Elite Careers Strategy advises ambitious students and their families on the route into corporate law, investment banking, private capital and consulting.
From school to first role. London-based. International families.
Founder-led expertise. A dedicated client team. Advisory led by Hassan Akram.
Named with permission. Evidence held on file.
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Documented outcomes at
Goldman Sachs · Blackstone · HSBC · Gibson Dunn · White & Case · Clifford Chance
See the evidenceBefore university
Illustrative photography. Not ECS clients.
Understand how law, banking, private capital and consulting select, and which early experiences matter.
Career guidance, with a parent or guardian involved. University admissions and personal statements are outside scope. Karam Kahlon began with ECS before university.
At university
Illustrative photography. Not ECS clients.
From first-year insight programmes and spring weeks to final-year applications and offer decisions.
Graduate & Early Career
Illustrative photography. Not ECS clients.
A defined selection process, or a considered move where ECS has depth.
Find the starting point
Pick the one that fits. The Diagnostic starts there.
Outcomes vary and are never guaranteed.
A Training Contract offer from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, extended after the firm completed its own selection process.
Documented Private Careers Advisory outcomes at Ropes & Gray and Baker McKenzie, alongside anonymised offers at further US and Magic Circle firms.
“The best decision we made for our son.”
"The strongest career strategist I have encountered - anywhere in the world."
Kristin Irish
Former Head of IB Campus Recruiting
UBS Investment Bank, New York
Former Deputy Director of Career Development
Yale School of Management
Independent endorser - not a client of ECS.
Advisory led by Hassan Akram, with a dedicated client team and selection research from Who Gets In?, the firm’s research arm.
Client operations are led by Janet, Head of Client Operations, with Catrina Mira in Client Success. Tengo Meskhi, Shinaz Navas and John O’Regan advise the firm. Meet the team. clients@accessecs.com.
More than 10,000 applications and related candidate materials reviewed across recruitment work and ECS advisory. 106 documented outcomes and selection progressions across 53 candidate journeys. A deliberately limited intake each year.
A written plan connecting the candidate’s profile, target firms and recruitment calendar with the work ahead.
Assigned work, written feedback and progress tracking, with client-team coordination between advisory sessions.
Firm-specific applications, interview rehearsal and assessment simulations, directed by the candidate’s current priorities.
Establish where the candidate stands, what matters next and whether ECS is the right fit. Suitable applicants are invited to a Private Diagnostic.
Request a Private DiagnosticEach year a small number of exceptional candidates are selected, on merit, for the ECS Scholars Programme.
A plain-English briefing for families and sponsors, written by Hassan Akram. No obligation.
