SEO London Training Calendar 2021 - primecommitment.co.uk

SEO London

Training Calendar

2021

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SEO London Careers Training Calendar

Objective : Equip SEO London candidates with the knowledge, skills, support and network to break

into elite industries, particularly with our sponsor firms

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec

Lunch & Learn Season 5

(general audience)

Pre-Spring & Pre-Summer Training

(Spring & Summer offer holders at SEO Sponsor firms)

Step Into Finance/Consulting/Tech/Insurance

(2022 Summer applicants)

Firm Masterclasses

Recommendations

(2022 Summer applicants)

SEO support students as they

apply/progress with firms

(CV guidance / Interview Workshops / AC prep)

First Year Fast Track

(2022 Spring applicants)

2021 Training Timeline


(general audience)

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Ask from Firms

We would welcome firm participation in :

• Sending reps for Pre-Internship Summer Training (June)

• Leading markets insights (different asset classes/roles)

• Sending reps for Step Into Finance (Jul-Aug)

• Participate as assessors in Mock ACs (Stock Pitch / Group Exercise)

• Leading divisional insights on Tuesday (Banking) or Thursdays (Markets)

• Partaking in speednetworking on Friday evenings

• Host an SEO London MasterClass (Aug-Oct) prior to 2022 applications opening

(agenda to be determined with firm)

• Sending reps for First Year Fast Track (mid Oct)

• Running insight session (each firm will lead a different topic)

• Partaking in FYFT networking evening

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Lunch and Learns

Jan-Apr : Season 5

Sept-Dec : Season 6

“The Lunch & Learn series have elevated

my understanding of various different

roles/industries – hearing from so many

different speakers has really given me so

much knowledge just from my home,

something I never thought would be

possible and is incredibly inspiring!”

- 2020 participant

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Ep Date Topics Presenter Firm

1 13-Jan Success in the face of resilience Alice Grant Redbrick Ivy

2 20-Jan Digital Currencies Ben Floyd Coinbase

3 27-Jan From Sell Side to Buy Side : IBD to Private Equity Rohan Arora Novalpina Capital

4 3-Feb Working in Venture Capital Julia Veglesi Impact Ventures

5 10-Feb Investing in Travel and Leisure Julia Guimaraes & Tina Yu KSL Capital

6 17-Feb Sustainability and Technology : Forest Economy Stephanie Burrell World Economic Forum

7 24-Feb Investing in Private Markets Nick Warmingham & Jack Hardiman Cambridge Associates

8 3-Mar Rising to the Top as a Female Leader Kaushalya Kularatnam, Ebru Pakcan, Alicia Thomas Citi, LSEG, MacFarlanes

9 10-Mar Women’s Workshop: How to get yourself noticed Naomi Kerbel & Employees Bloomberg

10 17-Mar Female Leadership within Societies/Universities Tolu Akinboboye, Vera Okojie & Kyra Cheng Jiaying Man Group, Visa

11 24-Mar Speed Networking with Black Women in Asset Management Various BWAM

12 31-Mar The Power of Your Network Bao-Y & Friends Various firms

13 7-Apr Founding a Unicorn Tao Tao Get Your Guide

14 14-Apr From Sell Side to Buy Side : IBD to VC Bao-Y TargetGlobal

15 21-Apr ESG : What is it all about? William Bryant Northpeak Advisory

16 28-Apr Day 1 at Procter & Gamble P&G P&G

* 30-Apr My IBD journey from Analyst to MD Ngoc Chu Bank of America

Jan-Apr Weds 1-2pm – General Audience

Events in March all female-focused in conjunction with International Women's History Month

- Sessions to expose students to gain insights on different career paths

- Usually attended by 50-150 students of all year groups

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1 8-Sept ESG Investing Cambridge Associates Cambridge Associates

2 15-Sept From IB and PE to Entrepreneurship (Period Care) Thang Vo-Ta (SEO Alum) Callaly (FemCare)

3 22-Sept Sustainable Finance Sarisher Mann BNPP

4 29-Sept From Analyst to MD in Markets Rajiv Amlani (MD, Co-Head Global Spread Product Solution Sales) Citi

5 6-Oct My Career Journey Chinedum Nzelu (Head of Macro eCommerce) J.P.Morgan

6 13-Oct Rising to the top in Markets & Asset Management Vivianne Omaset (MD) and Sister Citi

