Toigo Private Equity MBA Fellowship Recommendation

Thank you for taking the time to write on behalf of this applicant for the Toigo Private Equity MBA Fellowship. Toigo's mission is to advance and support exceptional minority MBAs within the finance industry through mentoring, leadership development, career placement assistance and merit awards. The Foundation works in partnership with the world’s leading financial institutions to foster diversity in the global marketplace and to promote ethics, integrity, community service and effective leadership skills through the careers of these highly-talented individuals.

Toigo launched its Private Equity MBA Fellowship as a way to provide recent MBA graduates with work experience in all areas of private equity, including work with a PE firm, a plan sponsor/limited partner, and portfolio company. Click here for more information about the one-year Fellowship rotation.

Your thoughtful perspectives are important to us and are an integral component of the Foundation’s overall evaluation of the applicant. We encourage you to offer your responses to the questions below directly on this form. We may contact you to gain more insights on the applicant, if necessary.

We welcome any questions you may have about this letter of recommendation or the Foundation in general. Please contact us at pefellows@toigofoundation.org. You may also visit our website to learn more about Toigo, our mission and donors.

Please complete and submit your recommendation by 11pm PT, August 3, 2012.

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How would you rate the applicant for each of the following characteristics?

* Please select the rating that best describes the applicant in each category. Select “Not Observed” if you have not had the opportunity to evaluate the characteristic or have no basis for the assessment.

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Intellectual Ability: aptitude for statistical and/or mathematical concepts and their application
Leadership: takes initiative and motivates others
Ethics: demonstrates honesty, integrity, and ethical behavior
Reliability: dependable, responsible, responsive, prompt and thorough
Judgement: demonstrates critical thinking skills, common sense and decisiveness
Oral communication: speaks at a normal pace with precision and accuracy, without ambiguity
Written Communication: writing is precise, accurage, grammatically correct and unambiguous
Interpersonal relations: considerate, sensitive, tactful in response to others, and able to get along well with peers and superiors
Adaptability: reacts well to stress, is poised and controlled
Research: ability to do research either individually or as part of a team
Quantitative ability: familiar with statistical and/or mathematical concepts and their use in practical applications
Promise as a professional in this field: Demonstrates passion in field; goals are realistic

* Recommendation concerning acceptance:

I recommend this applicant with the highest regard

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