Gurdeep Hansra Email and Phone Number

Following a well deserved sabbatical, the focus will be on continuing to help organisations via Non Executive Directorships, special advisory boards and governorships. Calm, collegiate and able to understand issues with clarity. An excellent communicator with staff at all levels.

Legal umbrella investment structure, managing global macro multi asset class investment portfolio serviced with investment professionals in Cayman, Geneva, London and Singapore. Portfolios consist of Equity, Fixed Income, Derivatives, Structured Notes, FX, Hedge Funds, property and non listed Private Equity. The latter involves singular direct or multi partner capital involvement.Additionally, when conflicts of interest allow, special strategic advisor to managing boards.A well deserved sabbatical will begin from Q1 2019

Founding Chairman and a major seed capital investor to a start up that wished to develop a focused independent pc hardware solution for the rapidly growing global gaming machine manufacturers.

FSA registered Investment Manager using both equity and equity derivative strategies to manage portfolio risk within a European focused fund and an Emerging Markets Fund. Guest keynote speaker at the US Endowment Conference in Phoenix, also at conferances in Dubai and London for Family Offices and Private Banks.

A principle capital finance business entity completely independent and segregated within SEB and Enskilda Securities. Capital Management managed and structured dynamic portfolios, using innovative and market leading derivatives and equity financial instruments, in advanced alternative risk strategies that did not generate alpha by leverage, but utilised strategies to control and maintain thematic investments within a portfolio. Thereby neutralising short term market movements and allowing each strategy within the portfolio to maximise the alpha potential over a longer investment period. Capital Management was a major client to the bulge bracket investment banks for both equity execution and OTC derivatives. It develop its own market leading investment management techniques, whilst establishing an independently audited quantifiable investment performance resulting in annualised returns of +25% per annum with high sharpe and sorting ratios.

Excellent communication skills and clear strategic visionary to identify future developing product themes within the global investment banking market. Ability to manage complex personalities into effective teams. A calming balanced authority in moments of high stress, and a natural go to for private and confidential advise for all employees within the group

Full Authority Signatory for all Commercial and Investment Bank activities including Trade Finance, Loan Syndication, and Treasury. Five person management board that was responsible for all commercial and investment activities conducted by SEB London, and the 450+ London employees.

Strategic review of all aspects of the Investment Bank. Identified both key business areas of growth and those that were marginal to the future direction of global investment banking. Restructured the business entities, with both personnel and capital to be focused on higher margin and ROE products. Ensured that products were highly client focused under a new distribution/sales management team. Principle financing/investing was segregated into a new stand alone business entity and was the original blue print structure that was subsequently utilised by other investment banks. 600+ employees within Enskilda Securities globally.

Responsible for all aspects of equity trading globally with the group. Originated and built the equity derivatives business in Stockholm including the risk matrix and hedging protocals that allows SEB Enskilda to dominate the Scandinavian OMX options and futures markets. Implemented robust risk management to all areas with live time position reporting.

Assumed responsibility for all equity operations in London, in addition to being Global Head of Equity Trading. Strengthened both Sales and Research personnel in coordination with both Global Heads of Sales and Research who were based in Stockholm. 200+ London equity employees

Elected to Partner at Enskilda Securities.

Equity execution for all Scandinavian Markets for Institutional Global Investors with the additional responsibility to originate and manage Scandinavian propriatorey investments.Establish and manage a new French equity trading team based in both Paris and London. Establish trading links with existing domestic French brokerage firms. Ensure professional and effecient equity execution for the global institutional clients via either Paris or London.Establish new Dutch equity product, including research, sales, trading and corporate finance relationships for both institutional fund clients and corporates looking to establish significant holdings in Dutch listed companies.

Academic and practical product rotation covering Treasury and Investment Banking, culminating in proprietry equity trading appointment.

Graduate training programme Chartered Accountant