7 20-Oct Career Journey Andrea Daniels (Associate MD – Structured Finance) Moody’s

8 27-Oct Career JourneyOlaiya Ajadi (Head of Government Relations & Regulatory

Strategy)LSEG

9 3-Nov TBD Rothschild Rothschild

10 10-Nov Strategic Value Investing Anthony Robertson (CIO, Head of Strategic Value Business) Cheyne Capital

11 17-Nov TBD Rothschild Rothschild

12 24-Nov Real Estate TBD Blackstone

13 1-Dec Sustainability in Private Markets Kathryn WoodleyAllianz Global

Investors

14 8-Dec My Journey at Goldman Sachs Shelby Weiss Goldman Sachs AM

15 15-Dec

Sept-Dec Weds 1-2pm – General Audience

* Events in Oct in conjunction with Black History Month



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Lunch & Learn Season 7 (2022)


1 12-Jan Insight into Investments & Marketing Reserve Lazard AM

2 19-Jan Real Estate Investments Ravi Stickney (Managing Partner & CIO, Real Estate) Cheyne Capital

3 26-Jan Introduction to Blackstone Blackstone

4 2-Feb

5 9-Feb Reserved Cambridge Associates

6 16-Feb

7 23-Feb

8 2-Mar Reserved

9 9-Mar Reserved

10 16-Mar Reserved

11 23-Mar Reserved

12 30-Mar Reserved

13 6-Apr

14 13-Apr

15 20-Apr

16 27-Apr Reserved Cambridge Associates

Jan-Apr Weds 1-2pm – General Audience

* Events in Mar in conjunction with International Women's History Month



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Pre-Internship

Training

Feb-Mar : Spring

May-Jun : Summer

“The SEO experience has been beyond my

expectations! I am so thankful for this

training week as it not only has prepared

me for my internship, but also gave me

the opportunity to meet some of my

intern class.”

- 2020 Summer Intern

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Date Time Topics Presenter Firm

18-Feb 1000-1130 How to read the FT : Session 1 Zane Hurst Training The Street

11-Mar 1000-1130 How to read the FT : Session 2 Zane Hurst Training The Street

Spring General Training

23-Mar 0900-0930 SEO London Welcome + IceBreakers SEO London

0930-1030 Senior Leader Address Michael Nartey Barclays

1045-1145 Acing that Stock Pitch Jaideep Wasu SEO Alum

1200-1230 Do's and Don'ts in this Virtual Environment SEO London SEO London

1230-1315 Q&A Panel : Making an Impact during your Spring Week

Omar Sharif

Tara Pain

Joseph Simeon

Multiple Firms

1315-1330 Close SEO London

w/c

23-Mar

Individual Firm Catch Ups (by division) – students getting to

know each other by firm + alumni tips

Feb-Mar – Spring Offer holders- Train spring offer holders so they maximize their chances of

receiving summer conversion offer

Pre-Internship Training (Spring)

DRAFT

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3-Jun 1300-1630 Excel Training SEO London Team SEO London


8-Jun 0900-1700 DIVISIONAL TRAINING (IBD / Markets) SEE NEXT SLIDE

9-Jun 0900-1700 DIVISIONAL TRAINING (IBD / Markets / Infrastructure) SEE NEXT SLIDE

GENERAL TRAINING (Soft Skills)

10-Jun 0930-1000 Welcome by SEO London + Ice Breaker SEO London Team

1000-1045 Senior Leader Address UBS

1100-1200 Alumni Panel Discussion

1215-1300 Maximizing your summer internships Ngoc Chu BoA

1400-1500 Presentation Skills : Effective Storytelling using Data Microsoft

1515-1545 Do's and Don'ts in a Virtual world SEO London Team

1545-1600 Final Wrap Up

11-Jun 1400-1530 Speed networking SEO Alumni


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14-Jun

Individual Firm Catch Ups (by division) – students getting to

know each other by firm/division + alumni tips

May-June – Summer Offer holders- Train summer offer holders so they maximize their chances of

receiving full time grad offers

Pre-Internship Training (Summer)

