Thomas Brown42 Oxford StreetW1 BD2 LondonT 0789478945B Thomas.Brown@hotgmail.com

3 months notice periodBritish Citizenship

Work Experience

2013 – Today Bear Sterns, LondonMulti-Asset Strategist, Asset AllocationWorked closely with the CIO and other senior investment professionals toestablish house views and build optimized portfolios that reflect these views.Performed correlation analysis and fundamental research on multiple assetclasses to assess their relative attractiveness and risks associated. Identified,researched and delivered actionable investment ideas across sectors, regions,and themes, primarily within the equity markets.

2009 – 2013 Lehman Brothers Asset Management, LondonAssociate, Alternative InvestmentsEvaluated Equity (Global, Japan) and Fixed Income (HY, EMD, AbsoluteReturn) external asset managers as part of the manager selection process forinvestments by institutional and private clients.Actively contributed to the Fixed Income research meetings and challengeexisting positions as a member of the Fixed Income investment sub-committee.

2008 – 2009 Andersen Consulting, BirminghamOff cycle internship, banking sectorWorked on merge and acquisition projects in the financial industry.

Education

2007 – 2008 University of SurreyMSc in Finance, Awarded with highest distinctionMaster Thesis: Pricing hybrid options with binomial trees

2004 – 2007 Leeds Metropolitan UniversityBA (Hons) Business Management

2003 – 2004 Leeds Central CollegeA levels: Maths (A) English (B) Technology (B) Science (C)

Additional skills and achievements

LanguagesEnglish (native), Italian (fluent), Spanish (fluent).

ITC++ (advanced), Matlab (advanced), VBA (intermediate).

AchievementsCFA level 2, FSA registered.

MiscellaneousPart of the founding team of a Web 2.0 website for the university. Practiced fewlanguages used for web development, HTML, JavaScript, Ajax, Actionscript.Member of the university rugby Club. Guitar player, regular football player.