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Double Masters - EDHEC Business School & EMBA - Boston University
Passiona learner to innovation, fin-tech
Finance expert in Multi-industry
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Consultant at Deloitte with a background in finance analytics, consulting, and process automation. Graduated from Oregon State University with a Master’s degree in Business (Finance Analytics). Passionate about helping students and young professionals with consulting recruitment, resume reviews, interview preparation, and career development. Fluent in English, Russian, Azerbaijani, and Turkish.
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.investment banking with operacional risk component
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Global Strategy & Finance Mentor | Investor Relations Professional | Ex-Investment Banker, CVC and Strategy Consultant | 7+ Years International Experience
I’m Gun, a Strategy & Finance professional with over 7+ years of international experience across Western Europe (Germany, France, UK, Poland) and Asia (Singapore, India). My career has taken me through the worlds of investment banking, strategy consulting, corporate venture capital, and investor relations, giving me a unique perspective on how top firms think about talent, performance, and growth.
My Professional Journey
I’ve had the opportunity to work with and advise some of the world’s most demanding organizations:
1. Investor Relations & Capital Markets: Partnered with global investors, analysts, and advisors on refinancing, asset disposals, and quarterly reporting. Built board-level decks, financial models, earnings materials, and Q&A scripts for C-suite leadership.
2. Corporate Strategy & Venture Capital: Supported M&A, market entry, and investment evaluations, delivering strategic insights directly to executive leadership teams.
3. Investment Banking: Developed financial models, valuations, and pitchbooks for live M&A and capital markets transactions, learning first-hand what elite firms expect from candidates.
4. Early Career Foundations: Built strong fundamentals in financial planning, digital transformation, and go-to-market strategy.
How I Help You
I now combine my global corporate experience with ethical, transparent, and outcome-focused mentorship. Through 1-on-1 coaching, I’ve mentored 350+ students and young professionals, helping them with:
1. Higher-education planning (MiM, MBA, MFin, specialized masters)
2. CV & profile positioning for top firms
3. Interview and case study preparation
4. Career transitions across consulting, finance, and strategy
I don’t believe in shortcuts or scripted advice. Every session is personalized, honest, and grounded in real hiring expectations, so you walk away with clarity, confidence, and a strong professional standard. If you’re looking for practical guidance from someone who’s been on both sides of the table, I’d be happy to work with you.
I see each engagement not just as a coaching session, but as a chance to empower the next generation of talent with clarity, confidence, and the right standards of professionalism.
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• FP&A leader with nearly a decade of experience driving financial strategy, performance management, and cross-functional decision support across global organizations
• Currently serve as lead FP&A for North America at Robertet Group, partnering with executive leadership to shape strategic initiatives, optimize budgeting processes, and enhance financial visibility
• Proven track record leading divisional FP&A functions in complex industries including life sciences, fragrance manufacturing, and global logistics, with deep expertise in forecasting, cost control, and profitability analysis
• Passionate about mentoring the next generation of finance professionals — with a focus on corporate FP&A fundamentals, career advancement, and building high-impact business finance capabilities
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Currently working a Green Advisory Service focused on closing the Sustainable Investments gap to drive environmental change, with the GreenAssist C2M initiative supporting LIFE-funded projects in preparing for market entry. Also developing an NBS project for the Portuguese TSO at the Porto Business School.
From 2013 to 2023, she served as Executive Director of Vega Ventures, where she provided consultancy services to five venture capital (VC) funds. Her work included financial analysis, management and risk management, screening and business plan analysis, venture capital raising, legal support, reporting, establishing cooperation networks, supporting business replication, project financing, business modelling and preparing for successful exits. She has led several full fund cycles, achieving concrete results, including successful exits.
Developed effective systems and processes for managing and measuring the performance of the new ventures. Led strategic planning process resulting in successful exits. Also a certified Business Angel by IAPMEI Recognized by vestbee as one of the Top 50 Women in Venture Capital and the Startup Ecosystem in Portugal.
In the past years, she has been supporting the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem.
