David Stevens Email & Phone Number

Sydney, Australia

Sydney, Australia

Sydney

• Frontline sales role to provide local knowledge and solutions to CBA Regional Agri and Commercial client base for Northern NSW (40 Relationship Executives across 8 Business Banking Centres).
• Responsible for Interest Rate Risk Management, Foreign Exchange and Commodity hedging solutions.

North Sydney

• Implementation of growth, business and client strategy with the existing Executive Team.
• Director responsibilities including attendance of regular Board, Management, WIP and External Auditor meetings.
• Executed foreign exchange, interest rate and metal hedges on behalf of client base.
• Communicated with the Board and Senior Management in Corporate Australia to identify risk and develop hedge policy and framework in the Metals and Mining Industry.
• Provided client specific advisory framework to assist in daily and macro decision making process.
• Worked with the client base in refining existing, and developing new documentation and procedures.

Singapore

• Responsible for client activity ex China in Asia Pacific region.
• Jointly responsible for all trading on precious and base metals and associated foreign exchange and rates risk in Asia Pacific region for the global books.
• Cross selling and leverage of Morgan Stanley IBD relationships with the metals business.

Singapore

• Built system infrastructure from the ground up with an external service provider (Murex) to support the Global Commodity Derivatives business.
• Ensured product delivered to the network franchise.
• Responsible for ALL (spot, forward and options) metals trading activity in the Asia time zone including legacy foreign exchange and rates risk.
• Educated the franchise sales force (foreign exchange based around the region) in developing tailored financial derivative solutions in the metals arena including joint customer visitation.
• Internal profiling and marketing of Global Commodity Derivatives via regular education sessions and pitch book publications to middle office staff.

Sydney

• Grew RBC Metals presence in Asian Time Zone from the ground up to be an integral part of the RBC Global structure.
• Managed and executed ALL RBC (global book) metal related risk in Asia, including spot, forwards and options and legacy foreign exchange and rates risk.
• Built and marketed trading/hedging strategies to Producer, Central Bank and Hedge Fund client base.
• Developed and implemented horizontal marketing strategy with Investment Banking, Equities and Structured Products Teams.
• Prepared credit, business and strategy papers for new clients.

London

• All precious and base metals trading activities including spot, forward and options including legacy foreign exchange and rates risk.
• Providing structured derivative hedge solutions for client base in precious and base metals across Europe, Africa and Asia Pacific.
• Primary client-facing representative to the Bank’s Hedge Fund clients.
• Ensure trading staff adhered to VAR and pre-defined internal trading limits.
• Assist in integration and implementation of sales strategy with Resource (Project) Finance in Australia and South Africa.

London And Sydney (Nov 1999 To Mar 2001)

• Set revenue targets and VAR limits per book and centre.
• Oversaw implementation of new sales/trading front, middle and back office system (Openlink) including the new product approval process and straight-through processing.
• ALL Precious and Base Metal related risk including legacy foreign exchange and rates risk.
• Promoted GEC internally to all relevant business groups including Project Finance, Structured Commodity Trade Finance and Credit and Risk Departments.
• Ensured integration of sales effort (hedging structures) and financing transactions to maximise Return on Capital.

Sydney And London

Employed as a spot foreign exchange dealer to manage risk across the major currency pairs. In tandem with Bell Commodities, provided pricing support to the embryonic AUD/USD futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange. In November 1991 became the first employee seconded from Sydney to London (Head Office) to join their foreign exchange trading desk. As.