Managing Director, Credit Trading
Hong Kong
Led the global reorganization and expansion of flow credit trading within Financial Markets (FM) division of the bank. Responsible for all risk, p&l and trading activity within the business.Strategic:• Consolidated trading into major hubs New York, London and Hong Kong• Expanded product coverage, adding more than 80 countries, notably Central & Eastern Europe and Latin America and high yield and distressed debt• Upgraded effort in key local currency credit markets including CNH and SGD• Embedded desk research trading to enable dynamic risk taking and client engagement• Collaborated closely with sales management to align trading strategies, breadth of client coverage and resource allocation between trading hubs• Recruited and hired 15 traders including 3 regional trading headsManagement:• Daily management of 23 personnel across credit trading and research• Partnered with Debt Capital Markets (DCM) teams to advise on pricing, sizing and allocation of primary issuance, including secondary bought deals led by the trading desk• Optimized risk and trading structure including limits, operating entities, Volcker compliance (as Volcker Desk Owner), dealing mandates and capital/RWA allocation• Engaged with support functions to optimize infrastructure, especially operations, technology, e-commerce and compliance• Regularly presented to senior management on business developments, performance and strategic directionMember of the FXRC Management Team and FM Business Management Team.