Opportunities in Fintech: Graduate Advice from Goldman Sachs Partner & EMEA CIO Damian Sutcliffe (now retired)

Learn how Damian Sutcliffe went from developer to Partner and EMEA CIO at Goldman Sachs. Damian shares his thoughts on fintech, ideas for start-ups and advice to those looking to excel in their careers in fintech, data and financial markets. Damian started off life as a management consultant at Accenture and was seconded to Goldman Sachs. Damian liked Goldman so much that he moved to his former client, first, as a developer and then rose through the ranks across London, New York and Tokyo to become a Partner and managing thousands of people.  Now retired, Damian is a PhD student at Cambridge studying Computational Biology. He is also an advisor to McKinsey and start-ups including ipushpull. In this episode, Damian Sutcliffe joins Work in Fintech founder Matthew Cheung and founder member Jagraj Singh to learn why fintech is important and how to get ahead in a career in financial technology. For more episodes like this please visit www.workinfintech.com and follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram. (00:53) - Introduction(01:51) - Early Career as a Consultant(05:38) - Development at Goldman Sachs(12:23) - How important is it to understand technology in a banking environment and to what extent?(15:12) - Do you believe coding is a necessary or certain skill that's needed to be successful in FinTech or Finance?(17:57) - What advice would you give to graduates who joined banks in the early stages of their careers?(21:05) - Is there any advice that you'd give to those who start their own start-ups? (26:43) - What would you define as a Fintech?(28:18) - Do you think there are any specific areas of the financial industry in general which have advanced more as a result of FinTech? (30:32) - What opportunities do you see in FinTech in say the short, near term and long term future? So three, five, 10 years?(35:54) - Have you got any advice around what people should read or what they should listen to or any good routines that you may have?Check out our website and subscribe to our mailing list to hear more about opportunities in fintech and web3.Follow our socials Linkedin, Twitter, Youtubehttps://workinfintech.com/https://www.linkedin.com/company/work-in-fintech-globalhttps://www.twitter.com/workinfintechhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdS4bYoCXaHVgfVm6syUrDw