The MBA Finance Club assists non-finance students transitioning to finance and students with finance backgrounds in navigating and excelling in new career options in finance. The club strives to add value to the MBA experience through collaborations, networking and leveraging the collective strengths of students, UBC faculty, the career centre and other clubs. In January 2011, Sauder joined the elite list of worldwide business schools as a CFA Program Partner.

Following are some of the key initiatives that the finance club plans to undertake:

  • Leverage faculty expertise to gain the fundamentals of finance and market-ready knowledge.

  • Bridge the gap between the Vancouver finance industry and the Sauder School of Business by arranging networking events that give an insight into the nuances of the financial world.

  • Promote and assist students towards professional certifications such as CFA, CPA, etc.

  • Help non-finance students select finance courses and assist them in their level of understanding.

  • Leverage UBC’s academic and non-academic resources and infrastructure to facilitate careers in Sustainable Finance.

  • Help students interested in technology transition to the world of FinTech

President: Chris Atkinson

Hi everyone, my name is Chris. Before my MBA, I spent four years as a mining engineer at an underground gold mine in Alaska but always had a strong passion towards finance. With mining being a well established industry in Canada, I hope to promote mining as a field that my fellow cohort wants to pursue post graduation due to the range of different roles available. Having moved to Vancouver 2 years ago, I love hiking and skiing in the city and I enjoy travelling around BC from Kelowna to Revelstoke.

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