本周三3月13日：校友面对面，聆听EMBA真实学习感受

牛津EMBA面向有经验的高层管理人员，旨在帮助现任及未来的领导者快速提升、发挥潜能，加速事业成长，重塑未来。课程不仅能实现知识结构深化扩充与思维方式的突破焕新，同时也非常注重实用价值，通过在22-24个月中完成16-18个单周模块，使深度学习与日常工作能够和谐并存。特别是在全球局势充满不确定性的这段时期，更可以满足在保留现有工作的同时实现自我提升的需求，为未来发展做出更充足的准备。

活动详情

• 日期：2024年3月13日（星期三）
  

• 时间：国内晚6点至7点｜英国时间上午10点至11点

• 形式：线上

• 注册：长按识别二维码，或点击文末阅读原文

在本次活动中，你将有机会了解：

• 牛津EMBA课程概述

• 在牛津大学赛德商学院学习的更多受益

• 世界各地EMBA的学生和校友在牛津大学的相关经历、职业发展、以及平衡工作、家庭、生活和学习的方法

• 你关心的其它问题

The Oxford Executive MBA is a transformational programme, taught in a world-class university, that will sharpen your knowledge and experience to act as a responsible leader in a rapidly changing world. Designed to be both intellectually challenging and practical, the Oxford Executive MBA consists of 16-18 week-long modules (depending on your choice of electives). These run approximately every five weeks to fit alongside your work commitments.

About the event

• Date: Wed 13 March 2024

• Time: 18:00 to 19:00 (China Time) / 10:00 to 11:00 (UK Time)

• Format:Online

• Registration: Scan the QR code or click ‘Read more’ at the bottom

During this webinar, you will have the opportunity to

• get an overview of the Oxford Executive MBA Programme

• find out more about the benefits of studying at Saïd Business School

• hear from Executive MBA students and alumni from across Asia and find out moreabout their Oxford experience, career development and how they’ve balanced work, family life and studying

• ask live questions

Cynthia Zhong

Mulberry 北亚区总经理

Cynthia 在时尚/奢侈品行业拥有11年的工作经验。她精通奢侈品、业务开发（亚洲业务拓展）、区域业务战略、运营管理、损益、营销（品牌营销和数字化）、时尚采购、全渠道零售（在线平台管理）、公关、活动管理(VICI CRM)与时装秀/展厅管理。她领导的 Mulberry 北亚区在三年内实现了创纪录的高利润率、奢侈品全价战略、数字发展和扩张。

Lani Tao

开云集团高级区域包容性和多样性经理

Lani 有十年以上销售和商场营销经验，曾任全球客户管理、产品营销采购，并曾在加拿大、中国、爱尔兰和肯尼亚工作。她积极推动联合国可持续发展目标，倡导性别平等和赋予妇女权利，通过指导计划和顾问委员会与妇女基金会等非赢利组织合作，现任男性盟友领导力委员会（Male Allies Leadership Council）成员。

Rishad Manekia

Fellow｜Innovest Advisory

Rishad 为各机构的资产管理人和所有者提供战略、方法、管理与创新方面的建议。他专攻投资管理方面，创立了一家投资咨询公司，在十年间为高净值人士与家族办公室创造价值。

Victor Tay

联合国GCNS主席

中国-东盟商务联盟｜理事会兼首席执行官

Victor 是一名能力多元、勇于创新的CXO，致力于在大中华区和东南亚地区发展新的业务并开拓新的领域。Victor拥有广泛的技能，从四大会计师事务所的管理顾问开始，帮助一家网络创业公司上市，并帮助以增长为导向的企业实现国际化。他在多个公共和私营部门的董事会以及国家级的委员会都有丰富的经验，涉及可持续发展、经济、数据隐私、环境保护、人力和各种商业奖项。他还曾联合风投、金融和基金机构等，为企业、项目和初创企业的股权融资进行银团投资。

Meet the panel

Cynthia Zhong

Mulberry England | General Manager of North Asia

Cynthia has 11 years of experience dedicated to the fashion/luxury industry. Skilled in Luxury Goods, Business Development (business expansion in Asia), Regional Business Strategy, Operation Management, P&L, Marketing (brand marketing and digital), Fashion Buying, Retail Omni–channel (online platform management), PR, Event Management (VIC/CRM) and Fashion Show Management. She leads Mulberry North Asia region and in a three-year period achieved record high margins, luxury full–price strategy, digital development and expansion.

Lani Tao

Kering | Senior Regional Inclusion and Diversity Manager

With over 10 years of experience in sales and marketing, Lani's previous roles include global account management, product marketing, and procurement with experience working in Canada, China, Ireland and Kenya. She advocates for gender equality andwomen's empowerment as part of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, engaging with non-profits such as The Women's Foundation through their mentoring program and advisory council, and now on the Male Allies Leadership Council.

