About Enternships
Enternships provides ambitious and dynamic students and graduates with an opportunity to learn about business and enterprise through work placements in entrepreneurial and innovative environments, from start-ups to global venture funds around the world.
Enternships was pioneered in association with Oxford Entrepreneurs, a student-run society at Oxford University which encourages and supports student entrepreneurship and is one of the largest in Europe. We now have the support of key enterprise agencies and some of the world’s leading student entrepreneurial societies.
The Team
Felipe Alviar-Baquero, Latin-American Representative
Felipe graduated from Kent University in 2004 with First Class Honours in Law and Business Administration (Hons) and in 2006 he graduated with a Distinction from the BCL from Lincoln College, Oxford University. Felipe was the president of the Latin American Societies at both Kent and Oxford University. His work experience includes working for the Department of Work and Pensions, a secondment in the Prince's Trust , working closely with Latin American Organisations and experience with start-ups in Colombia and the UK. Felipe currently works as a lawyer in London.
Felipe is the primary contact for companies and enterns in Latin-America.
Halle Tecco, Product Manager / USA Representative
Halle is a Product Manager for Enternships. She is working on her MBA at Harvard Business School and is helping to develop our relationships with companies and enterns in the USA.
Kirill Makharinsky
Kirill was also a President of Oxford Entrepreneurs and graduated from St. Johns College, Oxford University with a double first in Applied Mathematics.
Kirill is also the co-founder of YouNoodle.com, the startup innovation company which has recently launched with funding from Peter Thiel, The Founders Fund, Max Levchin and several other investors. Prior to YouNoodle, Kirill managed analytics and metrics at Slide. Previously he had been awarded the “Graduate of the Year Award” based on his work while at Oxford University.
Nazem Abd-Allah, Business Development / Middle East Representative
Nazem graduated from the London School of Economics with a BSc (Hons) in International Relations. Born in Spain, he has lived in Egypt and France, and speaks five languages. His experience with startups began at university, where he was involved with the launch of an online book-trading platform. After a brief stint working in the defence sector, he joined Enternships to look after Business Development in the UK, with a focus on our employer relations.
Nazem is also the primary contact for companies and enterns in the Middle East.
Leah Magoye, Business Development / Africa Representative
Leah grew up in Kenya and also lived in Namibia, moving to the UK for secondary school. She graduated from Edinburgh in June 2008 having completed an MA (Hons) in Classics and won the Hardie Prize for her undergraduate dissertation. She was awarded the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Windsor Fellowship and as Vice-President of the Edinburgh United Nations Youth and Student Association encouraged the participation of young people in global politics. She has also interned at HM Treasury and having initially started her career at Goldman Sachs Leah joined Enternships to look after Business Development and Marketing in the UK.
Leah is also the primary contact for enterns and companies based in Africa.
Rajeeb Dey FRSA, CEO & Founder
Rajeeb was the longest serving President of Oxford Entrepreneurs and graduated in June 2008 with First Class Honours in Economics & Management from Jesus College, Oxford University. Raj is heavily involved in encouraging entrepreneurship in the UK with a background in social enterprise and education, having founded the English Secondary Students Association (ESSA) at the age of 17. He is a Trustee of UnLtd - the Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs, a Trustee of the Phoenix Education Trust, a Next Generation Network Advisory Board member for the UK-India Business Council and Commissioner on the Carnegie UK Trust’s Inquiry into the Future of Civil Society.
He has received numerous accolades for his work, including the Goldman Sachs Global Leaders Award, YouthActionNet Global Fellowship, Waldzell Institute’s Architect of the Future Award, Bank of England Windsor Fellowship and Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA). He was awarded the 02 X Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2009 and has been named "One to Watch" for 2010 by the Courvoisier The Future 500 Network - a network of rising UK stars.
Samit Patel - Business Development / European Representative
Samit has completed internships at both private and public sector companies while at university. He joined Lehman Brothers as a graduate after completing his Bachelors and Masters in the Economic and Political sciences at University College London. Samit joined Enternships coming from Goldman Sachs where he'd been for a number of years. Being an tenacious businessman, Samit has helped start-up businesses strategically grow successfully. He speaks five languages, is a qualified solo sky-diver, master scuba diver and a bartender. Samit has been named as "One to Watch" for 2010 by the Courvoisier The Future 500 Network - a network of rising UK stars.
Samit will be working on business development with focus on strategy. He is also primary contact for companies and enterns in Europe.
Sumita Sarkar, India Representative
Sumita has recently completed her MBA from Cardiff School of Management (University of Wales) and looks after our great companies and enterns from India.
Contact EnternshipsIf you want to get in touch with us drop us an email: info (at) enternships (dot) com and we will get back to you as soon as we can!
