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Want to learn more about the finance sector, including recent changes and challenges ahead? Hear firsthand from Imperial alumni at the Alumni Insights: Let’s Talk Finance event.

Alumni Insights kicks off its 2018 series with a panel of experts working in the Finance industry. If you’re interested in working in finance, or you’ve recently joined the sector, or you would simply like to network with other alumni with a similar career focus – this event is for you.

Register now via Eventbrite (Tickets £8)

Speakers

Our expert panel will include:

  • Elias Sakellis (MEng Mechanical Engineering 1998, MSc Finance 1999) – Borealis Maritime Ltd., Chief Investment Officer 
  • Annabel Downs (MSci Theoretical Physics, 2011) – Goldman Sachs, Executive Director, Leverage Finance Trading 

Annabel Downs is an Executive Director of Goldman Sachs, Head of Leveraged Loan Trading London. Annabel joined the firm in 2011 as a Trader for the Mortgages Trading desk, where she gained seven years experience trading Asset Backed Securities. Annabel ran the Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities trading desk from 2015-2017, focused on trading performing and distressed CMBS and commercial real estate loans. Last year, Annabel moved to focus on Leveraged Finance, to run the performing and stressed Leveraged loans trading business. Annabel has extensive trading experience in credit and structured credit, with expertise in both performing and distressed markets.

  • Rina Endo (BSc Biology with Management, 2009) – Jefferies International, Senior Vice President

Rina Endo joined Jefferies International in London as a Senior Vice President in Fixed Income Sales during Summer 2016. Rina has nearly 9 years of sell-side experience in the global capital markets, trading international bonds to a diverse global institutional client base. She previously worked at Mizuho International.

  • Lui Hui (MEng Electrical & Electronic Engineering 2004, MSc Finance 2006) – Penatrada, Director

Lui Hui is Director of Penatrada, a start-up international business match-making and consultancy platform with over 60 independent consultants under its umbrella.  Previously he served in the European Leveraged Capital Markets team at Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking where he was involved in 17 completed leveraged buyout transactions covering a range of industries across Europe. During his university education, he interned at Rothschild in Oil & Gas Investment Banking in London and at VC Brokerage in Equity Research in Hong Kong.  Lui served as Deputy President at the Imperial College Union, and was a member of Imperial College Business School Alumni Advisory Board. Lui is currently a member of the Independent Monitoring Board at Gatwick Immigration Removal Centre and Freeman of the City of London.

Key Details

18.30 – 19:00 Registration
19.00 – 19.45 Panel discussion
19.45 – 20.05 Q&A
20.05 – 21.30 Networking and refreshments

Dress code: smart casual

Places are limited so register now to avoid disappointment.