Jimmy Lai
Breaking into the industry you want
Admissions Committee at INSEAD
Works at Boston Consulting Group
Available Tuesday at 12:00 PM UTC
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Jimmy's Offerings
Custom hourly · $100/hr
Jimmy also coaches for MBA and Management Consulting. View all.
Jimmy’s Career Coaching Qualifications
Coaches professionally
Experience level: Executive
I have switched industries many times. From being a corporate slave to an entrepreneur, from a management consultant to a VC. I understand the difficulties in the journey, and I only provide hands-on tips.
Jimmy also coaches for MBA and Management Consulting. View all.
Work Experience
Investment Manager
Saltagen Ventures
February 2023 - Present
Leads the deal flow at the firm, by proactive deal scouting and screening across the relevant investment verticals; Builds strong partnerships with notable universities and ecosystems across Canada and Asia to support startups’ global expansion Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Venture Capital
Consultant - Student Consultant
Boston Consulting Group
September 2021 - Present
Devised strategy projects for companies in Finance, Energy, Technology and Telecom industries tackling business challenges, including net-zero transformation, organization design, sales acceleration, analytics capability building, and carbon trading, by conducting technology assessment, due diligence and industry benchmarking research; Supported private equity firms for commercial due diligence of potential acquisition targets in SEA; Hosted Wed 3.0 seminar for Asia investors and prepared knowledge-sharing materials on metaverse and Asian investment trends with Principal Investors and Private Equity sector Due Diligence and Technology Integration
MBA Candidate
INSEAD
September 2020 - August 2021
Full time MBA programme in France and Singapore - Awarded INSEAD Tomorrow's Leaders Scholarship and INSEAD Alumni Fund (IAF) Diversity Scholarship - Dean's List (Top 10%)
Co-founder
OnGrad
March 2018 - August 2021
Most students would agree that they did not receive enough career support in schools. The pain point is that Career, which takes up a big part of our lives, is not well designed in the curriculum of secondary schools or universities. After seeing many of my peers/juniors suffering from doing something they do not like, I decided to build OnGrad, with a mission to become a career supercharger for university students. OnGrad is the LinkedIn designed for university students. We built OnMyGrad, an EdTech platform for undergraduates to explore potential career options, by offering a career learning academy hosted by industry leaders; and a community where students receive continuous coaching support. Within 2 years, we have already helped more than 30+ corporate clients on employer branding projects, and reached more than 10,000 students in different recruitment campaigns. Key Projects 1. Henderson Land Development - Leasing Trainee Programme 2018 & 2019 Building from scratch, we worked with Henderson Land to build and design their campus recruitment programme. This is a flagship programme which OnGrad provided end-to-end services from programme design, promotion, application screening, assessment center, on-boarding, and training and development. The programme has attracted 1000+ candidates, with around 20 trainees hired through the programme. In this project, my main role included interview assessor and lead trainer delivering 20+ training hours. (Workplace personalities (DiSC), Presentation with impact, Design thinking, Business English and etiquette) 2. New World Development & K11 - A．Entrepreneur Adventure Programme 3. HKU/CUHK/EdUHK - Career preparation workshop for undergraduate and postgraduate students 4. OnGrad Trekker Internship Programme / Booster+ Career coaching programme
Assistant Manager, Technology and Digital Services
New World Development Company Limited
July 2014 - June 2016
Drove the group's digital strategy including social media channels, social entertainment, initial brand building, chatbot, etc. Key Projects: - Victoria Dockside: social media, media buy, initial brand building - K11 MUSEA: social media, social entertainment, social entertainment - K11 HK: social media, KOL management, chatbot - K11 Design Store: online store UX improvements, online shop sales campaign
Education
INSEAD
Master of Business Administration - MBA
2020 - 2021
Admissions Committee Experience
Grade: Distinction, Dean's List (Top 10%) The INSEAD MBA is a 10-month accelerated programme based in Singapore and France. Across five periods, I have completed 26 courses across 9 business disciplines including Entrepreneurship, Finance, and Strategy. The dual campus experience has allowed me to interact with 350+ classmates from 70+ nationalities. Awarded INSEAD Tomorrow's Leaders Scholarship and INSEAD Alumni Fund (IAF) Diversity Scholarship.
University of Hong Kong
BBA(IBGM), International Business and Global Management
2011 - 2014
Admissions Committee Experience
Grade: Second Class Honours (Division One) Activities and societies: St. John's College