30th Jan,2023 Monday
12:00 noon 
Industry Overview & Sharing
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Industry Overview Sessions
Digital media is changing the landscape for marketers everywhere, especially in the FMCG sector. Participants in this industry sharing learned more about brand building for FMCG and marketing career development in the future. There were also sharing by HKU alumni who are now working at P&G.
Agenda
- What’s FMCG
- What’s a brand building
- What’s FMCG & marketing career development in future
- Case sharing from HKU alumni
Co-Organiser: P&G
P&G is one of the world leading FMCG multinationals with over a century of history delivering loved health and beauty brands to consumers. -
All about AI, Big Data, FinTech..The New Era!
Tech Pathways for Business Students
The tech industry has experienced explosive growth in recent years, with jobs in this sector being at the top of many students’ lists. As a result, competition for roles is fierce and information on how to break in is sparse.
This webinar provided a jumping off point for those just starting to consider tech, as well as for those who are already aiming for jobs in the sector and would like practical advice for landing a job there. There will be two perspectives. One is a wider survey of the tech landscape relevant to HKU business students that draws on interviews with recent graduates and more senior employees at various tech companies.Agenda
- Tech landscape
- Who some of the companies are/ how to find others
- What some common roles are and what skills are required
- What the hiring process looks like
- How to get hired
- Network Guard
- What they look for in candidates
- What opportunities are available both there and with other players in the field
- What’s the best way to get a foot in the door
- Possibilities as one progresses up the ladder
Speakers
- Dr Jackie Militello, PhD, The University Hong Kong and King's College London
- Ms Victoria Kwong, Global Talent Acquisition, Network Guard
- Tech landscape
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Influence Without Authority
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Fireside Chat | HKU Business School Industry Leader Sharing Series
McKinsey & Co. SVP
Based in London, Mr Fabricio Sousa, Senior Vice President in the Recovery & Transformation Services Practice at McKinsey and Company, hosted an interactive Q&A session to field all our students questions from how to crack into management consulting, challenges leading large-scale corporate transformation projects to career tips in the post-Covid world.
Co-Organiser: McKinsey & Company
We are a global management consulting firm that serves a broad mix of private, public and social sector institutions. We help our clients make significant and lasting improvements to their performance and realize their most important goals. With nearly a century of experience, we’ve built a firm uniquely equipped to this task. -
Dialogue with Industry Practitioners
Creating Value In your Job and Career Objectives in an Increasingly Competitive Market Environment
In this Dialogue with Industry Practitioners, Ms Janie Fong provided insights on value creation in job and career objectives with other industry practitioners, especially under the increasingly competitive market with various dynamic external factors.
Agenda
- International Business Transactions
- Private Equity, Banking, Finance
- The Services Industries
- Emerging Cross Border Industries and Growth Opportunities
Speaker
- Ms Janie Fong, Manging Director, East West Bank
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Building and Leading With Your Personal Brand
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Equity Research: Insight into the Role of an Analyst
This workshop explored the role of an equity research analyst and the essential skills for a career in equity research. The workshop helped the participants to make an informed decision on equity research as a career option and prepare them for interview. Deborah our speaker has 7 years experience as a sell side equity research analyst, who was involved in analyst recruitment. Not only was this session interactive, but also includes real-world examples and opportunities for Q&A.
Agenda
- What is equity research?
- A typical day for a research analyst
- Investment reccomendations
- Careers in equity research
Speaker
- Deborah Taylor, Financial Edge Training
Co-Organiser: Financial Edge Training
Founded by industry veterans, Financial Edge’s vision is to develop top-tier technology in the context of learning. Our faculty, tech and client team have decades of accumulated experience delivering the most demanding training programs around the world. Driven by innovation and technical expertise, we love working closely with our partners to implement tailored training solutions.
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Your Step-by-step Guide to Get into Compliance, Internal Audit and COO Office
Specifically designed for ambitious students who are interested in getting into IB Middle & Back Offices, especially roles in Compliance, Internal Audit and COO Office. The session provided them with essential tips (E.g. headcounts, career planning, market players and duties) of these roles.
Agenda
- Provide an overview of roles in Compliance, Internal Audit and COO Office, covering job duties (including client onboarding roles such as KYC and AML), prospects, exit opportunities and technical requirements;
- Provide the latest recruitment updates (2021/2022 headcount and recruitment process) of major financial institutes and professional service corporations;
- Give examples of commonly-asked technical interview questions and recommend tactics to pass the interviews.
Speaker
- Mr Steven Lui, Co-founder and Head of Career Coaches, HKCareers
Co-Organiser: HKCareers
Founded in 2014, we’ve helped 800+ graduate students to secure offers from almost all reputable corporations which offer graduate schemes/ internships. Therefore, we understand their recruitment process inside-out and this provides an absolute edge for the coaching program participants.
Our success was featured in the Hong Kong Economic Times and we are regularly invited by multiple universities in Hong Kong to deliver talks on topics related to career planning and insightful industry sharing sessions. Our past clients include HKU FBE, CUHK MBA, HKBU, OUHK, HKPU and so on.