Constantinos Venekes,

Constantinos Venekes

Location
Greece
Education
High school or equivalent, Decision Science
Experience
62 years, 4 months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :62 years, 4 months

  • My current job since January 2012

Property acquisition and Property Management, From

  • December 2010 to December 2011
  • February 2005 to December 2010
Sector Manager at Subsidiaries
  • December 2003 to July 2004

Appointment made upon Compliance Function creation when it was started up from scratch, i.e. Compliance Function and Policy Development and Maintenance, for the Bank and its Group, as follows:
•Credit Policy and Lending approval through participation in the Credit Council and Credit Committees
•Compliance Opinions on Credit Files as a Member of the Credit Council
•Development and Maintenance of AML and KYC regulatory framework Procedures, Systems and Controls in the Bank.
•Securities Compliance reporting and group policy application (Capital Markets restrictions, US BHCA reporting, etc)
•Sensitive Persons and Privileged Information regulatory framework application,
•Compliance on Conflict of Interest issues,
•Set up of procedural documents in the form of circulars
•Investigations
•Handling of important AML suspicious reports,
•Development of Reporting procedures to the Senior Management and the Authorities.
•Compliance IT/Systems development (MLRO, KYC, etc)
•Training Programs set up and Training delivery,
•MiFID Application in the Bank.
•Corporate Governance issues.
Following my appointment on 03.

Treasury
  • December 1987 to December 2003

Within 17 years in the Investment Banking Unit, starting with a very profitable record in FX trading (5 years), following the deregulation and evolution of Financial Markets, in Greece, I set up the credit trading pricing system and tools as well as all relative procedures for cash instruments and the derivatives thereon inclusive of structured products and structured financing schemes, also, with high profitability record:

In the following positions, of the Treasury Division, as referred herein below (starting from the most recent

Sector Manager
  • June 2000 to December 2003

Derivatives trading and Structured products as follows:
•Listed Derivatives Trading in the Athens Derivatives Exchange (Market Maker) and in the EUREX through Brokers (Credit Instruments)
•OTC derivatives trading (swaps, options)
•Structured products set up (pricing, hedging, etc) for the Retail Banking Unit
•Structured products valuation for investment purpose (Risk assessment, hedging, investigation of any interrelation to the existing portfolio of the Bank)
•Derivatives Accounts Set Up and Management, Derivatives IT applications and Systems development,
•Secretary of the ALCO Committee,
•Supervision of the Branch in London,
•Support of the “Investment Bank” (subsidiary) and the Structured Finance function of the Corporate Banking Unit of the Bank

•Position: Department Head of the Primary Market Department (of the Securities Sector

Treasury
  • April 1995 to June 2000

Duties: Primary Market Credit Instruments Trading in:
•Greek Government Bonds Auctions,
•Eurodrachma issues underwriting (Pricing, Valuation, Execution, Documentation), swaps of the above mentioned issues.
•Securities Repackage related to the asset management of the Bank, mostly related to Medium Term Financial needs of the Bank in Foreign Currency.
•Long Term Investments (mainly Private Placements with Credit Derivatives integrated related to convergence of Greek Drachma to Euro)

at Capital Markets
  • October 1992 to April 1995

Duties: Planning, infrastructure set up, application of new products of Money Markets,

Foreign Exchange at Trader
  • United Arab Emirates
  • December 1987 to October 1992

Interbank Trading in USD/DEM, USD/GRD, DEM/GRD Jobbing and position taking in ECU/USD

ΕΛΔΑ Α.Ε. (Hellenic Petroleum Corporation)

Department Head
  • November 1984 to December 1987

of the Management Accounting Department reporting to the Financial Director
Duties: Oil Trading Finance, in USD (Short Term), Finance of the new Refinery and upgrade Plan of the existing, in USD and Multi Currency (Long Term Finance from EIB, and others), Corporate Debt Management, Financial Projections of the Corporate Accounts.

at COMNINOS BROS SHIPPING COMPANY S.A
  • July 1982 to November 1984

Duties: Shipping Finance and Refinance (Second Hand and New-buildings), Financial Agreements follow up and execution, Investments management.

at Chalcoussis Shipping Co
  • November 1981 to June 1982
at Troodos Shipping Co
  • October 1980 to November 1981
National Service at LANGUAGES
  • October 1978 to October 1980
Brokerage at Overseas Agency Ltd
  • October 1976 to June 1977

Education

High school or equivalent, Decision Science
  • at Athens University of Economics and Business
  • January 2001

Master's degree, Decision Science
  • at Athens University of Economics and Business
  • January 2001

High school or equivalent, Administration
  • at University of Wales
  • January 1978

“Port and Shipping

High school or equivalent, Business Administration” Athens University of Economics
  • at nd Business
  • January 1976

courses: CERTIFICATIONS Certified Trader of Athens Derivatives Exchange Certified Trainer (Listed in the Registry of National Center of Certifications)

Specialties & Skills

Credit Trading
Credit Risk
Credit Administration
Credit Derivatives
DERIVATIVES
FINANCE
FINANCIAL
INVESTMENT BANKING
INVESTMENTS
PRICING
REPORTS
STRUCTURED METHODS
TREASURY

Languages

Greek
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