Olayinka Afolabi

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EDUCATION
Loughborough University September 2013 - current
Business, Economics & Finance BSc
Beths Grammar School, Bexley September 2011 June 2013
A-levels: Economics (A), History (A), Mathematics (C)
AS-levels: Government & Politics (B)
St Pauls Academy, Abbey Wood September 2006 June 2011
GCSEs: 10 A*-C including Maths (A), English Language (A)
Won award for Achievement in English in Year 11

WORK EXPERIENCE
SEO London PWC Insight Day (Upcoming) July 2014
Powerlist Foundation/Deloitte Leadership Programme (Upcoming) July 2014
Citi Bank, Graduate Recruitment Focus Group April 2014
Increased my knowledge of Citis graduate recruitment process and website. Worked cohesively group of
7 offered Citi recruiters tips on how they could improve their website relative to their competitors
Increased my commercial awareness, as I was given an opportunity to network with employees. Was given
an insight in the versatility of Investment Banking, further developing my understanding
Marks & Spenser, General/Sales Assistant June September 2013
Established my interpersonal and communication through working cohesively with staff and customers.
Consistently showed a willingness to learn by taking on unfamiliar tasks, grasping new things quickly
Increased my ability to cooperate with others as I worked with various teams and always sought to ensure
team goals and targets were reached, targets which were often was surpassed
Showed initiative to suggest a better method of pricing down goods which were due to be out of date
Was offered to have my contract increased pass a temporary basis

POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY
President of the Loughborough African & Caribbean Society May 2014
Directed the activities of the society; managed the committee and participated in liaising with sponsors,
members and other organisations
Developed relationships within the society through implemented more integration between students of
different ages, increased the versatility of the society by expanding the variety of events on offer
Improved the professionalism of the society, through more detailed plans and information for members.
Ensured that our end of year ball ran smoothly, with our highest attendance ever
Black/Ethnic Minorities Officer at Loughborough Students Union November 2013 - June 2014
Led a section of the welfare and diversity team, which gave ethnic students a voice within the university,
for example on issues such as blacking up
Led and worked in a team which initiated campaigns on controversial issues, establishing the Ethnic
Minorities Network in the process but also expanded awareness on the zero tolerance stance on racism
Programme Representative for Business, Economics & Finance BSc November 2013 - June 2014
Liaised with senior members of staff on concerns, areas for improvement and suggested improvements
from students, on how the course is run
Co-ordinated a Facebook page and email account in which students could drop in their concerns
Successfully built three reports in which were passed onto staff and the union at meetings

INTERESTAND ACHIEVEMENTS
2012/13 Top Goal Scorer at Beths Grammar, winners of the KSFA league
2012/13 School Prefect & School Council Year 13
2010/11 French Cup (Kent) winner, with St Pauls Academy
Literature I have a love and passion for underground blogging, poetry and spoken word performances
Sports School first team representation for Football, Basketball and Gaelic Football

SKILLS
Languages Fluent in English (native) and Yoruba (conversational with limited writing ability)
IT Skills Proficient on MS Office (Word, Powerpoint, Excel)