Natasha Santha
Management consultant, L.E.K. Consulting
Part-time MBA, Melbourne Business School
"If I was going to invest the time to do an MBA, I wanted to do it properly."
Since completing her MBA, Natasha Santha has worked at L.E.K. Consulting as a management consultant.
Her working life between her undergraduate and masters degrees, included two years at Ernst and Young as an audit risk consultant, three years of running her own business in energy management consulting and two years at AGL as a project manager.
Melbourne Business School is a pre-eminent choice for post graduate management education. I decided that if I was going to invest the time to do an MBA, I wanted to do it properly. Melbourne Business School is the only school locally that is known and respected in the Australian business community, and recognised internationally.
The school offers an excellent part-time program that was flexible, and provided the same opportunities, services and teaching as an equivalent full-time MBA. I heard that the school had an academically rigorous course, delivered by industry experienced teaching staff, and that it attracted the best students in the Asia Pacific region. My expectations were confirmed.
Melbourne Business School has strong connections with the business community. I wanted to pursue a career in management consulting, and I knew that most consulting firms only hire from two business schools in Australia-Melbourne Business School is one. Also I know that as my career progresses, my Melbourne Business School connection will create more opportunities in the future.
The MBA has tangibly modified my career. Prior to doing an MBA, my career options were limited to project management. The MBA means I can pursue my ultimate goal of working in corporate business development. Melbourne Business School connected me with my new employer and the MBA qualification has delivered an immediate 30 percent increase in my salary.
The international exchange program is also a key differentiator of the Melbourne Business School MBA. Spending three months (or a quarter) of the program at the UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management in the U.S. gave me the international experience I was looking for. It also allowed me to develop international networks which I still maintain and through these networks the opportunity to work abroad in the future.
