Circulum Vitae
Education
- University of Cambridge
BA Economics, 2021-2024 - Reading School, 2014-2021
- Achievements:
- 4A*s in Maths, Further Maths, Economics, and Chemistry
- Recipient of senior prize for best overall results
- First-class in Part I and IIA, elected scholar of college
Experience
- Bridgepoint
- Intern
- Duties included:
- Selected as one of 15 from a pool of 2000+ to learn about the firm and network with employees
- Enhanced knowledge on private equity, capital markets, and technology
- Worked with Oxbridge aspirants from disadvantaged backgrounds and helped 4 secure offers (e.g. Zero Gravity)
- LIBF Student Investor Challenge
- Duties included:
- Invested £200k of virtual capital into LSE listed stocks, achieving average weighted returns of 30% (top 10 from 10,000 teams)
- Applied fundamental and technical analysis to successfully predict stock prices over 4 volatile weeks (top 8 from 500 teams)
- Private Tutor
- Duties included:
- Private consultant to over 85 students in the 2023/24 UCAS cycle with 15 securing an Oxbridge offer
- Private consultant to over 50 students in the 2022/23 UCAS cycle with 12 securing an Oxbridge offer
- Achieved average student satisfaction of 4.8/5 and delivered over 500 tutoring hours alongside degree
- Portfolio Manager for CamSIF
- Duties included:
- Leading a team of over 60 analysts
- Team Leader
- Duties included:
- Winner out of 10,000 teams; delivered a presentation on optimal capital allocation in a post-COVID financial climate
- Evaluated a company in the hospitality sector using a DCF model, pitched findings to three associates; awarded first place
Leadership Experience
- Scio (writing platform for informative articles)
- Co-founder
- Achievements:
- Manage a team of 10 research analysts to consistently publish high-quality academic articles for ScioEcon
- Expanded social media outreach with SEO optimisation and promotional posts on Instagram resulting in 800 unique visitors/week at peak
- Learned and utilised WordPress and HTML to design and manage the front-end of the website
- President of RY Meditation Society
- Responsibilities:
- Organising weekly events for over 500 members
- Technical Training:
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, and Word), LaTeX, Python, and SEO
- Candidate Achievements:
- Economics valedictorian (highest mark of 93% in school cohort)
- BP STEM challenge finalist (top 10 from 5000 teams)
- Amplify trading simulator runner-up
- Epstein cricketing prize
- Interests:
- Chess
- Weightlifting
- Spirituality
- Financial markets (equity+forex)