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Pupils Meet Pros: An Interview with a CEO Student Investor

Work Inspiration and Preparation Provided by MyFLY

Produced by an entirely student-run team, this interview features a pupil gaining insights from Matas Baliukonis, a student investor who is CEO of his school's endowment fund, managing over €300K. The video interview is acccompanied by further learning activities.


Pupils will learn:

  1. Lessons in managing a team
  2. Advice on fundraising and making a compelling pitch
  3. How to make the most of a mentor
  4. Practical investing principles
  5. Personal strategies to stay motivated.

 

Pupils can engage with:

  1. An interactive Kahoot!
  2. Notes on key ideas
  3. Deeper-level discussion questions and suggested responses

 

Whether your pupils are interested in finance, leadership or entrepreneurship, this episode offers a real-world look at building a career in finance with purpose and ambition. Importantly, as a student-led organization interviewing a student professional, we ask the questions pupils want answers to.

This is an online activity, please select the relevant link above to get involved.

Offer details

Open resource

1hr

Location

Online

Related industries

Financial services

Learning

Awareness

Audience

Educators

Secondary S1 to S3 (11-14 year old)

Secondary S4 to S6 (14-18 year old)

Parents, carers and guardians

College

Not in education (16-24 year old)

Available to

Aberdeen City

Aberdeenshire

Angus

Argyll and Bute

Clackmannanshire

Dumfries & Galloway

Dundee City

East Ayrshire

East Dunbartonshire

East Lothian

East Renfrewshire

Edinburgh (City of)

Eilean Siar

Falkirk

Fife

Glasgow

Highland

Inverclyde

Midlothian

Moray

North Ayrshire

North Lanarkshire

Orkney Islands

Perth & Kinross

Renfrewshire

Scottish Borders

Shetland Islands

South Ayrshire

South Lanarkshire

Stirling

West Dunbartonshire

West Lothian