Muhammad Abdullah Iqbal.

Strategy & Regulation Summer Analyst

• Developed commercial assumptions and Excel-based financial models to evaluate a £25m reward-gap opportunity, sizing impact across leakage and internal flooding ODIs
• Built and maintained Power BI dashboards and KPI trackers to monitor initiative performance in real time, identifying key drivers of underperformance
• Assessed high-impact ODIs (CRI, C-MeX, GHG Emissions) for delivery feasibility, risk level, and ROI, contributing to SMT performance planning
• Prepared business review materials and SMT-facing presentations, communicating analysis clearly and informing decisions on feasibility, risk, and ROI

Junior Business Development Associate

• Coordinated planning, tracking, and delivery of a go-to-market initiative across product, marketing, and growth, contributing to a 24% increase in user adoption within six months
• Maintained CRM trackers and reporting materials supporting pipeline prioritisation, driving a 30% increase in qualified leads
• Coordinated 15+ client demos, growing client acquisition by 15% through structured positioning
• Built effective working relationships across EMEA, consolidating cross-functional stakeholder input, improving user satisfaction by 25%

Corporate Finance Shadowing

• Gained direct exposure to financial performance metrics, budgeting, and regulatory compliance frameworks within a tier-1 investment bank
• Analysed detailed financial reports, gaining insight into key performance indicators and forecasting processes
• Observed cross-functional collaboration processes for consolidating financial data across departments
• Built a working understanding of commercial decision-making within a regulated financial services environment

• Produced a business case and phased roadmap across 4 milestones, defining assumptions, success metrics, and 5 target personas
• Conducted competitive analysis of 8+ personal finance tools, consolidating findings into 3 key whitespace opportunities that shaped product direction
• Led product discovery across 10+ user interviews, translating findings into a backlog of 20+ prioritised features
• Achieved 87% categorisation accuracy and 14/15 usability testers completing tasks unaided, with a 4.1/5 AI insight relevance score

• Founded and designed the framework for a platform comparing real-life outcomes using sourced data rather than predictions
• Built an interactive prototype incorporating compound growth math, tax bands, cost-of-living data, and startup outcome statistics
• Structured trade-off evaluation across career changes, relocations, and financial decisions
• Scaffolding a production version using Next.js and Supabase, moving from prototype to deployable platform

University of Kent

BSc Business Information Technology · First Class Honours (1st)

• Product & Strategy: Project Management, Business Strategy, Enterprise & Entrepreneurship, Digital & Social Media Analytics
• Technical: Human-Computer Interaction, Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, Software Development, Database Systems