L-R Andy McDonald from Scottish Enterprise, Calum Crichton and Liz Cameron, Glasgow City Council
L-R Andy McDonald from Scottish Enterprise, Calum Crichton and Liz Cameron, Glasgow City Council
Calum Crichton, 21, from Milngavie, achieved a first class honours degree in Finance from Strathclyde and has been recognised by the IFSD Glasgow Students Awards 2013 for his achievement.
Calum was one of four students from each of Glasgow's universities to be recognised in this way. At an awards ceremony for the IFSD Glasgow Student Awards 2013, to recognise their achievements, each student was presented with a certificate and a cheque for £500 by Bailie Liz Cameron, Executive Member for Economic Development, Glasgow City Council and Andy McDonald, International Sector Head, Scottish Enterprise.
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. All four students were nominated by their individual universities as 'outstanding achievers' from courses designed for careers in financial services.
Congratulating the four award recipients on behalf of the IFSD Partnership, Bailie Liz Cameron 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".
Andy McDonald added, "As well as recognising the four individual award winners, the IFSD Student Awards also underline the breadth and depth of talent graduating from these four universities which is, we believe, very reassuring for existing financial services companies in the city and prospective inward investors."
Calum is currently considering going back to university to undertake a post graduate qualification.
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.