I am a Masters in Management student at London Business School.  I am passionate about Healthcare and Technology. I hope to start my own company with the goal to employ digital technology effectively in healthcare. 

I am an alumna of the 2021-22 Columbia Laidlaw Scholars cohort, and graduated from Columbia (CC'24) with majors in History and Mathematics. My Laidlaw research centered on the women's movement in early twentieth-century British India. My first summer focused on the Indian writer, educator, and activist Mahadevi Varma, and my second summer focused on networks of women from across the British empire attending the Oxford in the 1910s-30s at the Unstable Archives Project.

I am a Masters in Management student at the London Business School and am passionate about bringing people together in conversation and mutual understanding. 

I am Ubi from Namibia, and after having spent my formative years growing up there, I moved to Cape Town to complete my undergraduate and post-graduate in Accounting and Finance.  Subsequently, I started working at Deloitte in London where I qualified as a Chartered Accountant after spending 3 years in the Audit department and then moving to the Corporate Finance Advisory department before starting the MBA programme.  In my spare time, I enjoy cycling, swimming, Latin American Ball room dancing, travelling, trying new restaurants and going to the theatre. 

Hi Laidlaw family! I'm Jennifer, a native New Yorker, currently studying at London Business School for my MBA. I spent the last 3 years prior to my MBA at a tech start-up learning different parts about the business, including sales functions, solutions, and product. Prior to that I honed my market research skills at a market research consultancy firm, specializing in tech products. In my free time I love to dance, specifically salsa, bachata, and merengue.

Hi everyone! I run the CraftHER Leadership-in-action program by @Swara - Voice of Women. Here's our IG: www.instagram.com/craftherbyswara/ I’m Asha Scaria Vettoor, an entrepreneur and Laidlaw Scholar from the University of Oxford. I run Swara, a social enterprise based in India that creates income opportunities for women through ethical fashion and storytelling. We also host CraftHER, a 6-week Leadership-in-Action program that brings Laidlaw scholars from around the world to Kerala to learn from women-led enterprises, grassroots organisations, and artisan communities. I’m passionate about building bridges between global learners and local changemakers in my community and always up for a conversation on social entrepreneurship, ethical supply chains, or running programs in remote parts of India.

Hello! I was Laidlaw scholar in 2019, and I studied national, regional, and local identity in northern Tajikistan through the lens of women's fashion.  For a year after graduating, I worked for the UN Mine Action Service which removes landmines from conflict and post-conflict regions. I then worked for the Laidlaw Foundation 2021-22 and completed a Master's Degree in Anthropology and Development Management at the London School of Economics. Now I'm working with the UN on innovative finance for biodiversity conservation, focusing on marine ecosystems. Please feel free to reach out on the network, on LinkedIn, or by email. I'm always happy to meet new people and chat.

Hi, Laidlaw Family.  I am the Senior Manager for the Leadership Framework at Durham University, UK.  Part of my role is to oversee the Laidlaw Leadership and Research Programme, with particular responsibility for the partnership management.  This involves identifying key stakeholders, soliciting and stewarding these relationships while offering a platform for collaborative work.   Networking and managing relationships is a key component of successful leadership.  I would urge all future leaders to have a mentor to support them on their leadership journey. I am also  a qualified Family and work place mediator, offering  training in mediation and conflict resolution skills.  I have also, written and published mentoring guidelines and toolkits.  I would be happy to assist any students on the Laidlaw programme. Prior to this post I have worked as a Director of a Hospice, I have lectured in South African Dramatic Literature,  set up  several NGO's in South Africa and Zambia.