Sara Fatima Farooqi

Sara’s professional background is in investment banking, having worked in the London office of both Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan Chase. While her main specialization lies within the Natural Resource sector, she has also worked with multiple Fortune 500 companies in other Capital Market domains and is currently on the advisory board of an investment fund based in London. Previously, she obtained a Master’s degree in Decision Sciences (Operational Research) from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics & Mathematics from Vassar College in the US. At IE Business School, Sara is a highly effective instructor in the fields of Quantitative Methods and Finance (BBA, MBA and Executive Education), who has received 30+ recognitions for outstanding teaching performance over the past years and has been voted to be the “Best Professor of the Program” on several occasions.

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

• Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan Chase

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Adjunct Professor of Finance and Quantitative Methods, IE University, Spain

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• MSc. (Honors) Decision Sciences (Operational Research), London School of Economics, UK

• BA (Honors Magna Cum Laude) Economics and Mathematics, Vassar College, New York, USA