London, England, United Kingdom
One of 12 quantitative traders on Jane Street’s 2.5-month winter internship (Dec-Feb) • Research projects: investigated questions for different trading desks with mentors, learnt about financial products, analysed data, formed and tested hypotheses, presented findings • Mock trading: worked on various scenarios illustrating market features, devised strategies, did live trading, responded quickly to changes, built automated trading systems • Gained understanding of financial markets, trading concepts, market-making, research, modelling, ways of thinking, and experience working with large data sets
Co-founded and grew company to 200+ clients and several full-time employees Responsibility for product development, operations, recruitment, and training Created, reviewed, and taught 10+ courses, taken by 1000+ students in total
Chaired committee responsible for competitive debating Led teams of 100+ volunteers to deliver competitions and events among the largest of their kind, with annual reach of 2000+, and increased participation and fundraising in key areas by over 50% Coached training squads, sending 50+ teams to competitions yearly, including some of the best-performing teams at the World and European Universities Debating Championships Member of Standing Committee, the Society’s governing body, with annual budget of £1.5 million