Manage foreign exchange trading, sales and operations; interest rate hedging sales and trading; trade finance; international correspondent banking; foreign currency accounts for clients.

Managing Director, Head of FX and Rates Trading. Managed multiple teams of traders. Initiatives included upgrading our systems, enhancing client experience, streamlining workflow and optimizing risk management. Previous roles included:Managing Director, Regulatory & Risk Management Programs. Spearheaded initiatives to enhance our risk management and governance standards, to meet and exceed all regulatory requirements and ensure optimal client service standards. Managing Director, Product Development. Managed capital markets projects to develop new products and processes, aimed at enhancing our FX and interest rate hedging product capabilities and client experience. Managing Director, FX and Rates Sales. Led the FX sales team for the Western US and the national interest rate exposure management team. Advised public and private companies on currency and interest rate exposure management, including guidance and referrals on hedge accounting as well as regulatory reporting requirements for currency and interest rate derivatives. Wrote numerous articles covering the global markets and hosted market calls covering the global and domestic fixed income and currency markets.

Proprietary Trading: Products included exchange traded and OTC futures, options and structured derivatives; cash fixed income securities; all foreign exchange products; and equity index futures. Managed the US Dollar OTC interest rate options desk on an interim basis and helped integrate the operations and books of two recently merged banking organizations.

Global responsibility for USD derivatives sales and trading. North American responsibility for asset-liability management, portfolio management, asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities, currency forwards & options, G-10 interest rate derivatives and proprietary trading. In the first year managing the group, revenues increased over 500%.Member of the Management Committee that ran the trading and sales across all asset classes.Member of the Asset-Liability Committee.Established a team to provide foreign exchange exposure management advice to large multinational organizations. Created a successful proprietary trading desk that focused on the global foreign exchange and fixed income markets.Directed the selection and implementation of a new derivatives pricing and risk management system.Responsible for the training and development of traders and salespersons; spearheaded the MBA and college recruitment program.