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London, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

+ Built a Synthetic Prime flow financing business covering Pan-European & North American markets+ Integrated Synthetic Prime platform with a multi-asset Cash Prime Brokerage platform to give clients financing options & a holistic view of their portfolio's coupled with dynamic portfolio risk margining+ Front-to-back client-to-firm digital connectivity, leveraging a broad set of execution algos, smart order routers & Field-Programable Gate Arrays (FPGA)+ Markets: Pan-European+ Client base: Asset Managers, Hedge Funds, Insurance Companies & Sovereign Wealth Funds

Greater New York City Area

Setting up a multi-asset Global Synthetic Prime Brokerage & Delta One trading product for CIBC, encompassing business case analysis, technology selection, implementation & connectivity to all of the banks downstream sub-systems, support functions & risk management processes. Deployment of new products to London, New York & Toronto, adding new institutional clients & generating new revenue streams to benefit both Prime Finance, Equity Derivatives & the wider Global Equities business.

Americas, Asia-Pacific & Europe

Engaged in Consultancy assignments in the Delta One, Derivatives, Prime Finance and Corporate Treasury business, providing pragmatic advice from experience & product expertise to help businesses improve revenues & profitability. Some examples are:• Delta One trading & risk management platform for a US Bank, new trading strategies, new ideas to grow revenues and expand client relationships• Prime Finance platform, new functionality, STP for Securities Finance products, treasury & risk management for a European Bank• Prime Finance platform for a crypto currency exchange (ICO) with associated treasury & risk management products• IT Vendor on building the software for a multi-currency Prime Finance platform for Asset Managers• Providing expertise & advice in Prime Finance for a bulge bracket Management Consultancy firm

Greater New York City Area

• Senior Prime Finance Sales/Trader of Equity Derivatives & Securities Financing products to institutional investors• Markets: the Americas, Pan-Asia and Pan-Europe• Managed client relationships: Multi-asset financing & liquidity solutions for clients, corporate action trading, risk management of derivative & financing books• Grew international prime brokerage profits in the Americas with new clients, new products & new product functionality• New arranged finance platform to conform with Dodd-Frank regulations. Reduced business footprint, regulatory capital management, tri-party & non-cash collateral financing platform for interest rate, liquidity & treasury management• Trading products: Equities, Fixed Income, FX, Delta One, Equity Derivatives, Prime Finance, Repo & Securities Lending• Extensive knowledge of legal agreements: ISDA + annexes, GMSLA/MSLA, GMRA/MRA & PB agreements• Implemented new FinTech products to automate trading processes, portfolio optimization, rate/spread management, improved management controls & reduced operational risks• Diverse client base: Agent lenders, asset managers, banks, broker/dealers, family offices, hedge funds, institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds

Hong Kong

• Directed and managed the performance of six team members• Grew profits by more than 400% to $30 million, built a Pan-Asian Funding & Treasury platform, grew secured funding from $500 million to $6 Billion, exceeding budget 100% of the time & by more than 25% for 2010 during the Euro credit crisis.• Expanded securities lending & synthetic prime brokerage products to cover all Pan-Asian markets, integrating other Delta One products into the platform & added new clients to grow revenues.• Business growth: Engaged in new client origination, pricing, trading daily flow financing products including securities lending, repo, single stock & portfolio swaps, index swaps, FX, interest rate products, ETF, P-Notes, futures, options, warrants & light exotic derivatives. Legal agreements: ISDA+ annexes, GMSLA & GMRA. Balance sheet & risk management: Credit, fx, greek’s, interest rate, market & operational risk• Served a diverse client base covering agent lenders, asset managers, banks, broker/dealers, central banks, corporates, hedge funds, other institutional investors & sovereign wealth funds in Asia-Pacific Ex-Japan markets• Built a multi-asset financing & treasury funding desk covering all Asia Ex-Japan markets, turned a low-volume, single-stock swaps business into a fully functional synthetic prime brokerage business incorporating portfolio swaps, index/sector swaps and custom baskets and built a DMA into a swap product for high-volume liquid markets • Installed new cash execution trading algorithms to improve hedging for derivative books, giving clients better results & improved alpha. Implemented risk management controls to improve FX & interest rate risk & take advantage of trading anomalies. Worked with Operations & P&L teams to vastly improve STP, cash flows & the client experience

