About Me

A Belgian raised in England with varying interest, focussing on engineering on economics. I built this page as a little project to learn some basic coding.

The goal of this website is to provide more context to what is stated on my CV.

  • 2012-2019
    Saint Ronan's School - CE Results: A* A* A* A* A* A* A* A A B
  • 2019-present
    Harrow School - (I)GCSE Results: 5 9s, 4 8s, 7
    A-Levels: X X X X
  • Makyth Ventures win
    Won a competition to make a sustainable business plan
  • First Tech Challenge Robotics
    Senior CAD Developer - our team won the Regional finals, on to Nationals in June
  • CREST Gold Award
    Part of a team writing a paper entitled 'An Investigation in to Using Springs to Measure the Mass of Objects in Weightless Environments'
  • The Harrovian
    I write the science and technology section in the School newspaper
  • Societies
    I am a member of various societies and have given lectures
  • CCF
    I am a Royal Marine cadet NCO. I prep and deliver training to younger pupils each week
  • NatWest Specialty Finance - April 2023
    Worked in NatWest's headquarters, reading papers, sitting in on meetings and learning about various departments
  • Suitable People - Summer 2022
    Waitered at weddings over the summer

My work

CREST Gold Award

I am part of a team that is writing a ~80 page paper entitled 'An Investigation in to Using Springs to Measure the Mass of Objects in Weightless Environments'.

First Tech Challenge Robotics

I am the Senior CAD Developer on a robotics team that won the regional finals and is going to the nationals in June 2023.

Makyth Ventures Ignite win

I brought together a team of four people to compete in a sustainable business plan competition run by Winchester College. Our plan to make uniform from hemp won.

NatWest Work Experience

I worked in the NatWest headquarters reading papers, sitting in on meetings and meeting people from various departments.

UChicago Summer Program

I have been accepted to a one-week program at UChicago entitled 'Emerging World Leaders' which takes place this summer (2023).

Imperial Summer Program

I have been accepted in to a two-week engineering program run by Imperial which takes place this summer (2023).

Trip to Nepal

In December 2022, I went on a two-week trip to Nepal where taught English and Maths, built a water tank for a primary school and trekked through the Annapurnas.

DofE Silver Award

I completed the Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award program.

Shaftesbury Enterprise

Shaftesbury Enterprise is a program run by Harrow School which allows children from local primary schools to come to the School and get tutored by pupils.

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Blog/other stuff

FT Sustainable Aviation Forum (online)

Wednesday 17th May 2023

I attended talks from different key figures, including Boeing's CEO and CSO.

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Pigou Society Lecture

Wednesday 10th May 2023

I delivered a lecture to the School's Economics society entitled 'Herd Mentality in the Stock Market'. I looked at advantages, disadvantages, how it can be used and algotrading.

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Coronation Drill

Thursday 4th May

I took part in the School Drill Squad display for the King's Coronation.

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Contact me

vvdb@vvdb.co.uk

Download March 2023 CV