Relevant Experiences & Suitability:
Mentorship: Networking & Connections
- Completing two spring weeks at Morgan Stanley and Bank of America, so I will be utilizing connections made in these.
- In multiple group chats with hundreds of Spring Week & Summer interns.
- Spent extensive time networking with people who have done summer internships at banks/consultancy firms (contacted many people for almost every spring I applied to and I applied to 30, therefore I can utilize those connections).
- Indicating I will be able to contribute to the mentorship programme.
Leading internal operations: Genuine interest in finance
- Truly enjoy finance so I will happily attend and contribute to events.
- Am always available and responsive when asked for help.
Problem-Solving: Leadership experience
- President of King’s M&A group and the student ran newspaper TalkDiplomacy, in which I have had experience in leadership roles.
Assistance in all departments: How I can contribute to each department
- Marketing: Overran marketing for my newspaper TalkDiplomacy and did a summer internship in the Sales & Marketing Department at EAcademy (PHD Insitute).
- I worked in the Events department and secured 5 speakers for the networking evening at the Investment Conference.
- I held a role as corporate relations associate for one year.
Plans for the coming year:
- Expand mentorship scheme (50 mentors)
- TikTok Marketing (Recruiting experts in field and posting a TikTok per event to increase engagement)
- Linkedin growth to 2000 followers
- Maximizing reach at freshers fair through training members in sales
- Looking into fast-track opportunities at our events (Could be fast-track to an interview for an internship)
- Data-driven decision-making - assessing what events have the best turnout and what we need to focus on as a society.
- Hosting Event “Breaking into Finance from a non-finance background”