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For the last five years, I have admired McKinsey & Company’s thought leadership and values-b values-based ased system through through the McKinse McKinsey y Quarter Quarterly ly and books books such as McKinsey’s Marvin Bower . In August 2010, I had the opportunity to have lunch with XYZ, former Managing Director of McKinsey & Company, Spain. Durin During g our conver conversat satio ion, n, we talke talked d about about the the firm firm’s ’s depth depth of kno knowl wledg edgee in natura naturall resources, the close interaction between McKinsey offices worldwide and the firm’s deep experience in emerging markets. I believe that these 3 factors are critical to helping me work across different regions, strengthen strengthen my understanding of the energy industry and help me achieve my long-term long-term goal of leadership at an F-500 energy company. Additionally, my conversations with McKinsey consultants worldwide reveal the strong camaraderie at the firm and have convinced me to apply for the Associate position.
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Worki Working ng closel closely y throu througho ghout ut the first first year year of the MBA MBA with with my teamteam-me memb mber er xyz (Consul (Consultan tant, t, Zurich Zurich Office) Office) provided provided me with with strong strong insights insights into into BCG’s BCG’s clean-sheet approach and focus on providing innovative solutions to its clients. The same is reflected through BCG’s expertise in emerging technologies such as carbon capture and sequestration as well as proposing unique business models to players in the upstream oil industry. Working at BCG’s Energy & Environment practice will strengthen my understanding of the rapidly evolving energy industry and help me achieve my long-term goal of leadership at an F-500 energy company. Additionally, Additionally, my conversations conversations with BCG consultants worldwide worldwide reveal the strong focus on culture and work-life balance at the firm and have convinced me to apply for the XYZ position.
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Over the last 5 years, I have admired Bain’s results-oriented approach, collegial work-culture and consistent focus on delivering executable solutions to its clients.
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While I had heard about Bain’s focus on building long-term value at my previous employers, Aker Solutions and BP, working closely with the firm on strategy implementation at XYZ has helped me further appreciate Bain’s core values. Through my recent conversations with XYZ (Partner, Mumbai office) and ABC (Principal, KL office), I learnt about Bain’s fast-growing oil & gas practice serving clients across the value chain.
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I am convinced convinced that Bain’s focus on providing implementable implementable solutions and its expertise in the energy industry will help me achieve my long-term goal of leadership at an F-500 energy company. These reasons have convinced me to apply for the XYZ position at Bain&Company
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My current role as EA to the CEO of XYZ’s oil&gas business has given me the opportunity to work with senior executives and their burning platform issues. These These challeng challenges es include include growing growing the business business internat internationa ionally, lly, while while simult simultaneo aneously usly focussing on reducing costs in a weak macro-environment In the process, I have learnt to appreciate the several complexities of large capital projects ranging from establishing different alliances to dealing with increased localisation needs Worki Working ng closel closely y with with Bain Bain & Comp Compan any y on strat strategy egy impl impleme ement ntati ation on has helpe helped d me appreciate the importance of creating quantifiable targets, aligning strategy to a company’s core capabilities and providing bespoke solutions to a client.
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My experien experience ce with with Aker Solutions, Solutions, a US$10B US$10B Norweg Norwegian ian energy energy services services company company invo involv lved ed plan planni ning ng and and exec execut utin ing g larg large, e, fast fast-t -tra rack ck proj projec ects ts in the the oil oil refi refine nery ry and and petrochemical industries. indus tries. The responsibility for managing multidisciplinary teams of up to 100 engineers and the daily client engagement taught me outstanding lessons in interpersonal interaction and improved my ability to communicate with different personalities across all levels of an organisation.
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Coordin Coordinati ating ng cross-fu cross-functi nctional onal teams teams across across geograph geographies ies taught taught me the importa importance nce key project management skills including prioritising activities, allocating resources effectively, and staying focused on creating value for the client. My MBA internship with BP, post Macondo 2010, helped me appreciate the challenges in changi changing ng a comp company any’s ’s strat strategy egy in respo response nse to a Black Black Swan Swan event event and and espec especial ially ly the the importance of designing an effective organisational structure. In creating the performance management system for a new initiative, I learnt the importance of obtaining buy-in from key stakeholders in order to ensure effective implementation My part-time experience in creating and delivering training modules in microfinance has significantly improved my ability to clearly convey messages to target audiences.
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