Thomas Christian Matenco

Working as fund/SPV administration for institutional clients. I prepare quarterly NAV reporting and variance commentary, review fund and SPV invoices across private equity, real estate, and private credit vehicles as one of four reviewers signing off on payment approval, and reconcile accounts with 1,200+ suppliers.

Started behind the bar. Twelve months later I was running the place. As Hospitality Manager at King Edward Royal Pub, I had full operational responsibility for a high-volume venue, revenue, suppliers, staffing, and customer relations that get tested on a busy Friday night. I built a data-driven scheduling model and trained 10+ team members, keeping service consistent even when we were slammed. Four years of that taught me to decide fast and manage without authority. Turns out that's useful outside hospi

Delivered high-standard food and beverage service at large-scale weddings and private events in a luxury four-star superior hotel, coordinating front-of-house teams under tight timelines to maintain service excellence in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.

A Master's that I treated less like a degree and more like a year to build things. I deployed a production-grade MLOps pipeline for real-time inventory risk prediction using FastAPI, MLflow, and Docker. I engineered a minimum variance portfolio across global ETFs that hit an out-of-sample Sharpe o

I had my second Erasmus experience at UCLL in Leuven, Belgium, where I explored Marketing and Management in depth. This time, I was more confident and easy-going, fully embracing the experience and making the most of every opportunity. Leuven is an amazing city for students, full of energy and div

I had my first Erasmus experience at CEU San Pablo University in Madrid, where I explored Macroeconomics and Microeconomics in depth. This opportunity was both challenging and rewarding, as it was my first long-term experience abroad, pushing me to adapt, organize myself effectively, and embrace ne

Graduated 100/110 in Digital Economics and Business, a degree that sits somewhere between an economics programme and a data science one, which suited me perfectly. Spent exchange semesters at UCLL Leuven in Belgium and CEU San Pablo in Madrid, which between them gave me a decent excuse to learn Du