Alex Jundi

Working as part of the investment team at Playfair, a sector agnostic pre-seed Venture Capital fund investing across the UK & Europe.

Sporadic personal investments in startups through crowdfunding. Investments to date: Monzo (2018) Passion Capital Fund III (2021) Moneybox (2022) Bancone (2022)

Reporting to the Founder / CEO, I support the senior leadership team on cross-functional projects. Taptap Send (backed by Balderton Capital, Spark Capital & Reid Hoffman) is a leading cross-border fintech helping immigrant communities send money to friends and family back home with lower costs, limited delays and increased convenience.

Reporting to the CEO. Ownership of product development and business operations. Responsibilities: > Ensuring all company operations are managed through the Farmlend platform and building automations for repetitive tasks > Leading the development of the customer-facing platform, onboarding clients, and ensuring product-related feedback is addressed > Additional ad-hoc responsibilities supporting the CEO and COO on all aspects of company building

Joined as employee #3. Reported to the CEO and supported the founding team across business intelligence & investor reporting, financial analysis, marketplace operations, product management. Backed by Entrepreneur First and LocalGlobe (£5m seed), Farmlend is improving how food is distributed globally by connecting growers with distributors around the world.

Worked cross-functionally to identify, prioritise and build CRM features for consumers & riders, driving growth in orders & deliveries. Responsibilities: > Product strategy and roadmap > Identifying, sizing and prioritising new initiatives > Experimentation, feature launches and performance monitoring

> Part of the team driving profitable growth at Deliveroo > Built business plans and performed financial modelling of strategic initiatives to support decision-making (focus areas: growth in international markets; monthly executive reporting; company-wide financial & strategic planning) Key Projects: • Worked with CFO to report top-level company performance to the Board • Worked with CTO and CPO to build the Tech Org people strategy and model associated costs • Worked with CBO on strategy and performance management of key international markets (Italy, Belgium, Netherlands)

• Delivered corporate and consumer strategy projects across several industries (experience in Consumer, Retail, Financial Services, Transport, Energy, Industrials) • Significant international experience including across Brazil, Colombia, Panama, Puerto Rico, the U.S., the Netherlands, Spain, and Switzerland • Promoted early twice due to strong performance scores -------------------------------------------------- Projects include: > Five-year global growth strategy for an aviation firm (Global) > Beyond banking growth opportunities for ING Bank (Netherlands) > Platform strategy for a large Latin American food retail business (Brazil) > New product innovation for a leading consumer goods company (USA) > Sustainability strategy for $3bn U.S. chemicals firm, Milliken & Co. (USA) > Five-year strategic transformation for a global energy business (Global) > Innovation strategy for a leading consumer goods company's R&D unit (Global)

Promoted early due to exceptional performance scores. On sabbatical (study leave) from November 2020 to June 2021 - completed a Master's at the University of Cambridge.

Promoted early due to exceptional performance scores.

Worked part-time at a fast-growing ecommerce start-up alongside master's studies. Responsibilities: > Strategy: international expansion, competitor and pricing analysis, new product initiatives > Operations: inventory forecasting & optimisation, customer service, recruitment

> Designed a Target Operating Model for a large London-based public services institution > Regularly presented to CXO level clients > Received strong feedback scores & offered graduate positions within two different teams

Work placement in Mexico City. • Conducted a data-intensive analytics project in order to improve client engagement • Advised on market entry strategy for British firms seeking to enter the Mexican market (sectors: Automotive, Construction, Consumer, Education) -------------------------------------------------- Projects include: > Pricing and Competitor Analysis for a UK Consumer Goods brand > Supply Chain Logistics for a Tier 1 Ford Motors supplier > Market Analysis and Strategic Alliance Advisory for a UK Construction firm > Strategic Alliance Advisory for a UK Education company Working in the extremely challenging environment of the aftermath of the US Presidential Election, which directly affected Mexico's business environment. Facing and overcoming several political & economic challenges was an extremely rewarding learning curve.

Selected from 2,000 applicants for a 10 week internship within the Business Design team. > Undertook market research, and worked on two proposals that resulted in sold work to new clients for over £220,000

Intensive master's degree at Cambridge Judge Business School exploring strategic change and innovation within organisations. Modules covering: Strategic Management, Game Theory & Information Economics, Statistical Analysis, Organisation Theory, Innovation, Research Methods Research: The effect of increased remote working on post-acquisition integration

Obtained First-Class Honours (top 10% of year group). Modules covering: Finance, Economics, Strategy, Marketing, Statistics, Accounting, Operations, Business Law, Spanish Year abroad spent in Mexico and Chile.

I hold a bilingual IB Diploma (English & French); 42/45 IB points (top 3% globally) is equivalent to 654 UCAS points.

Semester Abroad in Santiago, Chile (March - July 2017). Modules: Game Theory, Finance, Data Analytics, Strategic Operations Management