Julie Wilson receives her IFSD Student Award from Tom Turley, Deputy Director, Development and Regeneration Services, Glasgow City Council.
Julie Wilson receives her IFSD Student Award from Tom Turley, Deputy Director, Development and Regeneration Services, Glasgow City Council.
First class honours graduate, Julie Wilson (22) of Strathclyde University, is one of four top financial services graduates from universities in Glasgow to be recognised by Glasgow's International Financial Services District (IFSD) for achieving top marks in their final exams.
Julie, from Inver, by Tain in Ross-shire, achieved a first class honours degree in Finance from Strathclyde and she is now looking to secure a position in the financial sector, with ambitions to work abroad in the future.
At an awards ceremony in Glasgow, Julie was presented with a certificate and a cheque for £500 to recognise her achievements and to help further her career aspirations. The awards programme was established by the IFSD Partnership to highlight the wealth of talent graduating from Glasgow's four universities, prepared for careers in financial services.
The three other winners were from the University of Glasgow, Glasgow Caledonian University and the University of the West of Scotland. All four students were nominated by their individual universities as 'outstanding achievers' from courses designed for careers in financial services.
Congratulating Julie on behalf of Glasgow's IFSD, Tom Turley, Deputy Director, Development and Regeneration Services, Glasgow City Council, said, "These awards recognise the great work being done by the universities in Glasgow and the relationships they have with the financial services sector to ensure a steady pipeline of well qualified graduates to work in the industry. The awards also recognise the breadth and depth of talent, just like Julie, graduating from these universities which is very reassuring for existing financial services companies in the city and prospective inward investors."
Since its launch in 2001, the IFSD has been developed by a partnership of the public and private sectors led by Scottish Enterprise and Glasgow City Council. Over £1 billion has so far been invested to transform the previously run down area of the city centre. The District has attracted over 15,000 financial sector jobs from some of the biggest names in global finance including Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, Barclays Wealth, BNP Paribas, HSBC, esure, Tesco Bank and Aon.