Ding Zhan

Experience

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  Wharf China Ltd.

  Jun 2016 - Aug 2016

  Internship – Department of Marketing

  • Compare ten big shopping mall’s interpreted marketing strategies; Do the benchmarking analysis for eachof these shopping malls; Focus on the shopping mall’s feature analysis and feasibility analysis.• Do the fieldwork with similar shopping malls and local stores within 3km square; Make, distribute and collect back around 2,00 marketing questionnaires; Use SPSS to analyze the results and prepare for the final report.• Conduct 3 focus group with around 30 customers to discover the potential need of them. Show less

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  China Mingsheng Bank

  Dec 2016 - Jan 2017

  Research Assistant – Capital Market

  • Write more than ten feasibility reports for financial products• Track and update relevant data every day and maintain client relationships through a phone call

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  Founder Securities Co.

  Jun 2018 - Sept 2018

  Internship – Equity Research of TMT department

  • Conduct secondary research on Google’s and Amazon’s business history, discovering the internal and external changes of these two company and why the strategies vary across time. Income & cost structure, acquisitions, markets, competitors are the core issues to cover• Gather, analyze and synthesize correspondent data using second-hand information. Use Excel and PowerPoint to visualize the results and to gain thoughtful insights. Then, write a report over 100 pages individually using the visualized information and structured logic• Attend meetings and keep records of meetings Show less

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  Ping An Insurance (Group), Ltd

  Jun 2019 - Sept 2019

  Assistant Analyst

  • Conduct desk research, feasibility reports for pre-investments stage.• Brainstorm and formulate the business model for block-chain, especially for its 2C applications. List around 200 application scenarios in the end.• Track financial and operational data for current investment projects. Renew the monthly and quarterly reports for these investments. Point out potential risks for an investing company, including its high goodwill. Conducting financial analysis for investment companies.• Prepare BP and figure out the potential buyers for a investment company Show less

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  Mckinsey

  Apr 2020 - Jul 2020

  Junior Research Analyst

  Financial modeling and company valuation Financial problem diagnose Using BTO model to deal with corporate strategic problems

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  Gaozhang Capital Ltd.

  Jul 2020 - now

  Investment manager

  Venture capital investmentFully engaged in investment, pre-investment & post-investment stagesSourcing over 200+ potential investment targetsDoing the pre-talk, interview and research for all these potential targets and summarize the conclusions for typical companies Doing pre-DD for two target companiesServing as post-investment strategic consultant for 7 companiesOrganizing 2020 International Cultural & Creative Industry Expo (Hangzhou), sub Forum