Hira Fernando

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CEO and Corporate Officer @ Careerly Networks
Nyon, VD, CH
Hira Fernando's Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, United States
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About Hira Fernando

Ms. Hira Fernando is a Swiss Sri-Lankan dual national - born in Sri Lanka, raised in Europe, and living - mostly - in the United States. Currently spending time between Washington D.C. and Sri Lanka, but never veering far from a laptop: teaching and coaching about one singular topic, jobs and careers. YOURS, to be specific. And how did that come about? Well, when you have worked in several industries in as many functional roles, eventually it's like having a Ph.D in Jobs, especially How to Get Them. Post L.LM, Ms. Fernando worked as young lawyer in Geneva covering international development & trade treaties for the UN, WTO, and related NGOs. Later, at the WRI and World Bank in Washington, she focused on (i) Climate Finance and Clean Energy, and (ii) Urban Development and Infrastructure... think of the quintessential image of WB loans for building big things like roads and ports... Ms. Fernando served on the team delivering the largest loans to the largest client, China. Prior to and since, Ms. Fernando worked for three major investment banks in equity sales & trading and client relationship management. Eventually veering towards research, clean tech, green supply chains, and CSR, with her final "traditional job" being Co-Lead Sustainability Analyst for Gartner Inc, where she authored or co-authored 41 pieces of primary industry research. Ms. Fernando founded Careerly in 2013 and grew it from one small university contract (and a staff of one- her) to an operation that by 2021 served 7200+ graduates, undergraduates, and alumni of Georgetown, GW, Johns Hopkins, SAIS , University of Maryland, Catholic University, and UVA's Darden School. More recently Ms. Fernando developed a 22-session career & job search curriculum that integrates the game-changing post-Pandemic work environment and delivered it through the Wharton Alumni platform. Ms. Fernando is a unique and popular voice, and has unusually high "buy-in" with the target market: candidates relate to her story. It doesn't hurt that she can leverage 16+ years worth of real-life industry intel to help them, having held the very jobs her clients want:- International development: United Nations, WWF, IUCN, ICTSD- Banking & brokerage: Merrill Lynch and Citigroup- Equity sales & trading: Lehman Brothers- Urban infrastructure lending China//East Asia: World Bank- Climate change, carbon finance, clean energy: World Bank and World Resources Institute- Green business, supply chain research, and client advisory: AMR Research- Industry research lead, publication, and client advisory: Gartner

