This article was originally sourced from “Meet the 2014 Siebal Scholars” on Kellogg’s News & Events page.
Each year, top graduate students around the world are invited to join the Siebal Scholars Program, a community consisting of 870 members selected for their high leadership and academic performance. Each of the 85 graduate students selected each year receives an award of $35,000 to go towards their final year of studies.
This year, five Kellogg full-time MBA students were named Siebal Scholars, including Ann Kaplan, Scott Arnone, Otman El Manser, Abhishek Gugutia, and Emily Johnson. Kaplan came to Kellogg from a management consulting background and interned in Walgreens’ Merchandising Planning & Analysis group. Arnone held a position in the Department of Defense before pursuing a Kellogg MBA with a major in International Business and was a summer associate at Bain & Company. El Manser has spent time in Morocco (where he was born and raised), in addition to France, the Philippines, and now the United States. He is now interning in a marketing strategy role at Dell in Austin, Texas.
Gutgutia recently switched to an entrepreneurial career path when he helped his 150-person family business avoid bankruptcy; came to Kellogg in order to further develop his business skills. Last but not least, before pursuing her MBA, Johnson led brand management for the cordials and value vodka portfolio at Beam, Inc.