{"id":907,"date":"2022-10-31T10:03:30","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T10:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/?p=907"},"modified":"2024-12-03T15:44:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T15:44:06","slug":"aboobacker-siddiq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/2022\/10\/31\/aboobacker-siddiq\/","title":{"rendered":"Aboobacker Siddiq"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">MBA 2022, India<\/p>\n<p>Describing himself as a dreamer with a vision and genuine thought for positively impacting society, Aboobacker is General Manager of a marketing and distribution company in the UAE with a successful track record. He says he is an open-minded individual, highly motivated and energetic to work towards making the future better for himself and the people around him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Achievements<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Delivering 90% business growth within two years of joining<\/li>\n<li>Bringing in new partnerships from three different countries<\/li>\n<li>Being recognised as the best distributor in GCC countries by principal brand<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What attracted you to the MBA programme at Kent Business School and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I went through the modules and found it very interesting, especially the focus on entrepreneurship, leadership and sustainability. Additionally, the fact that KBS is one among the \u2018Triple Accredited\u2019 business schools was a big pull. I&#8217;m hoping to gain practical and formal knowledge about various aspects of running a business. Also to improve the quality of my networks, to explore new opportunities and to have fresh perspectives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aspiration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Post MBA, I plan to try myself in a management consulting career.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Advice<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My advice for anybody who wants to progress in business would be to keep an open- minded approach to new ideas and grab the opportunities. Build great networks along the way.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIf your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; John Quincy Adams<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MBA 2022, India Describing himself as a dreamer with a vision and genuine thought for positively impacting society, Aboobacker is General Manager of a marketing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/2022\/10\/31\/aboobacker-siddiq\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79181,"featured_media":908,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[249107],"tags":[249102],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/79181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=907"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1635,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907\/revisions\/1635"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}