Maria assisted several institutions as an Investor jury and also mentored several Business Plan competitions, Ignition programmes and acceleration programmes, providing individualized coaching to build a solid business model, determine the right product/market fit and pitch investors.
Since March 2015, she has acted as an Expert Evaluator for the European Commission across multiple programs, including the SME Instrument, Fast Track to Innovation, EIC Accelerator, and other initiatives aimed at boosting the investment readiness of SMEs and small mid-caps.
Previously, she worked as a Technology Transfer Project Manager at City University of London’s incubator, where she helped early-stage, high-growth startups prepare for investment.
From 2018 to 2020, she was an external entrepreneurship expert for the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), where she evaluated EIT InnoEnergy business plans for seed investment in cleantech and conducted grant reporting.
Ms. Semedo is a Business Administration & Accounting Graduate, holds an MSc in Innovation and Technological Entrepreneurship and a Master’s in Sustainability Management. She is also a qualified Chartered Accountant and multilingual, fluent in Portuguese, English, French, and Spanish.
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Block Trader focusing on dark venue, covering APAC regions.
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Today I am working at Nielsen IQ Denmark as a market analyst, where my main task is to create insights and analyses based on data extractions from Nielsen´s internal databases, that tracks retail information
down to item level across most FMCG markets globally. With my insights, I support major Danish FMCG manufacturers with optimizing their sales campaigns and also giving inputs to their future product
developments.
Between 2017 and 2021 I was working at Euromonitor International as a market research analyst. My main task was to research different industries in Denmark and create a market report based on my findings,
additionally it is my duty to improve the dataset from the previous year´s report. This job consists about 70% desk research where I screen through company annual reports, data from statistics institutes, creating
surveys, looking at PRODCOM and COMTRADE for export and production numbers and alike. The remaining 30% arises from trade interviews with industry players, category managers and in some cases C-level leaders. Combining the findings from the research creates a basis for understanding the development of
the market in the given year, geography and industry.
About my personal background: After I have finished my economics bachelor degree in Hungary, I have decided to step on an international level and after I have completed my Danish bachelor, I have finished my
masters degree and gained professional experience from Danish and international companies. Today I am living with my wife and baby daughter on the beautiful Danish countryside.
Yours sincerely,
Attila Laszlo Fodor-Sommerby
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Finance Executive with over 15 years of experience in FP&A, Strategy, Capital Markets, Investor Relations, M&A, and Turnaround, working across publicly listed companies, financial institutions, fintechs, and consulting.
Throughout my career, I have supported companies at different strategic stages: capital markets preparation, financial turnaround and restructuring, growth recovery, and M&A-driven expansion — with cross-industry experience in financial services, automotive retail, logistics, vehicle leasing, technology, and BPO.
Key highlights:
- Led preparation for a potential ~BRL 1.5B IPO and corporate rating upgrade by Fitch Ratings
- Spearheaded Oracle Cloud EPM implementation, consolidating financial planning across 5 business units — recognized as a success story published by Oracle Brazil
- Structured debenture issuances exceeding BRL 1 billion and a ~BRL 50MM capital increase in a FIDC vehicle
- Led the Corporate Simplification project at Contax/LIQ — entity mergers, process and systems streamlining, debt rescheduling, and convertible debt issuance —, awarded institutional recognition by the CEO in the #FaçoADiferença campaign (Team category)
- Contributed to the development of Consórcio Pontual, a financial product that surpassed BRL 1B in annual origination
Currently leading the CFO-as-a-Service practice at Ludo Group, supporting companies in financial management professionalization, capital access, and sustainable growth.
MSc in Business Management, Heriot-Watt University (Erasmus Mundus, 3 countries) and BSc in Production Engineering, UFSCar. Brazilian and Italian dual citizenship.
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FP&A professional with 4+ years of combined experience in financial planning and strategic consulting, currently based in Hong Kong. Proven track record managing end-to-end P&L analysis for a €300M+ multi-channel business, driving forecast automation, and delivering cost efficiency programs across commercial and operations teams. Background in data analytics (CUHK MSc, Business Analytics) enables strong modelling and reporting capabilities.
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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