Verna Shum is an associate at Goldman Sachs, focusing on Global Banking and Markets, specifically in FICC and Equities, since July 2020. Prior experience includes roles as an analyst and summer analyst in the Global Markets division at Goldman Sachs, along with participation in a spring internship and a trading workshop where Verna secured first place in a trading simulation. Verna's academic background includes a Master of Mathematics from the University of Oxford, where research on the connectivity of infinite graphs culminated in a published paper. Noteworthy speaking engagements encompass a presentation on "Separation profiles: Investigating the Connectivity of the Sierpinski Carpet" at a mathematics conference. Verna holds a secondary education diploma from Maryknoll Convent School in Hong Kong.