Hira Fernando's Current Company Details
Careerly Networks

Careerly Networks

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CEO and Corporate Officer
Nyon, VD, CH
Website:
careerlynetworks.com
Employees:
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Hira Fernando Work Experience Details
  • Careerly Networks
    Ceo And Corporate Officer
    Careerly Networks
    Nyon, Vd, Ch
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  • Careerly Networks
    Ceo
    Careerly Networks Apr 2017 - Present
    Washington D.C. Metro Area
    Created a technology-based career platform to deliver Careerly services and products more efficiently and untethered to one physical place. The sub-platforms are www.careerlynetworks.com, www.careerlynetworks.net (mandarin Chinese) and www.careerlyuniversity.com. The latter is specifically set-up to partner with University Career Service Offices and help these internal teams advance their goals, which are typically twofold: (i) drive quality student engagement and (ii) increase job placement rates and employment opps. The key principle of our approach is industry experience. Replicating the founder's journey and subsequent winning value proposition, Careerly coaches operate on their work experience and industry knowledge. We all did or are doing the jobs that candidates are seeking. We leverage our direct on-the-job experience and the knowledge gained from competing for and securing the very roles that our students and graduate are pursuing. One of our greatest accomplishments was to secure Careerly's 28 industry coaches. They are based 70% US and 20% globally, each has industry experience in one or more of our eight verticals, and several are currently working FT at popluar companies like Amazon, Citi, BoA, JP Morgan, EY, Deloitte, Samsung,etc. Most of 2017-2018 was spend getting this team of 28 trained to standardized practices while respecting their areas of expertise, usng the best online technology for everything, and ensuring that quality of service delivery remained the same (or better) with the move to virtual. Ironically, 2020's global pandemic has put us on the frontlines. All that hard work early on meant we can smoothly navigate a 100% online operation for all aspects from career dev programming to content distribution to handling/teaching large classes to managing a hefty volume of individual one-on-one-coaching appointments.
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  • Thelan
    Corporate Officer
    Thelan Jul 2020 - Present
    Washington, United States
    Seeing Careerly's unusual strength and unique positioning in Spring 2020 in a world forced to go virtual with many institutions of higher-ed struggling to pivot, Thelan invested in and acquired 45% of Careerly Networks and incorporated it as a new entity under the Thelan umbrella. Ms. Hira Fernando remains CEO of Careerly (rebranded back to the original name) and serves on the Board of Thelan as a Corporate Officer. Careerly recently acquired a small jobs portal MyProcCareers, which marks its first foray into the employer / recruiter side of the equation and thus hopes to not only coach candidates but to funnel them through to actual open psotions.
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  • Careerly Llc
    Founder And Principal
    Careerly Llc Aug 2013 - Present
    Washington Dc
    • Coached over 625+ private clients (typically those making single or double career switches) with a 78% success rate for clients obtaining a new role at a preferred employer and/or a 20-30% pay increase even when that was not a primary goal.The range of industries and functional roles covered go from traditional (finance, tech, marketing, operations) to international dev orgs, non-profits, and federal government roles, to lawyers, engineers, medical professionals, Ph.D. data analysts and researchers... to the occasional FBI CIA agent. • Delivered over 120 career talks, events, speaking engagements, and workshops globally (roughly 52% online); this includes content creation, programming if it's a series, teaching, and managing large events/classrooms online. Received consistently positive feedback and 87% of ratings in the highest “highly recommend this speaker/class” category.
  • Johns Hopkins University
    Finance / Stem Career Advising
    Johns Hopkins University Jan 2017 - Jan 2018
    Baltimore, Maryland Area
    Led two major teaching/coaching assignments for JHU. 1) Taught a series of career webinars for John Hopkins Undergrad, which serves a population of over 6000+ students. 2) Retained by JHU Finance & Applied Mathematics Dept for individual coaching for graduate and PhD students interested in financial engineering and data science careers.
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  • Georgetown University'S Mcdonough School Of Business
    Mba Career Advising - Finance / International Student Advisor
    Georgetown University'S Mcdonough School Of Business Aug 2013 - Jan 2018
    Washington D.C. Metro Area
    -Career advising, career management strategies, and interview coaching for Georgetown MSB's 275+ MBA students (both First Year summer internships and Second Year full-time), with a focus on roles in banking, finance, corporate finance, and corporate strategy. -Career development workshops on targeted topics, for example "Nailing the U.S. Job Search for International Students" and "How to Find a Job In Finance." -International student career advisor: work authorization + H1-B issues, how to sell/position yourself to U.S. recruiters, and leveraging a global mindset in a globally competitive market.
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  • Georgetown University
    Undergraduate Career Coaching - Finance / Consulting
    Georgetown University Sep 2016 - Oct 2017
    Washington D.C. Metro Area
    Cawley serves 6500+ undergraduate students across all schools - Georgetown college, MSB, the School of Foreign Service and other schools. We support the University's main career center with specialized coaching for students on the finance/banking and consulting career tracks respectively. About 80% of our work is individual coaching, while 20% is teaching industry-specific workshops.
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  • Georgetown University
    School Of Foreign Service - Industry Coach For Finance, And International Student Advisor
    Georgetown University Sep 2015 - Aug 2017
    Washington D.C. Metro Area
