Experience

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  Sequent Group

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Senior Business Analyst

    • Apr 2019 - Present
    • London, United Kingdom

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  RBC

  • London, Greater London, United Kingdom

  • Associate, Corporate FX

    • Oct 2016 - Mar 2019
    • London, Greater London, United Kingdom

    • Provide risk analysis and FX hedging solutions to UK corporate clients. Supported corporates by i) developing a deep understanding of their activities, ii) providing insights and views on the markets, iii) analysing risks and iv) proposing adequate hedging solutions.

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  RBS

  • Listed Derivatives Sales Associate

    • Apr 2016 - Sep 2016

    • In addition to my role as a strategist I work as part of the sales team, executing orders quickly and accurately for a range of real money and speculative clients. This requires managing existing relationships as well as winning new flow, staying on top of markets and discussing my opinion with clients throughout the day.

  • Listed Derivatives Strategist

    • Aug 2013 - Sep 2016

    • My responsibilities included writing daily morning commentary covering the US, UK and European bond markets, developing trade ideas, and writing the quarterly roll analysis. I have developed tools using my excel knowledge to help identify trading opportunities in both the futures and options space.• Worked with the US Rates Strategy and Economics teams for one month, helping to publish the weekly CFTC positioning report. • Experience with the Prime Services Sales team, putting together client pitches and keeping on top of regulatory changes to help find a tailored solution to complex industry challenges. Worked as part of the off-boarding team when RBS exited Rates Clearing, helping to efficiently handle client communications and minimise disruption to key revenue-generating accounts for the bank.

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  The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

  • United Kingdom
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, Economics

    • Sep 2012 - Jul 2013

    • Taught six classes of thirty students the EC100 course (introductory course in microeconomics and macroeconomics).• Held weekly office hours to provide one-on-one tutorial sessions, marking and giving feedback to weekly homework sets and final exams.• Received a Class Teacher Award, nominated by the Economics department and first year students, in recognition of the special contribution made to my work.

  • Course Administrator (LSE Finance Department)

    • Sep 2012 - Jul 2013

    • Provided administrative support to the LSE Finance department, including event organisation, communications to students and teaching support.• Tasks included examination marking, recording student grades accurately, assisting with assignment submissions and PhD applications.

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  HSBC Global Banking and Markets

  • Debt Capital Markets Summer Analyst

    • Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

    • Undertook a project analysing recent trends in the Covered Bond and Senior Unsecured market, individually presenting my findings to senior members of staff.• Wrote the daily morning comment, detailing the macro-economic background and updating primary and secondary bond market conditions.• Ad-hoc tasks included constructing case studies of recent debt transactions, updating credentials and conducting post-deal analysis for clients.

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  Royal Bank of Scotland

  • Corporate & Institutional Banking (Structured Finance Origination) Summer Analyst

    • Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

    • Assisted the team in analysing credit risk and structuring financing proposals (country/market analysis, historical and projected financial analysis of the borrower, sector benchmarking, assessment of funding and structuring requirements).• Practiced financial modelling in Excel, conducting scenario analysis and independently writing due diligence reports for clients. This involved analysing information memorandums and third party information in order to create detailed credit papers to support the funding requirements for clients. • Undertook 7-City training on “Introduction to the Markets” to build upon my financial knowledge• Offered a place on the 2012 C&IB Graduate Programme.

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  Royal Bank of Scotland

  • Corporate & Institutional Banking Spring Intern

    • Mar 2010 - Mar 2010

    • Gained exposure to various divisions of Corporate Banking such as Large Corporate Coverage, Structured Finance and Loan Markets.• Participated in various case studies and individual presentations on the types of structuring that can be offered to companies and the products and services that can be implemented as solutions to their financial issues.• Attended a number of networking events, helping to expand my knowledge of the different areas within C&IB.