Gavriil Fakih

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Education

Jesus College, University of Oxford — 2022–present

  • BA (Honours) Philosophy, Politics, and Economics.
  • Undergraduate Thesis in Politics: ‘Neural topic modelling of Russian strategic frames during Moldova’s 2024 elections.’

St Paul’s School, London — 2017–22

  • A-levels: Mathematics (A*), Economics (A*), Politics (A*); GCSEs: twelve A*s
  • Chief editor of Equilibrium—the school’s economics journal

Professional experience

Banque Banorient France, Banking operations intern — Nov. 2025

  • Rotated through treasury, credit, compliance, front and back office, and accounts departments
  • Completed Skillcast compliance certification covering AML/KYC, conduct risk, sanctions, data protection, and FCA regulations
  • Documented workflows across departments; identified and reported inefficiencies in manual data handling

2XL Capital Partners Ltd, Equity analyst (part-time) — 2023–24

  • Performed independent research on numerous global industries, including: Technology, data infrastructure, semiconductors, luxury retail
  • Produced actionable investment theses supported by financial modelling
  • Performed valuations based on DCF analysis, multiples, and comparables
  • Offered a part-time role after shadowing the CIO over the summer

Skills

  1. Machine learning / natural language processing
  2. Valuation, financial modelling, risk management
  3. Communication, presentation, briefing
  4. Data engineering, pipelines, web scraping
  5. Qualitative analysis, mixed-methods

Python, SQL, R, JavaScript, Bash/ZSH, Excel, Adobe Suite, Swift, Java

Additional information

Academic interestsMetaethics, technology ethics, AI safety, comparative politics, textual analysis, econometrics
Projectsgavriilfakih.com/projects
Other work experienceServer (InterContinental, London); Runner (L’Écrin Plage, France); Linen porter (The Westminster); Freelance video editor (2021–23)
VolunteeringA-level & GCSE tutoring in Maths, Economics (2022–present)
LanguagesEnglish and Russian (native); French (working)