 My name is Benjamin Thalmas and I am an MBA student at the University of Edinburgh. My background is in education and summer camp administration in the United States. I wanted to complete an MBA programme to gain a better understanding of the business world and to help improve my ability to make challenging decisions at work. After extensive research into many MBA programmes in the United States and the UK, I decided to study at Edinburgh. The reason I decided to study at Edinburgh is because of its reputation as a leading business school around the world and the online aspect allows me to study at my own pace in my own time while prioritising work responsibilities and my responsibilities to my family. My favourite aspect of the programme so far has been strategic leadership. We've had the opportunity to work alongside a major organisation like Johnson & Johnson on an initiative in Africa.