Nikhil Menon

Experience

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  DDB Mudra Group

  Jul 2011 - Jul 2011

  Marketing Intern

  − India’s largest integrated marketing communication and services network− Involved in conceptualising a marketing campaign for Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani hospital− Presented to the board my own approach to the campaign from sketches to a visual ad made in office.

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  RationalFX

  Jul 2012 - Jul 2012

  Trading Intern

  − Week at an FX broker specialising in international payments, wired transfers, risk management and corporate FX dealing− Shadowed Mr Paresh Davda (Sales director/ co-founder), increasing familiarity with the impact of currencies in business transactions.− The role of hedging was particularly interesting in the management of business risk

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  Godrej Consumer Products Limited

  Sept 2012 - Sept 2012

  Intern

  − 2-week placement with a division of Godrej India, familiarised with all aspects of the company− Rotational programme in the finance, marketing and logistics department, obtained an across the board understanding of the firm.

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  John Lewis

  Sept 2013 - Jan 2014

  Sales Assistant

  − Selected as a partner for a weekend job in the furnishing & fabrics department− Gained training and retail experience in selling, customer service, till management and health & safety

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  KPMG UK

  Sept 2013 - Sept 2013

  Intern

  − 2-week internship shadowing Mr Mario Petriccione- Director of Corporate Tax− Sitting in client meetings in addition to facilitating conference calls, gaining experience in tax consulting and structuring.

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  Amplify Trading

  Jul 2016 - Sept 2016

  Summer Analyst

  − 8-week summer internship developing intra-day strategies based on tier 1 macroeconomic data. Executed strategies on multi-asset classes using direct market access platforms (CQG QTrader). Additionally, operated as a Sales Trader, Sell-side Trader and a Portfolio Manager during FlowTrader Investment Banking simulations (Fintratech)o Sell-side trading duties included; prepositioning ahead of data, building up of inventory to facilitate client flow, executing trades through an interdealer broker to reduce risk exposure and communicating current positions to the partner sales tradero Sell-side sales trading duties included; communicating price quotes effectively to clients in order to generate commission, actively seeking out clients to take the natural cross to remove risk from the Investment Bank’s bookso Buy-side trading duties included; researching and producing trading strategies across the medium term, presenting ideas to peers and senior traders, trading within given risk limits Show less

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  Philip Morris International

  Sept 2018 - now

  • Manager Acquisition Programs

    Feb 2023 - now

  • CEX Programme Lead

    Oct 2021 - Feb 2023

  • External Affairs Supervisor

    Jan 2020 - Oct 2021

  • Evolv Commercial Planning Executive

    Sept 2018 - Jan 2020