Sebastian James Reader

Observed the Sales Traders and other departments to gain knowledge of the internal workings of the business.

Reference: Stephen Ashton

Observed the Swaps desk and the various departments of the business during a week of work experience.

Reference: Mitchell Prosser

• Identifying, targeting and making first contact with new business leads to generate meeting opportunities for the Business Development Specialist team.
• Building relationships with prospects, understanding their business requirements, and ensuring they meet the internal criteria to later become a client.
• Identifying opportunities to drive business growth, diversification and expansion.
• Achieved on average 20 new business leads per week inline with targets.
• Delivering a Forex market report once a month to the entire sale team.
• Opening and initiating new business accounts for continued business growth.

Reference: Matthew King

• Compiled information about market conditions, company valuations and prospective results.
• Worked with Sales team identifying new potential client relationships and conducted credit checks.
• Observed the trading team and the mechanics of foreign exchange trading platforms.
• Compiled a report using a variety of research methods about the strength of the Dollar/Pound and my own predictions as to where the levels would be by December.
• Presented the report to the broking team and senior management.
• Adapted to new situations and learned new skills quickly.

Reference: Adam Stark / Altan Ali