Jonathan Cooper

EDUCATION
Durham University Oct. 2017 – May 2020
BA Business and Management – Upper 2.1 (68%)

Tanglin Trust School, Singapore Sept. 2006- June 2017
International Baccalaureate: 38 points

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
GOALS Sept. 2019 – March 2020
As a senior member of the society, I helped gain student volunteers to support adults in Durham with social and learning disabilities, setting up educational games or team activities weekly.

BHP Billiton Internship June. 2019 –July 2019
Completed an internship with the sales team, exploring expansion strategies that abided by their sustainable development goals. I successfully presented a one hour presentation to the entire marketing team in London.
Landscaping June. 2019 –July 2019
Worked for a landscaping company throughout the 2019 summer, helping to rebuild people’s gardens.

Zebra Teaching Dec. 2018 –June 2019
A qualified online tutor with Zebra English. Having lived in Asia for eleven years, I effectively combined by proficiencies in the Chinese language with my naturally strong interpersonal skills.
Preperazzi Nov. 2016 – July 2018 Worked for a catering and events company in Singapore and effectively helped recruit over 20 part-time staff members.
Genesis School Sept. 2016 – May 2018
Volunteered at a special needs school, planning weekly games and activities that were both fun and educational for my group of 5 every week.

ICAP- Reset and Rematch June. 2016
Spent one week shadowing at an interdealer broking company, learning about risk mitigation on trading portfolios. To further my knowledge in this area, I organised a business seminar for the students in my school who could be interested in the field, run by the CEO.

Octopus Group Holdings Pte: June.2016 – July 2016
Completed an internship with a beverage marketing and distribution company based in Singapore. Working with the marketing strategy team, I contributed to a brand positioning project and sat in on key meetings including how brand positioning could translate into sales plans.

Achievements

• Represented Singapore in Ice hockey
• Coached the Junior and Women’s Singapore National Ice Hockey team
• Best in subject award for Business and Management for my Sixth Form
• Duty and Pastoral prefect throughout Sixth Form
• Represented Singapore in the Rugby World Trophy for Singapore
• Represented Durham University in Rugby, committing to an 11-hour schedule for three years
• Durham University Rugby Marketing Sectary
• Created a social enterprise out of wrist bands, profiting over 2,000 SGD for the Red Cross Foundation
• National Youth Achievement Award (NYAA)