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- I work as an Investment Banking Associate at a Madrid-based bank, with experience across M&A, leveraged finance, private debt, DCM and corporate banking transactions.
- I help candidates prepare for Investment Banking, M&A, leveraged finance and corporate banking roles, especially in Spain and Europe.
- My deal experience includes MBO execution, leveraged acquisition financing, bond issuances, debt capacity analysis, covenant analysis, investor materials and internal credit committee presentations.
- On the technical side, I can help with DCFs, LBOs, comps, precedent transactions, debt repayment analysis, modeling tests and how to talk about deals properly in interviews.
- I am especially useful for candidates who want direct feedback on their CV, story, technical answers, “walk me through a deal” response or overall recruiting strategy.
- I know what it is like to follow a less linear path into finance. I originally studied Civil Engineering before moving into Economics, M&A and Investment Banking, so I enjoy helping candidates position non-traditional backgrounds in a credible way.
- My style is direct, practical and honest. I will not just tell you that your CV or answer is “good” — I will tell you what sounds weak, what sounds generic and how to make it sharper.
- Native Spanish speaker with advanced English. Best suited for candidates targeting Spain, Europe or international finance roles.
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Sono Giovanna Dimaggio, M&A Senior Manager presso Business Integration Partners (BIP), con oltre 9 anni di esperienza in operazioni di M&A, investment analysis e strategic advisory, maturata in contesti internazionali e altamente strutturati.
Nel corso della mia carriera ho lavorato in primarie istituzioni finanziarie e società di consulenza – tra cui Deloitte, EY e Intesa Sanpaolo – per poi entrare in una funzione M&A corporate, dove seguo direttamente operazioni di acquisizione cross‑border nei settori data analytics, tecnologia, sostenibilità e consulenza strategica, coordinando processi complessi dalla fase di origination fino all’integrazione post‑deal.
Sono Dottore Commercialista e Revisore Legale, con una solida formazione accademica presso l’Università Bocconi, arricchita da esperienze internazionali (IPADE Business School in Messico e WU Vienna). Questa combinazione di rigore tecnico, visione strategica ed esposizione internazionale ha plasmato il mio approccio professionale: strutturato, pragmatico e orientato al valore di lungo periodo.
Parallelamente all’attività professionale, sono attualmente mentor ed ex mentee di Mentors4u, esperienza che mi ha permesso di comprendere a fondo il valore del mentoring come strumento di crescita consapevole, orientamento professionale e sviluppo del potenziale individuale. Credo fortemente nell’importanza di condividere non solo competenze tecniche, ma anche metodo, mindset e capacità di prendere decisioni in momenti chiave del percorso lavorativo.
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Soliman is an Investment Banking Analyst at Nassau Street Partners, working across U.S. capital markets and cross-border transactions in Technology, Healthcare, Financial Services, and Non-Profit sectors. His experience spans live M&A and capital raise mandates in the $10M–$50M range, where he plays a central role in developing investor narratives, financial models, and execution strategies that directly support deal outcomes. He has worked across multiple transactions, contributing to pitch decks, valuation frameworks, virtual data rooms, and investor-facing materials used in active outreach and diligence processes.
Beyond technical execution, Soliman focuses on translating complex businesses into clear, investable opportunities, identifying key value drivers, structuring market positioning, and aligning messaging with investor psychology. His work emphasizes not just building materials, but shaping how deals are perceived and engaged with by investors.
He holds a BSc in Economics & Management from the University of Bristol, a top 10 UK university and top 50 globally. He passed CFA Level I in the 90th percentile globally and holds the FMVA® designation.
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I lead corporate finance and capital strategy functions across diversified, multi-asset portfolios spanning energy transition, renewables, natural resources, food & agribusiness, industrials, real estate, and technology.
My core mandate centres on M&A execution and portfolio optimisation — partnering with business development teams from opportunity identification through structuring, execution, and post-acquisition integration. I structure capital solutions across the full spectrum: acquisition financing, project finance, leveraged finance, structured debt and equity, debt capital markets, and strategic refinancing. I also advise on financial risk management, capital structure optimisation, and balance sheet management for complex, multi-currency portfolios with global counterparty networks.
