Sam Billington, CFA

Experience

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  Gide Loyrette Nouel

  Aug 2011 - Aug 2011

  Work Experience

  Work experience with a capital markets lawyer in a financial law firm.

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  House of Commons

  Jun 2012 - Jul 2012

  Work Experience - With Theresa May MP and Tobias Ellwood MP

  Placement in the Parliamentary teams of Theresa May (at the time, Home Secretary) and Tobias Elwood (at the time, Foreign & Commonwealth Office Minister). Primarily conducting research for use in meetings with external stakeholders, academic articles and parliamentary debates

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  Private Tutor

  May 2013 - Jul 2014

  Private Tutor

  Self-employed as a Private Tutor, primarily teaching Maths, Science and Economics. Helped various students up their grades to achieve desired results at GCSE, A Level and 11+

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  The English-Speaking Union

  Nov 2013 - Feb 2014

  Schools Debate Judge

  Judge for the English Speaking Union at various schools debating competitions.

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  University of Oxford, Somerville College

  Apr 2014 - Sept 2015

  Elected Vice-President/Treasurer of Somerville College Junior Common Room, with responsibility for around 450 undergraduates. As Treasurer, I managed the finances of the JCR (c.£30,000 per annum and £25,000 reserves). I led/Co-led on a number of projects including creating a Discount Scheme with local businesses, assisting the college in obtaining living wage accreditation, and rewriting the JCR Constitution. I sat on the broader college’s Governing Body as a Student Representative and was quoted in local, National and international press as part of various initiatives. Show less

  • Vice-President (JCR)

    Nov 2014 - Sept 2015

  • JCR Secretary

    Apr 2014 - Jan 2015
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  Lloyds Bank

  Jun 2014 - Sept 2014

  Summer Intern - Community Banking - Local Director's Office

  Placement in South Dorset Local Directors Office. Full ownership of a ‘Mystery Shopper’ project, visiting 73 bank branches across Lloyds and Competitors, collating my findings and presenting them to >20 branch managers. Graded a ‘Top’ Performer on End of Placement Review, with one senior colleague saying my final presentation was ‘one of the best speeches he’d seen in >20 years in the business’.

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  The Oxford Union

  Mar 2015 - Sept 2016

  Elected by the society’s committees to be responsible for logistics of all thesociety’s events in Trinity Term, coordinating the work of the eleven members of Secretary’s Committee; hence also a member of the Standing Committee (Board) of the society.This was a hugely successful term where I coordinated speakers ranging from Peter Thiel, Antony Jenkins and President of Ghana: John Dramani Mahama, to Warwick Davis, Ed Westwick and A$AP Rocky.I received a motion of congratulation for my success at the end of my tenure. Show less

  • Standing Committee

    Mar 2016 - Sept 2016

  • Deputy Returning Officer

    Jan 2016 - Mar 2016

  • Strategy Coordinator

    Oct 2015 - Jan 2016

  • Chair of the Consultative Committee (Executive Officer)

    Mar 2015 - Oct 2015
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  Lloyds Banking Group

  Jun 2015 - Sept 2015

  Regional Trade Associate - Global Transaction Banking

  An internship secured as a result of my place on the Lloyds Scholars Programme. I ended the placement with a ‘Top’ rating, placing me in the top 5% of my peer group.I was presented with a Lloyds Scholars' Internship Award by António Horta Osório for my work on this placement.

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  High Fliers Research Limited

  Jul 2015 - Apr 2016

  The Times Oxford University Research Manager

  Responsibility for the University of Oxford Final Year Student Survey, recruiting, training and managing 24 interviewers to conduct >350 interviews. Results were published in a book and the Times Newspaper. My team exceeded their target, and I was one of four University Managers across the U.K. to receive an award for my efforts.

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  Lloyds Banking Group

  Sept 2016 - Jul 2018

  Analyst on the FX Trading desk, working with the FX Spot and FX Options teams. Analyst on the Debt Capital Markets Desk, specialising in FIG companies. Worked on numerous transactions, and covered geographies including UK & I, Australia, Canada, France, Iberia and Benelux. Analyst within FIG - Insurance & Specialist Finance. Supported the team in originating transactions, specialising in Global Life Insurers and Specialist Finance Companies. Global Corporates Credit Team, as a Graduate Analyst. The team covered global corporate customers across various industry sectors including Consumer Services (incl. Retail), Travel & Leisure, Construction & Building Materials and Industrial Manufacturing. Clients typically had turnover in excess of £500m and sat in the Investment Grade arena.

  • Analyst - FX Trading

    Mar 2018 - Jul 2018

  • Analyst - FIG DCM

    Sept 2017 - Mar 2018

  • Analyst - FIG Coverage

    Mar 2017 - Sept 2017

  • Assistant Credit Analyst

    Sept 2016 - Mar 2017
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  BNP Paribas

  Aug 2018 - now

  FIG DCM

  Work in the Financial Institutions Debt Capital Markets Team, specialising in the UK/Benelux regions