EDUCATION
Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a minor in Data Science
Anticipated Grad date: May 2024
GPA: 8/10
Relevant Courses: Learning from Big Data, Strategic Management, Marketing, Statistics, Quantitative Decision Making
EXPERIENCE
Danum Advisors B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Equity Research Analyst | Part-time
Mar 2024 – Present
- Directly reporting to the Managing Director of the fund and participating in full-scale investment due diligence process: sourcing, evaluation, financial analysis, structuring and presenting investment cases
- Analyzing potential investments performing in-depth equity research and building proprietary financial and valuation models
Google, London, United Kingdom
Business Intern | Large Customer Sales
Jun 2023 – Sept 2023
- Developed an automation system using SQL, transforming a week-long data procurement process into minutes, resulting in potential annual cost savings of EUR 125k due to time savings
- Collaborated with fellow interns to design and deliver a training session on the utilization of generative AI applications for ad sales teams, specifically ChatGPT, GPT-4 plugins, and Bard to automate SQL data pipelines
Rockstart Accelerator (Venture Capital Firm), Amsterdam, Netherlands
Junior Investment Analyst | Part-time | AgriFood Team
Jun 2021 – Jun 2023
- Led in-depth market research projects and analyzed market trends to strategize together with the team on the fund's investment thesis
- Prepared investment memoranda for the fund's investment committee for investments of EUR 100k to 1.5m
- Automated the analysis workflow for portfolio companies quarterly reporting through VBA resulting process reduction time of 400%
Audacity Investments (University Investment Society), Rotterdam, Netherlands
Co-Chairman and Treasurer of Audacity Student-led Investment Fund
Sept 2021 – Present
- Actively managed a EUR 10k portfolio, together with a group of 20 members, of stocks and ETFs through extensive equity research employing advanced financial modeling, and valuation techniques
- Provided advanced workshops and articles on the topics of Venture Capital & Private Equity to 1st-2nd year students with an average attendance of 50+ people
- Fundraised ~EUR 1k from local investment firms to sponsor the first-ever Stock Pitch Competition at Erasmus University Rotterdam soil within 3 weeks
ACADEMIC PROJECTS
Learning from Big Data | RSM Course
Oct 2023
- Developed a Purchase Prediction model using boosted trees and random forest algorithms to forecast subsequent purchases of supermarket customers, scoring 2nd place for prediction accuracy in a class of 50 peers
- Built a sentiment analysis data pipeline using Naïve Bayes Classifier for movie review sentiment detection
CFA Equity Research Challenge | University Team RSM
Oct 2023
- Performing in-depth equity research on Aalberts N.V. in a competitive setting against other top schools in the BENELUX region to produce an initiation equity research report to a panel of CFA holders judges
AWARDS AND CERTIFICATES
- Won 1st place in the B&R Flowtraders (Erasmus University-wide competition) 2021-2022 Investment Competition out of 50 other student-led investment groups generating the highest risk-adjusted returns out of 11.52%
- Awarded a B&R Investor Certificate and received a EUR 1k scholarship for CAIA Alternative Investments Level 1
SKILLS
Technical Skills
Languages
Fluent in English and Bulgarian; Conversational proficiency in Dutch and German
Hobbies
Played League of Legends competitively, basketball semi-professionally in high school, Minecraft, traveling