Adam LaPensee
Consultant
I spent just over 4 years at PWC Consulting working on big IT programmes focussed in the media sector. After a 2 year stint in Edinburgh working on a large CRM project for a well known TV broadcaster I decided it was time for a change and sought out an opportunity to focus more on business change. I moved to PA Consulting in early 2005 and worked in a variety of guises across government, transport, telecommunication and health in projects from a process design for the merger of two government agencies to a procurement project for the Qatari health sector.
In late 2008 I decided it was time for a new challenge and headed off to Madrid to study for an MBA at the Instituto de Empressa. Learning with a truly international group of students and teachers was an experience I will treasure and really opened my eyes to how business operate differently around the world. Besides learning the importance of a siesta in the searing heat of a Madrid summer and becoming friends with a great group of people from all over the world, I developed a better understanding for the strategic side of the business environment.
I joined Berkeley because I wanted to maintain this diversity of industry experience while enabling me to put to use my delivery experience combined with my broader business and strategy knowledge from my MBA.
Outside of work I try to balance my time with my young family and skiing and mountain biking. More adventurous trips to ski in Argentina, Kashmir and the fjords of Norway have now been replaced by more sedate holidays in the mountains that allow me to spend time with my wife and my son. I have twice run the marathon and twice said I will never do it again and am now busy figuring out which will be my next!