Tristan Pirouz

• As a strategy analyst at JAJ, I advised clients on the feasibility, capital structure and requirements of upcoming or existing projects or companies. • Projects have spanned over real estate (residential; retail; commercial; hospitality; or mixed use), industrial and other service sectors in the GCC region.

• Primarily consists of client relationship building. Liaising between individual clients. • Also in charge of constructing an internal control system to support the expansion of six new representative offices.

• Seasonal Work • Exhibitions I took part in are the following; Bread and Butter (Barcelona); Premium (Berlin); Who is Next (Paris); and the CPD (Düsseldorf). • Acquired selling skills through direct interaction with customers and clients. • Led a team of three at the Premium Summer exhibition 2011. 30% of sales were new customers, demonstrating effective sales and team leadership skills. • Other responsibilities included product quality checks and on time delivery.

• Building an infrastructure to facilitate a large interaction within the Hub community • Result: 5 recommendations, 4 of which were integrated in the clients Business model.

• Worked along side a McKinsey team on a strategic financial services feasibility study • Acquired banking skills through exposure to various departments in the bank such as the Investor Relations Department, International Department and the Financial Department.

• Led a team of five, ranking 2nd (from 14) in Enterprise Development Competition. Marked by Venture Capitalist, Rainmaking. • Outstanding Open Innovation Project. Consulted and presented to client, Hub Westminster • Thesis: Crowdsourcing: A study of how crowdsourcing could be used by SME’s

• Awarded with best coursework of the year in ‘Business, Sustainability and Society’ (83%) • Awarded joint best presentation for ‘Modern Business in Corporative Perspective’ (80%)