Meet the Team - Stephen Barnett
Introduction
Stephen has a diverse background, beginning as an Investment Banker in both London and New York. He then transitioned to become the founder and CEO of Util, a disruptive financial technology company that utilised machine learning to gauge the impact of every listed company on the most critical social and environmental issues of our time.
All these experiences culminated in his current role at AmplifyME, where he initially joined as the Head of Schools and now serves as the Director of Corporate Finance.
Stephen has a diverse background, beginning as an Investment Banker in both London and New York. He then transitioned to become the founder and CEO of Util, a disruptive financial technology company that utilised machine learning to gauge the impact of every listed company on the most critical social and environmental issues of our time.
All these experiences culminated in his current role at AmplifyME, where he initially joined as the Head of Schools and now serves as the Director of Corporate Finance.
Tell us more about your role, and what got you here?
So, when the opportunity arose to build a range of simulations, covering all areas of Corporate and Investment Banking, I jumped at the opportunity.
What was the driving force? and how do they impact both universities and early careers programmes at graduate level?
For financial institutions, we provide immersive and engaging attraction, spring week, internship programmes and graduate training which help boost student offer uptake and retention, whilst also providing detailed assessment analytics in support of high quality, diverse campus recruitment programmes.
For financial institutions, we provide immersive and engaging attraction, spring week, internship programmes and graduate training which help boost student offer uptake and retention, whilst also providing detailed assessment analytics in support of high quality, diverse campus recruitment programmes.
The game-changing, open access M&A simulation led to an innovative Investment Banking Pathway, in partnership with UBS. Can you tell us more about this?
We teamed up with UBS at the beginning of the year to help deliver our Investment Banking pathway to thousands of students and graduates across the world. Working in the US, EMEA and APAC, we deliver our initial M&A simulation, for free, to students from a wide range of universities and backgrounds.
Candidates who ace the first round are invited to our Investment Banking Academy – an immersive ‘assessment centre’ experience, where we can identify the very highest potential students for UBS’s global internship programmes.
This partnership puts UBS at the forefront of innovations in campus recruitment, helping to spread the net wider, increasing the diversity of applications and candidates for their right first role in finance.
We teamed up with UBS at the beginning of the year to help deliver our Investment Banking pathway to thousands of students and graduates across the world. Working in the US, EMEA and APAC, we deliver our initial M&A simulation, for free, to students from a wide range of universities and backgrounds.
Candidates who ace the first round are invited to our Investment Banking Academy – an immersive ‘assessment centre’ experience, where we can identify the very highest potential students for UBS’s global internship programmes.
This partnership puts UBS at the forefront of innovations in campus recruitment, helping to spread the net wider, increasing the diversity of applications and candidates for their right first role in finance.
You’re an expert in breaking down difficult concepts around banking to young people. What can the education system do to improve finance knowledge to a wide range of students?
Where do I start!
Firstly, financial education must be
introduced early on, at primary school if possible. The longer we go without
teaching young people about finance, the more intimidating it becomes – lots of
adults bury their head in the sand because they don’t have the confidence or
understanding to make sound financial decisions. Secondly, maths needs to be taught, in part, with
personal finance in mind (e.g. compounding!).
Thirdly, finance must be made relevant (and fun) for young people – I am a massive fan of getting young people to invest and follow a single stock. Innovations in cash-cards for young people are also very positive.
And finally, zooming out a little, I see knowledge of
finance, banking and wider economic system as having a bit of a superpower – if
everyone knew a little more about how the system worked, we would understand
better how to navigate recessions, savings, mortgages, careers, pensions, and
everything else in between.
Where do I start!
Firstly, financial education must be
introduced early on, at primary school if possible. The longer we go without
teaching young people about finance, the more intimidating it becomes – lots of
adults bury their head in the sand because they don’t have the confidence or
understanding to make sound financial decisions.Secondly, maths needs to be taught, in part, with personal finance in mind (e.g. compounding!).
Thirdly, finance must be made relevant (and fun) for young people – I am a massive fan of getting young people to invest and follow a single stock. Innovations in cash-cards for young people are also very positive.
And finally, zooming out a little, I see knowledge of
finance, banking and wider economic system as having a bit of a superpower – if
everyone knew a little more about how the system worked, we would understand
better how to navigate recessions, savings, mortgages, careers, pensions, and
everything else in between.
Finally, tell us something we probably don’t already know about you
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