Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- 10 years of experience in Structured Trade Finance & Capital Markets - Strong communication, team spirit with ability to work independently and perform under pressure - MBF from the University of St. Gallen - CFA Charterholder - Fluent in French, English, and German. Professional Working Spanish
- Develop and cultivate complex Investor relationships to participate into trade, commodity, and project finance transactions across corporate, financial institutions, and sovereign risk classes on a clean or insurance wrapped basis - Enhance existing trade and capital markets products to meet investor requirements or open-up new capacity - Grow the pool of Investors by leveraging on experience and market intelligence
- Direct line manager of a team of 6 people across two international locations - Negotiated price and terms to source flows with CEO-level executives of external counterparties - Originated additional volumes via spotting new opportunities, developing a value case, and securing partnership of key stakeholders in other Business Units (achieved additional ~USD 4.2bn to-date)
- Delivered the structuration of trades for proprietary trading strategies in structured trade finance - Optimized product setup through leading cross-functional working groups (tax, legal, risk, accounting) - Created custom forecasting model (Supply & Demand analysis) now driving investment decisions 2-time Cargill Breakthrough Awards finalist (Energize for High Performance, Execute Exceptional Results)
- Analysed past real estate investments and performed due diligence on real estate funds
- Researched and issued recommendation on a long-short commodity fund being considered for clients
- Generated positions in option strategies based on technical analysis and input from managers
- Worked on M&A deals: created DCF models for oil & gas refineries in LATAM, monitored coal mining assets in Canada, and ran financing models of storage plants in Central Europe