Gerald Soko

Experience

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  Central Statistical Office

  Oct 2012 - Nov 2012

  Research Assistant

  This involved collection of post-harvest agricultural data pertaining to the 2011/2012 farming season. CSO also introduced the livestock component to the survey so I was involved in sampling of livestock farming households using a mixture of systematic and random sampling techniques.

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  CITIBANK ZAMBIA

  Feb 2015 - Apr 2015

  Intern

  I was assigned to the clearing department and my duties included, but not limited to, generation of bank statements, processing of cheques as well as field trips to the clearing house.

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  UNZA

  Oct 2015 - Dec 2016

  Tutor
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  Institute of Economic and Social Research (INESOR)

  Nov 2016 - Nov 2016

  Research Assistant

  I was part of the team which was cleaning and entering data using EpiData for the Integrated Maternal Neonatal and Child Health (IMNCH) survey

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  Credit Suisse

  Feb 2018 - Apr 2018

  Real Estate Researcher/Strategist (Intern)

  > Undertaking independent real estate research projects.> Contributing to the macroeconomic and real estate analysis of locations worldwide based on the top down approach.> Assisting the Head of Global Real Estate Research in producing presentations and research publications.> Further developing the analysis of the African real estate market.> Updating real estate research databases

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  Pros On Cash Ltd

  Jan 2019 - May 2019

  Manager

  > Development of the loan portfolio structure.> Development of the quantitative loan portfolio optimization model and execution of its associated strategies.> Development of credit facility products and services> Quantitative loan portfolio risk modeling> Conducting research on Zambia’s credit market for the identification of opportunities, assessment of lending/credit risk and identification of offsetting mitigations> Managing, promoting and monitoring of client relationships and growth> Preparation of periodic credit reviews of the existing portfolio loan items to assess credit quality and client agreement compliance. Show less

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  Zambia National Commercial Bank (Zanaco) PLC

  Jun 2019 - Dec 2019

  Trainee Economist

  > Conducting economic research in the areas of financial and macroeconomic developments.> Analyzing and assessing economic and financial developments in the global and domestic environments> Assisting the bank on economic questions that arise in the development of strategic plans.> Assisting other support divisions that require assistance with economic analysis and data.> Delivering of analytical functions in support of operations.> Presenting economic information in formats that are understandable to stakeholders, senior management and other staff members.> Conducting economic analysis relevant to the operational needs of the bank.> Providing well-written economic advice on short notice on a variety of client and management issues.> Participating in the production of weekly, monthly and quarterly economic reports.> Forecasting of macroeconomic variables. Show less

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  Zambia National Commercial Bank (Zanaco) PLC

  Feb 2020 - now

  > Conducting economic research in the areas of financial and macroeconomic developments.> Analyzing and assessing economic and financial developments in the global and domestic environments> Assisting the bank on economic questions that arise in the development of strategic plans.> Assisting other support divisions that require assistance with economic analysis and data.> Delivering of analytical functions in support of operations.> Presenting economic information in formats that are understandable to stakeholders, senior management and other staff members.> Conducting economic analysis relevant to the operational needs of the bank.> Providing well-written economic advice on short notice on a variety of client and management issues.> Participating in the production of weekly, monthly and quarterly economic reports.> Forecasting of macroeconomic variables. Show less

  • Senior Economic Research Specialist

    Apr 2022 - now

  • Economic Research Specialist

    Feb 2020 - Mar 2022