Hi David,

I won't need to avail myself of the services of your organisation for a few years yet but I'd appreciate your perspective on my path towards an MBA.

I'm 80-90% sure that I'd like to pursue an MBA at a top European university (eg INSEAD, IMD) in a few years time but here is my present story.

I recently graduated with a B Computer Science from a good university in Sydney, Australia and I've been offered positions in the graduate programmes of two of the country's largest corporations.

One offer is the IT division of a retail bank and the other is the network services division of a telco.

My questions are as follows:

* How important is your industry background (ie telecommunications or financial services) when applying for MBA admission?

* In the event that I choose to no longer follow the MBA career path then I'd be happiest in a highly technical role at the telco. How important then are the following factors in MBA applications:
-project management exp
-management exp
-business/systems analyst and especially consultancy exp
-financial exp?
Much of this experience I'd be less likely to obtain in a highly technical role.

Thanks in advance,

Lang