Alumni stories

Alum of the Month - October 2025

Read the latest Alum of the Month profile

Brandon Thaler is the Senior Finance Director at America Votes, where he leads the voter engagement organization’s financial strategy and operations. He has more than a decade of experience in strategy, operations, and financial management across the nonprofit, private, and public sectors, including serving as a Presidential Appointee in the Biden-Harris Administration. His professional focus is on helping mission-driven organizations align their strategy and operations to achieve real, lasting impact.

Read previous Alum of the Month profiles

Senior alumni profiles

• Nicola Bianchi, MSc Industrial Relations & Personnel Management, 2000

• Bola Asiru, MSc Analysis, Design & Management of Information Systems, 1998

• Iain Smith, MSc (Econ) Operational Research, 1979

• Sofia Alexandraki, MSc Management, 1998

• Alastair Kelly, MSc Industrial Relations & Personnel Management, 2000

• Joris Wonders, MSc Industrial Relations & Personnel Management, 2001

• Alvaro Pastor, MSc Management, 1996

• Yuanjie Sun, MSc in Management (Public Sector), 2002

• Riad Fawzi, MSc (1999) and PhD (2004) in Information Systems

• Purnima Lamba, BSc Management (1996) and MSc Management (1997)

• Kamal Khan, Diploma in Management Science (1985) and ADMIS (1987)

• Brendan Gellman, Diploma in Business Studies 1999

• Nilesh Dattani, MSc International Relations 1979

• Professor Susan Scott, MSc Analysis, Design, and Management of Information Systems 1992

• Tammy Heermann, MSc Personnel Management and Industrial Relations 1997

• Michael Mainelli, PhD 2004, MPhil 1997

• Robin E.J Chater, MPhil in Industrial Relations 1977

• Book launch: Heidi K. Gardner

Alumni blogs

Take a look at the Department of Management blog that includes alumni stories from the student lens and management with impact research stories. 

• LSE Alumni Accelerating Action: Fierce Feminist Flo

• LSE Alumni Accelerating Action: A commitment to entreprenuership and uplifting society

• LSE Alumni Accelerating Action: Empowering women through baking

• LSE Alumni Accelerating Action: Menopause, Inclusion, and Workplace Change

• From LSE Student to CEO: Alvaro's Inspiring Journey of Giving Back

• Alumni Entreprenuership Series: Generation Money

• Marcelo Zimmler: From Finance to Art World Success

• Why I chose to study EGMiM at LSE

• Alumni Entrepreneurship Series: Simba Technologies

• Navigating the Consulting World: Insights from alumnus Madhur Dixit

• Mother & Daughter Alumni Power Duo - Making waves in Social Development and Finance

• Transitioning from student life to the workforce - Alumni tips

• AI positively impacting individuals, business and society

• From LSE to Madrid: Unveiling the Journey of Laura Zimmermann, Management PhD Alum and Assistant Professor of Marketing at IE Business School

• How LSE and CEMS supported my placement at Bayer Business Consulting

• How the CEMS exchange programme prepared me for my career

• How to deal with burnout at university and in the workplace

• MSDI Alumni Entreprenership Series: Lemon AI

• Alumni Entrepreneurship Series: Ambr

 

• MISDI Alumni Entrepreneurship Series: Jose and Salomon

• MISDI Alumni Entrepreneurship Series: Sergej Nicolaisen

• MISDI Alumni Entrepreneurship Series: Marco Kogler and Bardia Bijani

• MISDI Alumni Entrepreneurship Series: Martin Lamby and Maximilian Goehmann

• Alumni Interview: Dr Florian Smeritschnig, CEMS

• Alumni Interview: Anisia Bucur

• Alumni Interview: Andrew Hosch

• Alumni Interview: Asma Atef Mohamed Othman