Greater New York City Area

• Directed and managed the performance of five team members• Increased profits from <$1 million to $35+ million in less than three years, merged the business with the index desk & grew combined Delta One profits to $120+ million• Designed & built a new global synthetic trading & risk management platform in addition to installing new cash algorithms for improved execution & hedging with STP to downstream applications & prime finance web portals. • Provided structured products & financing solutions to institutional clients• Managed synthetic flow equity financing products for the US market, including securities lending, repo, single stock, portfolio swaps, index/sector swaps, custom baskets, ETF, futures, options, PIPE, REIT, DMA into swap, foreign exchange, interest rate products (basis, cross currency), other OTC & light exotics derivatives in addition to ISDA & annexes. Set up the new synthetic access product for Brazil & Chile.• Served a major client base of broker/dealers, hedge funds, institutional asset managers, pensions funds & sovereign wealth funds throughout Canada, Latin America & the USA

London, United Kingdom

• Role: Senior Swaps trader running the Synthetic Equity Finance business for Asia & Europe• Achievements: Grew profits from USD 20 to USD 30 million• Other responsibilities: Focused on client flow financing swaps, corporate action/event trading & structured products for Asia-Pacific & Europe. Managed a Desk of 3• Products: Securities lending, repo, single stock swaps, basis swaps, interest rate & FX swaps, option combos, FX forwards & NDF's• Client base: Agent Lenders, Broker/Dealers, Central Banks, Hedge Funds, Institutional Investors, Sovereign Wealth Funds & Supranational's

London, United Kingdom

• Role: Initially a Securities Lending/Repo trader and evolved into running the Synthetic Equity Finance business for EMEA and some Asia-Pacific markets• Achievements: Grew profits from USD 2 to USD 20 million, grew secured financing from USD 1 to USD 5 billion and installed a framework for Funding & Treasury Management• Other responsibilities: Client flow financing swaps, corporate action/event trading & structured products for Asia-Pacific & Europe, Eurobond repo & short dated interest rate risk. Managed a Desk of 3. Seconded to Hong Kong in 1994 & 1995 to help set up & develop the Hong Kong Finance Desk for trading financing products across Asia-Pacific• Products: Securities lending, repo, single stock swaps, basis swaps, interest rate & FX swaps, option combos, FX forwards & NDF's• Client base: Agent Lenders, Central Banks, Hedge Funds, Institutional Investors & Sovereign Wealth Funds

London, United Kingdom

• Role: Senior Operations Specialist providing support to the Financing Trading Desk for Collateral Management, Repo & Securities Lending products for Asia & EMEA markets• Achievements: Set up the new Securities Lending trading system with full front-to-back functionality & STP, greatly improved daily liquidity management for Asia & EMEA, helped with the set up a new broker/dealer in Switzerland• Other responsibilities: Day-to-day settlements, liquidity management, product development & automation of manual task's• Products: Equities, fixed income, money market products• Client base: Agent lenders, Central banks, Institutional investors & other broker/dealers

London, United Kingdom

• Financial Accountant & Operations Specialist covering a JPY Warrant Arbitrage Fund encompassing daily clearance of all products, production of P&L, financial accounting, balance sheet & various risk reports• Products: Equities, warrants, foreign exchange, options, futures, money markets, interest rate swaps

London, United Kingdom

3 different roles:• 1987-1988 – Financial Accountant covering 3 large Global Investment Portfolio’s (AUM GBP 30~ billion)• 1988-1989 – Portfolio Operations covering equities, fixed income, money markets, derivatives & foreign exchange products for 7 large global investment portfolios• 1989-1990 - Project Manager: Setting up an International Securities Lending business. Markets: Japan, European equities & Eurobonds. P&L: GBP 20 million

Singapore, Singapore

+ Company Second-in-Command: 2nd Coy, 1st Commando Battalion+ Platoon Commander: 2nd Coy, 1st Commando Battalion

Corporate Treasury: Corporate Finance, Funding Mangt, Liquidity Mangt, Fx & Interest Rate Risk Mangt, Pass - Fct

Corporate Treasury: Corporate Finance, Liquidity Management, Funding Management, Foreign Exchange & Interest Rate Risk Management

Master'S Degree, Accounting And Finance

Strategic Business Leader, Strategic Business Reporting, Advanced Financial Management, Advanced Performance Management

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting And Finance

Business Law, Performance Management, Tax, Financial Reporting, Audit & Assurance, Financial Management

Series 3, 7, 17, 55 & 63, Securities Industry Professional Qualifications, Pass

Registered Representive - Level 1, Securities Industry

Securities Representative, Futures & Options Representative, Securities Industry