What does a post-MBA climate career look like? Join us to talk with MBA alumni about their climate jobs -- what they do, what they find rewarding (and frustrating) about their current role, and what skills they use on a regular basis.
Speakers:
John Kim, Graduate Programs Career Advisor + Part-Time Lecturer, University of Vermont’s Grossman School of Business
Hugo Mkhize, Associate, Investments, Climate Investment (CI)
John Kim is the Graduate Programs Career Advisor and a Part-Time Lecturer at the University of Vermont’s Grossman School of Business. Previously he served as the Head of Impact and Strategy at 1Row, a boutique marketing and consulting firm focusing on purpose-driven start-ups, nonprofits, and other ventures. Before this, he spent 10 years in CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) and ESG (environment/social/governance) roles at The Walt Disney Company and Herman Miller (now MillerKnoll). Prior to that he worked at Lipman Hearne, a branding and marketing agency focused on the nonprofit sector, supporting higher education institutions, large foundations, and member associations.
Earlier in his career, John served in the Peace Corps in Morocco, worked on food insecurity impacting communities in the Washington, DC area and South Africa, and evaluated programs for the United Nations World Food Programme in Malawi. He’s also the creator of the blog, Virtuous Cycle, which highlights changemakers using bikes to do good, serves as an advisor for zero-emissions last-mile delivery company, Coaster Cycles, and is a board member of Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility (VBSR).
He received his master’s in public policy (MPP) from Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy and his bachelor’s from Cornell University. He lives with his family in Montpelier, VT.
Hugo Mkhize is an Associate in the Investment Team at Climate Investment (CI), where he focuses on venture capital and growth equity climate technology investment opportunities. He joined CI in 2024 as a Summer Intern before joining full-time in 2025. Previously, he spent over 5 years at Morgan Stanley across Johannesburg and London, focusing on M&A and capital markets transactions in renewable energy and environmental services. Hugo holds an MBA from Cambridge Judge Business School, where he graduated with Distinction, a Master of Advanced Studies in Climate Science & Policy from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and a Bachelor of Business Science in Finance from the University of Cape Town. During his MBA, he was selected as a ClimateCAP Fellow and completed a project on Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs) in Emerging Markets to reduce dependence on coal power. Hugo is a CFA Charterholder and is based in London.