Help me fund my MBA at IMD Lausanne

Hello.

My name is Rafael Martins and I'm from Brazil. Currently, I am a 2021 MBA Candidate at IMD business school living in Lausanne.

I started my career in 2009 while I was at university. I always had to work to be able to pay for my studies. I started as an intern at a shopping mall multinational company (Ancar Ivanhoe) in Brazil and in a short period of time I was promoted to a commercial assistant and, shortly afterwards, to an audit supervisor.

In 2017, I went to Australia to work and also to improve my English proficiency. In a year that I spent in Australia, I worked at the Woolworths Group in the area of ​​logistics, studied English and on weekends worked on construction sites to supplement my income and thus be able to pay all my expenses in the country.

In 2018, I returned to Brazil to continue advancing in my career and went to work as an operations consultant at C&A Brazil. As a consultant, I implemented the project aimed in customer experience. We re-designed and implemented operational processes in more than 200 stores throughout Brazil, I trained more than 500 people and closely followed the results in sales. After a year as a consultant, I was promoted to operations manager and had my own unit to manage.

Now, I am taking a very important step in my career and I chose IMD to develop the skills I need. In addition, IMD is the most international business school in the world (besides one of the best in the whole world), which in my view helps us to have different solutions about the same problem. We, as future leaders, need a multicultural vision, be respectful of diversity and come together to solve humanity's problems. For this, there is no better school in the world than IMD with its high performance, diverse and unified environment. However, it is a high investment to be made. So, I really need your help so that I can finance my studies, achieve my dreams and goals and be a better leader to make a positive impact on the world and help the people around us. The first fee (CHF 15,000) and the first installment (CHF 15,000) I was able to pay with my savings, help from friends and my family. However, CHF 60,000 remains.

After graduation, I plan to stay in Europe and I believe that we will have many job opportunities by the end of the year. My goal is to have a senior position in large multinationals like Amazon, Nestlé or even big consultancies like Bain, Mckinsey, etc

To conclude, IMD is globally no 1 with ROI in 5 years, also the average salary after graduate is very competitive ( around € 110k per year). I really believe I will be able to repay the loan in less than 4 years.

I hope to get your help to fulfill my dream of studying at IMD. I will be forever grateful.

If you need any information, I am always available.

Best Regards,

Rafael