KBC Awards Ceremony

A celebration of achievements in 2022/23

On the 8th of May, 2022, King’s Business Club once again held its Annual Awards Ceremony to recognise and celebrate the incredible achievements of our committee members.

A unique challenge faced the 2021/22 Committee. As we moved out of the pandemic back onto campus, there was a sense of urgency to capitalise on the opportunities this presented. Safe to say, our committee rose to the challenge and pushed the bounds of what was possible. We started the year with a bang, reintroducing our Annual Boat Gala and welcoming in new members during the Freshers Fair. We provided both online and in-person opportunities to maximise our reach. From masterclasses to workshops, networking events and insight days, we executed over 85 events this year. Thanks to these efforts, we’ve been recognised as a leading student society by both Bright Network and NUE. King’s Business School also acknowledged our contribution by awarding us Society of the Year.

We could not have achieved any of this without our Committee. Our dedicated and diverse team has been at the forefront of our success in bettering the student experience. To recognise the great strides they have taken in inspiring, educating, and connecting KBC members to the world of business, we awarded the most outstanding associates and departments for their excellent achievements and accomplishments.

Congratulations to all our winners, and we look forward to another exceptional year ahead!

Sho Kubota

Vice President 2020/21

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Awards

Provided to give merit to individual or group achievements. Each is endorsed by an external partner.

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Nominees

Individual nominations towards the KBC awards are an achievement in themselves.

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Awarded

Awards are given on the basis of qualitative and quantitative success of committee and project

Awards

The King’s Business Club Awards Ceremony seeks to highlight the achievements from the best talents that King’s College London has to offer.

Best Head of Department

Tara Bhandari, Head of Consulting

  • "Tara is one of the most impressive people I have had the chance to work with. Throughout her time at KBC, she never shied away from responsibility and instead always looked for more opportunities to get involved. She led one of the most successful departments at KBC this year, organizing the first Consulting Week and bringing in insightful speakers from firms such as BCG, EY, McKinsey, and many more. Tara also successfully led and managed KBC's largest mentorship scheme to this day, creating job opportunities for students that were the most in need."
  • - Ata Özsan, Vice President

Best Deputy Head of Department

Sofie Axén, Deputy Head of Marketing

  • Sofie has demonstrated excellent analytical skills by expanding KBC’s reach on WeChat and TikTok, expanding our vision “to inspire, to educate and to connect” to more geographies and demographies
  • She has been very proactive in helping to turn around marketing activity for department events and contributed successfully to organizational events such as K+, Boat Party or the M&A Case Competition..

Overall Best Associate

Ayaan Tigdikar, Consulting Strategy Associate

  • Ayaan has shown outstanding management skills by leading the University Expansion Project to Queen Mary and Brunel University.
  • His commitment to planning the Shell Society, the Awards Ceremony or additional funding projects has been exceptional.

Community Engagement Award

Téa Abrasheva

  • "Téa has been an exceptional addition to the KBC family with her enthusiasm, work ethic, and dedication. Her job was very difficult, being the first person to take the role of Event Manager at KBC. Although she had no predecessor, Téa was very fast to come to grips with the way KBC functions. In addition to organizing the Freshers Socials, KBC Conference, Alumni Networking Event and now the 15th Year Awards Ceremony Tea has truly gone above and beyond by becoming an essential part of our community. It was a pleasure to get to know and work alongside her."
  • - Ata Özsan, Vice President

Diversity and Inclusion Award

Hrithi Bhattacharya

  • "Starting from the first day she got involved with KBC, Hrithishowed a lot of enthusiasm towards creating an inclusive environment, so all members felt appreciated for their qualities. She has interviewed almost everyone in our society, and played the most crucial part in creating a cultural shift that we all were looking for. Her ability to connect with a large group of people on a personal level is something I admire and one of the many reasons why she deserves this award"
  • - Ata Özsan, Vice President

