Public bio:
I am an economist specializing in money and finance, with over 25 years of experience in financial markets. I hold a dual academic background, including an MBA specialized in Finance from a leading French business school (Institut Commercial de Nancy) and a Master’s degree in Finance with honors from the University of Nancy. My thesis focused on “Monetary Policy and the Theory of the Banking Firm.”
Throughout my career, I have developed deep expertise in securitization and structured credit, with 20 years of experience serving institutional investors across France, the Benelux region, and Switzerland. I have also spent eight years working in green finance, contributing to the development and integration of sustainable investment strategies.
Over the past three years, I have been applying my experience as an independent consultant, advising think tanks and NGOs that require advanced financial market expertise.
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Results-driven management consultant with experience across strategy, transformation, operational excellence, and go-to-market engagements in the GCC. Worked with leading government entities, telecom operators, financial institutions, and giga-projects across KSA and UAE, supporting initiatives spanning operating model design, market assessments, organizational transformation, AI and digital strategy, and performance improvement.
Led and supported high-impact projects for clients including Aramco Digital, Miral, SAB, Ministry of Municipal, Rural Affairs and Housing, and SITE, with responsibilities covering client management, PMO leadership, market research, capability development, workshop facilitation, and executive-level presentations. Experienced in developing partner-level deliverables, structuring MECE strategic storylines, and managing complex multi-stakeholder environments under tight timelines.
Strong background in telecom and digital infrastructure strategy, operational excellence, workforce transformation, and investment decision support, with exposure to AI-enabled transformation initiatives, industrial development, and destination development projects. Recognized for high ownership, structured problem-solving, and the ability to independently lead workstreams from analysis through final delivery
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• Senior transformation and strategy professional with 15+ years of experience across consulting, banking, and financial services
• Extensive experience leading large-scale business transformation, operating model, governance, and regulatory change programmes within complex organisations
• Previously worked with global consulting firms and financial institutions, partnering with senior stakeholders on enterprise-wide transformation initiatives
• Experienced in programme leadership, stakeholder management, change delivery, and strategic problem solving across business and technology functions
• Passionate about helping aspiring consultants navigate recruitment, case interview preparation, career transitions, and consulting career development
• Based in London with international and cross-cultural working experience
• MBA from IE Business School
• Fluent in English and Chinese
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I am a senior financial executive with more than 20 years of experience across private banking, international wealth management, FX advisory, treasury solutions, and cross-border financial services in Mexico.
Throughout my career, I have specialized in working with high-net-worth individuals, expatriates, entrepreneurs, and corporate clients navigating investments, international banking, foreign exchange exposure, liquidity management, and wealth preservation strategies. My experience combines private banking, treasury management, business development, and institutional relationship management across multiple regions in Mexico.
I currently lead international and expatriate banking initiatives across key markets including Los Cabos, San Miguel de Allende, Puerto Vallarta, Cancún, and Ajijic, overseeing teams, client growth strategies, and regional business development efforts. Over the years, I have helped build and scale banking operations focused on globally mobile clients and international capital flows.
What I enjoy most about finance is not only the business itself, but the ability to create meaningful impact in people’s lives. A significant part of my career has been dedicated to mentoring and developing private bankers, helping many of them grow professionally, improve their financial results, strengthen client relationships, and achieve important personal and career goals.
I strongly believe that long-term success in finance comes from combining technical knowledge with emotional intelligence, trust, leadership, and the ability to genuinely understand people. Beyond markets and products, I enjoy helping others navigate the real-world side of finance — including relationship building, negotiation, business development, client psychology, and long-term career growth.
I am passionate about sharing practical insights from the industry and helping younger professionals better understand how financial institutions, private banking, and international business truly operate beyond textbooks and theory.
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Highly accomplished quantitative professional with extensive experience across hedge funds, data science, and insurance product pricing. Proven track record in portfolio management, algorithmic trading, and advanced statistical modeling. Founder of an emerging platform and hedge fund consulting business.
Working Experience
- Portfolio Manager | RS Capital
- Data Scientist | IBM
- Trader / Senior Data Scientist / Financial Analyst | Various Hedge Funds & Proprietary Trading Firms
- Actuarial Analyst | ING Asia/Pacific (Insurance)
Academics & Awards
- Master of Statistics, 1st in Class (overall A+) with Best Thesis Award | University College London (UCL)
- BSc Maths and Risk Management, Upper Second Honors | The University of Hong Kong
- Bright Futures’ Masters Scholarship
- Passed all five examinations for Associate Actuaries | Societies of Actuaries (SOA)
Personal Business
- Provide Hedge Fund Consultation Services
- Building a next generation platform
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Over 30 years of global leadership experience in telecom and technology, holding senior positions at Ericsson, Verizon, and Colt.
