Strategic decision alongside CEO to optimise and expand the high-margin B2B Structured Products product line, with the aim to help push the company’s top-line growth.- Improving processes through the full sales pipeline, from Client acquisition, through Requests-for-Quotes through to Payments and After-sales- Implementing new pricing strategies to maximise profitability whilst allowing business partners to stay competitive- Creating marketing strategies whilst remaining compliant with regulators- Negotiating with vendors and auxiliary business partners including contractual tie-ups with leading FinTech firms- Helping drive sales with new and existing clients to integrate Structured Products into their investment portfolios

Chief Operating Officer and Head of US OTC Cash Equities sub-divisionLombard Forte Securities is a leading interdealer broker, providing brokerage services in a wide range of asset classes such as Fixed Income, Equity Derivatives (pan-European, Russian, South African), Cash Equities (European and US) and Structured Products. As the Chief Operating Officer, helps drive the company’s strategic direction and vision whilst overseeing and ensuring the smooth running of the day-to-day operations- Close collaboration with CEO and the Board of Directors to help execute the visions and direction of the business- Liaise monthly with the heads of each of the 7 sub-divisions to discuss their team’s Profit and Loss figures, and subsequently calculate and manage the payments of all staff’s monthly bonuses- Liaising with Compliance Office and Anti Money Laundering Reporting Officer to ensure our compliance with regulatory and statutory requirements- Primary contact for both internal and external auditors, working closely with all relevant teams to ensure audits are completed as quickly, smoothly, and accurately as possible- Drove the organisation’s market expansion into European Cash Equities. Built an efficient cross-country Cash Equity sub-division, implementing IT systems and controls to help increase accuracy and communication between the Dubai and London offices

Moved from the UK to UAE to build and run a European Equity Single Stock Derivative business- Liaised with international investment banks and trading firms, both known and new, to implement this new business, resulting in a new revenue stream for the company

Responsible for broking all market-maker counterparties in European Equity Single Stock Derivatives - Implemented a new process of price discovery with market-maker clients resulting in better prices and reduced waiting times between receiving a client order and returning a price

Responsible for all crossing and execution as part of the European Indices team (FTSE, CAC and DAX) whilst broking FTSE Derivatives - Produced and rolled out an automated trade confirmation generation system for my Equity Delta 1 colleagues, resulting in instant post-trade confirmations and a large reduction in errors from manually made confirmations- Programmed an option price and delta chooser for multi-legged option strategies for the FTSE crossing desk, allowing for quicker and more accurate time-sensitive live crosses, contributing to a reduction in costly errors

Responsible for stock settlements and confirmations as part of the Equity Single Stocks Derivatives team- Produced and rolled out an Equity Option Pricer using MS Excel (VBA), allowing my Single Stocks team to more effectively broke their products- Passed FSA Financial Regulations exam (82%)- Passed FSA Derivatives exam (85%)

9 week summer Internship in the Technology Department at Deutsche Bank London.