During the recruiting process with Shell, I had the opportunity to interact with senior leaders and learn about the ambitious strategy that Shell has of reshaping the energy landscape by investing in “new energy” technologies (e.g. renewables, electric utilities, low carbon intensity biofuels). This inspired me to join the Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) group at Shell, from where I have been able to invest in the types of cutting-edge technologies that have the potential to mitigate the urgent challenges highlighted above. Here are three of my favorite things about my internship. [...]

Current Position: Associate with Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital
Current Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Tell us what you’re up to these days. I’m currently an Associate with Chrysalix, a leading early-stage venture capital firm focused on energy technology innovation. We identify promising breakthrough technologies that could have a real impact on energy-intensive [...]

Entrepreneurship and immediate impact are professional themes that continue to resonate with HBS students. Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition, a popular 2nd year course taught by Rick Ruback and Royce Yudkoff, teaches specific practical skills that are required to become an effective entrepreneur through acquisition. In recent years more and more HBS students are choosing to forgo [...]

By the time you read this, the 940 first-year students of the Class of 2015 will have just returned from HBS FIELD 2. FIELD 2 is a program where 6 person teams of first-year students are partnered with a foreign company in a financially emerging country. Starting in October, we begin working, from the US, with our global partners on a pressing business issue. The project concludes with a [...]

Time has flown! I am already feeling nostalgic about my first term at HBS and how I will miss having section (f)un until almost February. The past two months have been hectic. Recruiting kicked off in mid-October and dominated my schedule entirely. However, with the resources and helping hands, I learned to navigate.To be honest, I was quite sure that I wanted to try out investment banking in New [...]