1. Jamie Naik
Profile
My goal is to find a career that is both challenging and fulfilling at a firm that expects
a lot from its employees and rewards them when they excel in their duties. What
motivates me is the constant need to improve and to adapt which requires intense
focus and the ability to take the initiative.
Personal Details
 Home Address: Callerton Hall, High Callerton, Northumberland
NE20 9TT
 Term Address: Girton College, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge
CB3 0JG
 Mobile Telephone: 07926171741 Home Telephone:
01661820310
 E-mail: jamienaik96@gmail.com
 Education: 2014 – present – Girton College, Cambridge
BA Economics
Expected Degree Grade : 2.1
2003 - 2013 - Royal Grammar School,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Experience
 Tata Trusts, various locations, India – July – September 2016 (9 weeks)
 Conducted a social cost benefit analysis of the Integration of Technology
in Education (ITE) programme as part of Tata’s Corporate Social
Responsibility programme
 Demonstrated initiative and motivation to find new alternatives when
much of the data I was promised could not be provided
 Having done extensive fieldwork in schools in West Bengal and Assam I
also created an index to rank the schools and detail improvements for the
ITE programme

2.  Learned how to interact and communicate with others in a business and
personal context despite facing a language barrier
 Basil Partners, Mumbai, India - February - March 2014 (4 weeks)
 Analysed due diligence reports and investment contracts
 I gained some basic accountancy skills in updating current account
balance sheets
 Researched firms on the Bombay Stock Exchange and
recommended some promising firms for investment
 Analysed macroeconomic reports published by major banks to
explore what influences general sentiment on the stock market
 GlucoRx Ltd, Woking, UK - August - September 2014 (4 weeks)
 Compiled databases of sales coverage in different products and
different areas allowing the company to target their marketing
strategy more effectively; this allowed me to improve my Excel
skills
 Present in board meetings where I was able to study the structure
and organisation of the company whilst noticing the relationship
between the day-to-day running of the firm and its long term
programme
 Researched and produced reports on new products which the
company was interested in selling
 National Federation of Retail Newsagents (NFRN), London, UK - January –
February 2014 (4 weeks)
 Observed strategic board meetings to understand how members’
needs were being satisfied
 Produced action lists to better fulfil members’ needs
 Sourced a range of products to be sold to the 15,000 NFRN
members on the NFRN website
Communicated with members about what they wanted on the range
and negotiated with suppliers about what they could offer based on
prices and quantities to create a final range
 Involved in making the presentation for the quarterly NFRN-
Commercial Board meeting and forecasting future sales revenues
improving my PowerPoint and Excel skills and gained experience of
working to deadlines
 Farnley Tower Hotel & Gourmet Spot Restaurant, Durham, UK -
July – September 2011 (6 weeks)
August – September 2012 (4 weeks)
June – July 2014 (5 weeks)

3.  Farnley Tower Hotel & Gourmet Spot Restaurant, The Avenue, Durham,
DH1 4DX
 Hotel duties included checking-in customers and dealing with queries,
servicing bedrooms, taking bookings and using the computer system to
record bookings
 Restaurant duties included waitering and kitchen assistance
 I enhanced my interpersonal skills and developed an ability to
create a good rapport with customers
 I improved my time management skills in having to complete a
variety of tasks in a limited time
Qualifications
 First Year University Grade:
Economics BA: 2.1
 A-Level Grades:
Mathematics: A* Further Mathematics: A*
Economics: A* Physics: A*
 Additional AS-Level Grades:
Chemistry: A
 GCSE Grades: 10 A*’s
Activities and Interests
 Member of the school’s debating society for three years (2010-13)
I am more able to evaluate and analyse arguments whilst also giving me
improved confidence and a better presentation technique
 Volunteering at Bridgewater Primary School (2011-2, 6 months)
Helping disadvantaged primary school children in my local area to with
their reading and writing skills every week gave me a sense of
responsibility, compassion and maturity
 Economics Summer School at University of London Union (Summer
2011, 1 week)
We were able to engage with economics in more depth than at
school and I was able to discuss economic principles and their
applications to current affairs
 Member of Bank of England Target 2.0 Competition Team (2012-13, 5
months)

4. Working in a team allowed us to specialise our research in certain
areas individually, which we then brought together to create a
detailed picture of the economy as a whole which we used to
develop some policy solutions.
I gained experience using Excel and analysing data on the ONS
website
Additional Information
 During my second year at Cambridge we have used the Stata statistical
package for our Econometrics paper; these skills were practiced in a
project at the end of the year
 Awarded the Trevor Fenwick Economics Prize at school for outstanding
work throughout the year
 Made an economics prefect which involved helping my peers with their
work
 I was moved up a year at school due to my academic ability allowing
me to complete my GCSEs at the age of 14 and I was 16 at the time I
sat my A2-levels.