DRAFT

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IBD

8-Jun 0900-1630 IBD Technical Training Day 1 Zane Hurst Training The Street

9-Jun 0900-1630 IBD Technical Training Day 2 Zane Hurst Training The Street

Markets / Asset Management

8-Jun 0900-1200 Market Simulation Traderion Traderion

1300-1345 Tying all Divisions Together Riz Pabani / Stephen Palmer

1400-1500 Commercial Awareness Yuri Khodjamirian Snippet Finance

9-Jun 0915-1000 Senior Leader Address Citi Citi

1015-1100 Commodities Insights Melissa Jefferies Macquarie

1115-1200 FX Insights Christian Mendez Goldman Sachs

1215-1300 Credit Insights Barclays Barclays

1400-1445 Rates Insights Barclays Barclays

1500-1545 Equity Insights JPMorgan JPMorgan

May-June – Summer Offer holders- Train summer offer holders so they maximize their chances of

receiving full time grad offers

Pre-Internship Training (Summer) - Divisional

DRAFT

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Soft Skills training

17-Jun 0900-1000

Teamwork

Professional communications

Leadership

Jacqui Spencer Sim Hamilton Group

1000-1100

Networking

Virtual working

Using LinkedIn

Andrew Sellers Hiscox

Technical Training

17 -Jun 1100-1200 Using Excel and Outlook in a corporate setting Jordan Paisey Bruce Apollo

Soft Skills training

18-Jun 1000-1100

Problem solving

Time management

Attention to detail

Elif Mooney Travelers

1100-1200 Building resilience and confidence at work Tope Akindoyin Lloyd’s

June-Aug – Lloyd’s Summer offer holders- Train summer internship offer holders so are successful in their

internships

Campus to Corporate Training (Summer) - Insurance

DRAFT

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Step Into…

Programmes

Jul-Aug

“I was not prepared for how open and

accepting the SEO culture would be, at the

same time as professional and ambitious.

I leave sessions impressed, inspired and

deeply grateful for the chance to meet a

lot of intelligent people with insight,

sharing their experience from the

industry I hope to make a career in.”

- 2019 Participant

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Date Mondays Tuesdays (IBD) Thursdays (Markets)

Friday

Speednetworking

Evenings

w/c 5-Jul Mock ACs Introduction to Banking – Divisions/Roles (GS) Personal Branding

w/c 12-Jul Mock ACsBanking I : Accounting Fundamentals / 3

Statement ModellingMarkets : Equity (JPM) Banking IBD I

w/c 19-Jul Mock ACs Banking II : Valuations : Comparables Markets : Fixed Income – Rates (Citi) Banking IBD II

w/c 26-Jul Mock ACs Banking III : Valuation : DCFMarkets : Fixed Income – Credit

(Barclays)Markets – Sales/Trading

w/c 2-Aug Mock ACs Banking IV : ECM : IPO Case Study (JPM) Research – Equity / Credit (GS) Research

w/c 9-Aug Mock ACs Banking V : DCM Case Study (BoA) Asset Management (GS AM) Asset Management

w/c 16-Aug Mock ACs Banking VI : Technical Interview Mock Prime Brokerage (JPM) Recruiter Panel

w/c 23-Aug Mock ACs Pathways after Banking (KSL) Quantitative Finance Consulting

Jul-Aug – 2022 Summer Applicants- Train SEO London candidates to help maximize their chances of

securing 2022 Summer Internships

Step Into Finance

DRAFT

- Whole summer of activities to help penultimate year students applying for 2022 summer internship

- Mondays (4 hour Mock Assessment Centers for groups of ~25 students)

- Tuesdays (IBD) & Thursdays (Markets)

- Friday evening Speednetworking

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Jul-Aug – 2022 Summer Applicants- Train SEO London candidates to help maximize their chances of

securing 2022 Summer Internships

Step Into Consulting / Corporates / Tech / Insurance

DRAFT

Whole summer of activities to help penultimate year students applying for 2022 summer internship

- Mondays : Insurance

- Wednesdays : Corporates / Tech related topics

- Fridays : Step into Consulting

Date Monday (Insurance) Wednesdays (Corporates / Tech) Fridays (Consulting)

w/c 5-Jul Intro to the Lloyd's Market Step into Technology with Google Step into Consulting Kick Off

w/c 12-Jul Reinsurance by AcrisureRe Exploring the world of FMCG (Kraft Heinz, P&G, Tesco) Case Study 1 (McK)

w/c 19-Jul ClaimsCareers in software engineering (Tesco)Cal

Acing that Coding Interview (IHSMarkit)

