Simon Wilde
Curriculum Vitae
Education
2014 –
University of Bath, School of Management, UK
PhD Accounting & Finance
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Research area: Topics in infrastructure finance
2013 – 2014
University of Bristol, UK
MSc Economics & Finance
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Exam results – Distinction; dissertation result – Merit; overall – Merit
2011 – 2013
London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
MSc Finance (part-time)
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Distinction: top 5% of 60-strong class
1989 – 1992
University of Cambridge (Christ’s College), UK
MA (Hons) Part 1 Economics Tripos and Part 2 Law Tripos
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Economics – 1st class honours; Law – upper 2nd class
Academic experience
2013 –
University of Bath, School of Management
Bath, UK
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Teaching Fellow (part-time; since 2013)
o 2013/14: Corporate Finance (MSc course), Risk Management (MSc)
o 2014/15: Management Accounting (MSc and BSc courses), Tax (BSc)
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PhD researcher – UK national research council (ESRC) funded
Investment banking experience
2011 –
Macquarie Capital
London, UK
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Energy sector coverage, Senior Managing Director (part-time) (2013- )
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Head of Power, Utilities & Renewables, Senior Managing Director (2011-13)
2001 – 2011
Royal Bank of Scotland / ABN AMRO
London, UK
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Head of EMEA Power & Utilities Investment Banking, Managing Director
1999 – 2000
Creditanstalt Investment Bank AG
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Head of Energy Corporate Finance, Director
London, UK
1996 – 1999
JP Morgan
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Natural Resources Investment Banking, Vice President
London, UK
1992 – 1996
Credit Suisse
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Power & Utilities M&A group, Analyst/Associate
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London / New York
Academic articles/papers
2014-15
Performance of listed infrastructure equity: a mean-variance spanning approach
Journal-submitted working paper (with F. Blanc-Brude and T. Whittaker, EDHEC
Risk Institute)
2014
Secondary private equity market: insights from unpublished bid data
Bristol MSc dissertation (using data from Saïd Business School, Oxford)
2013
Infrastructure as an investment asset class
LSE MSc dissertation
Scholarships/Awards
2014-17
UK Economics and Social Sciences Research Council (ESRC)
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Full PhD studentship (2014-17)
2015
South West Doctoral Training Centre Cooperative research grant
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Competitively awarded grant to fund research into community energy projects
1990
Christ’s College, Cambridge
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Scholarship award for performance in Economics Tripos
Professional /other qualifications
2015
Chartered Association of Business Schools / AACSB Bridge Programme
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Specialised course hosted by Cass Business School on business school teaching
and course design skills for experienced business professionals
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Course Director: Prof. Clive Holtham (Cass)
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First Bridge Programme outside US, where it has run successfully for a decade
2012-13
Open University, UK
M208 Pure Mathematics
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2nd year maths undergraduate course (linear algebra, analysis, group theory)
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Result: 81%
2008-10
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK
Advanced Diploma in Management Accounting
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Passed all six exams (ranked top 0.1% globally in 3 papers)
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Passed further three exams beyond Advanced Diploma
Interests
Sailing, travel, history
Contact
details
Email:
s.g.wilde@bath.ac.uk
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