Careers Panel Discussion 2018

March 27, 2018

Last week a group of LSE students visited Brussels for the annual European Internships Fair, a careers fair hosted by the LSE, Oxford, Cambridge and Science Po.

On Thursday, 22 March, they joined us for our Spring Drinks at Les Halles de Saint-Géry and met many alumni who were happy to share their experiences in Brussels. The LSE AAB had the opportunity to meet with the students again on Friday morning at its stand in the European Internships Fair. Members of our board shared information on our activities and offered the students general career advice.

In the afternoon, the LSE AAB hosted at the Committee of the Regions its annual Careers Panel Discussion, with the participation of seven Brussels-based alumni. The alumni shared with the LSE students their stories and gave useful tips on how to set the foundations for a successful career.

This year our careers officer and moderator, Despina Manousos, was joint by Anna Abela, senior policy associate at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ Bureau for Europe, Laura Basagni, program assistant at German Marshall Fund of the United States, Carlos Carnicero Urabayen, journalist at El Periódico de Cataluña and The HuffPost and Misachi Ogawa, consultant at Acumen Public Affairs. Gabrielle Sallé, policy coordinator at the Secretariat-General of the European Commission, Thomas Verellen, associate at the Brussels office of Bird & Bird LLP and Renata Zaleska, strategic analyst at the Comprehensive Crisis and Operations Management Centre, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) also joined the panel. The participants’ diverse backgrounds, years of experience, fields of expertise and career paths offered the students a comprehensive overview of the different opportunities Brussels has to offer.

The panellists took many questions during the Q&A session, which they replied with humour and insightful advice.

For more photos from the event and the careers fair, please visit our Facebook page.