Chris Hasbani (he/him)

Education: Masters in Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, UK; graduated in 2021

Pre-MBA industry: Consulting

Pre-MBA role: Consultant, Efficio

Clubs: Entrepreneurship Club (Vice President – Alumni), Middle East and North Africa Club, AI and Data Club, Consulting Club, Board Games Club, Academic Representative for Stream E, AI Lab Participant

About me: I grew up between Lebanon and London. I moved to London to read mechanical engineering at Imperial College London, where I was awarded the Engineers in Business Fellowship. Drawn to the idea that engineering rigour could change how large organisations run, I began my career at Newton Europe, an operations consultancy.

Over two years at Newton Europe I worked almost entirely in the UK public sector, embedded in the organisations I was trying to help: sitting with social workers and parents to understand why children waited so long for special educational needs support, and on hospital wards learning what keeps patients in beds longer than they need to be. I then joined Efficio, a procurement consultancy, where the view shifted to factory floors at a British car maker and the trading rooms of a global broker. Most recently I have been working on FLO8 in Dubai, helping smaller businesses across Middle East and North Africa access the automation that used to belong to large corporates.

At London Business School I am exploring how AI changes what a small business can do. I serve as Stream E’s Academic Representative and on the Entrepreneurship Club Executive Committee.

Outside of work I love playing board games and collecting books (my library recently passed a thousand).

Three topics I can be approached about: AI and technology; consulting; London life,

Email: chasbani.MBA@london.edu