Sargon Elias
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Derrick van den Berg
I reported directly to Sargon at Velocity Trade. Sargon's management skills and style made for a positive and successful environment. Under Sargon's leadership we managed to successfully build and grow the Velocity Client base. Sargon creates a positive office culture and I genuinely enjoyed working with and reporting directly to Sargon. Sargon has deep knowledge of financial markets and knows how to add value to a brand, product and business. I would recommend Sargon to anyone and hope to work with him again one day.
Connan James
I had the pleasure of working with Sargon while I was still at M&C Saatchi and then afterwards when CMC Markets was a direct client of mine. Sargon is insightful, intuitive and intelligent. And most importantly, he's a great guy. You don't feel as if you work for him, you feel as if you work with him.
Derrick van den Berg
I reported directly to Sargon at Velocity Trade. Sargon's management skills and style made for a positive and successful environment. Under Sargon's leadership we managed to successfully build and grow the Velocity Client base. Sargon creates a positive office culture and I genuinely enjoyed working with and reporting directly to Sargon. Sargon has deep knowledge of financial markets and knows how to add value to a brand, product and business. I would recommend Sargon to anyone and hope to work with him again one day.
Connan James
I had the pleasure of working with Sargon while I was still at M&C Saatchi and then afterwards when CMC Markets was a direct client of mine. Sargon is insightful, intuitive and intelligent. And most importantly, he's a great guy. You don't feel as if you work for him, you feel as if you work with him.
Derrick van den Berg
I reported directly to Sargon at Velocity Trade. Sargon's management skills and style made for a positive and successful environment. Under Sargon's leadership we managed to successfully build and grow the Velocity Client base. Sargon creates a positive office culture and I genuinely enjoyed working with and reporting directly to Sargon. Sargon has deep knowledge of financial markets and knows how to add value to a brand, product and business. I would recommend Sargon to anyone and hope to work with him again one day.
Connan James
I had the pleasure of working with Sargon while I was still at M&C Saatchi and then afterwards when CMC Markets was a direct client of mine. Sargon is insightful, intuitive and intelligent. And most importantly, he's a great guy. You don't feel as if you work for him, you feel as if you work with him.
Derrick van den Berg
I reported directly to Sargon at Velocity Trade. Sargon's management skills and style made for a positive and successful environment. Under Sargon's leadership we managed to successfully build and grow the Velocity Client base. Sargon creates a positive office culture and I genuinely enjoyed working with and reporting directly to Sargon. Sargon has deep knowledge of financial markets and knows how to add value to a brand, product and business. I would recommend Sargon to anyone and hope to work with him again one day.
Connan James
I had the pleasure of working with Sargon while I was still at M&C Saatchi and then afterwards when CMC Markets was a direct client of mine. Sargon is insightful, intuitive and intelligent. And most importantly, he's a great guy. You don't feel as if you work for him, you feel as if you work with him.
Credentials
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Certified Member (CM)
INFINZMar, 2007- Sep, 2024
Experience
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CTRL Investments Ltd
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New Zealand
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Investment Management
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1 - 100 Employee
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Chief Executive Officer
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Nov 2020 - Present
CTRL is a New Zealand incorporated company and a registered foreign company in Australia. CTRL provides CFD trading on shares, indices, commodities and forex through a number of brands including HFTrading. It is licensed and regulated by the New Zealand Financial Markets Authority and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. CTRL is a New Zealand incorporated company and a registered foreign company in Australia. CTRL provides CFD trading on shares, indices, commodities and forex through a number of brands including HFTrading. It is licensed and regulated by the New Zealand Financial Markets Authority and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
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Rockfort Markets
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New Zealand
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Financial Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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MD
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Apr 2016 - Nov 2020
Rockfort Markets is a New Zealand financial broker offering shares, options and CFDs on indices, currencies and commodities. It holds a license issued by the New Zealand by the Financial Markets Authority. Rockfort Markets is a New Zealand financial broker offering shares, options and CFDs on indices, currencies and commodities. It holds a license issued by the New Zealand by the Financial Markets Authority.
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Velocity Trade
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Canada
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Financial Services
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100 - 200 Employee
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General Manager NZ
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Aug 2010 - Aug 2012
Developed the acquired NZ business LatitudeFX into the Velocity Trade New Zealand branch and grow the FX margin and FX Physical delivery business. Built brand, increase client base, improve systems and processes and transformed the team. Developed the acquired NZ business LatitudeFX into the Velocity Trade New Zealand branch and grow the FX margin and FX Physical delivery business. Built brand, increase client base, improve systems and processes and transformed the team.
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Consultant
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Sep 2009 - Apr 2010
Evaluating and pre-launch planning of WorldSpreads trading service service in New Zealand with the aim of running the operation as country manager. Provided detailed business plan, gained regulatory approval, prepared marketing strategy and reviewed and tested trading platform. The project was discontinued due to issues with the parent company and was never launched in New Zealand. Evaluating and pre-launch planning of WorldSpreads trading service service in New Zealand with the aim of running the operation as country manager. Provided detailed business plan, gained regulatory approval, prepared marketing strategy and reviewed and tested trading platform. The project was discontinued due to issues with the parent company and was never launched in New Zealand.
