April Frimpong
April Frimpong (Chemistry 2012) is a Data Engineer at the Bank of England.
April's story
April, known by her friends as Ama, initially worked in education before realising that her passion lay in highly technical work and identifying what she needed to do to change her career path. Her current work involves transforming raw data into reports for analysis.
An early career change
After graduating from the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ in 2016 with a Masters in Chemistry, April worked as an Assistant Director at a tutoring company, fuelled by her desire to help young people. After a year, April realised she missed the highly technical aspects of work that she’d enjoyed so much during her time studying chemistry. She started to teach herself how to code and then undertook training to become a Data Engineer at data consultancy firm the Kubrick group, kickstarting her career in the world of data.
Current role
While at the Kubrick group, April worked on client projects and sites, one of which was for the Bank of England. She worked at the Bank as a contractor for 2 years and, having built a good rapport with the team an