OC PROFILE Dahlia Dana (S95)
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“ I’m very fortunate in that I love what I do… If you want a career in anything, you have to enjoy it…”
I had a wonderful time at Charterhouse and still stay in touch with my Charterhouse friends. It was a real privilege to explore so many different activities. I was quite an active member of the Debating Society and I ran the Junior Society which was great fun and gave me a lot of confidence, which has helped me later in my life, especially in my career. I always recommend the School as there are so many opportunities. I probably had a little too much of a good time(!) as I had to redo my A levels afterwards. But this really grounded me, and I got the message that if you don’t work hard then you won’t do very well. So, with a little extra work, I went on to read Economics and Politics at Bristol University.
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aving enjoyed my degree, it was a natural progression for me to enter a career in Finance so I researched various areas and made a number of grad scheme applications for investment management. I undertook a graduate training scheme at James Capel Investment Managers, who would later merge with HSBC in the late 90s, and completed my Securities Institute Diploma. In total I spent five years with the Bank. From then I went on to work for various family offices and started to specialise in tech investing about 10 years ago.
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