Official Endorsers

Best Associate Award

Diya Nadeem

  • "Diya has demonstrated remarkable skills in bringing in the most inspiring individuals and conduction enterprise events such as The Power of Diversity and Inclusion, (R)acing with McLaren and 2 events during King’s Entrepreneurship Week. Diya has consistently displayed outstanding commitment and a positive attitude. She is an over-achiever but who still maintains the mantra - quality over quantity."
  • - Rebecca Khanan, Head of Enterprise

Official Endorsers

Best Associate Award

Mark Naslund

  • Mark has shown an exceptional level of commitment, professionalism and productivity through his delivery of 7 key finance events.
  • Seeks to deliver excellence in his work, goes above and beyond his responsibilities
  • Effective team player who takes initiative and can be always relied upon

Most Engaging Associate Award

Nikita Khithani

  • Nikita has shown exemplary organisational skills and taken a prompt, proactive role to ensure tasks are seen through to the end.
  • Approaches every project with enthusiasm, a positive outlook and strong work ethic
  • Dedicated and driven to achieve department’s goals and execute events successfully

Official Endorsers

Best Associate Award

Octavia Skivington

  • Octavia has demonstrated remarkable people skills in organizing and improving consulting events during both terms such as the Big 4 Speaker Panel, McKinsey Speaker Panel etc.
  • From displaying outstanding work ethic and a detailed oriented attitude, Octavia brought about energy and quality of events to the department

Most Dedicated Associate Award

Juliette Mizon

  • Juliette has demonstrated an inspiringly dedicated attitude towards consulting by engaging herself with every learning opportunity. As an event attendee, she was always eager to interact with others. As an event organizer, she is very hands on in accomplishing the task and often praised by others
  • She is open minded, adaptable to challenges and she has achieved great outcomes despite tight deadlines. She is an over achiever but with quality guaranteed

Best Associate Award

Ting (Sabrina) Mak

  • Sabrina has been a valuable member of the marketing department
  • Apart from organizing events, she has actively contributed on all fronts be it Public Relations or through content creation. She also introduced the "5 Questions with Committee Member Series", and is also a vital member of the marketing team for King's Consulting
  • Sabrina is a reliable team player who consistently performs to drive results

Above and Beyond Award

Dan Valdaz

  • Dan has been instrumental in the growth of Pivot Talk courtesy his excellent post production work.
  • He has shown exemplary commitment to his role and the KBC community too reflected by his contributions in covering the Harvard Business School Event.
  • He is also a regular contributor for the KBC's TikTok account and was actively involved in making the most viral video that garnered 131k+ views

Best Category Editor Award

Suhana Dua

  • Suhana has shown her dedication to KBR through her active participation in all forms of media where KBR operates
  • Consistent in recruiting contributors and bringing fresh articles to the section
  • Her enthusiasm for KBR is admirable and has positively influenced the department's progress

Above and Beyond Award

Anika Sara

  • Anika had been exceptionally committed to all KBR projects by creating dynamic yet coherent designs for social media platforms and the print issue
  • In carrying out her duties, she demonstrated proactiveness and excellent teamwork skills
  • Instrumental in sustaining and developing the KBR brand

Official Endorsers

Best Associate Award

Selim Khattab

  • Selim has consistently maintained an approachable attitude and depicted excellent collaboration skills while working on the CV clinic alongside the Finance department.
  • Gained a thorough understanding of the 'KBC Fit' and tailored screenings according to the department assigned.
  • Adopted a proactive approach to ensure timely completion of screenings and took up additional responsibilities such as stepping in for interviews and other KBC events in the case of last minute emergencies.

Above and Beyond Award

Shree Hari Suresh Kunniramath

  • Hari has depicted impressive attention to detail in the 65+ screenings conducted over the year, with an impeccable eye for talent.
  • Open to constructive criticism. Demonstrated this by adopting the conversation style to conducting interviews as per initial feedback in the interview workshop.
  • Exceptional growth by consistently improving and taking up responsibilities, i.e. logistics for Teams Day.

