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Universities Business Challenge- Henley team reach final

Congratulations to Kadi Huang, Chris Himpich, Alex Priest and Daniel Lim for reaching the final of the Universities Business Challenge!

In Particular to ICMA Centre students Kadi Huang, 2nd year Finance and Investment Banking, and Daniel Lim, 1st year Finance & Investment Banking. The semi-final was held at the offices of P&G (Procter & Gamble) in Weybridge and required the ten semi-finalists to purchase, renovate and manage a hotel business in Thailand.Tasks included corporate social responsibility, media presentation, creative thinking and networking. The Henley team produced an outstanding performance to win with a profit of £151K (moderated by a stakeholder engagement score).They will join nine finalists from other top business schools at the London HQ of IBM UK in Southbank on Friday 22 March for the chance to win up to £1000.

We wish them the best of luck!

Congratulations to Kadi Huang, Chris Himpich, Alex Priest and Daniel Lim for reaching the final of the Universities Business Challenge!

In Particular to ICMA Centre students Kadi Huang, 2nd year Finance and Investment Banking, and Daniel Lim, 1st year Finance & Investment Banking. The semi-final was held at the offices of P&G (Procter & Gamble) in Weybridge and required the ten semi-finalists to purchase, renovate and manage a hotel business in Thailand.Tasks included corporate social responsibility, media presentation, creative thinking and networking. The Henley team produced an outstanding performance to win with a profit of £151K (moderated by a stakeholder engagement score).They will join nine finalists from other top business schools at the London HQ of IBM UK in Southbank on Friday 22 March for the chance to win up to £1000.

We wish them the best of luck!

Published 18 March 2013

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