4 Cambrian Green, Hendon, London NW9 7RH

Maryam Shakiba 07746 125477  maryam.shakiba@hotmail.co.uk

Date of Birth: 13.05.1986  Nationality: British
Education

2004 – 2007 University of Warwick, Coventry UK

BSc (Hons) 2.1 in Economics
Modules included: Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Econometrics, Economic Policy in the UK,
Japanese levels 1 & 2.
2002 – 2004 The Henrietta Barnett School, London UK
2004 A Levels: Maths (A), Economics (A), Chemistry (B)
2004 AS Level: Biology (A)
1997 – 2002 Hendon School, London UK
2002 GCSE’s: English Language (A), English Literature (A), Maths (A*), Science Double Award (A*A*),
History (A*), German (A), Music (A), Business Studies (B)
Work Experience
June-Aug Citigroup, London – Investment Bank
2007 HR Internship – Benefits:
• Reviewing the firm’s Private Medical Policy for consistency, writing proposals for new benefits such as
the extension of the Employee Assistance Programme and an Emergency Childcare Service. Was able to
see how initiative was taken for introducing new programmes, and the procedures for doing so.
• Working as an integral part of the “Flex” team, in preparation for the Flexible Benefits Scheme being
rolled out mid-2008. Reinforced my ability to coordinate communication between a team and see how a
big initiative required complex, detailed work between many teams, as well as large-scale
communications with the rest of the bank.
July-Sept Credit Suisse, London - Investment Bank
2006 HR Internship – Graduate Recruitment: Rotated between marketing and recruiting areas.
• Recruitment: Carried out Autumn Internship recruitment process from inviting candidates for interview
and organising interview super days to extending offers and rejecting candidates. Strongly developed
interpersonal and organisational skills as dealt with both internal and external individuals.
• Marketing: Supporting campus marketing team with building events calendar, organising University
Team Meetings. Extended my appreciation of how to target external ‘clients’, in this case students at
university.
Sept 2004 – University of Warwick Students Union
Nov 2005 Food and Beverage Assistant:
• Developed strong team working and interpersonal skills, as well as communication.
• Often took on the role of Team Leader and successfully led and organised teams to accomplish tasks
effectively.
• Consistently worked well under pressure to quickly achieve goals.
July-August HSBC Middle East Ltd, UAE - Retail Bank
2005 Summer Intern: Rotated between different departments over 8 weeks
• Learnt sales procedures and took initiative to apply them.
• Successfully adapted to challenge of working in a new environment and culture, seeing importance of
language and diversity for large global organisations.
Easter 2005 Credit Suisse First Boston, London – Investment Bank
Easter Programme: One-week programme based around a series of lectures and workshops.

Activities and Achievements

• Students Union – Team Leader role: Organised teams to accomplish tasks effectively and took an assertive role when
required, worked well under pressure and maintained a high level of motivation within staff to ensure a positive team attitude.
• Athletics and Cross Country Club - Treasurer (2005-2006): Managed finances of club and strengthened skills in planning
and organisation. Worked as a team with the rest of the club exec to ensure successful running of club.
• Clublands Society – President (2006-2007): Organising trips to various clubs in Birmingham and London. Involved high
levels of organisation and being proactive in publicising and organising events. Took initiative to raise money for the society
through glowstick selling in order to subsidise events for members.
• Coventry Peace House – Volunteer: Night shelter for destitute asylum seekers. Worked in a team and ran Peace House
fortnightly for an evening. Responsible for needs of users and adapted to bridge communication difficulties.
• Sports Achievements: Middlesex Cross Country Champion 2001, Middlesex Schools 3000m 1st place 2002.

Skills
• IT: Good level of knowledge of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, basic Excel knowledge
• Languages: English (Native), Farsi (Intermediate), Japanese (Basic)