Oxford-Pershing Square Graduate Scholarships profiles

Blake Connell

Master of Public Policy
Regent’s Park
Australia

A lawyer and self-confessed technology nerd, Blake wants to help governments create effective and inclusive online services. He has worked for the Australian and NSW State Governments, and led a national charity. At Oxford, Blake will focus on digital government best practice.

Capucine Le Meur

MSc in Water Science, Policy and Management
Jesus College
France

Capucine is passionate about mitigating the global water crisis by providing climate adaptation solutions to water-scarce areas. The 1+1 MBA coupled with her experience in wastewater treatment in Qatar and greenhouse gas emissions management will help her address today’s urgent issues.

Edwina Liu

Master of Public Policy
New College
Canada

Edwina is passionate about scaling climate adaptation solutions. She has previously launched programs to help smallholder farmers in East Africa access solar irrigation pumps, served on the frontlines of informal refugee settlements, and advised on decarbonization at McKinsey.

Jordan Calverley

MSc in Sustainability, Enterprise and the Environment
Mansfield College
United States

Jordan is committed to accelerating efforts to address the climate crisis. She previously worked in renewable energy and corporate sustainability, most recently as McDonald’s US Sustainability Manager. She will leverage the 1+1 MBA to continue advancing corporate climate action.

Moshood O. Audu

MSc in International Health and Tropical Medicine
Green Templeton College
Nigeria

Having driven impactful healthcare strategies and programmes in Africa, Moshood looks forward to exploring the intersections between business and healthcare. His goal is to lead multisectoral health system solutions and enhance healthcare financing for equitable healthcare access in Africa.

Prateek Garg

MSc in International Health and Tropical Medicine
Green Templeton College
India

Prateek is a serial social entrepreneur, focused on solving giga-scale problems. At the Open Source Pharma Foundation, he has spearheaded a low-cost open-Intellectual Property innovation model for pharma, using which he helped push four open-IP candidates into Phase 3 clinical trials for Covid-19.

Kate French

MSc in Water Science, Policy and Management
Green Templeton College
United States

International WASH Specialist with a particular interest in social inclusion and intersectionality, building on a background in sociology and education. Kate is looking forward to exploring the nexus of access, policy, and business with the diverse, international community of scholars at Oxford Saïd. 

Adam Hegedus

Master of Public Policy
Wadham College
Australia

Co-founder and Managing Director of Educating The Future, an international NGO providing education to children in Timor-Leste, Adam is passionate about solving the most complex challenges of our time. He is also COO of Teach Us Consent and plans to lead large for-purpose organisations in the future.

Zelda Hollings

Master of Public Policy
University College
New Zealand

Zelda is focused on decoupling emissions from affordable equitable access to clean electricity. In the last five years, she developed code to improve renewable energy integration in Australia, installed solar microgrids in Fiji and Cambodia, and strategised effective decarbonisation at McKinsey & Co.

Ifeoluwa Olokode

MSc in International Health and Tropical Medicine
Green Templeton College
Nigeria

After growing some of Africa's most impactful health tech start-ups, Ifeoluwa is excited for the opportunity the 1+1 MBA and scholarship will provide her in combining business and health equity principles. She plans to build more resilient health systems and improve health outcomes across the continent.

Dao-Quyen Tran

MSc in International Health and Tropical Medicine
Green Templeton College
Vietnam

Quyen believes in equitable access to healthcare. Her work at AstraZeneca has seen her launch respiratory medicines and lead advocacy programmes to shape healthcare policy. She wishes to further collaboration between the private and public sectors, to accelerate innovation and drive change.

Listed below are some of our alumni scholars. They are organised by the academic years the scholarship covered.