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Managing Director and M&A Advisor with 20+ years of experience across Healthcare, MedTech, Biotech, and Digital Health. Former CEO with a successful exit to a strategic buyer. I mentor students and professionals pursuing careers in Investment Banking, Private Equity (Growth), and Corporate Development, with a focus on interview preparation, career positioning, and real-world M&A decision-making in competitive recruiting environments.
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Having moved from the private sector in the early 1990s, he first worked in the Kenyan Government at the District level, supporting MSMEs and how the informal sector is to be developed. He switched to humanitarian work, developing and managing projects in fragile settings where he contributed to work across southern Somalia and Somaliland.
He continues to lead multi-skilled cross sectoral research and evaluation work. Having worked for two country climate set ups enabling them to access Green Climate Fund resources. Paul has led evaluation of primary production, natural resource management and the fit of livelihoods to basic service provision.
Paul was the Chief Technical Advisor for the International Labour Organization’s Somalia programming, emphasizing policy frameworks facilitating employment creation, related supportive infrastructure, and governance work public and private engagement for effective HDP-nexus work. He led the development of the first Somalia Decent Work Programme and contributed to establishing gender-related frameworks now incorporated into planning frameworks. He contributed to Kenya’s planning and has continued to be involved with devolution and its role in facilitating natural resource management and enterprise development.
His academic work builds on a Masters in Business Administration from Henley Management School, BSc Geography and Social Anthropology from the University of London, Sustainable Management University of Cambridge as well as learnings from Durham University Business School, Said Business School Oxford University granting a solid basis from which he continues to offer durable solutions to the challenges we face in environmental management.
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Harris Ajmal is an investment analyst based in Dubai with a background in Big 4 professional services and buyside real estate investing. He began his career with KPMG, where he spent four years advising on financial analysis, transaction support, and commercial due diligence, before moving to PwC for a further year, working on complex financial reviews and investment-related mandates across real assets and corporates.
He currently operates on the buyside, focusing on real estate and hospitality investments across the UK, Middle East, and selected emerging markets. His role involves end-to-end deal execution, including sourcing, underwriting, financial modeling, covenant and counterparty analysis, feasibility studies, JV structuring, and investment committee materials. He works closely with senior leadership and operates with a high level of autonomy across live transactions.
In parallel, Harris runs a weekly real estate newsletter, which is a data-driven real estate research platform focused on stripping out brokerage noise and presenting markets through an investor-first lens, using transactional data, pricing evidence, and risk-adjusted analysis.
As a mentor, Harris specializes in:
- Transitioning from Big 4 advisory into buyside investment roles
- Real estate private equity, hospitality investing, and principal-led deal thinking
- Building institutional-grade financial models and IC materials
- Understanding how deals actually underwrite versus how they are marketed
- Career strategy, compensation dynamics, and building leverage early in one’s career
His mentoring approach is practical, direct, and grounded in real transaction experience rather than theory.
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As a finance professional with 13+ years of experience, I have a proven track record of implementing effective financial systems and processes to drive business growth. My entrepreneurial mindset allows me to take a systematic approach to problem-solving and decision-making, resulting in optimized financial performance and enhanced organizational success. I am committed to ongoing professional development to ensure that my organizations stay competitive and agile in a constantly evolving business landscape.
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10 years experience in Saudi capital markets transaction
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Dedicated Wealth Strategist with 10+ years of experience providing holistic financial planning across investment strategy, retirement planning, cash flow analysis, risk management, and estate and tax considerations. Committed to helping clients gain clarity, confidence, and long-term financial stability.
Currently, I own and operate a basketball performance training company working with youth (ages 5-15).
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Manuel Rincón, PhD es académico, directivo internacional y experto en transformación organizacional, con una trayectoria que integra geopolítica, inteligencia artificial y estrategia empresarial en entornos de alta complejidad global.
Durante veintidos años forma parte del United Nations Secretariat y de distintas entidades del sistema de Naciones Unidas, trabajando en iniciativas ligadas a la sociedad del conocimiento, la gobernanza digital, la cooperación internacional y el diseño e implementación de políticas tecnológicas en países en desarrollo. Su labor en contextos multilaterales le ha permitido comprender desde dentro cómo se configuran los equilibrios de poder, cómo se construyen las agendas globales y qué papel desempeñan las instituciones internacionales en el nuevo orden mundial.
Antes y después de esta etapa, desarrolla carrera en el ámbito corporativo y de consultoría en organizaciones como IBM y Accenture, participando en proyectos de transformación, gestión del cambio y conocimiento organizacional para grandes empresas e instituciones públicas. Posteriormente, ha sido CEO en varias organizaciones de los sectores educativo, digital y de servicios, liderando transformaciones estratégicas.
En el ámbito académico, es profesor en instituciones como IE Business School y actualmente imparte docencia en geopolítica de la inteligencia artificial, inteligencia artificial aplicada a la empresa y modelos de negocio digitales. Su formación como ingeniero, doctor en estudios organizativos y licenciado en filosofía refuerza una mirada interdisciplinar y constructivista, centrada en cómo las ideas, las narrativas y los marcos culturales influyen en la economía, las organizaciones y la política internacional.
En sus conferencias, Manuel Rincón aborda la emergencia de un nuevo orden mundial donde la geopolítica se convierte en una competencia clave para las empresas, no solo para los Estados. Argumenta que la inteligencia artificial, los datos, el conocimiento y otros intangibles se han transformado en instrumentos de poder estratégico, capaces de redefinir la competitividad, la soberanía tecnológica y las relaciones entre bloques económicos. Desde una perspectiva constructivista y apoyándose en su experiencia en Naciones Unidas, analiza también el papel de la multilateralidad y de los foros internacionales en la gestión de estas nuevas tensiones globales.
Su trabajo se sitúa en la intersección entre estrategia, poder e ideas, ayudando a líderes y organizaciones a navegar un entorno donde la ventaja ya no depende solo de los recursos materiales, sino de la capacidad para interpretar, anticipar y construir la realidad global.
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Customer Support Ambassador with international experience supporting Airbnb (via Foundever) and remote roles for Apple and Facebook (Teleperformance Greece), plus UK client support for Computershare. Specialized in customer/user assistance for Hosts and Guests, problem-solving, empathetic communication, and strong attention to detail. I handle complex cases while consistently maintaining an NPS between 90 and 100. Experienced with CRM/ticketing tools and working within global remote teams.
Remote customer support professional with 10+ years of international experience in high-volume global companies including Airbnb (via Foundever), Apple, and Facebook (Teleperformance), as well as specialized support in the UK financial and stock sector with Computershare. In each environment, I handled complex and high-sensitivity cases, delivering effective solutions and high-quality user support.
I’m used to dynamic, remote, cross-functional settings—collaborating with global teams and supporting users worldwide. I manage high-priority tickets, escalations, and ambiguous scenarios daily, ensuring accurate, timely responses focused on customer satisfaction.
My key strengths include rapid, independent problem-solving (including specialized cases), clear and empathetic communication (native Italian, fluent English), strong experience with CRM and support tools such as Zendesk, NICE, Salesforce, and Intercom, meticulous attention to detail and policy compliance, and long-standing experience working remotely in fast-growing, constantly evolving environments.
Results speak for themselves: I consistently maintain a Net Promoter Score (NPS) between 90 and 100, reflecting the quality and effectiveness of my support.
I’m ready to bring these skills to innovative, global, remote-first teams—helping deliver an excellent, high-value customer experience.
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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