Lucy S.

Lucy S.

5.0

Blackstone, Harvard MBA. Recruited for Infrastructure PE without IB.

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Studied at Harvard Business School

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Worked at Blackstone

Available tomorrow at 4:00 PM UTC

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Lucy’s Private Equity Qualifications

Experience level: Senior Associate

Open to working with clients outside the U.S.

I landed 6 PE / principal investing offers that I was excited about and ultimately worked at Blackstone's private equity group, focused on infrastructure companies. I avoided working in banking during and post-MBA and had a non-traditional international development background after consulting. It was a lot of self-driven work - modelling and interview practice, industry research and relentless networking - but it is replicable and I can help you do it. I can also generally help with prepping for other Blackstone and private equity interviews, but will be most helpful for career switchers.

Lucy can help with:

Skill Building

Resume Review

Networking Strategy

Private Equity Strategy

Financial Analysis

Salary Negotiation

Technical Interview Prep

Behavioral Interview Prep

Lucy also coaches for MBA and Management Consulting. View all.

About Lucy

I'm an investor and writer focused on the energy transition and climate change (check out esgstuff.substack.com). I've had an exciting and diverse set of career experiences, ranging from working as an engineer on oil rigs for ExxonMobil in Australia, consulting to energy and public sector clients at BCG, and working in international development for the IFC (part of the World Bank), the UN in Ethiopia and CrossBoundary in Kenya. I landed a job in infrastructure PE at Blackstone in London after graduating from Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School. I am a British/Australian and grew up in South East Asia.

Why do I coach?

I know what it's like to be told you can't do something by 95% of people, but achieve it anyway with the support of the 5% who believe in you. I got a Fulbright scholarship to study at Harvard Business School, somewhere I never thought I could study. I transitioned to the world's largest private equity firm without ever working in banking, with five other investing offers in my back pocket. If you're motivated, I would be happy to be in the 5% of people who support you to achieve your goals too.

Work Experience

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Senior Associate

Blackstone

July 2021 - March 2023

Post-MBA private equity role, focus on infrastructure.

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Consultant

International Finance Corporation

November 2020 - May 2021

Energy projects with Washington team

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Energy Access

CrossBoundary

February 2018 - February 2019

Energy access projects in Kenya

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Consultant

World Food Programme

August 2016 - January 2018

Agriculture Project Manager at Ethiopian government

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Consultant

Boston Consulting Group

February 2014 - April 2016

Australia and US BCG offices, focus on energy and government projects.

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Subsurface engineer

ExxonMobil

November 2012 - February 2013

Summer engineer working in the subsurface team in Australia.

Lucy was also given offers to work at

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    Macquarie Group

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    Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners

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    Denham Capital

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    Generate

  • J.P. Morgan & Co. Logo

    J.P. Morgan & Co.

Education

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Harvard Business School

MBA

2019 - 2021

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Harvard Kennedy School

MPA/ID, International Development, Economics

2018 - 2021

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University of Melbourne

Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical

2010 - 2013

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