    -Career advising + international career strategy for the #1 globally ranked School of Foreign Service's 900+ Masters students. Focus on international finance, banking, project finance, and corporate finance.-Have developed and delivered career workshops on targeted topics, for example "Nailing the U.S. Job Search for International Students" and "How to Find a Job In Finance." International student career advisor: work authorization + H1-B, how to present your best to U.S. recruiters, and how to leverage a global mindset, languages, and a valuable international experience in a highly globally competitive job market.
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  • Gartner
    Senior Research Analyst
    Gartner Oct 2009 - Jul 2012
    Boston And Washington Dc
    • Authored or co-authored 45 pieces of proprietary, primary, and original research, including collaborating on the high-profile Gartner Hype Cycles on Sustainability and Green IT and Smart City Technologies respectively. • Led 70+ analyst/research calls. One of two analysts covering two major topic areas: i) enterprise sustainability, carbon management, and green supply chains, and ii) talent management, organizational development, and outsourcing.• Lead analyst running the Sustainability Forum for Fortune 500 supply chain clients; included marketing and branding the Forum, presentation and content design, and securing high-level co-presenters. • Presented at or moderated panels at international supply chain and green business conferences, including the flagship Gartner Supply Chain Summit in 2010 and 2011. • Advised over 40 Fortune 500 clients on their green business strategies and sustainability policies; assessed company risks (and opportunities) from energy efficiency, greenhouse gases, water scarcity, and waste.• Presented latest Gartner research to major Asian clients on improvements to their talent management strategies, organizational development plans, and critical emerging market talent issues.
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  • World Resources Institute
    Senior Research Associate
    World Resources Institute Apr 2007 - Jun 2009
    Washington Dc
    • Played a leading role in defining and launching a new line of research funded by Goldman Sachs and HSBC applying Wall Street valuation and financial analysis methods to complex environmental issues.• Managed three analysts on a full research pipeline- overseeing seven major publications, for each managing the budget and WRI’s review process, as well as design and layout, publication, launch, and outreach.• Served on stakeholder panels for Wachovia and Dell, reviewing and contributing comments to their respective environmental policies on energy use, water use, GHG emissions, recycling, and waste management. • Part of WRI’s judging team for the FT/IFC Sustainable Banking Awards in London; expertise on all major financial institution in the world working on integrating sustainability to financial bottom line. RESEARCH areas included: finance and environment; investment barriers to scaling up clean energy technologies such as concentrated solar power. Lead authored three major technical reports- one in partnership with Goldman Sachs, and two in partnership with the International Finance Corporation:1. Capturing King Coal, a 35-page report on the technological and investment barriers to large-scale adoption of carbon capture and storage. The report was used to anchor a CCS strategy for WRI and attract new stakeholders to join its CCS efforts. 2. Emerging Risk: Impacts of Key Environmental Trends in Emerging Asia, a 55- page report that outlines a framework for incorporating environmental variables into equity valuation methods and investment decision making models. 3. Undisclosed Risk: Corporate Environmental and Social Reporting in Emerging Asia, a 20-page guide for investors on the reporting practices of six Asian economies- India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.
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  • The World Bank
    Consultant, Carbon Finance Business (Cfb)
    The World Bank Jul 2005 - Mar 2007
    Washington Dc
    • Developed and implemented a business plan and delivery strategy for the $120 million Community Development Carbon Fund. Involved close cooperation with staff in all six World Bank geographic regions.• Worked across power, energy, and transport sectors to incorporate carbon finance components into 27+ World Bank projects, and to mainstream the carbon finance product into the World Bank lending program.• Participated as a full member of the operations team in a half a dozen carbon finance projects as they went through the World Bank Project Cycle - preparation, appraisal and supervision.
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  • The World Bank
    Consultant, East Asia Urban Development Unit (Easur)
    The World Bank Jul 2004 - Jun 2005
    Washington Dc
    • Assisted senior staff on large urban infrastructure projects in China, Indonesia, and Vietnam. In-depth understanding of how the Bank lends money to support complex development objectives.• Worked thorough the Bank lending cycle - country strategy and identification, preparation, appraisal, approval, and implementation; sat in on a $240M loan negotiation for a Shanghai urban environment project. • Edited, reviewed, contributed to official Bank documents such as the Project Concept Note, the Project Information Document, the Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet, and the Project Appraisal Document.
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  • Lehman Brothers
    Summer Associate, Equities Sales And Trading
    Lehman Brothers Jun 2003 - Aug 2003
    London, Uk
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  • Citi
    Associate Relationship Manager
    Citi Jan 2002 - Aug 2002
    Geneva, Switzerland
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  • Merrill Lynch
    Relationship Manager
    Merrill Lynch Jul 1998 - Feb 2001
    Geneva, Switzerland
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Hira Fernando Skills

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Hira Fernando attended Wharton School, University Of Pennsylvania, The London School Of Economics And Political Science (Lse), London School Of Economics And Political Science, London School Of Economics And Political Science.

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