|
Wills gets job experience
28/11/2005 07:22 - (SA)
|
|
|
 |
|
| Prince William hard at work (AP) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
London - Prince William has finished three weeks of work experience in London's financial district, where he met insurers, traders and even fishmongers, his father's office said on Sunday.
Banking giant HSBC organised and hosted the programme, designed to provide a glimpse of the inner workings of the City, as London's financial district is known.
"After a very busy three weeks spent in the City, I now have a much better understanding how all the different financial institutions work and how they fit together," William said.
"Spending every day with people who contribute so much to this country's economy gave me the chance to experience the atmosphere of the City and to see, as best as I could, what it's really like to work there," he said. "And I won the stock picking competition!"
William, 23, graduated from Scotland's St Andrews University in June, and plans to attend the elite Sandhurst military academy to train to become an army officer. His younger brother Harry also studies at Sandhurst.
William visited the Bank of England, the London Stock Exchange, Lloyd's of London and even the famous Billingsgate fish market.
He was based at HSBC's Charities Investment Services team, and helped with analysing companies and preparing for client meetings.
"William became an active working member of the different teams he was in," said Paul Cattermull, HSBC's senior director of charities services. "William learned a great deal about our sector as well as the City at large and, I hope, really enjoyed his time with us."
- AP
|
