Fergus Blount
Senior Account Executive at Peregrine Communications- Claim this Profile
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French Full professional proficiency
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Russian Full professional proficiency
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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Spanish Elementary proficiency
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Experience
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Peregrine Communications
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United Kingdom
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Marketing Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Account Executive
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Oct 2021 - Present
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PRISM
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United Kingdom
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Information Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Political Risk Analyst - Russia and Central Asia
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Aug 2020 - Oct 2020
- Work involved political risk analysis, energy market analysis and due diligence covering Russia, Central Asia and the Caspian region. - Working with a team to produce daily and weekly macro-economic updates for Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan. - Required high proficiency in open-source data collection and media monitoring, excellent Russian language, written and computer skills, along with cultural knowledge of the regions. - Work involved political risk analysis, energy market analysis and due diligence covering Russia, Central Asia and the Caspian region. - Working with a team to produce daily and weekly macro-economic updates for Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan. - Required high proficiency in open-source data collection and media monitoring, excellent Russian language, written and computer skills, along with cultural knowledge of the regions.
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Bright Network
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United Kingdom
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Staffing and Recruiting
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700 & Above Employee
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Internship Experience - Technology
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Jul 2020 - Jul 2020
- Technology internship set up due to Covid-19, partnered with Accenture, Google, Goldman Sachs, Bloomberg, Amazon, Vodafone and EY.- Attended online seminars with representatives of leading firms on topics such as verification and testing, creative problem solving, agile software development and cyber security.- Tasked with planning the release of a Facial Verification system into the customer banking app sign-in process.
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Internship Experience - Finance and Professional Services
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Jul 2020 - Jul 2020
- Finance & Professional Services online internship set up due to Covid-19, partnered with PwC, EY, BDO, HSBC, Lloyds Bank and Willis Towers Watson.- Attended online seminars with representatives of leading firms on topics from audit and tax to commercial and retail banking.- Given a work sample from EY - tasked with creating a proposal pack for a defaulting hotel group.
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Russian Language Student
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Jan 2020 - Mar 2020
- Lived and studied in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan at the London School of Languages and Cultures to gain fluency in Russian language. - Lived with a Kyrgyz family exposing myself to the language, new cultures and traditions, alongside travelling solo and volunteering in spare time as a ski guide for international clients. - Lived and studied in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan at the London School of Languages and Cultures to gain fluency in Russian language. - Lived with a Kyrgyz family exposing myself to the language, new cultures and traditions, alongside travelling solo and volunteering in spare time as a ski guide for international clients.
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Overland Expedition
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Sep 2019 - Jan 2020
- Employed at Trafalgar Marquees to fund a 4-month overland driving trip across 8 African countries. - Required meticulous planning, logistics, leadership and organisational skills. - Co-organised the purchasing of 4x4s, shipping the cars in a 40ft container from UK to Cape Town, organisation of Carnet de Passage, itinerary, budget, charity work, social media accounts and safety and risk assessment. - Learned invaluable life and human relations skills dealing with border control, police and traffic officers.
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Radio France
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France
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Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
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700 & Above Employee
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Production Assistant
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Aug 2017 - Dec 2017
- Worked in a strong, fast-paced, collaborative team of producers, adaptors and directors for France’s national radio broadcaster. - Assistant to the Production Manager for France Culture. Role involved excellent telephone manner required for answering calls, communicating between outsourced employees and production teams, researching for upcoming radio projects (Podcast competition), helping out in studios. - Working in Excel to collate and filter relevant data. - Worked in a strong, fast-paced, collaborative team of producers, adaptors and directors for France’s national radio broadcaster. - Assistant to the Production Manager for France Culture. Role involved excellent telephone manner required for answering calls, communicating between outsourced employees and production teams, researching for upcoming radio projects (Podcast competition), helping out in studios. - Working in Excel to collate and filter relevant data.
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Pushkin House
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United Kingdom
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Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
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1 - 100 Employee
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Intern
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Jun 2014 - Jun 2014
- Member of research and administration team for the UK’s oldest Russian Cultural Centre. - Involved extensive research for the annual Pushkin House Book Prize for the best non-fiction writing on Russia in the English language. - Member of research and administration team for the UK’s oldest Russian Cultural Centre. - Involved extensive research for the annual Pushkin House Book Prize for the best non-fiction writing on Russia in the English language.
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Netherlands
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Banking
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700 & Above Employee
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Intern
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Jun 2013 - Jun 2013
- Shadowed key personnel working in emerging markets in Russia and Eastern Europe. - Tasked with researching a logistics project requiring key organisational skills and independent thought. - Shadowed key personnel working in emerging markets in Russia and Eastern Europe. - Tasked with researching a logistics project requiring key organisational skills and independent thought.
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Education
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The University of Edinburgh
MA Hons, French & Russian Studies, Modern Languages -
Harrow School
A* Russian, A French, A Mathematics (IGCSE: 11A*s) -
The London School of Languages and Cultures
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan -
Saint Petersburg State University
St Petersburg, Russia