Sarah Luksic
Student at Bocconi | HKUST
Professional Status
Nearing graduation
Available
About Me
I am currently pursuing the last year of the CEMS Program in International Management, jointly between Bocconi University and HKUST Business School. My academic journey, which took place among three different continents, Europe, North America and Asia, will be successfully completed in August 2018. From high-school I actively started to put great emphasis on excelling in both academics and professional work. All my experiences shaped my competitive and hardworking personality, while developing a strong set of soft skills which I believe are fundamental across all sectors.
Finance, Accounting and Control Analyst
Amagis Capital
June 2017
to August 2017
- Improved risk management and compliance management, analysing both investment funds and wrap accounts under different legislations (UCITS, AIF, PIF and MIFID), with total worth of € 500mln.
- Supervised the in-principle approval process for a € 100mln fund, defining the road-map with the Maltese regulator (MFSA), while scrutinising Prospectus, KIID and Memorandum together with the management team.
- Mapped pre-trade and post-trade adjustments necessary for Amagis to comply with MIFID II requirements.
- Worked with the CRO to develop a cyber security consulting service, supporting with in-depth research and data gathering.
Business Development Intern
Satispay
April 2015
to August 2015
- Co-headed the project launch team determining customer acquisition strategy and formalised the marketing plan by
organising 5 events with a total budget of € 100k. - Mapped customer profiles through data analytics, defining the target users and identifying the natural brand ambassadors,
leading to the structuring of a new customer acquisition project - Monitor merchant’s acquisition processes, directly engaging in research, negotiation, contract and final set-up with them.
Head of Sales and Business Development
JEME Bocconi
Since February 2016
- Managed a team of 5 people consulting a German leader in the beauty care industry developing its market entry strategy in Italy, with focus on distribution chain and competitive landscape supported by primary data gathering
- Evaluated the Italian Asset Management industry landscape for Deloitte Luxembourg, delivering a 50 pages white paper addressed to the industry-leaders
- Supported the turnaround of a € 7mln NGO by restructuring the accounting system and rationalising the marketing strategy.
- Drafted a market analysis for a € 2bln e-commerce firm aimed at analysing its competitive positioning.
- Italian (Native)
- Croatian (Native)
- English (Fluent)
- German (Fluent)
- MS Office Suite: Proficient (tutor IT for Bocconi University)
- Bloomberg LP
- Qualtrics
- ECDL Core Certificate
‣ HKUST elected 1st in Asian Top 200 Young Universities (2017)
‣ Scholarship: Full-tuition (€24k) waiver granted for overachieving academic profiles
‣ GPA Bocconi: 28.7/30 | GPA HKUST: 4.0/4.0
‣ Scholarship: Full-tuition (€24k) waiver granted for overachieving academic profiles
‣ GPA Bocconi: 28.7/30 | GPA HKUST: 4.0/4.0
‣ UC Berkeley ranked as 1st public university in the world (2017)
‣ Research Project: Empirical measurement on corruption distribution in Italy
‣ GPA: 4.0/4.0
‣ Research Project: Empirical measurement on corruption distribution in Italy
‣ GPA: 4.0/4.0
‣ Final Thesis: “First movers vs. fast followers: empirical evidence of successful newcomers”.
‣ Graduation grade: 110/110 cum laude
‣ GPA: 29.7/30
‣ Graduation grade: 110/110 cum laude
‣ GPA: 29.7/30
- Gym enthusiast (goal of running 10km in 45 min)
- Rock Climber (in search for new spots)
- Travel Passionate (visited more than 30 countries across 3 continents)
- Bain Business Course: Selected for a full week of training and real consultancy work in different Bain practices (gaming, luxury, consumer goods, financial services and corporate restructuring).
- GIBI: worked for a luxury shop and e-commerce, planning its entire social media strategy and branding; participated in the supply process by attending fashion shows, fairs and following negotiation processes with distributors.
- In - Company Trainings (Zalando, Accenture, Rocket Internet): Selected for different In-Company trainings organised by Rocket Internet, Zalando and Applift in Berlin; and Accenture in the Milan office.
- Mentors4U: selected as mentee from the non-profit initiative that aims at connecting business leaders with professional experiences at global firms with top 250 students from the world.
- Hong Kong Talent Night: co-organised the initiative with selected 60+ participants from top universities, contributed by finding speakers and sponsors, setting up operations and marketing the initiative among the FinTech ecosystem in HK.
