Strategy Consulting Project

With the term (last at Oxford) nearing an end, things are getting less ambigous now. Now I know where I will be spending my summers for the Strategy Consulting Project (SCP).

The SCP allocation is a long process in which the companies had started presenting the projects right at the start of this term. There were not many good projects on offer but those which were good attracted a very strong competition. My eyes were on Macquarie, Lloyds, Standard & Poors (in the order of preference).

Four teams bid for Macquarie and we lost that bid (Team included Robin, Diliana and Kian) to a better team. Allan made a lot of difference in the two teams and the result was known and obvious to everyone in the school even before the teams presented their bid.

Lloyds also was a tough nut to crack. Here my team included Angel, Cesar and Fernando. We did a fair bit of job on building the presentation as I could extract some ideas from my Macquarie presentation. The other two teams were equally strong if not more. But I think what really clicked in our favor was the team dynamics we were able to pull out during our presentation to the Lloyds team. I led the presentation effort and it was a very good experience; before we ended, we knew that we had put across a very good effort and communicated all our ideas strongly to the panel. They called us after all the three presentations were over to tell us they want our team to work on the project. It was quick!

Now only a few more weeks of class room study is left. Or, its already over? with students already bunking most of the classes to explore job opportunities or just enjoy the Oxford experience. But yes, the assignments never seem to end. Somebody somehwere had told me that Trinity Term will be a walk in the park - it remains a distant dream, atleast for now.

Any case, I am already looking forward to the Lloyds consulting project. And yes, we may go punting sometime soon!