Maria Ragkousi

Maria Ragkousi

Accounting Intern

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Investments Intern @ Orange Capital Partners | RSM | ESE

  • Education

    • Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University

      2023 - 2024
      Master of Science - MS Finance and Investments 8.02/10

      My research was focused on the agency costs of debt financing with my thesis titled "The risk-shifting behavior of European firms in distress and its determinants" receiving an 8.5/10. Relevant courses include Real Estate Finance, Financial Methods and Private Equity

    • The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

      2023 - 2023
      Computational Methods in Financial Mathematics

      I was awarded the LSE summer school scholarship offered by Erasmus School of Economics which allowed me to participate in an intensive three week course. I followed daily lectures regarding option pricing techniques and workshops applying such techniques in python.

    • Erasmus School of Economics

      2021 - 2022
      Bachelor Honours Class

      An extra curricular class consisting of 24 of the top10% students within Erasmus School of Economics. During this yearly, program I followed guest lectures, workshops, company visits and co-wrote a research project. The key themes discussed during the classes revolved around behavioral economics and economic policy.

    • Erasmus School of Economics

      2020 - 2023
      Bachelor's degree Economics and Business Economics

      Majored in Financial Economics with my thesis titled "The effect of board gender quotas on firm performance: Evidence from the Dutch 'Act'" receiving an 8.3/10. Relevant courses include Corporate Finance, Entrepreneurial Finance, Econometrics and Applied Statistics

    • Doukas School

      2018 - 2020
      International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme 42/45

      Activities and Societies: Received a 50% athletic scholarship to participate in the school's volleyball team. Writer for the school's newpaper and member of the debate club. HL courses: Mathematics (6), Economics (6), English B (7) SL courses: Business Management (7), Chemistry (6), Modern Greek (7)

  • Experience

    • AXF SA

      Jun 2019 - Jul 2019
      Accounting Intern

      Assisted in daily and weekly updating the account for the 130 retail stores the company owned which allowed me to become acquainted with the corporate accounting software. In addition, I supported the auditing team with annual audit preparation.

    • Erasmus School of Economics

      Oct 2021 - Mar 2022

      Tutored bachelor-level Applied Statistics to groups of 30 students for approximately 110 hours to boost learning of essential concepts from core subjects. Preparing weekly tutorials where I covered important theory, helped students solve exercises and answered questions related to the class. Grading part of the final exam and providing feedback related to the course Tutored bachelor-level Microeconomics to groups of 30 first year students for approximately 110 hours to boost learning of essential concepts from core subjects. Set up weekly tutorials to go over exercises and questions related to the topics discussed in the lectures. Graded two separate essays related to current Microeconomic issues and part of the final course exam.

      • Applied Statistics Teaching Assistant

        Jan 2022 - Mar 2022
      • Microeconomics Teaching Assistant

        Oct 2021 - Jan 2022
    • Erasmus School of Economics

      Jul 2022 - Jun 2023
      Honours Program Teaching Assistant

      Helped in organizing extracurricular activities such as company visits, guest lectures and well-being workshops. Contributed to the recruitment of the faculty's Honours Class which involved reviewing applications and interviewing some of the applicants.

    • Kraft Heinz

      Jul 2022 - Feb 2023
      Supply Chain and Logistics Intern

      During my internship I assisted the exports team by designing and implementing a PowerBI dashboard tracking supplier performance and aiding towards achieving key KPIs. Furthermore, I familiarized myself with the SAP software to collect logistics data and generate shipping documents for transporting goods to different countries.

    • Van Lanschot Kempen

      Sept 2024 - Nov 2024
      Equity Research Intern

      Intern for the equity research real estate team of Van Lanschot Kempen. Assisting in market research for the European Real Estate Market and aiding in the preparation of the daily newsletter.

    • Orange Capital Partners (OCP)

      Jan 2025 - now
      Investments Intern
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • International GCSE English as a second language

      Pearson
    • International GCSE Economics

      Pearson
    • Assessment and Qualifications Alliance Level 2

      AQA
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Collective volunteerism

      Issued by Το Χαμόγελο του Παιδιού - The Smile of the Child on Sept 2018
      Το Χαμόγελο του Παιδιού - The Smile of the ChildAssociated with Maria Ragkousi