Riccardo Catalano

MScBA Master in Management (MiM) – Rotterdam School of Management (Erasmus University)

Rotterdam, Netherlands • Sep 2025 – Sep 2026 (Expected)

• Strategic management, marketing, operations, supply‑chain, business analytics, corporate finance.
• Extracurricular: Ad Astra Capital – Senior Analyst (Global Tech), Flow Traders Competition.
• GPA 8.78/10 = US 4.0 = UK First class

Erasmus Exchange – Governance, Economics & Legal Order at ESADE Business School

Barcelona, Spain • Aug 2023 – Dec 2023

GPA 8.05/10

BSc. International Politics and Government – Bocconi University

Milan, Italy • Sep 2021 – Oct 2024

• Multidisciplinary: politics, economics, management, law, quantitative methods.
• Thesis: European gas prices as a predictor of support for Ukraine.
• GPA 25.2/30

International Baccalaureate (IB) – International School of Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland • Jun 2019 – Jun 2021

Final mark: 40/45

Team Lead – Tech Consulting Group

Rotterdam, Netherlands • Oct 2025 – Present

Leading team of 5 consultants advising financial services client on platform technology and operating‑model strategy. Delivering scenario‑based recommendations through competitor benchmarking, internal diagnostics, and cost modeling.

Senior Analyst (Global Tech) – Ad Astra Capital

Rotterdam, Netherlands • Oct 2025 – Present

Researching and analyzing 2 equities per week as stock picks for student investment fund in Flow Traders Competition.

Junior Digital Ethics Analyst – IKEA (Ingka Digital)

Amsterdam, Netherlands • Aug 2024 – Jul 2025

• AI Governance: Established AI registry, coordinated cross‑functional teams for internal AI tooling and model governance.
• AI Act Compliance: Built risk frameworks and assessment tools, published engineering guide.
• Analytics & Automation: BigQuery dashboards, LLM‑based compliance flagging.
• Presented at internal tech conference (200+ attendees).