Alumni Insights

So my name is Alexandra Olivares. I work in financial services marketing.
My name is Christina Disler, and I am the founder of two businesses.
My name is Helena Haykin and I’m a VC investor.

TRIUM stood out for me because it had a much more experienced and I guess, pedigreed cohort, as well as the fact that it grounded everything in the geopolitical space.

You know, I wanted my classmates to be really mature in terms of their life experiences, in terms of in terms of their career path. And that was exactly what TRIUM offered.

I think TRIUM has an absolute advantage over the competitors that are out there because of the LSE component, the geopolitical component that takes the mindset of business leaders and gets them thinking much bigger, which we need for the future.

You know, the cohort is one of the unique aspects of Trium. And seeing, you know, how experienced they are and how successful they’ve been. It was just as valuable learning from them in the classroom as it was from the professors. My classmates were a diverse range of backgrounds, nationalities, ethnicities, age and that’s what makes the learning experience so rich.

It was great working across the different cultures, because I think that’s something that’s underestimated and something that you don’t get unless you go to a global program. And so having firsthand experience with people from different regions and customs, I think was really instrumental for me to kind of understand my communication style, but also be aware and be sensitive to how I interact with other colleagues.

I was very surprised how diverse our class was, so we had people from all over the world and this diversity was magnificent. Now, I would say it’s almost second nature when I when I think about these kind of bigger challenges, whether it’s, you know, the macroeconomic environment or, you know, our industry or our sub industry, I naturally start thinking about it from this global perspective.

The fact that I’ve been through this journey gives me a lot of gravitas. Without this journey, I wouldn’t be able to be so confident even if I read a thousand books. So, you know the confidence that it gave me in terms of the topics and in terms of having that MBA and working with all sorts of people, has enabled me to take on new jobs that, you know, maybe I wouldn’t have had as much skills to perform these successfully without TRIUM.

It’s given me that confidence to venture out of my comfort zones. TRIUM has not only given me skills, but it has given me confidence and perspective and critical thinking that will forever change the trajectory of my career. And now I am making decisions that are much bigger and bolder and looking at opportunities I would have never considered prior.

So if there’s anything I’d recommend to someone who’s looking at TRIUM regarding the experience if you want not just the MBA, but learning in a global setting from a handful of preeminent institutions that are very good at different areas. If you want to learn from colleagues who are again, our global and our accomplished in their respective fields.

And if you’re willing to kind of take a bigger view of the picture, then I think TRIUM is really exciting. It’s an exciting program and it changes your way of looking at things forever, basically in a positive way. And it’s a lot of fun to, you know, it’s it was a lot of hard work put it into the program and it was very demanding.

But I have a lot of fond memories as well in terms of having fun with my colleagues and the people that I’ve met that I keep in touch with to this day. It gives a great perspective, plugs you into a great network of, absolutely fascinating people and minds and, it really unlocks you. So I would highly recommend the program to anyone who is considering. I think it’s a great program.

I’m incredibly grateful for TRIUM. I really am for the community, for the learning, and for giving me the space to dream in a way that I don’t think I would have dreamt before.