Career snapshot: An investment analyst with the World Bank Group

Knowledge of Plato, Aristotle and philosophical principles isn’t exactly applicable to Giorgio Felici’s current job running numbers and analyzing financial trends.

And according to Felici, an investment analyst at the International Finance Corporation in Paris, a master’s degree in philosophy from King’s College in London wasn’t particularly useful when he applied to the position, either.

“If it helped me in any way in the selection process, I’m not aware of which way,” he told Devex, laughing.

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