{"id":807,"date":"2024-04-08T16:53:39","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T16:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/?p=807"},"modified":"2024-04-08T17:00:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T17:00:45","slug":"embracing-change-with-company-sponsorship-take-katos-mba-path-at-lbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/2024\/04\/embracing-change-with-company-sponsorship-take-katos-mba-path-at-lbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Embracing Change with Company Sponsorship: Take Kato&#8217;s MBA Path at LBS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Take Kato, a seasoned investment manager at Mitsubishi Corporation, embarked on an MBA at London Business School (LBS) with a vision to transition from traditional industries to a more innovative finance sector. His journey from managing assets in the mineral resource sector to seeking a global, transformative education at LBS was driven by a desire for substantial career evolution and societal impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kato&#8217;s MBA funding came through full sponsorship from Mitsubishi Corporation, covering tuition and living expenses, allowing him to immerse fully in the LBS experience. The preparation for LBS involved deep self-reflection, extensive research, and tackling the GMAT, coupled with an internal company selection process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His choice of LBS was influenced by its global outlook, diverse cohort, and emphasis on finance and corporate culture. Despite the challenges of the application process, including a lower-than-average GMAT score, Kato&#8217;s perseverance and dedication paid off. His advice to prospective MBA candidates is to persist, leverage every resource, and remain passionate about their goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kato&#8217;s MBA journey, enriched by a summer internship in Nairobi, highlights the impact of strategic funding choices on career paths, encouraging future MBA candidates to consider company sponsorship as a viable option for transformative education and career advancement.<br>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/admissionsblog.london.edu\/funding-my-mba-programme-through-company-sponsorship\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take Kato, a seasoned investment manager at Mitsubishi Corporation, embarked on an MBA at London Business School (LBS) with a vision to transition from traditional [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":809,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lbs"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Designer.jpeg","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Designer.jpeg",1024,1024,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Designer-150x150.jpeg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Designer-300x300.jpeg",300,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Designer-768x768.jpeg",640,640,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Designer.jpeg",640,640,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Designer.jpeg",1024,1024,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Designer.jpeg",1024,1024,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Beacon MK","author_link":"https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/author\/mansi-kbeacon-community\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Take Kato, a seasoned investment manager at Mitsubishi Corporation, embarked on an MBA at London Business School (LBS) with a vision to transition from traditional [&hellip;]","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=807"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":808,"href":"https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807\/revisions\/808"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}