Meet Rashed, who was supported by IntoUniversity in Leeds. Through our support and programmes like Big City Bright Future, he gained real-world experience in investment banking and developed the confidence to pursue his ambitions.
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Rashed joined IntoUniversity Leeds East in 2018. Through IntoUniversity’s support and programmes like Big City Bright Future, he gained real-world experience in investment banking and developed the confidence to pursue his ambitions.
“The first time i found out about IntoUniversity was in Year 12. I remember receiving an email into my inbox about their Big City Bright Future programme. They had Investment Banking, Management, Law, all the careers that I was curious about. The IntoUniversity staff were super helpful, I was overwhelmed by the 1:1 support that they provided, and I got onto the programme. I spent 2 weeks on the rates training desk at the Royal Bank of Canada. It was my first time being on a trading floor, seeing what all these investment professionals are doing on a day-to-day basis. I remember my mentor at the time telling me that I needed to speak to every single trader and to learn what their job was. This was scary at first, because I was nervous, but it kicked off a chain reaction where I went from doing the BCBF scheme onto my first year at university. I now work as a portfolio manager in the multiasset division at BlackRock. I don’t think I’d be working here if I hadn’t had that experience with IntoUniversity.”
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