Experience

• 

  Peace corps

  Jan 1993 - Jan 1995

  Volunteer, professeur of terminale maths

  • Taught college-level mathematics at local high school in Guinea, West Africa• Wrote consolidated curriculum manual for Guinean "Terminale C" program

• 

  Lehman brothers

  Jan 1996 - Jan 1998

  Analyst, corporate finance

  Leveraged Finance (1996 to 1998)• Originated high-yield bonds and syndicated loans in investment banking program• Main sectors: emerging Indonesia, oil field services, mid-tier industrials, telecommunicationsReal Estate (1996)• Reverse engineered commercial mortgage back securities during RTC monetization cycle

• 

  Merrill lynch

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2003

  Associate, global equity derivatives trading

  • Supported variety of exotic derivatives trading books as junior trader

• 

  Deutsche bank

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2008

  • Represented research and stock trading to local funds and portfolio managers• Developed new high net worth and corporate clients for strategic financing program • Integrated platform of €500mm revenue, net €1bb delta, €200mm gamma, €15mm vega• Represented firm regarding ISDA general definitions and contract terms • Priced and executed multi-billion notional collars, margin loans, ESOPS• Syndicated risk to third parties, managing collateral protections • Restructured business from €10mm to €165mm revenue line

  • Managing Director, Co-Head of Sales and Trading

    Jan 2008 - Jan 2008

  • Managing Director, Head of Integrated Stock Derivatives Trading

    Jan 2007 - Jan 2008

  • Managing Director, Head of Corporate Derivatives Trading

    Jan 2005 - Jan 2007

  • Managing Director, Head of Index Exotics Trading

    Jan 2003 - Jan 2007
• 

  Deutsche bank

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2010

  Managing director, head of americas financial resource management

  • Sourced $90bb non-Treasury liabilities of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. balance sheet• Eliminated $150mm interest income/expense gap

• 

  Hsbc

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2014

  Managing director, head of asian equity flow derivatives trading

  • Warrants, Listed Option Market Making, Equity Index, Single Stocks, CBs, Strategic Financing• Responsible Officer: individual carrying legal responsibility for broker-dealer

• 

  Velenice limited

  Jan 2015 - Jul 2020

  Managing director

  • Introduce private placements to HNW and funds, largely in late-stage tech and infrastructure• Advising on client acquisition and revenue strategies for startup financial technology firms• Design private corporate debt renegotiation program for ADB and Mongolian Central Bank

• 

  Apvera

  Jan 2015 - Jan 2019

  Member of the advisory board

  Independent Advisor• Invested in internal threat assessment technology and recruited Hong Kong sales team

• 

  Exolaunch

  Feb 2021 - Jan 2021

  Interim chief financial officer

  • Implement tools to improve reconciliation, generate invoices and submit account feeds• Transition organization from SME dynamics to institutional framework• Program budgeting, cost-center accounting and investor relations

• 

  Avk advisors gmbh

  Jan 2022 - now

  Managing director

  • Consulting early stage companies around operations, logistics, and capital structure.• Establishing joint ventures supporting distribution and supply.