Raghav Nayak

Experience

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  England Junior Chess Team

  Nov 2012 - Mar 2017

  Member

  Accepted into the England Junior Chess Team for over four years (after strong performances in multiple prestigious tournaments), representing the country internationally. Achieved top 10 finishes for my age group in three British Junior Chess Championships. Further achievements include:o Formerly ranked 15th in the England Under 18 categoryo Formerly ranked 11th in the England Under 12 categoryo 6th= in British Under 16 Chess Championship 2017o 9th= in British Under 12 Chess Championship 2013o 10th= in British Under 11 Chess Championship 2012o 19th= in UK Chess Challenge Terafinal 2019 (from original entries of 40,000+)o 22nd= in UK Chess Challenge Terafinal 2015 (from original entries of 50,000+)o 1st outright in UK Chess Challenge Under 14 Southern Gigafinal 2015o Westminster School: Chess Captain (2016-2019)o Work experience with the charity "Chess in Schools and Communities"o Drew to an International Master (IM) in tournament playo Best Game Prize in British Junior Chess Championships 2017 (from 600+ games); game from National Schools Chess Championship featured on English Chess Federation website Show less

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  Westminster Homeless Drives

  Nov 2017 - Jan 2019

  Founder

  o Lead organiser of 3 charitable events to distribute resource packs (with food / clothes / hygiene products) to homeless in 20 areas of London o Personally fundraised over £6,000 for the initiatives on JustGiving (https://bit.ly/2kU37On); over £12,000 raised since inceptiono Tripled volunteer turnout (to 170 students, including c. 40% of top two years) and resource packs distributed (to 300 per event)

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  Hereward House School

  Sept 2019 - Mar 2022

  Guest Teacher

  o Taught one-to-one and group lessons in Maths, English, French and Latin, across ages 7-13o Prepared pupils for competitive entrance and scholarship examinations to top independent secondary schoolso Coached pupils in two weekly chess clubs

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  TEDxLSE

  Jun 2021 - Mar 2022

  President

  https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/50108o Lead organiser of LSE’s TEDx conference held in March 2022, themed ‘Brave New World’, with 10 international speakerso Engineered first in-person TEDxLSE conference since 2019; supervised 23 volunteers; 250,000+ aggregate YouTube views of conference talkso Managed an overall budget of £5,000+; secured a £2,500 grant from LSE Students’ Union after competitive application process

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  Marathon Asset Management

  Jun 2022 - Aug 2022

  Investment Summer Intern

  Emerging Markets Debt; credit hedge fund with $22 billion AUM (as of September 2022)o Conducted time-series analysis of sovereign yield curves to support relative value investment strategies o Created database of key macroeconomic indicators for 70 EMBI countries; improved skills in Macrobond, Excel and Bloomberg

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  Citi

  Jun 2023 - Aug 2023

  Investment Banking Summer Analyst

  Debt Capital Marketso Investment-grade bond origination for large-cap corporate clients in Switzerland, Germany, and Belgium o Prepared client pitches, market updates and macro commentaries; analysed ESG trends in European / cross-border consumer bonds

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  Houlihan Lokey

  Jun 2024 - Aug 2024

  Investment Banking Summer Analyst

  Debt Advisory; received full-time return offero Direct lending / mezzanine deals for sponsor-owned corporates in UK, France, Netherlands and CEEMEA region o Prepared lender decks for refinancing and special situations transactions; collaborated with teams in English, Italian and French

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  Evercore

  Feb 2025 - now

  Investment Banking Analyst

  Debt Advisory