Hason Sandhu, Executive Director
Hason has more than seven years exposure to SEO, initially as a volunteer mentor before taking on responsibility for managing the programme. Prior to joining SEO he worked as a senior consultant for Bain & Company, the strategic management consultancy firm. At Bain Hason worked in the private equity practice covering Financial Services, TMT, Healthcare and Sports.
Hason began his City career at Clifford Chance, where he qualified as a solicitor in the corporate practice. Hason completed his Law degree at Oxford University in 1996 and went on to Guildford Law School to complete his CPE the following year.
Krishna Shah, Associate Director
Krishna joined SEO in 2008 from Lehman Brothers and participated in the SEO programme in 2004, interning at Lehman in the Fixed Income division before joining there full-time in 2005. At Lehman, she worked in the Foreign Exchange department for three years, trading FX Forwards and Short Term Interest Rate products. Krishna received an MEng in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College.
Carmen Wan, Programme Coordinator
Carmen joined SEO in summer 2008 and graduated with a degree in Microbiology and Biochemistry from Queen Mary University. During her university years, Carmen was a student ambassador and worked with sixth form students to raise their awareness of further education opportunities. She previously worked as a recruitment consultant specialised in recruiting within Private equity and Hedge funds.
Mariana Williams, Office Manager
Mariana joined SEO in September 2008 from Merrill Lynch International Bank. She spent three years in Global Wealth Management as Assistant Client Relationship Manager in the European Financial Advisory Centre. Prior to this Mariana also spent two years in Osaka, Japan on the Japanese Exchange Teaching Programme providing language tuition and developing international relations in preparatory schools through to universities of the region. Mariana received a BA Honours degree in English Literature from the University of the West of England, Bristol.