Rishad Manekia

Fellow｜Innovest Advisory

Rishad is an advisor to institutional asset managers and owners on impact strategy, measurement and management and innovative finance. His expertise lies in investment management, having founded an investment advisory firm, creating value for high-net-worth individuals and family offices for over a decade.

Victor Tay

United Nations GCNS Chairman

China-ASEAN Business Alliance | Governing Council and CEO

Versatile and innovative, Vistor is a CXO who strives in new practice development and pioneering new ground in Greater China and South East Asia. Victor has a broad spectrum of skill sets and started as a Management Consultant with the Big 4, helping list a dot com startup, and helping oriented enterprises to internationalize. He has a broad array of exposure sitting at multiple public and private sector boards and national-level committee boards across sustainability, economics, data privacy, environmental protection, manpower and various enterprise awards. He also helped to syndicate ventures, finances and funds for companies, projects and equity finances for start-ups.

活动开始之前，让我们了解一下EMBA校友的真实故事吧：

攻读EMBA时拯救早产儿

Lani Tao

我的牛津大学EMBA之旅充满意外。但是，生活中的美好往往是计划之外的，不是吗？我想要分享一下自己在完成EMBA课程的同时，怀孕生产、全职工作、在南非拯救早产儿的经历。在收到录取通知书的两个月之后，我发现自己怀上了二胎。起初，我又激动又震惊，还有一点恐慌。但是，我的A型人格让我立即开始思考怀孕对学业的影响，特别是在国际课程方面。毕竟，“非洲普惠商业”这门课是我选择牛津大学的理由之一。

为了按时完成EMBA并参加这门课程，我不得不提早开始制定计划。我的孩子预计将在7月出生，课程的时间是10月，也就是在我产后的两个多月。在开普敦结束课程之后，我还有牛津大学的另一门课程。这意味着我要离开宝宝两周。我想要证明自己可以成为一个合格的母亲，也可以实现在牛津大学学习的梦想——这不仅是为了我自己，也是为了其他的母亲和孩子。

作为一名新妈妈，我决定用母乳喂养一年，所以我需要储存大量的母乳。宝宝一出生就会吸吮母乳，每天四次，每次20分钟。这个过程确实让人疲惫，但是这往往是很多女性需要经历的现实，她们通常会躲在昏暗的储藏室或浴室里喂奶（这些我都经历过）。

产后出行、工作和喂奶对我来说都是挑战。你知道吗，母乳在冰箱里可以保鲜五到六天。但是当你在两周的时间内，从香港到开普敦再到牛津，然后再回到香港，保存母乳就不是这么容易的事情了。我做了一下调查之后，决定捐献我在开普敦抽出的母乳，从而避免浪费。母乳中含有对早产儿的生存至关重要的抗体。在当地，我找到了一个叫“Milk Matters”的组织，他们会给医院提供母乳供给早产儿。捐赠母乳的过程非常严格，包括详细的调查、填表，在捐赠之前，甚至要在开普敦进行血液测试。在开普敦度过的一个周之中，我为“Milk Matters”捐献了70多瓶母乳，累计约有7000毫升。同时，我也以优异的成绩通过了开普敦的课程。那些说女性做不到这些的人，现在是否有改变想法呢？

在出行时抽取母乳就是另外一回事了。我必须要小心翼翼的在飞机上、厕所里、罗宾岛、公共汽车上、上下课时、甚至半夜抽取母乳。同时，我还多次与酒店协商，以确保它们能够将我的母乳消毒，并放在冰箱里保鲜。在这期间，我还要接工作电话并且完成课程。此外，跨国运输母乳、以及与运输安全管理局和机场工作人员交涉也不是容易的事情。这绝对是我旅途中最艰难的部分。

我分享自己的故事主要有两个原因。首先，我想阐明女性——尤其是在职母亲——在保持性别平等方面所面临的独特挑战。我经常跟同学们分享自己的分娩经历，尤其是男性同学，因为他们也是有决策权的高层管理者，我希望他们更能体会女性所经历的艰辛。女性往往承受了更多身体、精神和情感压力，但却很少为人提及。有句至理名言是这样说的：“人们期望女性像没有孩子一样工作，像不用工作一样抚养孩子”。人们需要理解，女性在不为人知地方付出了太多，我们需要给在职母亲提供支持，从而创造一个更加公平和包容的环境。

其次，我想要提高人们向“Milk Matters”等组织捐赠母乳的意识。如果你在出行中没办法将母乳带回家，你可以考虑捐献母乳。此外，很多公司还与“Milk Stork”等服务机构合作，帮助在职母亲直接把母乳送回家。