Official Endorsers

Best Associate Award

Elliot Ostlin

  • Elliot has demonstrated remarkable networking and organisational skills, finding 4 advisors as External Relations Manager, and assisting in constructing King’s Capital’s training programme as Operations Manager
  • Elliot has also taken initiative in starting King’s Capital’s equity research report venture
  • Elliot has constantly demonstrated unparalleled dedication towards King’s Capital

Most Dedicated Associate Award

Shresth Goel

  • Consistently gone above and beyond in his stock pitches and analysis producing highly detailed work to assist the fund
  • Shresth has also assisted in kickstarting King’s Capital’s equity research reports to ensure of its success

Official Endorsers

Best Associate Award

Syzmon Podpora

  • "Szymon has shown very strong business acumen as well as fantastic analysis. Leading a high quality delivery for his first ever project. Generating high praise from client. Szymon has shown his commitment to KBC by attending many events and showing very high engagement with the training scheme. He is truly an asset to King's Strategy, never wavering in his dedication to quality, we are extremely excited to see what come next for him. Great work Szymon!"
  • Demonstrated exceptional organisational abilities and problem solving skills
  • Leveraged the wider KBC network to increase her knowledge and skills throughout the year

Most Dedicated Analyst Award

Anton Sirgue

  • Played integral role in the internal and external development of KCon by taking on new responsibilities
  • Displayed proactiveness in matters relating to KCon's organisation and external stakeholders
  • Demonstrated exceptional willingness to grow from feedback and apply new skills

Best Associate Award

Louise Bridoux

  • "Louise Bridoux has been a phenomenal addition to the technology department since joining this year. She has shown great promise in web design, and has been proactive in organising the Blockchain in Finance event, connecting the club with its alumni as well. She displayed great committment, and always asked questions to learn more about the software used to host the websites. Her attendance to all meetings and socials has lifted team spirits. Overall, Louise has positively contributed to the department throughout the year, and her presence was essential to the team."
  • - Rim El Hamidi, Head of Technology Department

Official Endorsers

Best Software Engineer Award

Aymen Berbache

  • "Aymen is a key member of our team since the very founding of King’s Labs. Having deeply participated in forging the Foxi spirit of ambition, rigor, and teamwork, he has been a key member of our Software Engineering Pole. Aymen worked on all three of our projects to date, making for 318,316 lines of code added and 984 removed spread over 66 commits. His key collaboration on the deployment of our project 3 is also to be noticed as his commitment to King’s Labs enabled us to meet our client’s demands in due time. Aymen is a true team player, having put the extent of his ambition to the service of King’s Labs by helping us source and onboard fantastically talented new members. Thank you for your invaluable work helping King’s Labs achieve its first ambition of becoming the next worldwide leader of student societies building software."
  • - Anton Sirgue, Prinicipal of King's Labs

Best in Community Empowerment Award

Peter Baskakovs

  • "Peter has been determinant in our ability to catch up on this big pilar of King’s Labs’ growth: content producing and community empowerment. He brought fantastic motivation and ambition to the team with a true vision for the type of content we could produce and share with our community. Since he joined King’s Labs in early 2023, Peter has handled the Environment Pole fantastically well by setting strong goals and a solid foundation for the work of this capital work. Thanks to his effort, we have already recorded the first 3 episodes of our podcast series and stand ready for major developments in the establishment of our content web. Thank you for your invaluable work helping King’s Labs achieve its second ambition of empowering the curious, the ambitious, and the entrepreneurial."
  • - Anton Sirgue, Prinicipal of King's Labs

Event Highlights

11:00 - 11:10 GMT

Opening Speeches

Opening speech by Head of Human Resources: Esha Senthil Kumar, KBC co-founder Michael Tyrimos, and vice-president Sho Kubota

11:10 - 11:40 GMT

Awards Presentation

Awards presented to the departments of Finance, Entreprise, Consulting, King’s Consulting, and Human Resources

11:40 - 11:45 GMT

Alumni & Committee Speeches

Speech by Alumni Humza Samad, head of Finance Navya Sethi, and deputy head of Consulting, Nishorgo Mostofa

11:40 - 12:45 GMT

Awards Presentation

Awards presented to the departments of King’s Capital, Marketing, Publications, Technology, and the overall KBC awards

12:35 - 12:40 GMT

Presidential Speech

Closing remarks and announcement of successors by Aqib, President of King’s Business Club 2021/22