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CMC Markets
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United Kingdom
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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General Manager NZ
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Dec 1998 - May 2009
In 2006 I launched our Auckland branch and successfully grew the CFD market in New Zealand. Setting up a new office, hiring staff, obtaining regulatory approval and managing all aspects of the business specifically, sales and marketing. Between 2006 and 2008 I helped to establish the new CFD products in New Zealand and grew the business from zero to having over five thousand clients and having a strong brand awareness within the trading community both english and chinese speaking.This included regular appearances in the media and having the New Zealand business be profitable within six months of establishing the business in Auckland.I had Joined CMC in 1998 when it was a small company with only 30 people and was part of the phenomenal growth of the company, which at its peak in 2008 had over 23 office with over 1000 staff and was by most measures the biggest CFD/FX provider globally. I held several roles within CMC Markets before relocating to Auckland in 2006. Between 1998 and 2006 I managed the trading infrastructure of the company that included the networks, internet connections, IT security and managing the global network. I was involved in upgrading the infrastructure of the trading platform from a single server Visual Basic application in 1998 to a server farm with over 100 servers, complex redundancy and global coverage and Oracle databases and servers running Windows and Linux with C and Java based parallel applications. Trading activity growth was dramatic and availability and responsiveness of the trading platform was critical to CMC Markets business.
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Account Manager
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1998 - 2000
Working for CMC Markets software development subsidiary Information Internet limited, I managing the post sales and delivery of the Market Maker trading platform to third party companies. This included SocGen subsidiary Fimat in Hong Kong, Unibank in Denmark, JP Morgan in London and a number of small brokers in including GNI. I managed the development team to produce customization of the software for clients and managed relationship between Information Internet and the clients. Information Internet was absorbed by CMC Markets in 2000, when my role changed to become part of the internal delivery of trading systems for CMC Markets.
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JP Morgan
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United States
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Radio and Television Broadcasting
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Associate
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1994 - 1998
Project Manager, working within the equities, fixed income and derivatives trading business. Implemented a number of systems and process changes, leading teams, doing business analysis, process design and coordinating across different interest groups in the bank. Working across Europe and centralising process and improving trade execution and settlements. Project Manager, working within the equities, fixed income and derivatives trading business. Implemented a number of systems and process changes, leading teams, doing business analysis, process design and coordinating across different interest groups in the bank. Working across Europe and centralising process and improving trade execution and settlements.
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ING Barings
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Banking
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1 - 100 Employee
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Project Manager
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1993 - 1996
Project manager and development team lead on a number of systems for Barings Bank. This included on going development and support of these systems with a team of five developers and support staff. Systems included nostro/vostro cash management system for the bank, a bond tracking system and leasing management system as well as a system used on the dealing room by middle office for reconciling trades. The systems were developed using Ingress and Oracle database systems using C and SQL. Barings Bank failed in 2005 and most of the business was taken over by ING Group.
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Atos
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France
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Development team leader
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Aug 1991 - Apr 1994
Then known as Sema Group it was a Anglo French software development company. I was team leader for a software development team producing health care administration systems to regional health authorities. Sema Group provided solutions to manage hospital admission and billing for regional health authorities under the then developing purchaser provider model. I managed the team, developing the system as well as testing and installing the system at customer sites. Sema Group had approx 12 clients for the system and part of the role was to provide third level support and manage bugs and enhancement request. As well as developing and supporting the system with a team of 5, I supported the sales team with demonstration and technical backup to potential clients.The company adhered to then emerging development standards like SSADM and ISO9000 and this give me the knowledge and discipline to work within a large software development teams using standard based documentation and management.
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North West Regional Health Authority
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Government Administration
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300 - 400 Employee
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Software Programmer
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Jan 1991 - Jul 1991
Working for the IT unit of the regional health authority called Professional Data Care, I was responsible for developing the regions health event database for statistician and other researchers. The job involved helping clients access the data and building complex queries and reports to examine health trends and death rates based on hospital admissions in the region. The database was run on a ICL mainframe using Ingress database technology. Working for the IT unit of the regional health authority called Professional Data Care, I was responsible for developing the regions health event database for statistician and other researchers. The job involved helping clients access the data and building complex queries and reports to examine health trends and death rates based on hospital admissions in the region. The database was run on a ICL mainframe using Ingress database technology.
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Brammer Group
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Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Junior Programmer
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1989 - 1990
Then known as Bearing Services Limited, I was junior programmer developing and enhancing the company stock management and sales tracking systems as well as providing management reporting. The systems was written in C and with a team of ten IT professionals in the national data centre in Manchester we managed and developed a in house system to track inventory and sales. I developed a new MIS utility for head office to allow then access to data in real time. Then known as Bearing Services Limited, I was junior programmer developing and enhancing the company stock management and sales tracking systems as well as providing management reporting. The systems was written in C and with a team of ten IT professionals in the national data centre in Manchester we managed and developed a in house system to track inventory and sales. I developed a new MIS utility for head office to allow then access to data in real time.
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Lloyds TSB Bank plc
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Spain
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Financial Services
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Junior Programmer
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Jul 1987 - Sep 1988
At that time TSB Bank was an independent UK retail bank. I worked in the bank's main software development center in Wythenshawe, developing software for the branch network and regional processing centers. I was also involved maintaing an asset management and tracking system for head office. The branch network was in the process of rolling out PCs to replace dumb terminals and I was involved in developing software for the roll-out as well as dealing with the then new cash card reciprocity program that allowed other banks cards to be used in our ATMs.
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Education
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1987 - 1989
The Manchester Metropolitan University
Computing, passed with distinction -
1985 - 1987
North East Wales Institute of Higher Education (Aston)
National diploma in computer studies, Computing -
1982 - 1985
Ysgol Rhiwabon
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