Case Study 2 (Capco)

Case Study 2 (Cases for Good)

w/c 26-Jul Actuarial Accounting Myth Busting (BDO) Case Study 3 (BCG/McK Alumni)

w/c 2-Aug Broking Analytics and Big Data (Google) Case Study 4 (L.E.K.)

w/c 9-Aug Digital at Lloyd's Product Management (The Access Group, IHSMarkit) Case Study 5 (Dalberg)

w/c 16-Aug UnderwritingSoftware Engineering at Spotify

Technology Roles in BankingCase Study 6 (McK)

w/c 23-Aug Lloyd's Lab Finance in Corporates (Novartis, P&G, Kraft Heinz, Tesco) Case Study 7 (L.E.K.)

w/c 6-Sept Case Study 9 (SEO Alumni)

w/c 20-Sept Case Study10 (Capco)

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Mondays Mock ACs

DRAFT

Mock Assessment Centers happening every Mondays from 1-5pm throughout Jul and Aug

Expected number of students at each AC -> ~35 students

Agenda of AC :

Time Event Lead

1300-1315 Welcome and Introductions SEO Team

1315-1345 CV Peer Review and tips SEO Team

1345-1430 Commercial Awareness Quiz SEO Team

1430-1445 BREAK

1445-1545 Investment Pitch Firm Reps

1545-1600 BREAK

1600-1645 Group Exercise Firm Reps

1645-1700 Wrap Up SEO Team

Stock Pitch :

• Students given 2 weeks notice to prepare 3 minutes

investment idea (can use 100 Future Trends in 2021

as inspiration to do research)

Time ask from Firm Rep (1 hour) :

• 5 minutes initial Introduction

• 40 minutes to go through individual

presentations (Firm rep given scoring sheet/criteria)

• 15 minutes to give general feedback and insights into

sector coverage/role

Group Exercise :

• Students split into small groups of 5 and given a task to

complete within 15 minutes

Time ask from Firm Rep (45 minutes) :

• 15 minutes of observations of group activity from firm

rep (Firm rep given scoring sheet/criteria)

• 15 minutes of scoring of presentation element

• 15 minutes to give general feedback and insights into

own role

https://www.wundermanthompson.com/insight/the-future-100-2021)

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MasterClasses &

Recommendations

Aug-Oct

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Aug-Oct – 2022 Summer Applicants- Exclusive opportunities for SEO London candidates to learn more

about partner firms

MasterClasses & Recommendations

DRAFT

Firm Masterclasses (Aug-Oct)

- Exclusive events for SEO London candidates to learn about the firm, understand the

application process better and meet firm reps

- Length and scope of Masterclass to be determined with firm

- Encourage firm to hold this just before applications open to drive good interest

Recommendations (Sept-Oct)

- Based on all the interaction and engagement SEO London has had with the candidates, SEO

London is able to send across 2 rounds of recommendations to firms, highlighting strong

candidates for their programmes

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about partner firms

MasterClasses

Date Day Time Firm Industry Audience

11th Aug 2021 Wed 1030-1230 Bain Capital Credit Banking Open to all

24th Aug 2021 Tues 1030-1230 Citi Banking Open to all

25th Aug 2021 Wed 1400-1600 LCP (Graduate) Masterclass Banking Graduates

26th Aug 2021 Thurs 0930-1100 BNP Paribas Banking Summer applicants

1ST Sept 2021 Wed 1000-1200 UBS Banking Summer applicants

1st Sept 2021 Wed 1300-1530 JPMorgan Banking Summer applicants

2nd Sept 2021 Thurs 1200-1330 Blackstone Alternatives Investment Summer applicants

3rd Sept 2021 Fri 1130-1300 Barclays Banking Summer applicants

6th Sept 2021 Mon 1300-1400 Lloyd's Innovation Lab Insurance Open to all

7th Sept 2021 Tues 1100-1230 Lazard Analyst Event Banking Applying for grad roles

8th Sept 2021 Wed 1300-1430 Proctor & Gamble (P&G) Corporates Applying for grad roles

9th Sept 2021 Thurs 1300-1400 JPMorgan Spotlight : Investment Banking Banking Open to all

10th Sept 2021 Fri 1100-1200 Consulting Case Study Consulting Open to all

13th Sept 2021 Mon 1030-1130 URW France Corporates French Speaking Students

14th Sept 2021 Tues 1000-1100 Wellington Banking Summer applicants (2023)

14th Sept 2021 Tues 1400-1600 Tesco Masterclass Corporates Open to all

16th Sept 2021 Thurs 1300-1400 JPMorgan Spotlight : Markets Banking Open to all

16th Sept 2021 Thurs 1700-1830 JPMorgan (Paris) Banking French speaking students

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MasterClasses cont…..

