Alumni Office Hours with Grace Kamara: BA’17: Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company – How I Leveraged My Skills in Support of My Career Transitions

My Career Story from UBC Arts, to the UN, Tech, and Consulting: How I leveraged my Skills in Support of my Career Transitions

Grace is a young African intersectional feminist passionate about gender equality, social justice, international development and business strategy. She is a Consultant at McKinsey & Company, holds an MA in Development Studies from the Graduate Institute, Geneva (IHEID) and a BA in International Relations (Major), Gender, Race, Sexuality & Social Justice (Minor) from the University of British Columbia (UBC) and Sciences Po (full year exchange).

Over the past 8 years, she has dedicated her intellectual and career pursuits to problem solving across several industries including, but not limited to, Private Equity, Financial Services, Public & Social Sector, Healthcare Systems & Services and Technology & Software. She has also built competence in Diplomacy, Policy & Business Analysis, Marketing & Sales, Digital and Strategy. In her free time, she enjoys bead jewelry making, writing and spoken word poetry

In this Alumni Office Hour, Grace will focus on her career story from Arts, to the UN, Tech, and Consulting, and how she has leveraged her skills in support of her career transitions.

Register for the event on CareersOnline. For questions, please contact recruit.talent@ubc.ca