Karii Ngugi

About

Financial Engineering graduate and newly Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst with a strong foundation in investment analysis, financial modelling, and private markets. Experienced in multi-country research, quantitative analysis, and translating complex datasets into decision-grade insights, with a growing focus on climate and impact investing.

Experience

• Research and Advisory Intern
  Busara Centre for Behavioural Economics
  Jul 2025 – Jan 2026
• Data Analytics Job Simulation on Forage
  Deloitte Australia
  May 2025 – 2025
• Data Collection Researcher
  United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
  Mar 2025 – Jul 2025
• Finance Attaché
  Kingdom Bank Limited
  2024 – Mar 2024
• Accounts and Finance Intern
  Ultravetis East Africa
  Jan 2022 – Mar 2022

Education

• Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA Member)
  Chartered Alternative Investments Analyst Association
  Alternative Investments · 2025 – 2026
• Bachelor of Business Science in Financial Engineering
  Strathmore University
  Financial Engineering · Jul 2021 – Jun 2025
• Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
  Kianda School
  Jan 2017 – Apr 2021

Skills

• Data Analysis
• Market research
• Python
• Power BI
• Tableau
• Financial Modeling
• Google Sheets
• Excel
• Due Diligence
• R
• Macroeconomic Analysis
• Investment Analysis
• Private equity
• NVivo
• Private Markets

Projects

• Cryptocurrency & Macroeconomic Research Honors Thesis
  R, ARIMA, EGARCH, VAR

  Studied Bitcoin and Ethereum’s influence on Nigeria’s inflation, remittances, and financial stability using time-series econometric models.

• Dashboards & Data Projects
  Excel, Power BI

  Built financial visualizations from banking and retail datasets, and developed dynamic dashboards to visualize key performance metrics and trends.

Courses & certifications

• Deloitte Australia Data Analytics Job Simulation on Forage · Deloitte Australia · 2025

🗣️ Languages

• English · Fluent
• Kiswahili · Fluent
• French · Intermediate

🏆 Achievements & awards

• Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Finalist
• CFA Institute Research Challenge 2023/24 Local Champion · 2024

  Involved an equity valuation of Safaricom PLC.

🤝 Volunteering

• Rotary Club of Gigiri · Volunteer Educator · 2025

  Designed and delivered financial literacy workshops for women reintegrating into society at The NEST Halfway House; developed training materials and budgeting templates; facilitated discussions and assessments.

• The Karen Hospital · Voluntary service · 2023

  Provided clinical and administrative support, including caregiving for patients and assistance in organizing records.

• Kenya National Library Services · Library Support · 2019

  Enhanced cataloguing of titles during April and August holidays.