Gulnara Sagatova is currently a first-year student at the GSB concentrating in Finance and Strategy. She is from Almaty, Kazakhstan and graduated with honors from Kazakh National University majoring in International Economics. Prior to the GSB Gulnara worked for Philip Morris and Procter & Gamble Central Asia and Caucasus region holding various roles in market research and brand management. Gulnara plans to spend her summer internship at Barclays, London office. She is currently a Co-chair of the Business Solutions Group and active member of DSAC, Management Consulting and Marketing Groups. Outside of school she enjoys exploring North America and she is on her way to cover at least forty five states in the USA and four provinces in Canada by the end of her second year. Gulnara will be happy to help with any questions related to Chicago GSB MBA experience.