Eman Bilal

Eman Bilal

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Product, Finance & Strategy | Ex-Equity Research | HEC Paris | Startups & ESG | Python, SQL, Excel
Paris, France

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  • W
    Board Member
    Women in Tech Paris
    Mar 2025 - Current (1 year 2 months)
    • Led strategic financial planning, reporting, and compliance to support sustainable non-profit operations • Advanced community growth through fundraising, grants, and strategic budgeting for ecosystem development • Managed cross-functional initiatives such as educational seminars and networking events to introduce new avenues, foster collaboration, and build relationships in the community
  • B
    Manager
    Bulbul
    Sep 2024 - Mar 2025 (7 months)
    • Interviewed potential customers to understand their pain points to validate the core problem and create differentiation with AI employees • Defined MVP, scoped features, and collaborated closely with engineering to build a prototype • Defined pricing and discounts for early users • Helped to craft pitch decks for investors * product * finance & pricing
  • B
    Product Manager
    Bulbul
    Sep 2024 - Mar 2025 (7 months)
    Bulbul helps businesses deploy, evaluate, and improve AI employees with role-specific KPIs, performance tracking, and adaptive learning. • Interviewed potential customers to understand their pain points to validate the core problem and create differentiation with AI employees • Defined MVP, scoped features, and collaborated closely with engineering to build a prototype • Defined pricing and discounts for early users • Helped to craft pitch decks for investors * founding product manager * finance & pricing
  • B
    Equity Research Analyst
    Bernstein
    Apr 2024 - May 2024 (2 months)
    • Specialised in providing in-depth analysis of the business services sector • Developed and maintained financial models, authored detailed sector and company reports, and supported investment decisions through comprehensive research on market trends, company strategies, and macroeconomic factors • Collaborated closely with senior analysts and cross-functional teams to enhance the quality and impact of our research, delivering actionable insights to drive informed investment strategies Companies: • Staffing: Adecco, Randstad Adecco (Analyzed peers: Hays, Man Power, Page Group, Robert Half, Sthree) • Testing, Inspection and Certification (TIC): Bureau Veritas, SGS, Intertek (Analyzed peers: Applus, Eurofins) • Industrial equipment rentals:
  • S
    Research and Sales
    Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking SGCIB
    Nov 2021 - May 2024 (2 years 7 months)
    - Small & Mid Caps (Bureau Veritas, Eurazeo, Groupe Bruxelles Lambert, Orpea, Spie, Teleperformence, Wendel, Groupe Seb, Brenntag, IMCD, Elis, Ipsos, Nhoa, Rubis, Ackermans & van Haaren( CFE, DEME, Rent a Port, Green Offshore, Delen Private Bank, Bank van Breda, Nextensa, SIPEF, Sagar Cements)) • Joined the small and mid-caps team under Patrick Jousseaume to help cover multi-sector companies - investment, pharmaceuticals, chemical distribution, market research and media • Worked on the initiations reports for Ackermans & van Haaren, Brenntag, IMCD • Researched sectors of covered companies and conducted a widespread analysis to shortlist relevant peers for use in reports and valuation • Built and maintained financial models to evaluate his
  • S
    Equity Research Analyst and Sales
    Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking SGCIB
    Nov 2021 - May 2024 (2 years 7 months)
    - Small & Mid Caps (Bureau Veritas, Eurazeo, Groupe Bruxelles Lambert, Orpea, Spie, Teleperformence, Wendel, Groupe Seb, Brenntag, IMCD, Elis, Ipsos, Nhoa, Rubis, Ackermans & van Haaren( CFE, DEME, Rent a Port, Green Offshore, Delen Private Bank, Bank van Breda, Nextensa, SIPEF, Sagar Cements)) • Joined the small and mid-caps team under Patrick Jousseaume to help cover multi-sector companies - investment, pharmaceuticals, chemical distribution, market research and media • Worked on the initiations reports for Ackermans & van Haaren, Brenntag, IMCD • Researched sectors of covered companies and conducted a widespread analysis to shortlist relevant peers for use in reports and valuation • Built and maintained financial models to evaluate his
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    Strategic Consultant
    ArianeGroup
    Jan 2021 - Apr 2021 (4 months)
    • Conducted a space economy, market and competitor analysis for rocket launchers in a 3 person team • Provided strategic and financial recommendations based on projected valuation, ideal business model and assimilation with the rest of the company
  • G
    Consultant - Head of Growth - Revenue Strategy, Marketing and Sales
    Garnet
    Sep 2017 - Aug 2019 (2 years)
    Revenue, Growth Sales and marketing Cross-functional team management
  • G
    Consultant - Marketing and Sales
    Garnet
    Sep 2017 - Aug 2019 (2 years)
    Sales and marketing Cross-functional team management
  • PepsiCo
    Marketing Analyst
    PepsiCo
    Aug 2017 - Sep 2017 (2 months)
    • Collected, cleaned, and analyzed competitors's store performance data to create actionable insights for product placement • Reduced campaign costs by 5% by tracking sales, profiling 5 competitors for Sting and past performance • Forecasted demand for next Integrated Marketing Communications campaign (IMC) for Slice in Punjab province, customizing the specifics with 3 departments and BBDO (advertising agency)
  • C
    Marketing Analyst
    CocaCola İçecek
    Jun 2017 - Jul 2017 (2 months)
    • Negotiated with vendors to reduce pricing for Coke Studio Pakistan promotions in 1500 locations by 10% (fast-food restaurants, fine dining, cinemas, shops) • Identified potential KPIs to create and manage a project tracking database to improve collaboration • Modelled demand for the IMC campaign using unstructured data from vendors presented to department Head, resulting in the approval for the campaign • Supported the execution of marketing campaigns across the province of Punjab across multiple channels, ensuring proper setup by collaborating with local offices and troubleshooting operational issues for e.g., with store inventory • Developed and executed promotional strategies sorted by market segment to increase sales by 25k units
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    Consultant
