Ross Pender

Experience

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  National Orchestra For All

  Sept 2013 - Sept 2013

  Intern

  The National Orchestra For All(NOFA) is a charity dedicated to helping secondary level students from disadvantaged backgrounds develop their music skills and in doing so, helps to foster increased self-confidence, self-esteem and personal development. I took responsibility for finding an online system to allow donors to donate money directly through the NOFA website. Also drew up a report on how NOFA can register for Gift Aid, a British tax back scheme for donations to charities.

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  Web Summit

  Jul 2014 - Aug 2014

  General Intern

  Worked with the Finance, Marketing and Start Ups teams in a variety of roles. Finance - helped handle refunds and wire transfers while also sending invoices to customers. Marketing - Worked on the Facebook advertising campaign targeting successful companies and trying to attract them to speak at The Web Summit. Start-Ups - helped organize the weekly invitations to purchase for Start Up companies while also organizing Visa Letters for the heads of Start Ups.

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  Euston Capital

  Aug 2014 - Sept 2014

  Financial Analyst

  Euston Capital is an entrepreneurial investment firm, committed to acquiring, managing and growing businesses in the UK. My responsibilities included analysing various businesses, industries and market trends, as a mean of understanding who to approach and why.

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  Spence Johnson Limited

  Jun 2015 - Sept 2015

  Intern

  • Asset Management Consultancy specialising in the research of Institutional and Retirement investing• Worked as Intern predominantly with the Institutional team, developing an extensive knowledge of the European and UK institutional market, specifically Pension Schemes• Provided research reports into Alternative Investment Funds such as Multi Asset Credit and Diversified Growth Funds, as well as the Impacts of European Regulation on Asset Managers• Worked also with the retirement side of the firm, on projects helping clients enter the fast-growing Defined Contribution UK market, developing a knowledge of Asset Management style investing Show less

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  EMERALD INVESTMENT PARTNERS LTD

  Oct 2015 - Feb 2016

  Intern

  • Private Equity firm that has investments in the biotech, property development and retirement home industries• Worked predominantly on Emerald’s retirement home investment CareChoice, creating investment memorandums and developing financial models for acquisition targets and potential sites for redevelopment• Analysed their current facilities and created PowerPoint for CareChoice end of year board meeting• Worked on other Emerald investments including creating cost-benefit analysis and cash flow forecasts for potential investments Show less

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  BlueBay Asset Management

  Feb 2016 - Jun 2017

  Analyst

  BlueBay Ireland Corporate CreditIrish Direct Lending vehicle managed by BlueBay has providing loans to larger corporate SMEs and mid-sized businesses in Ireland. The vehicle has committed investment from the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (which succeeded the National Pensions Reserve Fund as BICC investor) and from other local and international institutional investors. BlueBay's office in Dublin is run with the support of BlueBay's London-based investment infrastructure.

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  DunPort Capital Management

  Jul 2017 - now

  https://www.dunportcapital.ie/

  • Investment Director

    Oct 2024 - now

  • Investment Manager

    Jul 2017 - Oct 2024