A panel of professionals in the private and public sectors of the financial world discuss how studying Economic History has given them specific insights or advantages in their work, and how the skills of an economic historian can transfer to these sector. Economic History students will gain a better understanding of how their discipline and skill set can be leveraged when choosing this career, including when selecting and applying for internships.

The event comprises a panel discussion, audience questions, with time for networking after the event.

Panellists Ian McLennan – Triple Point Investment Management

Ian graduated with an MSc in Economic History from LSE in 2017. Ian was a mature student with his interest in Economic History having been sparked by a career in investment research. He was the Global Equity Strategist for the hedge fund, Brevan Howard, and before that was Asian Equity Strategist for UBS, based out of Hong Kong. He started his career as a portfolio manager at what is now Blackrock. For the last eight years Ian has been a partner at Triple Point Investment Management, a venture capital and private lending firm

Niall Murphy, HM Treasury

Niall currently works at the Treasury as a Policy Adviser on their Graduate Development Programme. He completed a BA in Trinity College Dublin in Economics and History from 2010-2014. He did the MSc Economic History at LSE in 2016-17.

Matilde Durazzano 

Third Year BSc Economic History student, recently completed internship with Barclays Equity Research Devision, and will be taking up full time post there after graduation.

Moderators

Dr Peter Cirenza, Tikehau Capital/ LSE

Peter runs the London office and heads the Private Equity and Special Situations Investing business for Tikehau Capital, an alternative asset management and investment firm. Peter previously worked for 20 years at Goldman Sachs in New York, London and Tokyo, where he helped to develop the firm’s proprietary special situations financing and investment operations in North America, Europe and Asia. Peter has also taught and advised students in the Economic History Department at the London School of Economics and Political Science since 2009. He currently lectures on British economic and business history since 1945. Peter holds a BA degree in History from Brown University, an MBA degree in Finance from Columbia University Graduate School of Business, an MSc degree in Economic History (Research) and a PhD degree in Economic History from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Xin Teh

Third year BSc Economics and Economic History student, recently completed internship with Bloomberg Global Data Department