London Area, United Kingdom
• Energy analyst intern supporting the energy team’s modelling capability and work on policy/regulatory issues.
• Contributed to two trading desks: Foreign Exchange Options and Structured Credit while shadowing others. • Analyzed the effect of key economic announcements on the volatility of FX markets and the spread on quotes. • Enhanced understanding of options theory, available trading strategies and built an options pricer. • Created a custom ESG scoring system used alongside financial metrics to develop and then present a trade idea.
• Participated in modelling future hydrogen supply and demand scenarios until 2050 for a national hydrogen strategy consultation. • Researched innovation in the hydrogen supply chain and helped recommend policies to meet decarbonization targets. • Learnt and wrote about integrating green hydrogen from offshore wind with existing grid infrastructure. • Spearheaded an internal efficiency campaign optimizing existing tech-stacks to improve key business processes.
• Learnt about market making, options theory, trading strategies and more. Applied this to market-making games. • Developed a trading algorithm with teammates that performed successfully on a simulated trading exchange.