Proven track record in driving large-scale operational and commercial transformations that deliver measurable business impact.
Expertise in scaling operations, managed services, and cost optimization, with a history of leading $70M revenue growth and improving margins by up to 17% through automation and service redesign.
Skilled mentor and advisor, passionate about guiding emerging leaders and businesses through complex, high-growth environments.
Currently an independent consultant, providing strategic advice on operational strategy, delivery execution, and change management to organizations worldwide.
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- Experienced finance professional with a strong academic background (MSc in Corporate Finance & Banking from EDHEC; BA in Economics), and hands-on expertise in portfolio management, financial modeling, and investment evaluation.
- Proven track record in asset and wealth management, having supported the management of multiple funds, executed trade orders, and maintained comprehensive financial reporting at Clay Asset & Wealth Management.
- Skilled ESG analyst and global markets associate, with experience in corporate governance research, credit structuring, and supporting credit committee documentation at leading institutions like Proxinvest and Crédit Agricole CIB.
- Multilingual (Spanish, English, French) and technically proficient in financial tools (Bloomberg, Refinitiv, Python, SQL), with certifications including CFA Level I and AMF.
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Fernando Lozada is the founder of SIKBAL, a boutique consultancy based in Mérida, Mexico with active projects across 17+ countries in Latin America and Mexico, primarily in pharma and financial services. He has 30+ years of experience designing and leading strategy and leadership interventions and being recognized for his measurable, ROI-oriented approach: ROI of 2.32x with a customer, NPS of 98.7%, and client satisfaction of 4.96 / 5.
His background is unusual for the field: Chemical Engineering first, MBA in progress. This combination allows him to balance people-oriented methodologies with deep understanding of processes and data-based approach.
That's why he mentors people entering the field: no generic advice. Just deep empathy and understanding, powered by assertive communication and hands-on mindset.
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An experienced Operating Model and Organization Design (OD) specialist with a decade of consulting experience (Accenture, Ernst & Young), I turn enterprise-wide strategy into high-performing structural reality. Today, as Senior Manager of Organizational Effectiveness at VOIS (Vodafone Intelligent Services), I act as a trusted advisor to C-suite leaders, shaping future-ready operating models tailored for AI & Data, Go-to-Market, and the HR function.
Throughout my career, I have led complex transformations impacting up to 110,000 employees across both private sectors (Financial Services, Tech, Oil & Gas) and public sectors (Defence, Health). I look past static org charts to architect comprehensive target operating models integrating data-led workforce forecasting, shared services setups, and next-generation technologies like Workday, SuccessFactors, Eightfold, ServiceNow, and D365.
Core Areas of Expertise:
Target Operating Model (TOM) Design: Building adaptive blueprints that bridge the strategy-to-performance gap.
AI & Tech-Driven Transformation: Rethinking work, role grading, and team structures to weave AI seamlessly into global workflows
Global Workforce Strategy: Aligning multi-year talent pipelines, cost optimization, and cross-border location footprints
HR Operating Models: Redesigning the HR ecosystem to connect HR Shared Services Centres (HRSSC), Centres of Excellence (CoEs), Business Partners and advanced HRIS platforms
Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP): Architecting long-range, data-led workforce forecasts and multi-year strategy models that align cross-business pipelines with financial constraints
Public bio:
I was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and moved to Miami when I was eight years old, where I’ve lived ever since. I’m currently a Vice President at Pan American Finance, leading M&A and capital raising transactions across infrastructure, energy transition, and financial services sectors in the U.S., Europe, and Latin America.
Before joining Pan American, I completed internships at J.P. Morgan in both San Francisco and New York, gaining experience in corporate banking, technology, and Latin America investment banking. I graduated from Florida International University with a BBA in Finance, and I’m a CFA Charterholder with FINRA Series 79 and SIE licenses.
Outside of work, I’m passionate about sports and enjoy playing soccer and basketball.
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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If you’re reading this, you’re here for a reason: because you want to be one of the very few who gets an an elite job and because you need help doing it. The choice really is yours. And your opportunity really is limited.
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