Chris Cullen, CFA

Experience

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  Barclays Investment Bank

  Jun 2008 - Oct 2015

  Director, Currency Options Trading

  • Awarded early promotion to Director, one of only two globally, owing to outstanding track record of investment returns, diversity action and project leadership. • Directed a three year software development project, building a new options risk management system from scratch. Instigated cross-departmental open meetings and managed 30 developers. • Produced the high-water mark investment performance on every portfolio run individually or jointly over five consecutive years. • Finalist for Chairman’s Award, recognising work at Kith and Kids, breadth of involvement in internal diversity initiatives and significant charity fundraising. Show less

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  J.P. Morgan

  Oct 2015 - Jun 2021

  Executive Director, Emerging Markets Currency Options Trading

  • Led Central Eastern Europe Middle East and Africa (CEEMEA) currency options trading. Supervised a global team responsible for pricing and risk managing structured trades. • Acted as a Male Ally within the Women’s Network and ran a long-standing mentoring network for under-represented junior traders across the firm.• Worked with the compliance team to develop new industry standards for fair value assessment in partnership with central banks and market regulators. • Developed a path dependent options pricing method for the ecommerce platform incorporating a live ‘click-and-deal’ for pricing exotics. Model was industry first. Show less

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  Social Impact Risk

  Jul 2021 - now

  Researcher

  Researching and advising on financial and probability modelling in impact investing. Applying existing risk models to maximise social impact outcomes.

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  Pilotlight

  Oct 2021 - Feb 2023

  Pilotlighter

  Pilotlight is an award-winning social enterprise that supports other charities tackling disadvantage in the UK. Through the Pilotlight Programme, we coached and mentored a charity leader and their board to become more efficient, effective and sustainable.

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  Resonance Limited

  Jan 2022 - now

  Fund Manager, Head of Homelessness Property Funds

  Resonance is a social impact investment company that creates and manages impact investment funds that deliver risk adjusted financial returns and targeted social change. A key focus of Resonance's work is the Homelessness Property Funds, which to date have delivered safe and affordable homes for more than 3,000 people. Established in 2002, Resonance has close to £350m of funds under management and continues to grow.