Pierre-Jean Geoffroy
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EDUCATION
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY New York, NY
The Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
MS in Mathematics in Finance (expected January 2014)
Current coursework: finance (Black Scholes formula, CAPM, binomial trees), mathematics
(Ito calculus, Monte Carlo simulation) and computing (Java applied to financial models)
Future coursework: portfolio management and optimization, algorithmic trading, local and
stochastic volatility models, interest rates models
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE Paris, France
National Graduate School of Engineering, Business and Management
Ranked first engineering school in France (September 2009 August 2012)
Specialized in Quantitative Economics and Finance (CAPM theory, stochastic calculus, asset
pricing in the derivative market, econometrics, corporate finance, micro/macroeconomics)
in cooperation with HEC Paris Business School
Coursework: Optimization, Markov chains, Martingales, Statistics, PDE
LYCEE LOUIS-LE-GRAND Paris, France
Post secondary preparation program (September 2007 June 2009)
Coursework: Linear/Bilinear Algebra, Euclidian and Hermitian spaces, DE, Series
EXPERIENCE
BARCLAYS INVESTMENT BANKING DIVISION Paris, France
Intern, M&A team (April 2012 August 2012)
Researched information on target companies, on previous M&A deals or on potential buyers,
and then synthesized it creating presentation slides for meetings with customers
Collected data on Private Equity investments on the French market to enable the development
of Barclays French Private Equity analysis branch
Presented a paper on the impact of transparency and opacity on a firm value
FRENCH EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON Washington, DC
Intern, Department for Technologies and Sciences (July 2011 August 2011)
Accomplished a mapping of French scientists in the United States and created a new SQL
database to facilitate the management and updating of the data
Acted as contact point, representing the embassy during scientific conferences in Washington
LYCEE ALBERT EINTEIN Sainte Genevi ve des Bois, France
Teaching Assistant (September 2009 May 2010)
Instructed and evaluated students in Sciences courses and developed cultural activities
Represented Polytechnique during colloquiums on equal-opportunity policy
SKILLS AND OTHER
Programming language: Scilab, Java
Software: Microsoft Office, LaTeX
Language: French (Native), English (Fluent), Spanish (Fluent)
Honors: Received an Outstanding Investment reward at the Ecole Polytechnique