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New York, NY, US

Jersey City, New Jersey, US

• Global trading, operational, and technology responsibilities at billion+ dollar hedge fund for event, long/short, macro, and syndicate strategies. Products traded include Equities, Derivatives, ETFs, Converts.
• Head of Trading: Traded globally for 5 PMs across 5 different strategies; Ensured pre/post-trade compliance; Co-managed global syndicate efforts. Allocated commission budget to satisfy commitments while maintaining.
• Relationship Management: Primary point of contact for the firm’s external partners (prime brokers, executing brokers, research providers, and technology vendors); Established and on-boarded three prime brokers, 10 ISDA.
• Business Establishment/Growth: Built infrastructure from scratch to manage billions in assets across multiple PMs and strategies; Evaluated/tested/launched EMS, OMS, Risk Management, RMA, and broker resource.

• Global trading responsibilities at multi-billion-dollar event-driven hedge fund. Products traded include Equities, Derivatives, ETFs, Converts, High-yield, Distressed, CDS, and bank loans.
• As Head Trader, grew Mason Capital from a few hundred million and no trading desk to a multi-billion-dollar hedge fund with 5 traders, 6 prime brokers, 50+ global partners, and 24/6 coverage in the US, EU, and Asia.
• Traded globally for CIO and 4 PMs across various event-driven strategies; risk arb, spin-offs, fundamental long/short, credit, and litigation. Managed global syndicate strategy. Led trading team from offices in NYC and.
• Relationship & Business Development: Established/maintained 6 Prime Broker relationships, 15 ISDA counterparties, and 50+ global partners. Conducted annual broker reviews/hosted internal broker vote. Established.

• Responsible for the execution of convertible arb, and PIPE strategies at a billion-dollar hedge fund.
• Head of Trading/Development: Managed and traded for convert arb and PIPE strategies. Traded for long/short, performed syndicate function, and established proper hedging techniques/risk limits for fund group; Grew PIPE.

• Trading Highlights: Managed risk trading book consisting of risk arb, stubs, and share class pairs. Provided clients with risk markets in single name and relative value pairs. Identified and actively managed risk in.

Laval, Québec, CA

• Responsible for over a billion in Emerging Markets Hedge Funds; Diversified Emerging Markets Fund, Russia Fund, Emerging Market Resources Fund, and the Emerging Market Income Fund. Products traded included equities.
• Head of Trading: Established and staffed professional trading desk that provided 24/6 coverage of Global Emerging and Frontier Markets. Hired and trained trading personnel.
• Technology Specialist: Installed the necessary systems for market data/pricing, trade processing, and risk management. Programmed SQL database in support of research function.
• Business Establishment and Development: Spearheaded effort to out-source operations and fund admin functions to a third-party vendor (SSGM). Acted as liaison between out-sourced operations personnel and the internal.