Mentor matching
Each sophomore fellow is paired with a mentor for the year. Mentors will share their network, sit through mock interviews, and review resumes.
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A community for global Chinese professionals in finance.
Chinese Finance Organization aims to develop and create a network for Chinese students and professionals in finance - informal and formal mentorship, gatherings throughout the year, and a community that gives back.
Where Our Members Work
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About CFO
The Chinese community within finance.
The Chinese Finance Organization's mission is to bring together Chinese students and professionals across finance, from sophomores breaking into the field to industry veterans who have spent decades in the space.
CFO is built around being in the same rooms: social gatherings, networking sessions, and a mentorship program that pairs each fellow with an industry professional. CFO's value comes from our members and their commitment to building a tight knit class that will stay in touch well into each member's career.
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Community
Gatherings through the year, sessions with members further along, and a room that is easy to walk into.
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Mentorship
Our flagship program pairs each sophomore fellow with a member who recruited a few years before them.
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Network
CFO members everywhere become part of your network, compounding as the organization grows.
Fellowship cohorts open once a year.
One cycle each fall: sophomores apply to the fellowship program, and once admitted, are matched with high-achieving professionals at leading firms.
About
Who we are
Our mission
To create a global, tight-knit community of Chinese professionals in finance.
The Chinese Finance Organization is a community of Chinese students and professionals at every stage of a career in finance. The idea grew out of a standing dinner between a group of friends who had all recruited without a committed network, and who wanted to pass their experiences on to help the next generation.
We are deliberately small in structure and long in relationships. We are proud to provide gatherings throughout the year, members who answer their messages, a mentor for every sophomore fellow, and rooms where a student and someone far along in the industry can have a first conversation easily.
What the year looks like
Fall
Winter
Education Program
CFO hosts workshops, covering industries each mentor has spent the past year in along with broader technical financial knowledge.
Spring
Fellows' dinner
Pairings, alumni and next year's mentors in one room to close the cycle.
Year round
The community
Small dinners, study rooms in season, and a group chat that answers within the hour.
Membership
Fellows and mentors, one cycle a year.
Sophomores apply as fellows; anyone already on a desk, including graduating seniors, can apply to mentor one. There is no referral requirement — the board reads every application in the autumn cycle and answers within two weeks.
Membership is free at every stage. The board, the mentors and everyone running a program do it as volunteers.
| Who applies | Stage | Commitment |
|---|---|---|
| Fellow | Undergraduate sophomore | The recruiting year |
| Mentor | Graduating senior or on a desk | One fellow |
| Member | Past fellows and mentors | Open |
What membership includes
01A mentor for the year, matched by function and campus
02Introductions onward, to the people your mentor knows
03Dinners, study rooms and the fellows' group chat
04Resume reviews and practice interviews in season
05The alumni community, once your year is done
How it works
Apply — a short form01
Board review, each autumn02
Twenty minutes with a board member03
Mentor match, first dinner, group chat04
Placement
Where our members work
Every firm here is a mentor's desk. Fellows meet them through their own pairing, and through the people their mentor knows.
How the pairing works
Each autumn every sophomore fellow is matched with one mentor — a full-time analyst or a graduating senior — for the year. Matching goes by the function the fellow is aiming at and, where we can, by campus.
From there it is ordinary generosity, done consistently: the mentor reads the resume, sits for practice interviews, explains how a process actually moves, and introduces the fellow to friends on other desks. Recruiting rewards knowing what to ask and who to ask; a mentor is how a sophomore learns both a year early.
On a desk already? Take one fellow this year.
Volunteer as a mentorApply
One form, once a year.
Sophomores apply as fellows; anyone already on a desk can apply to mentor one. Applications are read once a year, in the autumn, and we answer every one.
ApplicationsOne cycle each autumn
Questionsmembership@chinesefinanceorg.com
The application form
One form, a few minutes. Sophomores apply as fellows; anyone already on a desk can apply to mentor one.
Open the application formThe process
Short form application01
Board review02
First round interview03
Superday04
Not sure whether to apply as a fellow or a mentor? Ask us.
membership@chinesefinanceorg.com
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