Hi David,
I want to share briefly re my profile with you to gauge my chances in HBS, Sloan and Booth
GMAT: 690 (88% percentile on total score; Q 77%; V 83%)
SAT 1C 99% though long time ago in 1997/8
In High school I was onced ranked 1st from 250 students (competitive military school)
Education:
Wesleyan University, CT with GPA of 3.48
Attended on full merit based scholarship
Geographic: Indonesia
Citizenship /Ethnicity: Indonesian/ Asian or Pacific Islander
Work Experience:
In short, I am Founder of two Islamic Banks windows (both multinationals) namely HSBC and OCBC. All of my experience have been in Islamic Finance (both commercial bank and Consumer Insurance). I hope this give a lift as this is very rare.
in HSBC, I progressed from Project Manager, to Corporate Banking Manager, to Head of Islamic FI (AVP) and Head of Commercial (AVP)
in OCBC, I was the founder of Islamic window and became the Head of the overall islamic business, last title as VP. Achieved target and the window was ranked #2 in customer satisfaction)
in AIA, I was Head of Islamic Insurance business, last title as Deputy Group Head. Currently I am not working as I take redundancy in AIA (strategic change that management decide not to pursue Syariah as Business proposition anymore but as product alternative only). This is despite the islamic business achieve 4 times above target and achieved #1 in most recommended Islamic insurance survey.
Extra Curricular:
Member of Islamic Insurance association,
Was member of working committee of Islamic Banking growth fastrack program sponsored by central bank
As well as few others such as founder of Trivia Program in SE Asian Awareness Month
Member of Opel Car Owner's club (i dont know if i can mention this LOL)
Participate in Javanese Klenengan (traditional music jam session)
Participate as Dancer in Asian Month in College
What are my chances? and from view, what is my strength and what are the things that I need to work on?
Regards
Fajar
