Ilja Velickis, CFA

The role involves the end-to-end execution and management of the Venture Debt Fund's investment process from sourcing of investment opportunities to signing investment deals and subsequent portfolio management. Additionally, I am involved in setting up the Fund's and Flashpoint's operational processes

Supporting the Bank's Strategic Vendor Partnerships Programmes by being the junior relationship manager for a set of strategic suppliers. Preparing Senior Executive and Board Level meetings by identifying key topics of interest for the key stakeholders, analysing gaps in the relationship and aligning the agenda with the Bank's and particular business units' strategies. Supporting Management Board and COO ExCo members by providing timely, concise and insightful supplier intelligence to enable important decision-making and resolution of critical issues. Engaging in revenue enablement and revenue protection activities by liaising with a broad set of senior stakeholders in the Front and Back Offices and ensuring information alignment where a vendor-client relationship overlap exists. Supporting the team with improving internal processes and simplifying/automating manual work and identifying innovative solutions to foster efficiency.

Graduate analyst role in Global Technology featuring 4 three-month long rotations in Innovation Labs, Markets Clearing, FX Prime Brokerage and Risk. o InnovationLabs Supported a blockchain initiative through ownership of vendor on-boarding, knowledge transfer and presentation of demo product to COO and senior management across the bank. Engaged in day-to-day management of a pilot project which progressed to integration stage. Supported operations of the Lab, initiated a review of the Lab’s operating model. o FXPrimeBrokerage Researched existing trade flow, analysed options for enhancement, uncovering a potential annual cost saving of €350,000 and presented the results to the management. Recommendation was embraced. Successfully supported multiple application releases through ownership of the user testing phases.

• Audit Assistant role Carried out tests of internal controls, ensured compliance with regulatory framework. Reconciled financial statements with supporting accounting data. Proposed audit solutions which improved efficiency and resulted in lower costs. • Tax Assistant role Drafted Transfer Pricing Policy documents. Conducted benchmarking tests to determine the applicable transfer price. All projects were completed within deadlines and accepted by the clients. Developed an Excel tool in VBA to compute Transfer Pricing Policy consistent loan interest rates. The tool was sold to company's clients. Worked up to an "Outstanding/Highly efficient" performance ranking, according to the senior colleagues reviews.

• Conducted quantitative analysis of financial statements, which aided due diligence processes in my team. • Drafted reports of the bank’s operations for the Latvian subsidiary, saving time for senior employees. • Ensured the completeness of the documentation related to issued loans and clients.

• 1st Class Honours Degree • Awarded a “Scholarship for Academic Excellence" (2011, 2013, 2014) • Awarded the Highest Year 1 Grade prize • Awarded the Highest Year 3 Grade prize • Awarded the Highest Degree Grade prize