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ABOUT CMD Careers:
CMD Careers is a family owned independant careers consultancy company that assists UK University students, and professionals with their career aspirations.
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Founded in September of 2024, Liam and Paul Colabuono-McDonagh provide a core service of 1:2:1 coaching to facilitate careers growth for our members. Within academic years of 2024/25, and 2025/26 our tutees have received offers from companies such as HSBC, Goldman Sachs, Aviva, BMW, Nationwide, and other well known employers.
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Outside of our careers services, CMD provides LinkedIn marketing managements and wider LinkedIn strategy consulting to education and ed-tech businesses in the UK, US, and UAE.
Meet the FOUNDERS
Co-Founder
Liam Elio Colabuono-McDonagh
After completing his Bachelors and Master in Geography and Satellite Science respectively from the University of Nottingham, Liam is now a technology consultant in the nuclear and defence market. Between pro-bono, independent and corporate contracts, he holds 4 years of business consulting experience, having worked with small local businesses, SMEs and multi-national corporations. Liam uses his previous experience in to support the strategic direction, launch and growth of our student focused B2B clients. Liam has presented at Durham, Nottingham, London, KCL, SCAF, London RINA, RHUL and International seminars.
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Liam runs our 1-1 student calls, private executive calls and offers support in-house to our B2B partner Gradvisor.
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Co-Founder
Paul Nino Colabuono-McDonagh
Paul Nino provides a strong background in sales and marketing with a growing LinkedIn audience alongside strong relations with many of our B2B clients in the UK, US, and UAE within the ed-tech space.
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After completing his undergraduate degree from RHUL, Paul spent 13 months working within bespoke private tuition in London while scaling CMD Careers. During his studies, Paul worked within talent acquisition representing 13+ major global early careers employers. Across an 18 month contract Paul learned the ins and outs of how UK University students can stand out to land opportunties.
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Paul runs our B2B services and manages the day-to-day operations of CMD Careers.
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Meet the TEAM
Business and Finance mentor
Premi Sarveswaran
From Psychology to Finance Premi represents our mission at CMD Careers. From a CV support session to final interview Premi is moving on to a new exciting opportunity as a Business Analyst for a major bank.
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When she broke the good news to our team she also expressed her wish to join our core team is giving back to students offering 1-1 sessions in the same model our Co-Founder Liam-Elio and Shao.
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Marketing Specialist
James Kirby
A graduate from the University of Nottingham, James brings his networking prowess, business acumen and experience with graphics and logo design to CMD B2B clients.
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Responsible for building our marketing strategy on the B2B side of CMD Careers, he brings energy and enthusiasm to all our engagements.
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Sales and B2B Specialist
Matthew Brennan
Matthew Brennan is an early-career professional currently working as a Sales Representative at CMD Careers, with a growing interest in business development, client engagement, and commercial growth within the early-careers and education support space. Living the values of CMD, he is enrolled into a placement with a major automotive player.
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A new but mighty addition to the team welcome Matt.
Business and Leadership mentor
Shao Heng Lai
Shao is in his early professional career, having worked in logistics, leadership and operational environments. He recently completed his year in industry placement with BMW and has served in the Singapore Armed Forces as an assistant instructor and training specialist.
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Available for sessions supporting logistics, operations and leadership focus roles for young professionals and students.
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"I've had the pleasure of working closely with Paul, and I can confidently say that he is an incredibly dedicated and reliable professional. Throughout our time working together, Paul always goes above and beyond to help everyone to deliver high-quality results! His commitment to excellence and collaborative spirit makes him an invaluable asset to any team or person he works with."
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Sana Rehman, Queen Mary Master's Student
Our Partners
Caffeinated closet
Hidden in the heart of Egham thrift clothing and coffee
At CMD - Careers Management Design, we work with Caffeinated Closet to provide students with marketing and design experience having secured 2 roles with the founder to support their marketing strategy.
