A selection committee including representatives from the alumni community and senior alumni specialists reviewed the nominations and selected the recipients for the awards from a strong pool of candidates.

The awards included ten Alumni Aspiring Leaders Awards, which recognised alumni under the age of 40 who are leading in their fields or making a real impact on society. They exhibit a cross-section of young King’s alumni, recognising the outstanding contribution our alumni make in our community while inspiring others.

Congratulations to King's Business School alumni, Edit Laszlo and Muhammet Bilial Macit who were both recognised in the Business Leader category.

King’s Business Leader Award winner
Edit Laszlo, International Management (2011)
Edit is Head of Strategic Development and Insight in the Real Estate Finance division at NatWest and RBS, where she has worked since 2011. Previously she worked in management consultancy specialising in e-commerce and retail. Edit moved to the UK from Hungary 12 years ago. She was finalist for the Women in Banking & Finance Young Professional Award and joined their Executive Board in 2016, where she also chairs their Mentoring programme, and she is also mentor for King’s. Edit appeared on the Rising stars of the City listing in 2015 and is now studying for an MBA at the University of Oxford.

King’s Highly commended
Muhammet Bilial Macit, MSc Public Services, Policy & Management (2011)
Bilial was elected to the Turkish Parliament in the 2011 general election as a Justice and Development Party (AK Party) deputy. He gest Turkish MP when he was first elected aged 27.