I have sat on both sides of the table — as a lender deploying institutional capital, as a principal investing on behalf of diversified conglomerates, and most recently as a strategic advisor to a renewable energy platform backed by major Southeast Asian investor groups. My work spans relationship management with banks, private credit providers, financial sponsors, and institutional capital partners across debt and equity markets.
Bilingual in English and Indonesian. Based in Singapore
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Valuation professional with 9+ years of experience in complex securities, corporate finance, and business valuations for both audit reviews and external engagements, specializing in structured products using Monte Carlo and option pricing models. Experienced in M&A transactions and financial modeling at Deloitte, Withum, and EY, with skills in fixed income and derivatives valuations.
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As part of my professional experience, I actively contribute to recruiting and talent development, having conducted a large number of interviews and reviewed a wide range of candidate profiles across levels. This enables me to provide practical, experience-based guidance to students and young professionals, particularly in areas such as CV positioning, interview preparation and navigating careers in banking and consulting.
As a seasoned banking professional with extensive international client exposure, I am currently based in Switzerland, where I have held a senior role within one of the largest Swiss banking merger programs. In this capacity, I led critical workstreams across both APAC and Switzerland, operating at the intersection of business, operations and strategic transformation.
I bring deep and proven expertise across the following areas:
- Strategic Transformation: Directed multi-country programs for global banks, aligning regional priorities with corporate objectives and delivering measurable efficiency gains, including initiatives in digital assets.
- Executive Enablement: Developed KPI dashboards, governance frameworks, and executive-level materials, enabling informed and timely decision-making at the C-suite level.
- Stakeholder Management: Facilitated alignment across Finance, Risk, Operations, and Technology within complex matrix organizations, consistently influencing outcomes without formal authority.
- Governance & Risk: Designed and implemented control frameworks for large-scale transformation initiatives, ensuring regulatory compliance and mitigating operational risk across jurisdictions.
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- Currently quantitative researcher / PM at USD $3bn+ systematic fund
- Researching, backtesting and deploying global volatility strategies
- 8+ years experience in delta-1 / CTA style trading strategies, both on research and development
- Strong coding skills in Python, R & MATLAB
- Astrophysics BSc, Investment Management MSc
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An Economist addicted with Finance.
Extremely curious, I love to understand and
learn. Avid persecutor of knowledge. Ambitious.
I am constantly oriented towards improvement.
Tenacious and competitive, I enjoy putting
myself in the game and always facing new
challenges.
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Having worked at Goldman in Equity Research and then a career Venture Capitalist, I am most helpful and enjoy mentoring and coaching individuals who would are looking to explore this route long term.
I look to help individuals build the right network for growth plus the skillset or more tactical aspect of progression having seen a number of successes and failures through my career.
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- M&A and strategy professional focused on growth companies and value creation
- Experience in cross-border transactions and complex deal execution
- Background in investment banking at Santander and advisory at Novara Advisory
- Strong interest in entrepreneurship, search funds, and scaling businesses through acquisitions
- Passionate about strategy, innovation, and building high-impact companies
Frequently Asked Questions
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The WSO mentor service runs at a very slight profit (~5-10% net margin) in order to help motivate amazing professionals to provide great (free) advice in the forums (many mentors have green "mentor" buttons next to their usernames) which strengthens the entire WSO community. Luckily, there is a surprising number of elite professionals within the WSO community that love giving back to motivated candidates. We also recently automated the mentor matching with an algo that helps reduce the manual work needed on the backend should a requested mentor not be available. Prices range from as low as $57 up to $997 depending on the package you purchase and the mentor you select. Given the success of our service and the number of repeat clients we have, we know that we can afford to run on thin profit margins and serve thousands of applicants. We also know that many of you will follow the advice of our mentors and invest in additional courses and/or services from WSO.
After checking out, your request will immediately be sent to the mentor you selected. You will be expected to fill our some basic information (location, industry preference, etc) along with upload a Word version of your resume in order to help the mentor decide if they feel like they are a great match. As soon as they accept (usually within ~9-12 hours), an email will be sent making an introduction. Your mentor will introduce him/herself and then proceed to review your current resume and/or offer times when you can connect for a mentor session. Over the following days, you will schedule a time that is mutually convenient for you initial phone call to go over what you need help with (mock interview, career consultation and/or both). If you would like to continue with this mentor, you can schedule more hours anywhere from 1 hour to 3+ hours with him/her over the following weeks & months.