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20th Sept 2021 Mon 1300-1430 Dalberg Masterclass Consulting Applying for grad roles

21st Sept 2021 Tues 1330-1530 IHS Markit Financial Services Banking

23rd Sept 2021 Thurs 1300-1400 L.E.K. Consulting Consulting Open to all

24th Sept 2021 Fri 1400-1545 Goldman Sachs Banking Open to all

27th Sept 2021 Mon 1230-1330 Kraft Heinz FMCG Open to all

28th Sept 2021 Tues 1330-1530 IHSMarkit –Energy and Natural Resources Banking Open to all

28th Sept 2021 Tues 1730-2000 McKinsey Consulting Full time and Summer

29th Sept 2021 Wed 1400-1530 Ardea Partners Masterclass Banking 2023 grads (Summer)

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MasterClasses cont…..


4th Oct 2021 Mon 1300-1500 Capgemini Invent Masterclass Consulting Open to all

5th Oct 2021 Tues 1200-1300 Introduction to JPM Equities Banking Open to all

5th Oct 2021 Tues 1400-1530 abrdn Asset Management Summer applicants

7th Oct 2021 Thurs Brookfield Asset Management Alternative Investments Summer/Grads

7th Oct 2021 Thurs 1400-1600 LCP Summer Internship Masterclass Banking Summer

8th Oct 2021 Fri 1000-1500 Man Group Masterclass Asset Management Summer

8th Oct 2021 Fri 1300-1400 Hiscox Masterclass Insurance Open to all

11th Oct 2021 Mon Capgemini Invent Consulting Open to all

12th Oct 2021 Tues 0930-1230 OC&C BME Insight Day Consulting BAME

12th Oct 2021 Tues 1430-1730 OC&C Social Mobility Insight Day Consulting Social Mobility

15th Oct 2021 Fri 0930-1230 OC&C Social Mobility Insight Day Consulting Social Mobility

15th Oct 2021 Fri 1430-1730 OC&C BME Insight Day Consulting BAME

19th Oct 2021 Tues 0930-1100 BNP Paribas (Spring) Banking Spring applicants

20th Oct 2021 Wed Avoid 1-2 Lazard Spring / IP Event Banking Spring & IP applicants

21st Oct 2021 Thurs 1300-1530 Google Technology Open to all

22nd Oct 2021 Fri Capco Masterclass Consulting Open to all

4th Nov 2021 Thurs 1300-1430 PA Consulting Masterclass Consulting TBC

5th Nov 2021 Fri 1300-1400 BDO Masterclass Accounting Open to all

25th Jan 2022 Tues 1300-1415 HarbourVest Partners Alternative Investments

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First Year

Fast Track

Oct

“It has been an amazing experience to

discover what areas would match my

skillset and interests. Allowed me to

consider areas which I did not hear

about previously and further

understand how divisions work

together.

- 2020 Participant

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Oct – 2022 Spring Applicants- Exclusive opportunity for keen 2024 graduates to learn more about

the industry, meet sponsor firms and strengthen their spring

applications

First Year Fast Track

DRAFT


13-Oct 0845-0945 SEO London Welcome & Personal Branding SEO London Team SEO London

1000-1045 Different Divisions within a Bank David Njoroge Goldman Sachs

1100-1145 IPO Case Study Citi

1200-1245 SPACs - what are they? JP Morgan

1330-1415 Introduction to Restructuring Lazard

1430-1515 Technical Interview Skills Blackstone

1515-1555 Digital Platforms UBS

14-Oct 0900-0945 Senior Speaker Journey Bank of America

1000-1045 Introduction to Bloomberg Bloomberg

1100-1145 Market Roles Barclays

1200-1245 Commodities and the Renewables BP Shipping & Trading

1330-1415 Independents – how do they differ? Rothschild

14-Oct 1700-1830 Networking Evening 6-7 Firm Reps All firms

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