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Unlocking investment banking: Applications to early careers

event date October 23, 2026 event timing 12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Virtual WIBF Student Ticket: FREE Non WIBF Student Ticket: FREE

Event overview

Are you ready to launch your career in the City? Join our expert panel as top professionals reveal how they broke into investment banking, what sets candidates apart and the realities of the job. Skip common pitfalls and gain actionable insights to help secure your graduate role. For WIBF and non-WIBF students.

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About this event

Securing a role in investment banking can feel like navigating a maze: endless application rounds, intense competition, and conflicting advice about what recruiters actually look for. Unlocking Investment Banking cuts straight through the noise. Join us for an unfiltered, interactive panel session featuring top professionals working across the UK financial sector.

Our panelists will share how they navigated the recruitment pipeline, successfully transitioned into the industry, and mastered their first year on the desk.

Don't leave your banking applications to guesswork secure your spot today to gain an insider edge.

Panel members include Amrutha Panchariya, Devika Varsani and Mathilde Deschamps. Further details to follow.

user-icon How would I benefit?

  • The reality of the role: A transparent look at different divisions, day-to-day responsibilities, and key team dynamics

  • Navigating the UK pipeline: Moving from spring weeks and internships to full-time graduate analyst positions

  • Standing out in recruitment: How to balance technical knowledge with behaviourial skills and what truly differentiates top candidates

  • Direct Q&A Access: Put your specific questions directly to industry professionals in a live, interactive Q&A session

Niamh Mooney - Your WIBF host

Niamh is a Senior Transformation Consultant at Deloitte, sitting within the Investment Management and Wealth sector. She works with global financial services organisations to deliver large-scale transformation programmes, supporting clients through strategic change and complex implementations.

Throughout her career, Niamh has progressed through a range of transformation roles, gaining experience across technology modernisation, process optimisation and platform selection initiatives. She has worked on high-profile programmes requiring close collaboration with senior stakeholders and global teams, contributing to the successful delivery of transformation programmes.

Niamh is passionate about promoting diversity within financial services and is particularly interested in initiatives that encourage greater female representation and inclusive leadership across the industry. She is a strong advocate for mentoring and believes in the importance of supporting early-career professionals through practical guidance, shared experience and sponsorship to help build confident, diverse talent pipelines across the sector.