Personal Statement

Since early childhood I have displayed entrepreneurialspirit and leadership skills; organizing

peers into clubs and groups, setting up stalls to sell hand made goods and iced lemonade and

assisting my father to select colour schemes for his interior decorating business. So it was

inevitable that my career path would eventually lead me toward the field of management and

business.

Looking back it is extraordinary how my career,spanning 30 years,has evolved from Fashion

Designer for leading UK manufactures to establishing and managing a large, successful nursery

chain in the United Arab Emirates. Parallel to this I have founded and continue to run an

SME,Rentacrib LLC, which has been providing safety solutions to families and visitors to Dubai

for over a decade.

My business acumen and management skills are intrinsic and essential to both my current

position as Head of Nurseries for Amity Education Middle East as well as to developing

Rentacrib LLC expand toward becoming a franchise, established in various regions of the Middle

East.

Additionally, my skills have developed through solid work and business experiences, various

professional developmenttraining opportunities during my teaching years and from holding a

keen interest in the philosophies of business leaders and gurus such as Tony Hsie, Richard

Branson and Anita Roddick to name a few. However, gaining an MBA in Management

Specialisation would offer me the opportunity to consolidate my experiences and skills as well

as gain further skills and insights in field of management and business administration.

I believe I am especially suited to this particular course as the modules are relevant to my

experiences and current career as a leader and business woman. For example,I am actively

involved in corporate matters, decision making, human resources, strategic planning, creating

policies and marketing in both sides of my career. Additionally, the flexibility of being able to fit

the course around my role as a busy single mother to 3 teenagers suits my personal life very

well.

Gaining this MBA would enable me to lead, manage and develop businesses with the full

confidence of holding a highly respected formal qualification. Being able to share and utilize

that which I have learned and subsequently inspire those I work with, would give me great

satisfaction. I hope that my application to be accepted on the MBA course and as a scholarship

student would be considered.