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Leadership

Leadership, Research and the Work in Between

Five years of programmes, competitions and service, most recent first.

  • Jan to Jul 2026

    Wharton and Babson Summer Programs

    Wharton School · Babson College

    Completed the Wharton Global Youth High School Learning Sprint and Babson College's Introduction to the Entrepreneurial Experience, back-to-back summer programs in business and entrepreneurship.

  • Since Sep 2025

    Editor-in-Chief and Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award

    Nord Anglia International School Dubai

    Leads the school newspaper society's 6th-form newsletter covering community, economics and STEM news, alongside working toward the Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award.

  • Jul to Dec 2025

    Research Collaborator

    Cambridge Centre for International Research

    Co-authored a quantitative research paper on sustainable fishing with Dr David Willer, a University of Cambridge fellow, published in the National High School Journal of Science.

  • August 2025

    Summer Pre-College Programs

    Cornell University · Imperial College London

    Completed Cornell University's Pre-College Summer Program in Introduction to Business and Imperial College London's Global Summer Engineering Program.

  • 2023 to 2024

    Sailing Team Captain

    Culver Military Academy, Indiana

    Captained the sailing team and won the Naval Cryptography Award in both summers at Culver's summer schools programme.

  • 2021 to 2022

    Model United Nations Delegate

    EXPO 2020 Dubai

    Engaged in structured debates on sustainability and green-product adoption as a Model UN delegate at EXPO 2020 Dubai.

Photographs

Learning Beyond the Classroom

The Duke of Edinburgh Gold expedition in Switzerland, the medal line at the Marathon for Workers in Dubai, and the Physics Challenge presentation at school.

Duke of Edinburgh Switzerland June 2026

  • The camp group lined up on a mountain road at the end of a day's walking, pine forest and hay meadow behind them
  • Walkers strung out along a grass track up a hillside, carrying full expedition packs and trekking poles
  • The group photographed with their packs on before setting out, snow still on the peaks behind

Marathon for Workers

  • Sultan, in a volunteer's vest, placing a finisher medal around a runner's neck at the trackside
  • Runners in Marathon for Workers shirts filing past the volunteers as each is given a medal
  • The volunteer line holding armfuls of ribboned medals, waiting for the field to come in
  • Sultan lifting a medal clear of the bundle as the next finisher reaches him

BPhO Online Senior Physics Challenge, Silver Award

  • Four students holding their BPhO Physics Challenge certificates against the school's slatted wooden wall, Sultan second from left with the Online Senior Physics Challenge Silver Award
  • A second group from the same presentation, four students standing together with a certificate held between them

Contact

If Any of This Is Useful to You, Say So

Research groups, engineering teams, competitions, or anyone who wants to argue about the fishing paper. Email, call, or find me on LinkedIn.

Contact Details

Sultan Al-Farhan