Gijs Van den Berkhof

Equity Derivatives Trader

Netherlands

About

Experience

  • Rabobank International (15 yrs 5 mos)
    • Head of Trading Equity and Fund Derivatives
      Apr 2013 - Apr 2016 · 3 yrs 1 mo

      - Following the bank's decision to exit the Equity Derivatives business, tasked with the unwinding of the entire Equity and Fund Derivatives portfolio and its infrastructure. - Managed down a portfolio of client trades or approx. EUR 10 billion, down to approx EUR 1.5 billion. - Integrated legacy Structured Products portfolios from Rabobank's HK branch and Group Treasury into one single portfolio and work stream.

    • Desk Head Single Underlying Equity Derivatives
      Dec 2007 - Apr 2013 · 5 yrs 5 mos

      Lead a team of three structured products traders, covering European and US Equities and Indices. - Lead in the successful development and promotion of the Flow business model. - Priced and hedged a broad range of single underlying structured products. Products covered include Vanilla, (Double-) Barriers, Cliquets, (Spot-) Callables, Synthetic Convertibles. - Actively involved in the design and implementation of automation processes for market parameters (volatilities, forwards, static data), sales pricers, booking processes, risk reports and life cycle diaries. - Worked closely with Sales, Structuring, Feng and Compliance. - Designed the secondary market application for the group’s OTC- and MTN transactions. - Liquidity Provider for exchange traded products on Euronext and SWX. - Trained and managed several junior traders.

    • Senior Trader
      Oct 2002 - Dec 2007 · 5 yrs 3 mos

      Managed various portfolios of Single Underlying Structured Products on European Equities and Indices, with products sold mainly into the Private Banking and Institutional networks.

  • Wholesale Broker at Bank Labouchere
    May 1999 - Oct 2000 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • IMG Holland (Amsterdam Area, Netherlands)
    • Wholesale Broker
      Sep 1997 - May 1999 · 1 yr 9 mos

    • Market Maker
      Oct 1996 - Sep 1997 · 1 yr