Typically the match happens within 12hrs. If your preferred mentor has not responded within 9 hours or they indicate they can't take you on as a mentor, we will notify other top mentors that have the most in common with the mentor you selected (based on our matching algo). These backup mentors will indicate to you if they are available and you have the choice to move forward with one of them, get a refund or wait longer for your preferred mentor. If for whatever reason we cannot match you in time and/or there are no mentors that are available that you'd like to work with, we will refund your purchase in full, no questions asked.
We have an incredible team of 1,000+ dedicated mentors across top firms all around the world. Our #1 goal is to make sure you are placed in the hands of the most competent and detail-oriented professional in your specific target industry. This coupled with our strict process ensures a smooth and thorough experience. Why do we use actual professionals? The answer is simple: they are the ones ACTUALLY SCREENING APPLICATIONS for their own firms! They know what it takes to make it out of the trash pile and into the interview pile. On top of this, since we have been doing mentor sessions for over a decade across THOUSANDS of clients, we are able to immediately identify a top mentor and feed them more clients to ensure happy customers like you (due to our strict screening process). Our team includes investment bankers at all the top bulge brackets and elite boutique banks as well as private equity, hedge fund and VC professionals at the most prestigious funds. We also have reviewers at the top management consulting firms in the world, elite prop trading firms, top corporate finance roles as well as other related finance careers.
Usually these are all self-limiting beliefs, but if you're unsure if we are a good match for you, please send us a quick email to [email protected] and we can send over some bios if we think there might be a potential good match for you.
Too Young / Too Inexperienced: We do NOT recommend our mentor service until you at least have at least some relevant WORK experience that we can leverage. For the young clients out there, this means an internship, ideally in your target or related industry. If you are still in high school, it is unlikely that you have this experience. The earliest we'd recommend doing a mentor session is early freshman or early sophomore year as you prepare for summer internship recruiting. If you have no relevant experience then it probably doesn't make sense to sign up for the service. Our mentors are amazing, but they aren't magicians. If you tell us you really want to be in Investment Banking or Private Equity (for example) and everything in your background points to law or medicine, it's going to be an uphill battle. On the other hand, if you have unrelated experience but you have started the transition process by taking relevant classes and joining relevant clubs and associations, we'd love to work with you. You may not be the most competitive candidate, but we will highlight the most relevant education and functions at your current job that would translate well across industries.
Too Old / Too Experienced: We DO recommend our mentor service for more experienced professionals that are looking to make a transition or have an interview coming up. We have several very senior mentors that can answer the tough questions and make sure you are up to date on the latest trends in your target industry. However, before you move forward, we encourage you to give yourself an honest assessment. If you are looking to make the transition and have not made any steps outside of considering this mentor program, you probably aren't ready. If you've taken steps (education, new degrees, courses, etc) and feel like you're ready, we're on board and eager to help!
Yes, but if you have a negative attitude you are unlikely to have success. If you think a mentor session is an automatic referral, please don't bother to hire us.
Yes, our mentors often do refer our clients for open positions at their firms (over 20%), however, this should not be asked of our mentors to avoid a conflict of interest and it should not be expected as part of the service. It is up to you to impress the mentor if this is your goal, however, we believe you can gain much more out of the experience by being honest about your weaknesses and concerns with the mentor so there can be an open dialogue on how to improve your chances.
The only discounts are for larger packages and more hours purchased at once. This is an incredibly labor intensive 1-on-1 service using finance professionals that typically make well over $200/hr and are doing this primarily to give back.
This is a personal question and the answer is naturally subjective. If you are serious about landing a job in investment banking, private equity, hedge funds, trading, asset management, management consulting or any other competitive industry, it's more than likely that the answer to that question is a resounding "YES".
Career services advisers at your school are not screening applications for interviews...neither are your classmates. If you do happen to have a friend in the industry, are they going to take the hours necessary to give you a realistic mock interview? Odds are that their time is limited outside the office and if they do give you some guidance, it won't be as thorough as our expert mentors. If you look at the competitive nature of recruiting nowadays, why would leave your application up to chance when many of these jobs pay well over $100,000?
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