Meet our alumni

Undergraduate alumni

May Than Thar Cho outside Weston Park Museum on graduation day.

The Management School has excellent accreditations which have been really beneficial in my career so far

May Than Thar Cho Undergraduate alumna, BA Accounting and Financial Management

May Than Thar Cho, who is from Myanmar, graduated from the Management School in 2021 with a degree in Accounting and Financial Management. She is now based in London working as a Financial Services Audit Trainee at BDO UK LLP.

I really enjoyed the combination of theory and practical application, hands-on learning opportunities and the supportive atmosphere

Liam Priestman Undergraduate alumnus, BA Accounting and Financial Management

Liam Priestman, who graduated from BA Accounting and Financial Management in 2021, is now working as a Data Analyst at HH Global.

My lecturers' experience and passion for business made my experience at the Management School exciting and insightful

Steph Massey Undergraduate alumna, BA Business Management

Steph Massey graduated with a degree in Business Management in 2022. She is now working on an HR graduate scheme at TikTok.

I studied a module that enabled me to create a business of my choice, a social enterprise

Aaron Probert Undergraduate alumnus, BA Business Management

Since graduating in 2019, Aaron has been hard at work bringing together his social enterprise, Labre’s Hope. He has partnered with leading charitable organisations Crisis and South Yorkshire Housing Association and won £500,000 of UK Government funding through the Community Renewal Fund.

Jonathan Wright wearing graduation robes.

The study abroad year is one of the primary reasons for picking Sheffield, and it paid off 10 fold

Jonathan Wright Undergraduate alumnus, BA International Business Management with Study Abroad

Jonathan Wright, who is half American and half Brazilian, graduated with BA International Business Management with Study Abroad in 2020 and is now working as a Customer Success Associate at Qualtrics in Dublin, Ireland.

I generated £175,000 of new business ‘closed won’ for my employer

Erica Emily Farthing Undergraduate alumna, BA International Business Management with Study Abroad

Erica graduated from the Management School in 2021 after studying International Business Management with Study Abroad. She now works as a Commercial Business Development Representative at Salesloft.

Caroline Sjolund Ishida on graduation day.

Spending a year in Japan applying what I had learnt up until that point was incomparable to merely learning about it during class

Caroline Sjolund Ishida Undergraduate alumna, BA Business Management and Japanese Studies

Caroline Sjolund Ishida, who hails from Finland, graduated from the Management School in Business Management and Japanese Studies and now works in Japan as a Route Analyst at All Nippon Airways (ANA).

Postgraduate alumni

Christina Dymiotis at Buckingham Palace.

My time studying at the University of Sheffield gave me a useful foundation to build upon when entering the marketing industry

Christina Dymiotis Postgraduate alumna, MSc Marketing Management Practice

Christina graduated from Sheffield University Management School with an MSc in Marketing Management Practice in 2019. She now works as a Marketing Coordinator for BIDBI Ltd, and also co-founded a fashion sustainability project - Tsemberi alongside the UK Royal Commonwealth Society. Outside of work, she volunteers at Fashion Revolution Cyprus, an NGO that fights for a more transparent and ethical fashion industry.

Matt Neal standing outside the shop Harrods.

Learning to think critically and about the application of what we were learning has really helped in my career

Matt Neal Postgraduate alumnus, Human Resource Management with CIPD pathway MSc

Matt Neal, who is from the UK, graduated from his masters in 2020. He is now working at Harrods as an Employee Relations Specialist and has previously worked with the producers of Ben & Jerry's, Magnum, Solero and Vienetta.

It brings me a great sense of achievement that my work is helping others

Terry Wu Postgraduate alumnus, MSc Information Systems Management

Terry Wu graduated in MSc Information Systems Management in 2019 and now works as a Software Products Manager for Kingdee Software.

Sheffield has positively impacted both my personal growth and career trajectory

Catherine Wang Postgraduate alumna, MSc International Management and Marketing

Catherine Wang graduated from the Management School with a masters in International Management and Marketing in 2018. She now works as a Trade Marketing Specialist at Standard Foods Co. in Taipei.

Jazz Bovill outside the Management School.

Culture and creativity is what makes Sheffield so wonderful

Jazz Bovill Postgraduate alumna, Creative and Cultural Industries Management MSc

Jazz Bovill graduated from Sheffield after studying a masters in Creative and Cultural Industries Management. She is now the Digital Marketing Manager at ZOO Digital.

The impact of the Sheffield MBA and the relationships you form stretch way beyond the one year programme

Jenny (Jaeweon) Lee Postgraduate alumna, MBA

Jenny Lee, who came to study the Sheffield MBA from Korea, is now working in Seoul as the Global Investor Relations Project Leader at SK bioscience.

The Employability Hub’s advice was a key factor in allowing me to find a job

Mauricio Peña Postgraduate alumnus, MBA

Mauricio Peña from Mexico graduated from the Sheffield MBA in 2020. He is currently working as a Senior Strategic Account Manager at Amazon in Manchester.

I was offered a job after doing my company project at BBraun Medical

Lavanya Krishnan Postgraduate alumna, MBA

After completing her MBA company project at BBraun Medical, Lavanya Krishnan from India went on to secure a permanent role with the company as a Project Manager.