    Packages Group
    May 2017 - Jun 2017 (2 months)
    • Carried out market research for sustainable oil cartons, analyzed prices, quality and durability compared to competitors • Investigated why some cartons deteriorated more quickly • Derived solutions to improve carton shelf-life by 10% by modeling for future consumption and optimizing inventory • Managed purchase requisitions and orders on SAP software
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    Founder
    Mind Your Aperture
    Jan 2016 - Jan 2017 (1 year 1 month)
    • Established a media services and consulting business to cater to multiple brands increasing clients from 1 to 70 within two years • Photo selected as one of the 20 exhibited at Art for Peace - The Young Pakistani Vision held at Serena Hotel Islamabad by the United Nations Secretary General's Youth Envoy, Ahmad Alhendawi together with the artists of the selected submissions on the occasion of the Youth Forum organized by UNIC. (2014) • Collaborated with photographers for large events, photo-walks, and workshops
  • S
    Finance
    Saddaqat Builders
    Jan 2016 - Jan 2017 (1 year 1 month)
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  • Lahore University of Management Sciences
    Bachelor of Science (BSc, Economics
    Lahore University of Management Sciences
    Jan 2015 - Jan 2019 (4 years 1 month)
  • Harvard University
    Summer School Program, Economics
    Harvard University
    Jan 2014
  • L
    A level, Economics, English Literature, Psychology, Mathematics
    Lahore Grammar School A
    Jan 2013 - Jan 2015 (2 years 1 month)
  • Lahore University of Management Sciences
    Bachelor of Science (BSc
    Lahore University of Management Sciences
    Dean's Honour List Senior Project: tested using MATLAB and found that shock persistency is the determinant of the appearance of Neo-Fisherism in the Open Economy – A grade
  • HEC Paris
    Grande Ecole - Master's in Management (MiM
    HEC Paris
    #1 MSc Strategic Management Worldwide - QS Master in Management Ranking #1 - European Business Schools Ranking - Financial Times (https://www.hec.edu/en/overview/who-we-are/rankings)
  • Harvard University
    Summer School Program
    Harvard University
    Studied Money, Financial Institutions and Markets (ECON S-1452) This course presents a moderately advanced overview of concepts and techniques in the fields of money, banking, and finance. It examines the agents, instruments, and institutions that make up the financial system of the modern economy, such as bonds, the stock market, derivatives, and the money market, including the role of banks in deposit and credit creation. Along the way, standard concepts and tools of financial analysis are covered, including the risk-return tradeoff (Sharpe ratio), the capital asset pricing model (CAPM), option pricing theory, and the efficient market hypothesis (EMH) and its alternatives.
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    Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Social Media Journalism
    Dec 2020 - May 2021 (6 months)
    Master Thesis Under the supervision of Prof. Xavier Jaquard Showcased on the HEC website in the selection of best dissertation and thesis from the Strategic Management specialization
  • L
    LUMS Senior Project
    Jan 2019 - Jun 2019 (6 months)
    Investigated Neo-Fisherism in the open economy given various shock persistency levels using MATLAB/dynare. To test the apprearence of the NeoFisher effect, an Open Economy New Keynesian model was used. A monetary innovation shock was introduced with varying levels. Factors examined include real wage rigidity, interest rate smoothening, imported inputs in terms of trade, habit persistence, degree of shock persistency, and cost channel of monetary policy. Results: It is concluded that the degree of shock persistency is the most decisive factor in determining whether inflation and interest rates move in line with one another. Introducing real wage rigidity alone in isolation under a high persistency shock was the only successful scenari
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    Directed Research Project on Networks
    Jan 2019 - May 2019 (5 months)
    Researched and analyzed the social networks of student associations at the university, using python and Gephi, to figure out which student associations have stronger networks and the possible reasons why this happens.
  • F
    Financial Crises
    Jan 2018 - Current (8 years 4 months)
    Investigated the reasons for the European Soverign Debt crisis using economic models.
  • F
    Finance
    Jan 2017 - Current (9 years 4 months)
    Evaluated the trends of Phillip Morris International and made projections to calculate an estimated future value
  • E
    Econometrics
    Jan 2017 - Current (9 years 4 months)
    Investigated the impact of the age of women at their first birth on child mortality using STATA and presented possible policy solutions to improve high child mortality rates in Pakistan.
  • E
    Environmental Economics
    Jan 2016 - Current (10 years 4 months)
    Analyzed the economic and environmental costs associated with deforestation in Lahore, Pakistan.
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  • L
    Vice Captain of Female Cricket Team
    LUMS Cricket Team
    May 2018
    May 2018 – May 2019 • Coached the female team and won several tournaments against other universities; Winning team Fall Fest 2018 • Trained underprivileged school girls from two institutions and secured sponsors for their sports gear
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    President of Debates and Recitations Student Society
    May 2018
    May 2018 – Jun 2019 Head of the largest student society for debates in Pakistan. • Organized several events, including the LUMS Intra Varsity Debates, the LUMS Olympiad, and more, inviting hundreds of students from Pakistan and abroad • Increased event engagement by 30% through new branding strategy and collaborations with other societies • Conducted bi-weekly training for English and Urdu debates and declamations for about 50 students each • Navigated the society out of debt of 2500 USD by restructuring departments and cutting costs Other events included: Mind Quest, Quarterly Debates for extermal speakers, Student-Faculty debates, etc. -Received excellence award for the contributions of the society at the end of the year