以下是一些供大家参考的母乳捐赠组织。

英国 - Human Milk Foundation

欧洲 - European Milk Banking

美国- The Milk Bank

开普敦- Milk Matters

我的EMBA之旅充满了意外。但是在经历了这一切之后，我觉得自己无所不能。我希望让担忧怀孕或照顾孩子的女性知道，虽然不易，一切皆有可能。身负使命的新晋母亲完全可以做到这一点。我希望激励其他有类似经历的女性，并且为她们创造机会，打造一个更加公平的未来。

希望了解更多，点击文末阅读原文，注册参与活动吧！

Before the event, see the real stories of EMBA panel

Saving preemies while pursuing an EMBA

Lani Tao

This wasn’t exactly how I planned for my Oxford Executive MBA (EMBA) journey to be. But the best things in life are never planned, right? So here is my story of being pregnant, having a newborn and toddler, working full-time, saving premature babies in South Africa while completing my EMBA. Two months after receiving my acceptance into the program, I discovered I was pregnant with my second baby. The initial emotions of excitement, shock, panic, excitement of course was there, but my type A personality also immediately began calculating how my pregnancy would impact my studies, particularly the international modules, which were a major draw for me. One course in particular, 'Inclusive Business in Africa' was one of the reasons why I chose to attend Oxford.

Determined to complete the EMBA on time and attend this course, I had to start strategizing early on. My baby would be born in July, and the course would take place in October, which means I would be just over two months postpartum. I also had another module in Oxford immediately after Cape Town. This meant being away from my newborn for two weeks, and I wanted to prove it was possible to live my dream of studying in Oxford and be a new parent – not just for myself, but for other women and my daughter.

As a new mother committed to breastfeeding for one year, I know I needed to build a substantial 'milk stash'. I started pumping as soon as my baby was born and continued pumping four times a day, every day, for 20 minutes each time. The process was exhausting, but it underscored the reality of what many women go through, often behind the scenes in a dark storage room or bathroom (all of which I have done before).

Travelling postpartum, working and maintaining a milk supply presented challenges. Did you know that breastmilk can stay fresh for five to six days in a fridge? But when you do a class trip from Hong Kong to Cape Town to Oxford and back to Hong Kong over the span of two weeks, it's not so easy to manage. I did some research and decided it was best I donate the milk I pumped while in Cape Town to not let that liquid gold go to waste. I found a local organization called Milk Matters, which provides breast milk to hospitals for premature babies, and breast milk contained antibodies that were essential for helping in the survival of preemies. The process of becoming a donor was very thorough, involving detailed surveys, forms, and even a blood test which had to be done in Cape Town before any milk could be donated. During the week of pumping and classes and off-sites in Cape Town, I am proud to say over 70 bottles of milk were donated to Milk Matters, roughly 7000ml and I passed that course with a distinction grade, so tell me again that women aren’t capable.

Pumping while travelling was a whole other story, the places I had to discreetly and not so discreetly pump included on the plane, toilets, Robben Island, buses in between classes, during class, middle of the night multiple times deliriously. There was also a lot of coordinating with hotels to make sure they understood they needed to help me freeze the milk in their freezers and to keep it sanitized. Not to mention all my work calls and classroom sessions in between. I can go on further about even the difficulties of transporting milk between countries and arguing with TSA and airport staff to allow me to take milk through and that can be it’s own story. This part was definitely the hardest part of my journey.

I share my story for two main reasons. First, I want to shed light on the unique challenges women face - especially working mothers - in maintaining parity with their male counterparts. I very vocally share about my pumping and newborn journey with classmates, especially the male classmates because they are also the ones who are in senior executive positions to make decisions, so I hope that they can see the hardships women go through. We often carry additional physical, mental, and emotional stress that is seldom spoken about. A quote I saw that rings true was 'Women are expected to work like they don’t have children and raise children as if they don’t work'. This is the equity part of understanding there is so much that goes on behind the scenes and we need to empower and support working mothers and create a moreinclusive and equitable environment.

Second, I want to raise awareness about the opportunities to donate breast milk to organizations like Milk Matters. If you're a travelling mother and can't bring your milk back home, consider donating it. Additionally, companies can look to support working mothers by partnering with services like Milk Stork, which helps send breast milk directly back home.

Here is a quick list of some milk donation companies to consider:

United Kingdom - Human Milk Foundation

Europe - European Milk Banking

USA - The Milk Bank

Cape Town - Milk Matters

This journey to an EMBA hasn’t been the norm, but I feel after being able to do this, I can do anything. And I hope to show any woman who is considering doing an Executive MBA with concerns about pregnancy or childcare that it is possible, not easy, but possible. And if anyone can do it - it’s the breastfeeding new mother on a mission. I hope to inspire and empower other women on similar paths and contribute to a more equitable future for us all.

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