Leshawn Clarke

Third-year Accounting and Management undergraduate at Royal Holloway on track for a First. A committed learner with a strong drive for career growth, balancing study, business, and learning the financial industry everyday; described by peers as a "hungry teamplayer who strives for more while positively supporting those around him."

Founder and Managing Director at Novalty.AI (2025-01 – Present)

Founded an AI call-handling company for entertainment and hospitality venues (family entertainment centres and hospitality venues): Developing, automations, voice agents, chatbots built on VAPI, Make.com, and Twilio, offering customer solution systems that supports customers, 24/7, quote live pricing, availability, and capture bookings, immense growth seen with system implementation.

• Closed a £40,000 contract within the first month of launch; deployed across a 12-venue national leisure chain now handling 3600+ calls and 500 average+ captured bookings a month, 84% resolved without staff involvement.
• Own the full commercial cycle: outbound prospecting, live on-site demos, three-tier pricing models, drafting professional services agreements, and negotiating contracts directly with venue owners and decision makers.
• Run all company finances in Excel: invoicing, accounts receivable, supplier payments, monthly reconciliation, and cash-flow forecasting; build client-facing ROI models quantifying revenue recovered from missed calls.

Luxury Diamond Sales Advisor / Operations Coordinator at Astrea London (2025-10 – Present)

• Advise high-net-worth clients on high-value diamond purchases, serving international clients in German and Russian, in different areas such as Cannes, Paris and London.
• Prepare management reports on sales revenue, inventory valuation, and pricing accuracy, verifying figures before submission to senior management.

Sales Representative Intern at Sereclean Ltd (2025-06 – 2025-07)

• Ran targeted B2B outreach to dental clinics in HubSpot CRM, booking product demos, tracking KPIs, and reporting weekly performance to refine messaging and objection handling.

Medical Administrative Assistant Intern at Städtisches Klinikum Braunschweig (2022-06 – 2022-07)

• Managed and validated patient records and appointment scheduling across hospital systems, applying strict data accuracy standards.

BSc in Accounting and Management – Royal Holloway, University of London (2024-09 – 2027-06)

International Baccalaureate Diploma – International School Braunschweig-Wolfsburg (2022-09 – 2024-06)