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I'm Giuseppe Difino, an AI and machine learning tasker with a strong background in data annotation, JSON, and CSV. With extensive experience in various roles, from an Ads Quality Rater to an AI Evaluator , I am well-versed in improving user experiences and optimizing digital content. Proficient in AI and Machine Learning Tasks: Skilled in data annotation, labeling, and verification to train and evaluate AI models effectively. Experienced Ads Quality Rater: Evaluating the relevance and quality of online advertisements and search engine results to enhance user satisfaction and advertising performance. Educational Background: Bachelor's degree in Economics Management from LUM Jean Monnet University. Digital Skills: Proficiency in JSON, data analysis, SQL, Python, Java, CSV, Microsoft Office suite, Excel, Power BI, Google Analytics, AutoCAD, basic Java, and online communication tools. Communication and Interpersonal Skills: Certified in public speaking and proficient in English (C2 level). Regular communication is important to me, so let's keep in touch.
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Supratik brings on board >7 years of experience in Corporate Finance and has previously worked in multiple geographies including Europe, Asia, and Africa. His past engagements have spanned areas including M&A advisory, Business Modeling, Business Valuations, Fundraising, and Financial Due Diligence. Supratik graduated as the Best Student in the Full-Time MBA program (class of 2023) at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Germany’s #3 Business School. Additionally, he is a CFA Charterholder and a certified FRM.
His tenure as a Corporate Finance Professional has been defined by impactful buy-side and sell-side advisory projects for leading Private Equity & Venture Capital funds and Multinational corporations. Supratik has extensive deal experience in executing, leading, and navigating, workstreams including but not limited to Financial Modeling, Business Plan Modeling for M&A, fundraising, and debt transactions, Model Review and Validation, Business Valuation, Financial Due Diligence, crafting Investment Memorandums, Pitch Decks, Teasers, and Management Presentations, conducting thorough investor searches through market-sounding initiatives etc.
Beyond his professional realm, he shares his passion for finance and investments through his Instagram Channel, @_thatfinanceguy, creating informative videos backed by credible research, and engaging with over 4.5k followers.
Supratik embraces an entrepreneurial mindset and has >3 years of experience founding and mentoring two ventures. These include Procon Scaling Partners, a Boutique Management Consultancy specializing in Strategic and Transaction Advisory Engagements, and Ipix Movies, a Digital Media and Advertising Production Company renowned for its expertise in Branded Content, Ad films, and Social Media Commercials.
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With experience and proven track record spanning across 3 decades in the real estate and construction industry, I have led impactful projects in both public and private sectors, driving organizational growth and managing multi-million-dollar budgets. I have successfully delivered and provided oversight for over 1,000 market and 1,000 non-market/affordable housing units while overseeing more than 90 strategic projects in housing, education, and infrastructure. Known for my strategic thinking, financial acumen, and strong stakeholder engagement, I maintain an influential network and commit to lifelong learning through active participation in the Project Management Institute.
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Investor Relations/Portfolio Manager | BDM | CPA | M&A
I’m a results-driven Senior Investors Relations/Portfolio Manager/CPA/Entrepreneur with 14+ years of experience across finance, investment banking, Tech startups/scaleups, brokerage. I’m passionate about driving growth, increasing ROI and unlocking value for businesses and investors. Now I'm involved in AI too and partner with an AI Agency to implement AI into businesses. Skilled in networking, market development and portfolio management, I connect investors, Buisinesses and institutions with high-potential opportunities, helping clients diversify into alternative investments. With a strategic mindset and a strong track record in business expansion, I thrive on motivating teams, building lasting relationships and optimizing investment portfolios. Let’s connect to explore exciting alternative investment opportunities. Skills: Asset & Portolio Management | Investment Banking | Value Investing | Artificial Intelligence |Securities | Real Estate | Financial Planning | M&A | Capital Raising | VC's & Angels | Startup Funding | Remote businesses | Start-ups Consulting | Business Development | Entrepreunership | Marketing & Sales | Investor Relations | Insurances | Multi-Task Management.
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Business Analyst with a strong foundation in banking and finance, now focused on driving digital transformation and data-driven decision-making across financial institutions. Over my career, I’ve worked on both sides of the finance-technology divide — structuring complex corporate transactions, and later leading digital implementation and SaaS platform projects across the Asia-Pacific.
I bring a rare blend of financial domain expertise and technical delivery capability, having implemented enterprise solutions in corporate lending and SaaS based platforms such as DealCloud and Anaplan. My experience spans requirements gathering, process design, data migration, testing, and user training, ensuring business objectives are seamlessly translated into technology outcomes.
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Selim Boudhabhay is a seasoned Responsible Investment practitioner, specialized in stewardship but with an holistic approach to sustainable finance. While he spent most of his career integrating ESG into listed equity strategies, he also has a deep understanding other alternative asset classes. Selim holds an LL.M in law and tax management, a master of science in business administration. He holds a certification in applied responsible investment delivered by the PRI Academy.
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I’m a banking professional with international experience across retail banking, trade finance, and branch operations in Qatar and Tunisia. I’ve worked with leading financial institutions including Qatar National Bank (QNB), where I manage high-volume client interactions while ensuring strict regulatory and compliance standards.
My background includes trade finance guarantees, AML/KYC compliance, operational risk controls, digital banking systems, and frontline financial services. I understand how financial institutions operate behind the scenes — from documentation accuracy and regulatory pressure to customer escalations and secure transaction handling.
As a mentor, I focus on helping students and early professionals build strong financial fundamentals, improve structured thinking, and prepare confidently for banking interviews. I provide practical, actionable guidance grounded in real-world banking operations — not just theory.
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- I bring 15+ years of enterprise transformation experience from UBS and NatWest across 15 global markets, specialising in risk management, regulatory compliance, and strategic problem-solving in complex, multi-stakeholder environments.
- I have co-founded ventures including Nerif Network (Web3 infrastructure), built a property investment portfolio achieving seven times appreciation, and founded NoJargon.pro to educate people on property investment success using a universal framework applicable globally.
- I specialise in helping professionals navigate career transitions, strategic decision-making, and building ventures that balance innovation with institutional precision, drawing from my experience across banking, emerging technologies, and alternative investments.
- I hold three nationalities (British, Swiss, Romanian) and have worked across government, advisory, and corporate sectors, giving me a global perspective on business development, stakeholder management, and cross-border execution.
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Former investment banker, currently working for a public listed Spanish company, seconded to a US asset. Expertise in bond issuances, refinancings, project finance, M&A. Past expertise in M&A and corporate finance advisory, with several successfully closed transactions in different sectors.
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Leonardo J. Alcalá Teriús is a global finance and audit executive with extensive leadership experience across Big 4 audit, internal audit transformation, and fractional CFO roles. He combines mastery of international accounting standards (IFRS, US GAAP, SOX) with a proven record of driving governance improvements, strategic financial planning, and cross-border operations. Passionate about mentoring and developing high-performing teams, he is recognized for delivering clarity, empowerment, and sustainable impact in executive finance and audit leadership.
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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