Aug 2024 – Apr 2025 · 8 mos · Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands · On-site

Jun 2023 – Aug 2023 · 2 mos · Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands · On-site

Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 · 0 mo

Oct 2022 – Oct 2022 · 0 mo · Greater London, England, United Kingdom

• Learning about investments, portfolio construction and securities lending in asset management
• Conducting pricing and modelling in Excel

Jun 2022 – Aug 2022 · 2 mos

• Shadowing traders on semi-systematic ETF desk
• Conducting a quantitative research project on corporate actions
• Following a learning series on ETFs, options and bonds; participating in trading simulations

Sep 2021 – Sep 2021 · 0 mo · Remote

• Learning about market-neutral strategies, quantitative trading and psychological biases

Jul 2021 – Sep 2021 · 2 mos · Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

• Carrying out simulations and precision data analysis for a prototype sensing device, using Python
• Conducting market landscaping and finding use cases for another newly-developed sensing device
• Working on Machine Learning model for optimisation of medical imaging data

May 2021 – Jun 2021 · 1 mo

• Qualitatively and quantitatively analysing survey and financial data
• Providing insights and recommendations to guide the marketing strategy of a luxury goods brand

Apr 2021 – Apr 2021 · 0 mo

• Attending talks, panels and Q+A sessions with representatives from across Macquarie, learning about trading and investment strategies
• Participating in workshops, case studies and an educational Financial Services session, covering macroeconomics, asset classes and investment strategies
• Specialised business area: Commodities and Global Markets: Quantitative Investment Strategy

Apr 2021 – Apr 2021 · 0 mo

• Attending talks and Q+A sessions from representatives of various UBS divisions
• Participating in interactive workshops, case studies and commercial awareness sessions, learning valuation techniques, investment strategies and market analysis
• Specialised business area: Technology

Apr 2021 – Apr 2021 · 0 mo

• Attending talks and panel sessions on personal branding, diversity and inclusion and career paths in consulting, financial & actuarial technology

Mar 2021 – Mar 2021 · 0 mo

• Researched natural capital, ecosystem services and global investment in biodiversity
• Produced infographics for inclusion in published Atlas
• Wrote a piece outlining the role, importance and evolution of natural capital investment, for use in a double-page spread
• Designed the structure and layout of this double-page

Dec 2020 – May 2024 · 3 yrs 5 mos · Online

• Providing tutoring in Physics, Maths, Further Maths, Chemistry and French to Sixth Formers
• Giving personalised advice on UCAS applications, the Oxford Physics Aptitude Test and Oxbridge interviews
• 100% success rate to date on Oxbridge admissions preparation

Dec 2020 – Dec 2020 · 0 mo · Oxford, England, United Kingdom

• Researching private investment in Green Bonds and biodiversity projects
• Data collection, analysis, visualisation and presentation
• Designing and implementing an automated data mining system

Feb 2020 – Feb 2021 · 1 yr · Oxford, England, United Kingdom

• Managing accounts in Excel and allocating funds to around 50 student-led clubs and societies
• Coordinating Freshers’ Fair, in line with Covid-related guidance
• Administering reimbursements and overseeing a budget – currently negotiating a budget increase

Jul 2019 – Oct 2019 · 3 mos · Greater London, England, United Kingdom

• Pitching products to customers to contribute to £5,000,000 team sales targets, securing one of the largest individual sales, at just under £3000
• Conducting financial reconciliation and upholding security protocols
• Undertaking retail, sales and hygiene training
• Sharing knowledge on London and the Royal family, addressing ad-hoc customer situations

Jul 2018 – Jul 2018 · 0 mo · Harwell, England, United Kingdom

• Using C++ and Python to develop a model safety system
• Understanding the infrastructure and operation of the site to devise a process which accounted for all possibilities
• Writing software and coordinating this with hardware
• Managing the project to strict timescales in a team
• Giving daily progress presentations to our peers, and a final presentation on our product to friends, family and Rutherford Appleton Laboratory engineers

Aug 2016 – Aug 2016 · 0 mo · Harwell, England, United Kingdom

• Using Linux and Python to compile sky camera footage of atmospheric phenomena, for use in secondary education
• Understanding and explaining these phenomena
• Collating quantitative data and qualitative information into useful and understandable graphs and infographics
• Deducing metadata such as the camera’s pointing direction from tracking stars

May 2016 – May 2019 · 3 yrs · Croydon, England, United Kingdom

• Ensuring the correct newspapers were prepared
• Delivering in a timely manner
• Responding to customer queries