Experience

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  Athora

  • London, England, United Kingdom

  • Group Senior Director Investment Structuring & Execution

    • Oct 2020 - Present
    • London, England, United Kingdom

    Group ALMLiquidity managementInvestment StructuringStrategic Asset AllocationESG managementReinsurance Structured Finance, platform ecosystemRegulatory Solvency IIOperational excellence

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  Cycles Héritage

  • Zug Area, Switzerland

  • Founder

    • Nov 2016 - Present
    • Zug Area, Switzerland

    Passion creation of a genuine cycling brand

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  Athora Belgium

  • Belgium
  • Financial Services
  • 100 - 200 Employee

  • ALM, Treasury and Investments Specialist - Consultant

    • Aug 2019 - Sep 2020

  • Chief Investment Officer a.i - Consultant

    • Oct 2019 - Jan 2020

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  Kategory

  • Brussels Area, Belgium

  • Principal Managing Consultant Banking & Insurance

    • Jan 2017 - Sep 2020
    • Brussels Area, Belgium

    CIO, CRO, Interim management Banking & Insurance,CIO office insurance GroupProject lead KYC/AML Private BankingWealth- and Investment Management, Capital MarketsMarket, Credit and Operational Risk & ComplianceAgile implementationOrganisational transformation & operational excellenceFront-to-back platform design and integrationCRO Crypto currency start-upDigital transformationRegulatory audit blockchain start-up

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  Degroof Petercam

  • Brussels Metropolitan Area

  • Compliance implementation Manager - Consultant

    • Aug 2019 - Mar 2020
    • Brussels Metropolitan Area

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  Coutts International

  • Zürich Area, Switzerland

  • Director Market and Credit Risk - Portfolio Optimisation

    • May 2014 - Nov 2016
    • Zürich Area, Switzerland

    Risk appetite managementAutomated Basel III IMM stress testing methodology, scenario & sensitivity analysis for BCBS 239, challenging accuracy and time constraintsImproved the risk IT infrastructure and design, increasing speed and precisionOptimized the bank 15 bln. collateral portfolio, RWA analysis, CVA-XVA hedging strategies based on quantitative models, facilitating a lending increase by 20%FRTB analysis

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  Prometeo Investment Services SA

  • Lugano

  • Managing director/ Head Structured Products

    • Sep 2009 - Apr 2014
    • Lugano

    Grown a 6 FTE derivatives brokerage/consulting team (120 clients, 12MMCHF revenue)Changed the company brokerage model to a consulting model (120MM AUM)Designed and implemented the front-to-back system, client risk reportingPerformed financial portfolio consulting services reducing portfolio volatility• Managed an overlay derivative prop trading portfolio, 50MM AUM, avg. Perf. 8% p.a.• Institutional and IFO client relationship management

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  Landsbanki

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Director Structuring and Advisory

    • Oct 2007 - Sep 2009
    • London, United Kingdom

    Built up and managed a 5 FTE team (sales, structuring and trading)Lead the project to implement a risk and IT framework for financial engineeringImproved the efficiency of the derivatives brokerage and advisory desk (25% yoy incr.)Project lead the design and implementation of the Murex front-to-back system Facilitated integration of trading and risk processes for acquired foreign brokerage entitiesDrove European sales - revenue increase with 25% p.a.1 billion USD traded volume

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  BCV

  • Lausanne Area, Switzerland

  • Structured Products Specialist

    • Aug 2005 - Sep 2007
    • Lausanne Area, Switzerland

    Managed the 2 FTE structuring and trading team, 2 bln CHF traded volumeImplemented a full open architecture for structured products tradingOngoing improvement of the Frontarena trading systemDeveloped, tested and implemented new structured derivatives

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  Fortis Bank

  • Brussels Area, Belgium

  • Head Structured Products

    • Aug 2003 - Aug 2005
    • Brussels Area, Belgium

    Cross border (BENELUX) team set-up and integrationIntegrate in-house single underlying trading systems with open-architecture frameworkDrove Sales increase and optimised cross-sellingAllowing bespoke structuring and trading for wealth management, corporate and retail

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  Petercam

  • Brussels Area, Belgium

  • Sales trading derivatives

    • 1998 - 2000
    • Brussels Area, Belgium

    Idea generation OTC and listed derivatives brokerage

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  AG Insurance

  • Brussels Area, Belgium

  • Product Development

    • 1997 - 1999
    • Brussels Area, Belgium

    Group life insuranceManaged Product development teamCafetaria plan development