Lia Jackson

Mathematics Graduate | Global Management Trainee @ JDE Peet’s

Netherlands

About

Honours BSc Mathematics, minor Economics Graduate (Top 5% of students GPA wise in the Netherlands). Now, I am currently working in Paris as a Global Management Trainee at JDE Peet's in the Finance department. Alongside my previous studies, I worked at Van Lanschot Kempen on the trading floor in the tech team, and also served as Consulting Director for 180 DC Amsterdam.

Experience

  • Global Management Trainee (Finance) at JDE Peet's
    Sep 2025 - Present · 10 mos

    - Chosen with a 0.1 percent acceptance rate for the Global Management Trainee Program with rotations around the world starting in Amsterdam and San Francisco - Support retail cost controlling and management reporting within the Finance function - Build and maintain Power BI dashboards to automate recurring financial reporting - Develop commodity price scenario models to analyse input-cost sensitivity - Apply retail measurement and public statistical datasets to pricing analysis

  • 180 Degrees Consulting Amsterdam (2 yrs 1 mo)
    • Advisory Board
      Jul 2025 - Jun 2026 · 1 yr

      - Advised the incoming board on client strategy and consultant development, building on two cycles as Director

    • Consulting Director
      Jun 2024 - Jul 2025 · 1 yr 2 mos

      - Led an organisation of ~70 consultants across 14 client engagements over two cycles - Grew the active client base by ~80%, owning client acquisition and project scoping end to end - Designed engagement timelines and quality standards, mentoring consultants through delivery - Brought in ING, Van Lanschot Kempen and Forward·Inc as corporate partners, building a recruiting and events pipeline that placed trained consultants into internships at partner firms.

  • Investment Banking Technology Support Intern at Van Lanschot Kempen
    Feb 2025 - Jun 2025 · 5 mos

    - Built and maintained MATLAB and Python tooling for the dealing-floor technology team, supporting daily reporting workflows

  • Deal Flow and Investment Analyst at ASIF Ventures
    Oct 2024 - Jun 2025 · 9 mos

    - Sourced and screened early-stage start-ups, running due diligence across team, market and product

  • Consultant Intern at Forward·Inc
    Nov 2023 - Jun 2024 · 8 mos

    - Consultant for a start-up e-commerce platform aiming to provide a platform with products for those with disabilities - In charge of researching/reaching out to suppliers for over 100 products - Responsible for the delivery/supplier logistics