Otago Case Consulting

The club’s calendar for the next few weeks is busy with workshops and our first internal case competition of the year!

With more ideas currently being worked on we can’t wait to finish off April and see you all in May at our events!

Another finance workshop for the club!!

While all team members need an understanding of the finances for a case, this workshop is for everyone who want to get into the nitty-gritty. Maybe you want to be the go-to finance person for the case or better understand what the finance person is saying, this workshop is for you.

With Nico’s extensive experience doing finances for case competitions there will be lots of useful tips, tricks and info guaranteed.

Looking forward to seeing everyone there on the 28th of April at 5.30 pm in OBS1.05!!

Whether this is your first case competition ever or you’ve done more than you can count, everyone is welcome! 🤗

Share your solutions in a low pressure environment, this is designed for learning by stimulating a typical case competition experience.

Come take hold of an opportunity to develop your public speaking, collaboration and strategy skills, challenge yourself and have fun!

Sign up in our bio or email us at [email protected] for help with sorting out a team.

We’re excited to get everyone back together! 🎉

Our next workshop is all about effective public speaking. One of the most important skills for a case, this workshop will help level up your next presentation!

See you all 5.30 pm on the 23rd of April in OBS1.05.

14 teams. 15 hours of cases. 2 presentations. 1 unforgettable week.

Last week, Nico Bhula, Bianca Lim, Jessica Licht, and Ben Ellis represented the University of Otago at the 36th Scotiabank International Case Competition (SICC) hosted by the Ivey Business School in Canada 🇨🇦

Competing against 13 universities worldwide, the team tackled two intense real-world cases:
- A 6-hour case on the future of the Toronto Transit Commission, where we explored electrification strategies.
- A 9-hour case on Zipline, diving into the future of AI-powered healthcare and drone delivery logistics on a global scale

A huge highlight: placing 1st in our pool for the first case 🏆 and capped off with 2nd place in the Team Spirit Award.

Beyond the case room, it was a week of new friendships, unforgettable experiences, and proudly representing Otago on an international stage.

Massive congratulations to our team and thank you to everyone who made this opportunity possible 💙

Thank you to all the teams that got involved in our training presentation last night, and to everyone else who had been going to our training program! 🎉 👏

Everyone has so much potential, so get in your applications for our team going to Nationals in Wellington. Closing date for applications is this Sunday, the 22nd of March at 12 pm.

Wellington Round of Nationals selection. An amazing opportunity to represent the club nationally and put what you learnt in training to practice. 📊

If selected it will be expected that you participate in 2-4 hours of training and preparation each week.

To apply:
- Complete this Thursday’s presentation.
- Send your CV, a headshot and a brief blurb explaining why you should be selected to the link in bio.

Bring everything you’ve learnt over the last three weeks together and get some valuable feedback!

There will also be the chance to get headshots, which are super useful for future case competitions, and obviously be finished off with our first BYO at The Maharajas.

OBS1.05 Thursday the 19th of March. We’ll be in communication with all the teams regarding the time that they’ll be presenting.

The last week of our training program is almost here!!

We’re kicking off with a presentation from our team going to Canada to show us how it’s done, then moving onto letting your teams brainstorm for your presentation on Thursday.

Register through the link in bio before Wednesday 18th of March at 12pm.

Learn how to amplify your ideas with developing your presentation making skills.

Bianca will be sharing some tips, tricks and strategies to leveling up your presentations on Thursday, the 12th of March in OBS1.05 at 5.30 pm.

There’s no better place to be on a Thursday than our first BYO of the year! Celebrate completing our training and get to mingle with more people in the club.

RSVP through the link by Monday the 16th of March! 🥂🥂🥂

When we look back on 2025, it will undoubtedly go down in the history books for the Otago Consulting Club. From growing our membership to over 90 students, achieving a clean sweep at Round Three of New Zealand Nationals — with Otago teams placing first, second, and third, and sending teams to both Canada and Sydney to compete internationally — this year has been one to remember. We also launched our inaugural Women in Consulting Competition and were honoured to be named Runner Up Society of the Year at the Blue and Golds Awards. We couldn’t be more grateful to everyone who made it all possible.

A massive thank you goes out to those who made the magic happen behind the scenes — thank you to Natasha Podgorodnichenko and Sergio Biggemann for your invaluable guidance and dedication to both the club and our case training, our 2025 Executive - Ben Fleming, George Fisher, Katrina Hogg, Bianca Lim, Krupali Patel, and Jessica Licht, you’ve been an outstanding Executive team, and the 2026 Exec has some big shoes to fill! We’d also like to extend our gratitude to our sponsors, Uluomato’otua Saulaulu Aiono
and Adam Berry for making travel and competition opportunities possible.

We can’t wait to see what 2026 brings — here’s to another year of growth, teamwork, and success for the Otago Consulting Club!