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Christian Jensen
Christian Jensen currently works in product and
pricing for Mercedes-Benz Cars Middle East.
At age 18 he had joined the Danish military po-
lice, and later became a Close Protection Agent at
NATO HQ where he learned fundamental skills in
the most hands-on of environments. How did these
two worlds come to align? The answer is business.
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Product & Pricing Trainee
Masters in International Business
Class of 2019
Dubai, UAE
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“After high school I was not ready to
continue my studies. I did a four-
month military service and after-
wards received an offer to join the
military police. I knew at some point
I would go back to school, but that
could have a been a year, two, ten;
my mindset was, as long as I’m learn-
ing and it’s fun, I’ll stay.
When I was younger, I never real-
ly knew what I wanted to be. As a
soldier, I noticed that you never have
the newest or nicest equipment; when
you go on missions especially, every-
one is complaining. It got me think-
ing about procurement for
the army—it was some-
thing my role could not
influence at all, but it
made me realize I was
looking in an entrepre-
neurial direction.
I found a course in
business development en-
gineering, which was
entrepreneurial but on a
corporate track. Every se-
mester we were set com-
plex corporate problems
to solve, and that became
my inspiration. Today, I
sit within product man-
agement, helping execu-
tives manage their models
in different countries. It
matches a lot of what Hult
taught us: international,
communicating
across
departments, high diver-
Career Change
sity. It made sense that I would come
directly here.
You cannot compare the hard
skills I learned as a soldier with the
ones I use today. But there are an in-
credible number of soft skills. As a
soldier only the best is good enough,
and at Hult many of my peers shared
an aligned mindset. Of course, there
is a gap where you must convert the
military to corporate life. But I’m
happy that I could convert myself to
the now, and draw on experiences
that gave me skills that are useful in
business life.”
Hopes &
Fears
in the Age
of
Automation
By Dr. Carina Paine Schofield
Senior Research Fellow, Hult International Business School
Faculty
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