SHEENA SAHIBDEEN
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EXPERIENCE
Gerson Lehrman Group
New York, NY
**/** - ******* ****** ******* - Client Solutions
. Build and manage client relationships by providing
customized consulting and research solutions to the
investment community, corporations, and non-profit
organizations within multiple industry sectors
. Maintain knowledge of current trends impacting relevant
industries to generate event ideas including webcasts,
private visits, on-demand visits, survey groups, and
roundtables
. Recruit and develop associations with leading industry
experts within global industry sectors
Moody's Corporation
New York, NY
06/09 - 09/10 Events Manager - Global Public Finance Events & Outreach
. Develop and deliver strategic event plans to promote and
showcase Moody's products via premium, market, and mass
market activities; events include one-on-one meetings,
conferences, product launches, briefings, roundtables,
teleconferences, and third party meetings
. Consult and collaborate with business heads in Product
Strategy, Sales, and Moody's Investor Service to ensure
event plans meet client retention and business development
objectives
. Manage the full lifecycle of events including target lists,
invitations, budgets, venue selection and price
negotiation, agenda development, A/V services, and post-
event reconciliation and ROI analyses
UBS Investment Bank
New York, NY
11/06 - 02/09 Project Manager & Event Marketer - Investment Banking
Marketing & Communications
. Successfully managed the end-to-end execution of over 150
deal and non-deal related roadshows to support significant
corporate events for UBS' Fortune 500 clients
. Deal roadshows included marketing-related efforts to
existing/potential investors for corporate transactions led by UBS'
investment banking department (e.g., IPO of Visa, equity offering by
Kraft)
. Non-deal roadshows included investor relations efforts on behalf of
UBS clients and marketing-related efforts for UBS products and
services (e.g., UBS' annual equity research team roadshow)
. Partnered with Investment Banking, Equity Capital Markets,
Research Analysts, and Sales to deliver deal and non-deal
related analyst marketing, company marketing, field-trips
and industry events
. Designed tracking tool to rate satisfaction related to
hotels, transportation, and group function venues
08/05 - 11/06 Campus Recruiter& Event Coordinator - Investment Banking
Human Resources
. Responsible for relationship management and program marketing, and end-
to-end recruiting for the Investment Bank's Analyst Program; managed
two junior assistant recruiters
. Managed on-campus and on-site events from inception to completion
including budgeting and cost management, development and
implementation of recruiting strategy, recruiting event planning and
execution for the New York, California, Texas, and Illinois offices
EDUCATION
08/01-05/05 Tufts University
Medford, MA
. Bachelor of Arts in English with a Minor in Communications
and Media Studies, May 2005
. Successfully completed a series of internship positions
with WHDH-NBC (Boston), NBC-Olympics (Greece), Fox Cable
Network (New York), and Bertelsmann Music Group (New York)
06/00-08/00 Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
. Selected and successfully completed Harvard's college
preparation program
SKILLS, INTERESTS, AND HONORS
. Fluent in Portuguese; working knowledge of Spanish
. Proficient in Microsoft Office, Salesforce, MAC, RADAR,
HRi, InSite, ExactTarget, Zoomerang, Straumann
. Interests include volunteer work, travel, reading, music,
and dance
. Honored speaker at Tufts Communications Night and featured
in the Tufts Daily Newspaper