Alumni profiles and testimonials for Economics
These pages contain testimonials from some of our students and alumni, in which they talk about why they chose Lancaster, what they found valuable on the programme, and how their time at Lancaster has helped them in their careers. View each profile by clicking on the thumbnail or name.
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Matt Morley | BSc Economics | Ongoing | United Kingdom | Matt spent his year abroad studying at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. |
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Georgina Lunn | BSc Economics | 2012 | United Kingdom | Before graduation, Georgina secured a place on Ernst & Young's graduate scheme as an Assistant Tax Advisor. |
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Muhammad Usman Raja | MSc Money, Banking & Finance | 2012 | Pakistan | Muhammad now works as a Research Officer at the Ministry of Finance in Pakistan. |
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Cheng-Kang Wang | MSc Quantitative Finance | 2012 | Taiwan | Cheng-Kang now works as a researcher at Manchester Business School. |
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Boyan Karkovski | MSc Quantitative Finance | 2012 | Bulgaria | Boyan secured a job at Lloyds TSB as part of the Market and Liquidity risk team. |
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Min Xiao | MSc Quantitative Finance | 2012 | China | Min now works as an Operations Analyst for UBS. |
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Katy Shaw | BA Business Economics | 2012 | United Kingdom | Katy is now on the graduate scheme at a media agency called Carat. |
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Weiwei Kou | MSc Quantitative Finance | 2012 | China | Weiwei went on to study for a PhD in Economics at Lancaster after completing his MSc. |
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Nan Wang | MSc Quantitative Finance | 2012 | China | Nan reflects on the wide choice of modules in the MSc Quantitative Finance programme. |
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Anatoli Monastirski | MSc Money, Banking & Finance | 2011 | Germany | Anatoli's studies proved indispensable in getting a job with KPMG. |
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Georgia Bourmpou | MSc Money, Banking & Finance | 2011 | Greece | Georgia began working as a Junior Risk Manager for MDO Group in Luxembourg after completing her degree. |
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Ningjie Wang | MSc Money, Banking & Finance | 2011 | China | Ningjie is now a PhD student in the Economics Department at LUMS. |
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Eleni Papaspyrou | BSc Economics | 2010 | Cyprus | After completing her degree, Eleni took a job as an economics teacher back home in Cyprus. |
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William Connell | BA Business Economics | 2010 | United Kingdom | After completing his degree, William decided to study for a Masters degree in Economics in Paris. |
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Helen Laybourn | BSc Economics | 2010 | United Kingdom | Helen completed an internship with Lloyds Bank when on her degree, and now works for Deloitte as an Analyst Consultant. |
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Adam Hutchinson | BSc Economics | 2010 | United Kingdom | After completing his degree at Lancaster, Adam is studying for an MSc and PhD in Economics. |
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Nina Wang | MSc Money, Banking & Finance | 2010 | China | Nina now works as a Senior PR manager for the Bank of China Investment Management Company. |
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David Ixta | MSc Money, Banking & Finance | 2010 | Mexico | After completing his degree, David returned to work for his employer, Fira. |
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Muhammad Zulkifli Salim | MSc Money, Banking & Finance | 2010 | Indonesia | Muhammad is now a Senior Bank Analyst with Bank Indonesia |
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Natalie Kennedy | BA Business Economics | 2010 | United Kingdom | Natalie works in digital marketing for Fat Media. |
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Hanxi Wu | BSc Economics & Mathematics | 2009 | China | After graduation, Hanxi went to University College London to start an MSc in Economics. |
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Fiona Ferguson | BSc Economics | 2009 | United Kingdom | On graduating, Fiona joined E.ON and started her job with a one-year placement in Sweden. |
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Sarunas Cebelis | MSc Money, Banking & Finance | 2009 | Lithuania | Sarunas is now working as Head of Trading at Agrorodeo, a major grain exporter in the Baltic States. |
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Tatiana Boroditskaya | PhD Economics | 2008 | Russia | Tatiana completed the MSc in International Business at Lancaster before embarking on her PhD. |
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Paul Hinz | BSc Economics | 2008 | United Kingdom | Following graduation, Paul joined PricewaterhouseCoopers in Birmingham. |
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Vaiva Katinaite | BSc Economics | 2008 | Lithuania | After gaining her Economics degree Vaiva started an MPhil in Economics at Cambridge University. |
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Mate Munthali | BSc Finance & Economics | 2008 | Zambia | Mate is now a Researcher at the National Audit Office in Newcastle. |
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Vasilis Pappas | MSc Money, Banking & Finance | 2008 | Greece | Vasilis is now taking a PhD at LUMS on Islamic banking performance. |
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Adreene Staines | PhD Economics | 2006 | Jamaica | Having completed both her PhD and an MSc at LUMS, Adreene is now working for the University of Birmingham. |
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Rowena Shu-Chun Huang | MSc Money, Banking & Finance | 2006 | Taiwan | Rowena took a year out from her job as a manager at one of Taiwan's major banks to take the MSc in Money, Banking and Finance. |
