Leon Gidigbi

Entrepreneur at OX1 Incubator
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Experience

    • United Kingdom
    • Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Entrepreneur
      • Oct 2022 - Present

      Oxford’s first entrepreneurship startup pre-accelerator programme https://www.ox1incubator.com Oxford’s first entrepreneurship startup pre-accelerator programme https://www.ox1incubator.com

    • United Kingdom
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Welfare Officer
      • Jul 2022 - Present

      - Executing events aimed at improving the mental health of over 250 African & Caribbean students in Oxford by creating safe spaces - Developing resources, such a freshers’ guide, aimed at helping students to deal with discrimination/racism. - Executing events aimed at improving the mental health of over 250 African & Caribbean students in Oxford by creating safe spaces - Developing resources, such a freshers’ guide, aimed at helping students to deal with discrimination/racism.

    • United Kingdom
    • Staffing and Recruiting
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Rare Candidate
      • Sep 2021 - Present

    • United Kingdom
    • Professional Training and Coaching
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Amos Bursary Scholar
      • Feb 2020 - Present

      - Consulted on the development & implementation of a private communications platform allowing 400 Amos Bursary Scholars (across cohorts) and staff to communicate, with plans to eventually facilitate the addition of black professionals onto the platform - Received personal development training using resources such as Lumina Spark to develop interpersonal skills. - Received formal public speaking training via the AMOS Voices programme - Sponsored by Schroders, and attended multiple insight days and networking sessions with firms such as Linklaters, Schroders, PwC, Unilever. Show less

    • United Kingdom
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Candidate
      • Jul 2020 - Dec 2022

    • United States
    • Business Consulting and Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Spring Insight Participant
      • Apr 2022 - Apr 2022

      - Gained insight into the day-to-day functioning of a consultant - Used profitability frameworks to identify the main causes of rising costs/falling revenues for a mock client and proposed solutions based on market research provided - Gained insight into the day-to-day functioning of a consultant - Used profitability frameworks to identify the main causes of rising costs/falling revenues for a mock client and proposed solutions based on market research provided

    • Professional Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Insight Day Participant
      • Nov 2021 - Nov 2021

      - Received insight into PwC’s business lines, including audit, tax and advisory - Conducted a team case study around a pro-bono client looking to scale its impact rapidly and presented recommendations to a panel of senior team members - Received insight into PwC’s business lines, including audit, tax and advisory - Conducted a team case study around a pro-bono client looking to scale its impact rapidly and presented recommendations to a panel of senior team members

    • United Kingdom
    • Financial Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Insight Day Participant
      • Aug 2021 - Aug 2021

      - Pitched stocks from pre and post covid time frames to understand the effect of covid on different industries, and the methods Schroders used to maintain sustainable portfolios. - Pitched stocks from pre and post covid time frames to understand the effect of covid on different industries, and the methods Schroders used to maintain sustainable portfolios.

    • United Kingdom
    • Research Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • YE2030 Advocate
      • Nov 2020 - Jul 2021

      - Worked closely with various charities such as Youth Employment UK to implement key recommendations from our report. - Chaired a team of 7 individuals working closely with YEUK to develop their Opportunity Hub, making it more functional on the operational side as well as allowing them to look for opportunities more tailored to the needs of the youth.

    • YE2030 Co-Creator
      • Jul 2020 - Oct 2020

      - Collaborated with 9 other people across the UK alongside the CVR team to create a survey looking into the issues surrounding young people and their futures.- The survey reached 1,000 responses and provided us with data to create a report on young people and their most pressing issues and worries.- Presented our findings at various different events, including the MRS Kids & Youth Conference 2021.

    • United Kingdom
    • Staffing and Recruiting
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Target Oxbridge Candidate
      • Jan 2020 - Feb 2021

    • United Kingdom
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Oxbridge Mentoring Scheme Member
      • Mar 2020 - Jan 2021

    • Australia
    • Advertising Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Autumn Intern
      • Nov 2020 - Nov 2020

      - Helped to deliver a creative project for a client working in the disruptive black-owned art space, detailing how the Victoria line trains can be a useful medium of advertisement for their base in Brixton - Helped to deliver a creative project for a client working in the disruptive black-owned art space, detailing how the Victoria line trains can be a useful medium of advertisement for their base in Brixton

    • United Kingdom
    • Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Summer learning intern (FMCG)
      • Jun 2020 - Aug 2020

      - Gained insights from staff in various parts of the FMCG industry, including understanding how marketing strategies pivoted to stay resilient during the pandemic - Developed an understanding of how managers engage with the different brands to maintain a coherent purpose as a company, as well as how their processes have developed to become eco-friendly - Gained insights from staff in various parts of the FMCG industry, including understanding how marketing strategies pivoted to stay resilient during the pandemic - Developed an understanding of how managers engage with the different brands to maintain a coherent purpose as a company, as well as how their processes have developed to become eco-friendly

    • United Kingdom
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Scholar, Sutton Trust US Programme
      • Feb 2020 - May 2020

Education

  • University of Oxford
    Bachelor of Arts - BA, Philosophy, Politics and Economics
    2021 - 2024
  • Woodhouse College f.k.a Woodhouse Grammar School
    Maths, Economics, Politics, Mathematics - A*, Economics - A*, Politics - A
    2019 - 2021

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