KPMG's International Case Competition - Istanbul, Turkey 2011 

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8th Annual KPMG International Case Competition

Istanbul, Turkey 2011

19 Countries
125 Participants
Over 3000 Applicants from over 250 schools

Alim Dhanji - Global Head of Resourcing, KPMG
KPMG invests in campus programs like KICC because we have to attract and select over 20,000 graduates every year. It’s an opportunity for us to meet people across the world and understand how they will fit into the KPMG culture, how they will be globally minded, value adding, forward thinking. It gives students and opportunity to understand KPMG and what it can offer them as their career.

Lynsey Bennington - Manager, Global Graduate Programs, KPMG
At the KPMG International Case Competition students are given the chance to not only expand their global mindset but they are also given the opportunity to grow.

Blane Ruschak - Executive Director of University Relations and Recruiting,  KPMG United States
They network, they get to solve real life cases that are about real issues. Things that they will be dealing with in the business world and that’s going to make them a better valued business advisor when they join the professional ranks.

Moses Bar-Yoseph -  National Director, Talent Attraction, KPMG Canada
The interaction between the judges and the students allows them to learn something without feeling threatened. They are actually gaining some experience, it helps to really develop their potential as future business people.

Anupam Yadav – Team India
We have a chance to meet highly experienced people and to get to know other people and other cultures – it’s amazing.

Ercus Finn Phillips – Team Ireland
It’s not all work, there is a good bit of fun. I know the competition is the main element of it and you’ll always remember that bit, but there’s also time as well for some social activity.

 
Megan Petitt – Team USA
I think no matter what career direction I choose to pursue, having an international outlook is especially important in today’s constantly globalizing marketplace. The ability to develop and tailor an international solution for these cases we are presenting, and not just focus on our individual country is going to invaluable to my future.

Richard Warren-Tangney - Audit Partner Financial Services, KPMG South Africa
The cases are designed to reflect what the firm is and the services we provide to our clients. They get to experience in a safe environment more about what KPMG is all about. They also get to see real life situations and have to think about how they would react if they were consultants.

Tatiana Antonova – Team Russia
It’s really interesting to communicate with international judges from other countries and to receive their feedback because it’s differs from Russia , of course. It’s a really great experience.

Roisin Conran – Team Ireland
I think that’s the most important experience that I’ll take away from it - making those global connections.

Marc Forster – Team Canada
We didn’t know each other a month and a half ago, we’ve now travelled across two continents, lived in a hostel, stayed in a hotel, and really got to know each other through cases right away, and that’s something that I can really take home.

Megan Saffy – Team South Africa
I feel like I’m going to benefit from this for the rest of my life. One day when I’m standing in front of a Board of Directors trying to sell KPMG to that Board of Directors, I know I’m going to be able to do it.

Oliver Cunningham, Director, Performance and Technology Advisory – KPMG Brazil
From that moment on everything is going to be global and KPMG is one company with one face, one brand, and the all important set of core values just being reinforced and pushed through to our delivery at the client levels.