GMAT Talent and Opportunity Scholarship Winners 2025
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Winners of the GMAT Talent and Opportunity Scholarship 2025
After several weeks of careful judging of more than 200 applications, GMAC is proud to announce the ten recipients of the GMAT Talent and Opportunity Scholarship.
These winners are shining examples of individuals who embody dedication, resilience, and a drive to make a positive impact through graduate management education.
Where ambition and talent meet inclusivity
One of the most striking features of this year’s winners is the incredible diversity of their backgrounds. Representing countries across the globe, they reflect the inclusive and dynamic community that defines graduate management education. When classrooms reflect the diversity of the world outside, learning deepens, and progress accelerates for everyone.
Scholarship purpose
The GMAT Talent and Opportunity Scholarship was created to help reduce the financial barrier of preparing for business school.
Our mission is to increase access to business education for underrepresented candidates and to support greater diversity, equity and inclusion within the global business school community.
This scholarship is about more than financial support. It is about opening doors, creating opportunities and ensuring that ambition and potential are never limited by circumstance. By supporting talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, GMAC seeks to strengthen the pipeline of future leaders who will make an impact in their classrooms, their careers and their communities.Meet the winners
Ann Ngyuen
Expertise: Healthcare and clinical leadership
Ambition: Bridge medicine and business to improve healthcare globally
Judges' commentary:
Faustyna Galeziowska
Expertise: International business, leadership and advocacy
Ambition: Drive for impact through inclusive leadership
Judges' commentary: Faustyna demonstrated leadership, community engagement, and advocacy skills throughout his application. Her consistent commitment to service, coupled with academic recognition and desire to contribute meaningfully to both classroom and campus life, reflects a mature and values-driven approach.
Jesse Schumacher
Expertise: Finance
Ambition: Drive change in finance by championing diversity and inclusion
Judges' commentary: Jesse has shown extraordinary resilience, turning life-threatening medical adversity into strength. With a background in finance and leadership, he brings a unique perspective on risk, discipline, and performance, shaped by years of overcoming extreme personal challenges.
Julia Moe Chan
Expertise: Biochemistry and entrepreneurship
Ambition: Promote equity and inclusion; drive change through socially responsible business
Judges' commentary: Julia has shown remarkable resilience and dedication to social equity, from founding education and sustainability initiatives to supporting refugees and underserved students. Her lived experience and inclusive leadership reflect a powerful commitment to uplifting marginalized communities.
Sofiia Gryn
Expertise: Economics and AI
Ambition: Connect cultures and disciplines to foster inclusive innovation
Judges' commentary: Sofiia has demonstrated outstanding resilience and intellectual versatility, overcoming displacement and academic challenges with determination. Her interdisciplinary background and global perspective reflect a strong commitment to bridging cultures, ideas, and technology through business.
Tarik
Expertise: Strategic Leadership, International Business, and Management Consulting
Ambition: Connect cultures and drive change through strategic vision, sustainable impact, and global collaboration.
Judges' commentary: Tarik demonstrates leadership, collaboration, and innovation, with a clear commitment to inclusive leadership. He sees business school as a platform to empower underrepresented voices, champion diversity, and create lasting social impact through mentoring.
Thomas Jung
Expertise: Finance and sustainability
Ambition: Redefine the role of business in driving environmental and social change
Judges' commentary: Thomas brings a powerful blend of lived experience and purpose, shaped by his upbringing in conservative Chile and his advocacy for inclusion, sustainability, and economic reform. His global perspective and values-driven leadership set him apart.
Tijmen Duivenvoorden
Expertise: Healthcare, strategy and data
Ambition: Connect data, biotech, and strategy for healthcare impact.
Judges' commentary: Tijmen shows maturity shaped by early independence, steady routines, and inclusive leadership. Through student initiatives and professional experience, he’s learned empathy and authenticity, seeing business school as a place to mentor peers, strengthen inclusion, and foster supportive community.
Héloïse Rivet-Picolet
Expertise: Policy, strategy and ethics
Ambition: Lead transformative strategies uniting innovation and ethics
Judges' commentary: Héloïse combines academic excellence with a commitment to ethics, inclusion, and social impact. From humble beginnings to Oxford, she now sees business school as a platform to mentor underrepresented peers and integrate responsible innovation with public good.
Learn more about the GMAT scholarship winners in our downloadable brochure.
Scholarship Award
Ten scholarship recipients will each receive a package of awards with a combined total approximate retail value of up to €5,300, including: With such a strong field this year, 10 runners-up will receive a GMAT Official Guide to help with their exam preparation. Scholarship sponsors
Scholarship sponsors
We are proud to partner with the following organisations whose generous contributions make the GMAT Talent and Opportunity Scholarship possible:
Admissions Consulting
GMAT Test Preparation Courses
- 700+ Club
- CoVent Prep
- Dia Gerontoudi Prep Center
- English Business Services (EBS)
- GMAT Amsterdam
- Your GMAT Coach
Intercultural course
GMAT preparation resources
MBA application course
2026 Scholarship
Register your interest now for the 2026 GMAT Talent and Opportunity Scholarship.
