Good Audience For Alumni Career Panel

07/02/2006

Good Audience For Alumni Career Panel

Each year the Alumni Careers Panel event is the most popular event with students. At this event they hear from people who were once in the same position as they - about to graduate- just how to take the next step after Richmond, how to move from studying to work-the struggles, successes, skills and thinking involved.

This year’s panel, held on the evening of February 1 in Asa Briggs Hall in the Kensington campus, was a resounding success! Thirteen Richmond alumni came back to campus to discuss informally with students how to start a careers started and to talk about their own professional experiences in building their careers. Representing graduates from 1990 to 2004 from a variety of fields including Finance, Consultancy, Music, IT, Design, Graduate Study, Marketing and Retail, the panelists started out by describing their major at Richmond and the work that they have been doing since graduation.

Advice about writing a CV and interviewing intertwined with comments about how new professional opportunities can be found. The value of internships was mentioned and information about Richmond’s internship program was available. The importance of networking was highlighted and students were encouraged to begin that very evening by meeting personally each of the panelists at the drinks planned afterwards.

Panelists included:

Stamos Fokiano, Class of 1990, Head of Product Development & client Integration at the Royal Bank of Scotland
Paulina McGroarty, Class of 1993, Managing Director at NASDAQ
Talal Chamsi-Pasha, Class of 1994, Director of Retail and Marketing at Hield and Chairman of DuPasha & Co
Olga Shapovalova, Class of 1996, Interior Designer from Alternative Plans
Dan Parisi, Study Abroad 1997-1999, Immigration lawyer from Richard S. Goldstein PC
Rohit Dhawan, MBA Class of 1995, CEO from Xanadutec Ltd.
Taymour Qabazard, Class of 1998, Director from Guiding Light
David Scholtz, Class of 1999, European Business Analyst for Finance Team from Overture Services.
Imran Mirza, Class of 2001, Analyst Globall Web Services-Europe from Credit Suisse First Boston.
Justine Hales, Class of 2002, Customer Services from Smart Cells International Ltd.
Raya Kardasheva, Class of 2003, PhD. Student at London School of Economics.
Stephen Reay, Class of 2004, Consultant from Accenture.
Malinda Sheetz, Class of 2004, Global Repertoire Department from EMI Music