Shawn Duan

Consumer Industry Analyst

Strategy research, consumer insights, IPO advisory, and systematic market experiments.

Frost & Sullivan / LeadLeo

Consumer Industry Analyst

Aug 2024 - Present

Huaxi Securities

Equity Research Assistant

Jul 2023 - Apr 2024

Guotai Haitong Securities

Strategy Research Assistant

Jun 2022 - Sep 2022

Produced 21 in-depth reports across F&B, apparel, and new consumption; report pages reached 500+ average daily visits and supported RMB 5M+ commercial revenue.

Supported a main-board IPO advisory project for a leading athletic footwear manufacturer through expert interviews, market sizing, value-chain mapping, and competitive analysis.

Researched 3C titanium alloy penetration and related supply-chain opportunities; drafted 8 earnings reviews, one company deep dive, and 21 WeChat research posts with readership up 40% YoY.

Reviewed Hong Kong equity market performance across 2022 Q1-Q3, analyzing policy, liquidity, earnings expectations, and cross-asset signals.

Research Portfolio

18 public / de-identified assets

2024 - 2026

IPO & Strategy Decks

Industry narratives and market proof

Built a portfolio library covering coconut, low-temperature yogurt, fresh-ground coffee, baijiu, grilled sausage, running shoes, footwear manufacturing, IP licensing, functional sofa, RWA, DePIN, and global megatrends.

Core skills include market sizing, expert interview synthesis, consumer insight, industry mapping, competitive landscape, and strategy deck storytelling.

EA Quant Trading

Automated trading practice

Prompted Research

Codex-assisted workflow

Run EA-based automated trading strategies with live monitoring, rule-based execution, and risk-control logic. Use Codex to turn repetitive research SOPs into structured conversations and reusable work habits.

Jinan University

M.A. Economics

2021 - 2024

Hunan Agricultural University

B.A. Finance

2017 - 2021

GPA 3.7 / 4.0. Published a CSSCI-indexed paper on regional market integration and manufacturing competitiveness using geographic regression discontinuity evidence.

GPA 3.8 / 4.0. Awards include National Encouragement Scholarship, Outstanding Student Leader, Merit Student Model, and National English Competition Third Prize.