Editorial & Production Leader Equity & Fixed Income Research

LAUREN MANDY

BASIC DETAILS

Date of Birth: ** February 1978

Email: ***********@*****.***

Citizenship: South African

Languages: English (first language), Afrikaans, Basic Russian EDUCATION

****-**03 University of Cape Town, Business Science Honours (Information Systems) Dean’s Merit List

1996 – 1998 Bachelor of Architectural Studies

Entrance of Merit Scholarship

1992 – 1995 Herschel Senior School, Cape Town

Head of School, Dux of School

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2009 – present: Aton Capital Moscow

Head of Editorial and Production, Research

Management of the Research Editorial and Production function from scheduling to publication, including but not limited to:

• Editing and proofreading fixed income and equity research reports, daily products, news commentary and ad hoc notes to ensure clarity, coherence, and congruence. This may include partial or extensive rewrites as well as restructuring to ensure that each report goes to clients in a readable, accurate, and commercially effective state in terms of the English, content, message, structure, argument, and numbers.

• Development of custom Word and Excel templates for the Research Department, including Styles, colour palettes, chart templates, Quick Parts, macros, and themes, and liaison with the product automation team to enhance functionality and link the templates to the web and database

• Management of the editing and publication schedule to ensure the best use of resources

• Coordination of printed materials for the London and Moscow offices as well as for analyst marketing trips.

• Voted Research Department ‘Employee of the Year’ in 2009 for exceptional service 2007 – 2009 Renaissance Capital, Moscow, Russia

Financial Editor, Research

• Editing of highly technical equity, fixed income, and economics research reports, alerts, and news items

• Editing and production supervision of two daily morning products, the CIS Morning Monitor, and the African Morning Monitor that provided clients with a review of the Russian and African markets, respectively

• Catching and correcting inconsistencies between texts and financial charts and tables; maintaining quality of language, house style, and accuracy

• Working to tight deadlines to ensure that reports were relevant, and news was still fresh

• Liaison with research analysts to produce final, print-quality reports

• Basic html coding to load reports onto the company website 2005 – 2007 JPMorgan Chase & Co, Johannesburg, South Africa Marketing Assistant, Equity Derivatives Group, Institutional Marketing 2004 – 2005: JPMorgan Chase & Co, New York

Global Finance, Global Projects Office

2004: JPMorgan Chase & Co, Johannesburg, South Africa Vhukoni Financial Services Programme (Graduate Trainee Programme) SKILLS

• Excellent editing skills, with a superb command of English and an eye for detail

• Strong technical proficiency in MS Office programmes (Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint)

• Good working knowledge of VBA

• Excellent understanding of the financial markets and related terminology

• A tactful approach when dealing with authors

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written

• Ability to work to strict deadlines and manage and prioritise workflow to ensure that deadlines are met

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