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CAMERON-JOSEPH HARRIS

Business Commercial Banking (CMB)
HSBC career path CMB Apprenticeship Programme 2014

n April 2016, I completed the Advance with students thanking us for our help and
IApprenticeship in Providing Financial advice and the opportunity to find out more
Services, gaining the Providing Financial about their choices when they finish
Services certificate and the Certificate in school/college.
Business Banking & Conduct. HSBC partners with
Since then I have been given MyKindaFuture, an organisation
increased responsibilities within my which works with more than
team and I am now looking at new job 4,500 schools and colleges and
roles. I will be starting the Diploma in helps HSBC reach out to the next
Business and Commercial Banking & generation of talent.
Conduct in July – this follows on from As part of an HSBC Work
the Certificate in Business Banking Experience challenge, I was
and Conduct and will help me harness asked to do some filming, along
further skills to progress. with other colleagues, to explain
Outside of my role I have been involved the benefits of an apprenticeship
in The Voice Magazine’s BME apprenticeship programme – lots of ‘edits’ but great
forum, sponsored by HSBC, which was held fun! I have also been involved in a joint
during National Apprenticeship Week, at HSBC apprenticeship collaboration with Microsoft, where
headquarters in London. we were tasked with coming up with ways to improve our
As an Apprenticeship Ambassador, I was involved customers’ journey.
with speaking to young students about the benefits of A piece of advice I would give to my younger self:
apprenticeships, how they work and my own personal pick up a hobby outside of work quickly to balance the
experiences and gains. It was a great success all-round, home/work life.

STEVEN AMOH

Business Retail Banking and Wealth Management (RBWM)
University/Degree Kent/BSc in Economics
HSBC career path Graduate Programme 2013, Wealth Transformation Analyst

aving joined the Graduate Programme in instrumental in bringing this to fruition. It’s
H2013, I completed my fourth rotation a role that gives me the opportunity to
last year. As I drew closer to the end of the make a solid contribution to the process
programme, I started to look into the kind of building the bank for the future –
of roles I might find interesting. After an ideal role for me to take up after
working with the Graduate Programme the varied experiences of the
team to get an understanding of where Graduate Programme.
my strengths lay, I secured my first If I could give myself one piece of
permanent role within the Wealth advice it would be to get a summer
Transformation team, as an analyst. internship while still in university.
In July 2015, the Retail Banking Experience trumps qualifications
and Wealth Management division – because now that everyone has a
approached the Global Programme degree, it doesn’t separate you from
Management Office of HSBC to support the pack.
its transformation programme. The Once you have obtained a job,
transformation programme comprises eight network! By network, I don’t mean go
workstreams, covers six markets and involves to loads of pointless events. I mean build
more than 600 initiatives with a substantial investment, relationships and make an impression with people in
and extensive and sustainable direct cost saves. your team and your wider team. Your network will open the
As a part of the Wealth Transformation team, I’m doors in your career.

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