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Tazeeb Rajwani

Academic at Cranfield School of Management. Previously worked for KPMG Corporate Finance. Ex- President of Nottingham University Business Society and has a PhD from Imperial College London

Headline: Educator
Work status: Living The Dream
Website: http://www.som.cranfield.ac.uk/som/
Industries: Education, Internet
Skills: Business, Editing, Entrepreneurship, Event planning, Investment, Leadership, Management, Negotiation, Public speaking, Viral marketing, Writing
Location: London
Groups: BASES, CUTEC, DrinkTank London, HBS Entrepreneurship Club, Imperial Entrepreneurs, LSE Entrepreneurs, Networking for Peter Drucker, Notre Dame Entrepreneurs, Oxford Entrepreneurs, Seedcamp, Stanford GSB Entrepreneur Club, Warwick Entrepreneurs, WebMission 09
Interested in: Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Getting press, Growing my group, Internships, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Raising money, Recruiting, Recruiting for my startup, Starting a company
Tags: e.20 technology, non-market strategy, research, resource base strategy, social networking
Schools: Imperial College London

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Tazeeb is a Fellow in Strategic Management at Cranfield School of Management. He recently was a Director at BraveNewTalent.com, where he still holds an advisory role. Prior to these roles he held a management position at KPMG Corporate Finance, where he was an Innovation Champion and member of the Thought Leadership group at KMPG Europe. His unique role at KPMG also included managing large complex projects globally with a particular focus on Corporate Finance.

He currently advises several firms, educates future leaders and investigates competitive strategies in large and small corporations. He has written various book chapters, academic papers, reports and white papers on 'Strategic Management', including his paper on embracing and exploiting industry turbulence, published in the European Management Journal. His research has also been reported in the commercial press, including the 'Irish Times and Financial Times'.

He has been an invited speaker at universities, thought leadership events and international conferences, these include the LSE, Imperial College, University of Chicago, Oracle, Academy of Management conference, Academy of International Business conference and Strategic Management Society conference.

He has lived and worked in Portugal, Kenya and the UK. He has experience in project finance, corporate finance, strategy consulting and international management, specifically from UK and Portugal. He has worked with numerous public and private sector clients, amongst them Transport for London, London Underground, Oracle, Intercontinental Hotels and Nestle. He has also taught Negotiations to MBA students at London Business School and Strategic Management at University of Notre Dame (Mendoza College of Business).

He has previously studied at the University of Surrey, University of Nottingham, University of Cambridge (Visiting PhD scholar) and has a PhD from Imperial College London. He is also an active member of UK India Business Council, Strategic Management Society and Academy of Management.

EDUCATION

University: Imperial College London
Degree: PhD

PUBLICATIONS

Articles: Harrington, D, T, Lawton, and Rajwani, T (2005). “Embracing and Exploiting Industry Turbulence: The Strategic Transformation of Aer Lingus”, European Management Journal, Vol.23, No.4, pp.450-457.
Papers: Unbundling a lobbying capability in an unpredictable policy context”, with Thomas Lawton
Books: Harrington, D, T, Lawton, and Rajwani, T. (2005). “Aer Lingus”. In “Cases in Irish Entrepreneurship”, edited by Thomas M. Cooney, Blackhall Publishing.

INFORMATION

Sports: Football and Tennis
Hobbies: Researching
Memberships: Strategic Management Society, Academy of Management and Academy of International Business

Tazeeb's Startups (1)

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  • Brave New Talent

    BraveNewTalent.com is the worlds first pre-employment networking site. Its a new way of connecting talent to employers through the use of social networks. We are turning the recruitment model on its head by putting the talent in control.

Tazeeb is Following (22)

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  • Snaptalent

    Snaptalent makes it easy for companies to reach out to who they really want to hire, in an engaging and highly targeted way.

  • TalentEquity

    TalentEquity is an internet startup changing the world by aggregating and presenting employee opinions about their workplaces and salaries.

  • Xooii.com

    Looking for a business partner who has experience with raising capital and launching new startups. XOOii.com is an E-Commerce platform that provides clients reliable hosting, live help solutions and web marketing.

  • Enternships.com

    A place for people to find internship opportunities at small companies.

Tazeeb's Contacts (26)

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  • Jack Smith

    young London based entrepreneur focused on tech, software and educational sectors.

  • Rebeca Hwang

    Korean-Argentine finishing her PhD at Stanford. Addicted to startups and entrepreneurship. Life ADD & Loves travelling.

  • Cong Cong Bo

    CEO of Magenta, Chairman of Cambridge University Entrepreneurs, Medical Student

  • Leon Ooi

    President of Imperial Entrepreneurs