Meet the Team!

Charles Nakhle

Passionate, driven, ambitious and versatile are a few of Charles's personality traits. 

During his economics studies in the American University of Beirut, Charles participated in several summer schools, of which are Georgetown University and Fulbright Commission sponsored programs, where he was awarded scholarships for both programs. Most importantly, he created long lasting friendships that still exist until this day. 

Prior to coming to INSEAD, Charles was a Senior Analyst for Europraxis Consulting, a Boutique management consulting firm based in Barcelona. Charles is a very active individual, inside and outside of school. During his bachelor at American University of Beirut (AUB), he ran for student election several times. In his last year, he was elected president of his class. In addition to the social events and gatherings he organized, he managed to organize lectures and workshops with Lebanese Minister of Economy and Finance and the Lebanese Central Bank Governor. He also organized career workshops, alumni events and managed to raise funds for financing the first student lounge for economics students in AUB. Outside school, Charles is involved in numerous social activities, such as Scouts, where he was a scouts chief, rotaract, and other social initiatives.

Charles is currently a social rep for his class, and will work on leveraging his past student representative experience to bring INSEAD its best Student Council yet! 

Gaurang Jhunjhunwala

Gaurang is dedicated, straightforward and practical. After completing graduation at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, he worked for Schlumberger, which made him travel all over the globe. Building long lasting friendships along the way he decided to leverage his experience in the industry by contributing to his family business – mining ore in West Africa.

Over the years he has held several leadership positions in his university and at work. A sports lover, Gaurang was the captain of IIT Bombay’s cricket team and squash team. He continued his passion for sports into his work where he led Schlumberger’s cricket team and soccer team in Mumbai.

Gaurang believes that student events and innovative talks by imminent personalities are necessary to maintain a lively campus atmosphere. At IIT Bombay he led the events department of Mood Indigo, India’s largest student cultural festival, through a complete turnover to receive in excess of 75,000 footfalls.

At work Gaurang has led several initiatives in complex geographies all over the world. In particular, his recent achievement has been the reorganization of management and reporting structure for Uranium mines in Niger. He has also led several management-of-change initiatives at Schlumberger, the experience of which he plans to utilize to drive, in particular, his initiatives in academics, sports and IT at INSEAD. In his body language and enthusiasm, It is clear that he is here to bring about change! 

Jianggan Li

Jianggan was once a scholar in Computer Engineering at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University. Seeking to create more impact than writing computer codes, he managed to combine his personal interest with work, and became the Editorial Director of a well-respected trade publication focused on government modernization in Asia and beyond.  He has worked in Singapore, Hong Kong, Beijing, Makati and Dehli, as well as interacted with outstanding people from all over the world.

On a personal front, he is an atlas worshipper, having lived in many countries and traveled extensively.  A part-time linguist, he speaks English, Mandarin, Cantonese, French and Spanish. He also enjoys reading Classical Chinese and Latin literature. In his free time, he loves to explore the nooks and crannies of the town he is currently in, and is never afraid of the unexpected. Immersing himself among the awesome people here at INSEAD, he looks to make the experience even better for everyone and future promotions to come. Jianggan is determined to make this year the best year of not only his life, but also, the lives of everyone around him.

Lena Chukhno

Many of you know Lena as high-energy, goal-oriented, and optimistic. Before starting her exciting INSEAD journey, Lena spent four years in consulting starting as a tax consultant at PWC and subsequently joined McKinsey as a management consultant. Starting her career at the age of 20, Lena was looking for challenging jobs with rich self-development opportunities. During her undergrad studies in Kiev, Lena was also challenging herself by participating in various student competitions and conferences.


Among most valuable skills that Lena built during her years in McKinsey is the ability to facilitate discussions in highly-diverse groups and bring them to a consensus. This skill proved to be equally critical in developing corporate strategies for the largest Russian businesses, aligning various governmental and non-governmental agencies on the 5-year plan of country-wide reforms, and facilitating discussions in a post-merger organization. Lena’s ability to bring to the consensus groups with diverse goals and backgrounds of their member would be an asset in coordinating work on INSEAD 2.0 initiative. Throughout her university years and working time Lena was a leader in different types of extra-curricular activities. The experience of being a head of a student scientific organization during her undergrad, one of the leaders of CSR committee in PWC, and driving students recruiting campaigns in McKinsey Kiev office was both highly challenging and highly rewarding. It’s time to pursue Lena’s passion for driving changes in INSEAD life through value-creating work in Student Council