have stabilised my fiancial conditions.
Already applied-ISB
Seeking suggestions for alternate colleges to apply
Please suggest suitability of my profile to Insead.
GMAT- 700 (Q49, V36, IR-6, AWA-6)
UG- B.E. in Instrumentation and Control from NSIT, Delhi
UG %age -79.7 (2nd ranker but no document for that)
12th-85.4%
10th-89.4%
Work Experience-8.5 years
Company- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
Department- Operations
Present designation- Incharge of a plant having annual turnover of Rs. 2400 crores and supplying petroleum products to 6 districts, heading a team of 18 employees, 50 contract labours, 300 Tanker crew.
Previous roles- worked in similar plants in different roles as supplies manager, safety officer, maintenance manager, second in command in 3 different plants including present one.
Professional achievements-
1. youngest plant incharge of IOCL at present.
2. developed a new supply model for a 500 crore customer to prevent him from switching on account of enroute pilferage from tankers leading to huge losses to customer
3. brought about market realignment to save 2.2 crore annually on logistics costs in the plant
4. designed the automation system for Rail wagons for which pilot project is being undertaken at my plant and post successful commissioning will be replicated on PAN India basis.
5. undertook capitalization projects worth Rs. 33 crores as maintenance manager in previous plant and Rs. 16 crore in the capacity of plant incharge presently.
6. All India winner of a series of online quizzes conducted by our operations department on various topics covering downstream oil operations.
7. My plant awarded British International Safety award for commitment to occupational health, safety and welbeing.
8. presented techincal paper to management proposing modification in core facilities in the plant to meet future challenges.
9. Developed e-learning modules for Operations department for effective training of employees, labour etc.
International experience- Nil
Extra curricular
1. Silver medalist at one National Level Painting competitions and have significant achievements in fine arts at various levels throughout school and college life.
2. President of college's annual cultural festival
3. Organised oil conservation rallies/signature campaigns
4. Provided borewell for local villagers near my plant.
Future goals
Plan A- Management Consulting
Plan B- Operations/downstream oil & gas
Background- Rose from a very low economic status by working for 8.5 years and considering an MBA now since I have stabilised my fiancial conditions.
Already applied-ISB
Seeking suggestions for alternate colleges to apply
Please suggest suitability of my profile to Insead.
27 Dec 2018, 04:08
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ImadTurey
Hello ImadTurey,
Thanks for writing in.
The career progress sounds good and while the global exposure is not stellar. it will give you a talking point for sure.
Having said the above, the GMAT is on the lower side of the spectrum and for you to stand a realistic chance, a re-take is strongly recommended. Of course, while you may choose to bring out the diversity in your background suitably in your essays, essentially you will continue to fall into the conventional Indian pool and therefore the GMAT expectations will be a lot higher.
Do explain the gap in work experience through your essays; remember to focus on those few months from the viewpoint of learning. INSEAD appreciates entrepreneurial experience so you must build up on this as much as you can.
Hope this helps!
All the best!
