This week we spoke to Brendan Ma who is an Investment Banker with Goldman Sachs, a UN Youth Director and an Australian delegate to the G20 Youth Forum. Previously he has also been a tutor at Sydney University and worked in the legal industry. We spoke with him about his research in Chinese debt lending in the developing world and the human rights implications of this as well as other geopoltical topics. We also spoke about his work in the finance industry and the impact that can be created through finance. 1:39: Brendan’s thesis on Chinese lending 4:55: Implications of Chinese lending on foreign power struggles 7:34: Implications for human rights 14:00: Key learnings from time at Uni 18:20: Creating impact through finance 26:30: What’s it actually like to be an investment banker? 30:10: Foreign relations in a post-coronavirus world 37:20: Advice for Uni students
The Sachin and Adam Show