LSE Act.Count.Think
by London School of Economics and Political Science · 14 episodes
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LSE Act.Count.Think is a student-led podcast that serves as a platform for professionals and scholars to share their insights in order to keep you updated with the most pressing matters in business and finance. The conversation is conducted by Ronojit Dasgupta(2020/21), Lewis Patterson (2019/20) and Danyal Adnan (2018/19), MSc Accounting and Finance students at The London School of Economics and Political Science.
Latest episodes
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15 min
Episode 14 - Olivia Chan: Alternative Careers as an Accounting and Finance student
Act.Count.Think host Ronojit talks to Olivia Chan, a Global Systems Expert at AB InBev. Olivia discusses her unconventional journey into the world of IT Consulting after graduating…
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23 min
Episode 13 - Joachim Klement: ESG Roadblocks in 2021 (Part 1)
Act.Count.Think host Ramesh talks to Joachim Klement, currently an investment strategist at Liberum and has previously served at Credit Suisse and UBS. In the first episode of this…
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26 min
Episode 12 - Adriano Sbroscia: Sustainable investment in action with Sequoia Investment Management
In this episode, ACT hosts Ronojit and Ramesh chat with Adriano Sbroscia, an analyst at Sequoia Investment Management. Adriano talks about how the Sequoia Economics Infrastructure…
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36 min
Episode 11 - Finance Function Disrupted and What It Means For the Accounting & Finance Role
Professor Dr. Alnoor Bhimani, former Head of LSE's Department of Accounting, gives us an exciting glimpse of his upcoming book titled 'Accounting Disrupted'. Professor Bhimani disc…
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23 min
Danyal and Lewis: Implications of COVID & Brexit on recruitment
Hosted by a fresh new team of vibrant Accounting students, the third season of the podcast is back in all its glory. In the first episode, our host Ronojit Dagupta interviews the h…
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15 min
Deborah Taylor: ESG Investing and Equity Research
ACT Hosts Reeva Rathod and Lewis Patterson speak with Deborah Taylor, who was previously a Director at Barclays Investment Bank, focusing on Sustainable and Thematic Research. Debo…
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27 min
Dennis Sugrue: Credit Ratings Agencies and ESG Factors
Lewis Patterson chats with Dennis Sugrue, a Senior Director at Credit Rating Agency S&P Global Ratings. Dennis discusses the important role Credit Rating Agencies play in the marke…
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25 min
Nick Anderson: IFRS® Standards and the "End of Accounting"
In a new season of Act.Count.Think, LSE student Lewis Patterson chats with Nick Anderson, ex-Portfolio Manager and Head of Equity Research at Janus Henderson Investors, who now sit…
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24 min
Plamen Monovski: All Things Investing
Plamen Monovski is a seasoned investor who helped build the emerging markets team at Blackrock, and served as Managing Director there before joining Renaissance Asset Management as…
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16 min
Georgia Stevenson: Breaking Into Venture Capital
In this episode, LSE student Danyal Adnan sits with Georgia Stevenson, Associate at Northzone, a global early-stage VC fund. Danyal asks Georgia about her journey from being a mana…
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22 min
Puja Turner: Debt Capital Markets in Emerging Economies
Puja Turner is Executive Director and Head of CEEMEA Loan Finance at J.P. Morgan. Puja completed her MBA from Wharton and went on to lead capital markets teams at top banks like De…
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21 min
Julian Macedo: Trends in European M&A
We chat with Julian Macedo, founder of transaction management consultancy The Deal Team and former Head of CEEMEA ECM at Barclays, on the current trends in European M&A. We also as…
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13 min
Dr. Ishrat Husain: Pakistan's Financial Crisis
We chat with Dr. Ishrat Husain about Pakistan's balance of payment crisis and the economic imbalances that have led the emerging market economy to seek yet another IMF bailout. Dr.…
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21 min
Ken Lee: Pursuing a Career in Investment Banking
Ken Lee is an MSc Programme Director at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), prior to which he was the Head of Equity Research EMEA at Barclays. In this epis…