head of FX
cedrus bank
Total years of experience :12 years, 0 Months
Jan10 -To date: First National bank -Treasury / Chief Dealer Beirut-Lebanon
Daily proprietary trader on behalf of FNB portfolio, I use all major FX instruments as well as vanilla/exotic options. Manage personal and corporate clients' funds. Market maker, team leader and responsible of all daily FX transactions (Branches, Clients) backup the head of treasury in case of absence.
Key Responsibilities: * Spot trader; volume per day around USD 150 million
* Institutional sales (Audi bank, BLF, BEMO, bank of Beirut, Jordan national bank, bank med, Byblos bank and Blom)
* Market maker, back to back closing position with clients. Over the phone, chat and Reuters dealing
* Hedge corporate clients (vanilla, exotic options) but mainly plain vanilla for the MENA and customized exotic for some multinational corporate based in Beirut and UAE.
* Structured product for high net worth individuals
* Daily chart and fundamental analysis using wide range of tools and indicators.
Sept08-jan10: First National Bank-Treasury/FX sales trader Beirut-Lebanon Worked morning and night shifts as a financial advisor and trader, communicating with foreign broker for daily market research, daily trading for the bank using several methods plus increasing the portfolio of the bank in terms of clients.
Key responsibilities: custodian management, relationship manager visiting potential and current clients to increase bank portfolio. Spot trader
Oct07-sept08: Banque Bemo -treasury FX assistant dealer Beirut-Lebanon Worked morning and night shifts as a financial advisor. I do the Daily report for several Lebanese banks and individual clients. Manage traders' blotter in addition to all Forex transaction visiting potential clients and current client in order for them to increase margin trading.
Key Responsibilities: daily report, provide quotations to branches /clients placing order via platforms and phone and dealing system.
May07-sept07: AFX (aleccohfx) -trainee Geneva-Switzerland FX support desk, supply clients with information to open accounts helping clients with the meta4 trading platform introducing new strategies to manage clients fund and using expert advisor. Analyze different EA and find the perfect one assistant Forex traders.
Feb07-may07: Cantor Fitzgerald -trainee Paris-France Rotation in the following department: Cash equities, options, Forex, fixed income .financial operations back office and middle office not to mention risk management and wealth management.
Assisted in several ICA and ACI seminars
Assisted in Bloomberg's European training seminars: *Navigation and logic *Introduction to launch pad and API (excel) Market auctions
Diploma from the association of Banks in Lebanon *Challenges And Rewards for banks *Using Derivatives to manage interest rate risks *Assists Liability management funds transfer pricing
Assisted in Bemo Credit Crisis Seminar *Market Credit Risk How to avoid credit crunch *Bassel I Bassel II
2002-2006: Lebanese American University Beirut: B.S General Business -Banking and Finance Beirut-Lebanon