Post by Vanessa Jaya

2025 has been a transformative year of many milestones: • Concluded three years of tutorials, lectures & memories — including stints as Managing Director at CapitOx, President of the Oxford Consulting Initiative, Vice President of the Oxford University Asia-Pacific Society, and President of the Oxford Indonesian Society — with my graduation from the University of Oxford in September; • Started my first big girl job at Bain & Company in July, and have been gallivanting around Southeast Asia since; • And received my acceptance into Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s deferred MBA program via the Early Admissions route in June! But through it all, the year showed me how lucky I am to have my family, friends, mentors, teachers, colleagues, and many other great people by my side - without whom this journey would have been nowhere near as meaningful. Excited to see what 2026 has in store, and the growth that’ll come with it. :)