01
2026
Natixis Students Challenge, first place
Portfolio Strategist, Team Green Folio. A $100M simulated book returned 9.4% against a 1.8% benchmark, Sharpe 2.04, beta 0.35. Built the framework by testing equal weight through mean-variance optimisation before settling on an ESG-constrained barbell as conditions moved from AI momentum to geopolitical risk. Spotted the Cyclerion/Korsana merger from public pre-market information and sized a small diversified position that produced roughly $5.4M on a 205% opening-day move, the portfolio's largest single contribution.
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02
2026
Blackmont Consulting, repositioning LivingPaper
Took over as Project Manager mid-engagement with 6 weeks left on an 8-week timeline, coordinating 4 workstreams. Benchmarked 55 competitors and recommended repositioning toward the underserved funeral market. Full case.
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03
2026
Repsol S.A. activism defence
Board-level defence strategy against a hypothetical ShareAction campaign ahead of the 2027 AGM. Modelled activist coalition scenarios using Article 243 LSC proportional representation, shareholder register segmentation and vote projection across Norges Bank, Amundi, BlackRock and Vanguard, with ISS and Glass Lewis positioning. Three-pillar defence framework. Graded 81/100. Later reviewed in person by Cas Sydorowitz, Global CEO of Georgeson, a conversation that surfaced an error in the retail ownership data and led to a corrected register analysis.
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04
2026
easyJet takeover valuation
DCF and takeover valuation for the MSc Applied Project. Interactive valuation chart with chart and table toggle.
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05
2026
180 Degrees Consulting, Promethias
EdTech building AI learning systems for neurodivergent children. Sized the market and benchmarked competitors, identifying 6 product differentiators including eye-tracking for distraction detection. When the founder relocated to Hong Kong on two weeks' notice, rebuilt the market assessment, competitive landscape and investor materials from scratch for the new geography.
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06
2026
Discretionary multi-asset macro book
Top-down thematic portfolio across equities, rates, FX, commodities, credit and options. Themes: AI infrastructure, inflation persistence, rate expectations, geopolitical risk. After a period of concentrated exposure and correlation-driven losses, rebuilt the framework with volatility parity, conviction-based sizing, correlation controls and stress testing. Highest portfolio return among all participating groups.
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07
2026
Systematic commodity strategy with an ML risk overlay
23 commodities across energy, metals and agriculture, 1990 to 2026. Ensemble trend framework combining EWMA crossovers and Donchian breakouts with volatility scaling and monthly rebalancing. A walk-forward logistic regression overlay on macro indicators cut volatility and drawdown while holding risk-adjusted return.
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08
2026
Nikash, real options for film finance
Co-founded. Predicting winning films before release using an Arundel-style real options framework. 15+ conversations with producers and filmmakers reshaped the core assumption: decisions in the industry are emotionally driven rather than purely financial, which is now built into how the model treats the market.
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