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Sean

Freeburn

Letterkenny → Belfast → London

Building conviction with analysis and action.

MSc Finance candidate, QSMF CFO with experience in hedge funds, asset management, and deal advisory

Fund AUM£0k+QSMF — largest student fund in NI
Members Led0+As CFO of QSMF
SMIF UK Rank2nd / 11Ahead of Oxford, Cambridge, UCL
Fund Return+0.00%Source: Student Capital Invitational
CertificationsFMVA · BMCCFI · Bloomberg
Investing

Deal work with model depth.

Building

Operating with real capital and real teams.

Fund responsibility, boutique advisory exposure, and London placements condensed into a direct timeline.

2025 – 2026

Fund Management

CFO — Queen's Student Managed Fund

  • Managed £100k+ live equity portfolio — largest student-managed fund in Northern Ireland
  • Led benchmark migration from FTSE 350 to MSCI ACWI
  • Established NAV infrastructure with Davy Group as custodian
  • Managed 115+ analysts across sector teams
  • Ranked 2nd at Student Capital Invitational — +9.46% return
  • Secured CFA Institute Certificate of Recognition for QSMF

2026

IB / M&A

Work Experience — HNH Partners

  • Supported deal flow analysis and transaction documentation at a Belfast M&A boutique

July 2026 · London

July 2026

Investment Management Placement — Rathbones

  • Researched the airline sector (IAG/British Airways/Aer Lingus) for a Senior Investment Director
  • Trained in portfolio construction — tax wrappers, trusts, and model portfolio structure across index, active, bonds, alternatives, and cash
  • Built relationships across the investment team, including introductions to industry contacts

July 2026 · London

July 2026

Hedge Fund Placement — Tees River Hedge Fund

  • Assigned equity analysis on Antofagasta
  • Contributed to the team's uranium sector thesis, including UxC data and the Westinghouse IPO angle

July 2026 · London

July 2026

Asset Management Placement — HSBC Asset Management

  • Sat in on sector coverage meetings across financials, telecoms, and LatAm/EM equities
  • Observed the team automating Bloomberg-to-DCF workflows within equity research
  • Attended a macro strategy meeting covering rate outlooks and an AM macro meeting on inflation and earnings momentum

Ongoing

Leadership

Shift Leader — Tesco

  • Operational leadership running ~20 hrs/week alongside full-time MSc
Donegal → Belfast → London2026

SF

Modelling & Valuation

Technical

Certifications

Languages

Story

From self-directed pivot to finance operator.

  • I'm from Donegal, Ireland, and I'm completing an MSc in Finance at Queen's University Belfast with a Distinction-track average. As CFO of the Queen's Student Managed Fund, I run a £100k+ live equity portfolio — the largest student-managed fund in Northern Ireland — leading 600+ members and overseeing our equity research and investor reporting.
  • Before finance, I studied Sports and Exercise Sciences (First Class Honours, Ulster University) and pivoted through self-directed study, earning FMVA and Bloomberg certifications and building equity research work samples from scratch. I'm relocating to London in September 2026 and targeting roles at Investment Banks and Asset Managers.
  • Outside of work: I captained Gaelic football teams with county championship wins, completed the Erkner Ironman 70.3, and I'm a native Irish speaker — and I have a bit of broken French!

Modelling & Valuation

DCF · SOTP · NAV · LBO · Comps · Precedent Transactions

Technical

Excel (advanced) · Bloomberg Terminal · Capital IQ · Python · R / RStudio

Certifications

FMVA (CFI) · Bloomberg Market Concepts

Languages

English (native) · Irish (native) · French (conversational)

Advisory

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