Mark Ledwards Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Founded in 2002, Connect is now one of the most sought-after consultancies in the world for people-skills and communication training. We specialise in developing talent. We combine an award-winning training approach with the specific aims and objectives of individuals, businesses and corporations to be more successful. My responsibilities include:• Empowering executives by helping them to develop outstanding and natural communication and leadership skills, whether presenting to large audiences, clients, the media, internal stakeholders or investors. • As a communications and leadership coach with 25 years’ sales and management experience in financial institutions and technology companies, I’ve always loved mentoring and helping individuals convey ideas more effectively. The seeds of this passion were sown in my final British Army role, where I taught and evaluated soldiers, officers and command staff at the Armoured Warfare Centre. At Connect, we specialise across the industrial spectrum including established professional services, Pharmaceutical companies, Financial Services organisations and Start-Up businesses. Please contact me at markledwards@connectcommunication.com

London, United Kingdom

London Stock Exchange Group (LSE.L) is an international markets infrastructure business. Diversified and global, LSEG focuses on capital formation, intellectual property and risk and balance sheet management.My responsibilities in this one-year engagement included proposing a data-driven approach to an existing credit trading platform and managing a sales team based in London and Paris.

London, United Kingdom

Algomi is a leading software company that provides technology to financial market participants to improve their workflow and liquidity by data aggregation, pre-trade information analysis, and execution facilitation.I was responsible for all business and commercial aspects of 45-person team covering Dev, QA, Sales, Project Management and legal. Budget management & forecasting. Devised and implemented strategy, reporting at board level to strategic and VC investors.

London, United Kingdom

Head of newly-formed team to sell Fixed Income technology to Exchange groups globally. Also devised and sold data products.

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for pitching and selling new FinTech products to large investment banks and asset managers at C-Suite and Head of Business level.

London, United Kingdom

Amius is a boutique provider of risk management and hedging solutions to commodity producers, industrial processors and commodity merchants. I established an alternative assets group within Amius Group, focussed on illiquid assets, including distressed shipping assets, offshore oil vessels and real estate.

London, United Kingdom

Terium LLP is a privately held Merchant Banking and Investment Management firm. I pitched and sold illiquid Fixed Income assets to Middle East and European clients, including claims, physical commodities and Oil & Gas assets.

London, United Kingdom

Coventry is a global financial services firm leading the development of a robust longevity market.I set up Middle East-focussed group, selling bespoke insurance capital markets product to family offices, banks, Sovereign Wealth Funds and local asset managers.

London, United Kingdom

Nomura is an Asia-based financial services group with an integrated global network spanning over 30 countries. Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through three business divisions: Retail, Asset Management, and Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking). I was the lead UK team member for Structured Solutions Group helping Middle East institutions maximise ALM, balance sheet optimisation and structure fixed income products. My clients were based all over the region, with a strong focus on Qatar.

London, United Kingdom

Kessler managed institutional and private funds in various strategies using US Treasury risk. I sourced and ran partnerships with two top tier investment banks to promote the asset management strategies in the Middle East and Europe.

London, United Kingdom

Before its acquisition by JP Morgan, Bear, Stearns was a leading investment bank with a strong focus on Fixed Income. I joined as an assistant and as a sales associate, worked with the Fixed Income Structured Products team in London and New York.

Germany, Oman, Norway, Cyprus

My military career culminated in being selected to the Royal Armoured Corps’ Instructor Cadre, where I taught and evaluated soldiers and officers on a variety of specialist courses. I served in Norway, Cyprus, Germany and Oman.

London, United Kingdom

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