Poets & Quants showcases LBS’s MBA Class of 2026

Poets & Quants has featured 13 first-year MBA students in its recent Meet London Business School’s MBA Class Of 2026 feature.

Profiled as part of its Meet the MBA Class of 2026: The ‘Do Anything, Be Anyone Cohort’ editorial series, the students lauded by Poets & Quants as the team players and integrative thinkers who bring out the best in their peers are:

• Bayo Adelaja, social entrepreneur, mentor, and advocate for social mobility and financial inclusion

• Charlotte Barnes, a design-obsessed, detail-driven creative who is mother to two small humans and a rescue dog

• Nelson Conteh, innovative energy strategist with a passion for sustainable solutions and a mission to electrify everything

• Verity Evans, an ex-Royal Navy Navigator who is excited to start a new path at LBS

• Ishan Kapur, an unofficial GOAT of one-minute chess who wants to improve representation of South Asian culture in mainstream western fashion

• Gabriel Melo, a Brazilian investment banker who wants to learn more about investing in businesses which can drive positive societal impact

• Nay Myo Maung, a medical doctor who wants to move into healthcare private equity and play a part in the changing UK healthcare landscape

• Elizabeth Njenga, a vibrant soul who delights in connecting with new people and was drawn to LBS by the flexibility of the curriculum

• Prapti Patel, a lawyer-turned-social impact consultant-turned-venture capitalist

• Susan Ren, corporate litigator turned early-stage startup operator who loves solving problems and learning new things

• Jasper Ryan, an insatiably curious engineer with entrepreneurial drive and passion for the space sector

• Mahlet Yared, policy leader turned aspiring entrepreneur

• Andrew Young, a jack of all trades who is looking to be a master at all of them.

Earlier in the academic year, six other talented LBS MBA students shared their stories and reasons for joining LBS with Clear Admit in its Real Humans of the London Business School MBA Class of 2026 story. They are: Alex Wambugu; Oriane Lesiak; Victoria Clark; Travis Bruffy; Anoli Mehta and Max Taylor.