On 26th February Ulrike Killy from Boston Consulting Group (BCG) held a master class in applied corporate finance at the Corporate Finance Center at the Higher School of Economics.
The topic of the master class was devoted to the corporate development as it is viewed and applied at BCG. First of all, Ulrike explained how the company is organized and emphasized the way BCG structures work on projects. After that Ulrike got into more details about Corporate Finance and Value Based Management (VBM) at BCG: she presented students different valuation techniques and sources for equity growth.
Given all the tools, BCG associate presented students a real case study where BCG has helped a retail company from the U.S. to improve significantly total shareholder return. Ulrike had presented not only a final solution, but the whole process, starting from preliminary problem identification to giving final recommendations.
The presentation had such a success that neither Ulrike and her peer colleagues nor students had noticed that it lasted more than two hours after one hour presentation. The informal atmosphere and positive attitude of our guests in combination with their wiliness to communicate, to share ideas, created a unique atmosphere.
This master class allowed students interested in Corporate Finance to get a better idea not only about VBM, valuation, but also about a Boston Consulting Group, which is experiencing rapid growth and looking for bright graduates and undergraduates.

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