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Zoe Boleslawski

zoe.boleslawski.20@ucl.ac.uk |

zoe.boleslawski@hec.edu
+33 (0) 7 76 69 45 95

Introduction

I am a student of HEC Paris - Programme Grande Ecole, after graduating from University College of London (UCL), where I majored in Full Economics (Quantitative Economics).
I can speak fluent English, French, and Spanish. Basic knowledge of Chinese, Hindi and Urdu.

I have been cultivating a particular interest for the Energy sector in the last years and am looking forwards to developping my career in that industry.




Paris, France
Aug 2024 – Jul 2027 London, United Kingdom
Sep 2020 – Jun 2024
  • University College London (UCL) Click to Download Awarded I. First (top 10%)
  • Economics (ESPS) - Econometrics and Statistics
  • Relevant Courses: Micro and Macro-Economics, Advanced Linear Algebra, Applied Econometrics
Madrid, España
Sep 2022 – Jun 2023 Paris, France
Jun 2020
  • Ecole Jeannine Manuel (Bilingual International School)
  • Baccalaureat International Option (OIB): 18.9/20
Paris, France
Jun 2025 – Aug 2025 Paris, France
Jun 2023 – Jul 2023
  • EDF
  • Internship - Direction Optimisation Amont-Aval et Trading (DOAAT)
  • Crafted weekly and monthly short-term price forecasts for power and gas -spot and futures, CO2, coal markets, researching market trends using EDF-Trading data, Bloomberg and Refinitiv, then leveraged by portfolio managers across the DOAAT to structure and optimise medium-term supply strategies
  • Analysed primary market indicators (prices and volatility, gas and LNG flows, gas stocks, liquidity of exchange platforms, renewable energy production, temperatures etc.) in the 2022 energy crisis using Excel and Python, resulting in a 5000 words data analysis note, published on company intranet (available to ~70,000 readers)
Madrid, España
Oct 2022 – April 2023
  • Engie
  • Internship - EnergyScan Department
  • Transformed complex market data and trends into accessible, high-impact content (podcasts, newsletter, articles, explanation reports etc.) tailored to needs of a diverse subscriber base of the EnergyScan platform
  • Cleaned (using Excel) EEX data to comply with internal processes, ultimately allowing it to be displayed on the payable EnergyScan platform (core business of the department)
  • Launched (designed, scripted and edited), the "The Weekly EnergyScan" podcast : weekly technical analysis of macro economic trends, Oil, Coal, Gas, Power and EUA markets, destined to public (~100 streams p/week), resulting in +150% user growth over duration of assignment
London, United Kingdom
May 2021 – Jul 2021
  • Atradius, Credit & Political Risk Insurance
  • Internship - Underwriting Credit on International Trade (Oil&Gas)
  • Analysed financial ratios, credit rating & compliance to international sanctions to determine credit risk of clients (large commodity trading multinational companies) and to tailor type of insurance product needed at initial stages -over 200 contracts in total- for London Market Team
  • Demonstrated consistent high efficiency, leading to additional management of UK and Dutch teams
  • Launching the project of introduction booklet for incoming interns, still in use to this day
Paris, France
Jun 2018
  • Associated Press
  • Internship - Paris Department
  • Projects : collecting photos in portfolio for Photo Department, translating for official website






Paris, France
Nov 2024
  • HEC x Institut Polytechnique Hi!ckathon
  • Participation in the Hi!ckathon competition
  • The Hi!ckathon is a competitive AI and Data Science challenge organized by Hi! PARIS, the Center dedicated to data science and AI.
  • Following 3 weeks of classes on Feature and Data Engineering, Machine Learning (decision trees, random forests, XGBoost etc), and Deep Learning (RNN, LSTM), we had to complete a final 2 day sprint competition in teams of 4. We were given a 3million lines time-series dataset and were asked to predict ground water levels accross french communes and departments, then pitch a business idea centered around our model. Our XGBoost model with lagged transformations achieved 85% accuracy on the train dataset but did not function on the test dataset (formatting problem).
London, United Kingdom
Oct 2023 – Jul 2024
  • The UCL Energy Institute
  • Research Assistant
  • Assisted Prof. Michael Grubb’s research on energy market reorganisation at UK and EU level
  • Pioneered comprehesive and exhaustive systems mapping for UK energy grid, with ambition of developping it abroad, under the supervision of Claudia Brown
  • Performed data analysis using Stata and basic Python on data sets and producing data visualisations
Ndimbéré, Sénégal
Jun 2024 – Jul 2024
  • Hum'ENSEA
  • Volunteer
  • 1 month trip in partnership with senegalese start-up Energy’s House: refurbishment, electrification and solar panels installation for town’s health clinic and school
London, United Kingdom
Jan 2022 – today
  • UCL Energy Society
  • President - Events Officer - Member
  • Communication (email, social media, website), planning events/conferences, revitalising society image
  • Organised the G3 Energy Summit (collaboration with LSE, KCL, Cambridge Uni.)
Remote
Sep 2021 – today London, United Kingdom
Jun 2021 – Jun 2022
  • UCL Law for All Society
  • Social Secretary
  • Maintained the cohesion of the society, organising networking social events, creating merchandise
  • Organised the 10 year anniversary of the society : 2000£ budget, 250 attendees
Paris, France
Oct 2019 – Jun 2020
  • EJM Yearbook Team
  • Volunteer Independant Illustrator
  • Created the cover and artistic depictions within Yearbook as well as presentation and picture taking
  • Nurtered good relations and experience as mediator between staff, administration and student
  • Languages:
  • French and English: Native Speaker
  • Spanish: Fluent - Diploma Espanol de Lengua Extranjera (nivel B2) + 1-year stay in Madrid (all university classes in Spanish)
  • Hindi and Urdu: Classroom study, small conversation
  • Chinese: Intermediate - Han Yu Kao Shi (HSK4 - level B2)
  • Technical Skills:
  • Python: pandas, matplotlib, seaborn, basic MachineLearning (knn, decision trees/random forests)
  • Html/css: This website
  • Excel: VLOOKUP & Index Match, Filters, PivotTables, Adaptable Charts and Graphs, Names, Solver, Formatting
  • Stata
  • Awards: GMAT 700 (86th percentile), DELE B2, HSK4, Nomination Concours Général en Anglais
  • Sports: Competitive Rhythmic Gymnastics (2013-2017), HEC Handball Club, scuba diving (French: Level 2), ski
  • Special Interest: volunteering (AFSO, HEC Imagine), origami, gardening, comics (BD) and drawing, languages




Contact details

zoe.boleslawski.20@ucl.ac.uk | zoe.boleslawski@hec.edu | +33 (0) 7 76 69 45 95