Proprietary trader

Ozan Akgul

**A Clapham Common West Side • London, UK; SW4 9AU

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Strong Business Acumen... Team Commitment... Eager to Improve... Quantitative, analytical and rapid responsive financial professional with strong communication skills and experience in high-pressured markets. Core competences are:

Proprietary Trading

Asset Liability Management

Hedging

Portfolio Management (HTM, AFS and Trading)

Structured product development

Experience in Different Markets (Money

Markets; Hedging; FX, Swap, Fixed Income,

Credit, Options Trading)

Client Flow Management

Relationship Development

Experience

Education • Scholarships • Computer Skills • Licenses Master of Science, Financial Engineering, 2012, Bogazici University Bachelor of Arts, Economics, 2008, Bogazici University 2003-2008, Vehbi Koc Foundation Scholarship.

Advanced MS Office Suit, Reuters, Bloomberg, Murex, Kondor, Misys, C, C++, Matlab, VBA, Python CMBT Licenses: Advanced Level (Level 3), Derivatives. Currently studying for CFA.

FX • Swap (TRS, XCCY, IRS and FX) • Futures • Fixed Income • Credit • USTs • CDS • Options Aug 2015 - Jan 2018

Alternatif Bank, Istanbul

Assistant Vice President

Senior Trader

Rate(XCCY, IRS, Credit, Fixed Income), FX and Derivatives Trading

Create/manage a 600 mn USD credit portfolio for hedging purposes and an over 1 bio TRY local bond portfolio for cash settlements.

Repo / Reverse Repo and Total Return Swap deals for AFS and HTM portfolios.

Managing desk total bond exposure of the bank and profit &loss. Jun 2014 - Mar 2015

ING Bank, Istanbul

Vice President

Senior Trader

Head of Interest Rate Trading Desk, Primary dealership obligations

2014 P&L 100% of Targets; 2015 218% of Targets

Market making for Fixed Income and swap curves.

Close ties with sales team for client attraction. Jul 2012 - May 2014

Odea Bank, Istanbul

Assistant Vice President

Trader

Mainly FX Spot trading but also responsible for rates and options books.

Supervising the setup of the front office system, Murex,

Developing of structured options and swaps for clients cash flows. Sep 2010 - Jul 2012

Akbank, Istanbul

Senior Trader

Market making in local bonds reaching 40% of the total volume.

Trading and management of trading bond portfolio.

Zero curve fitting, correlation and volatility estimation models for local currency bonds

Macro automation for the reports and P&L calculations. Jul 2008 - Mar 2010

Denizbank, Istanbul

Trader

Trading Fixed Income and derivatives products (FX and Equity options)

Reporting Profit/Loss and other features of the Bank’s Fixed Income Portfolio.

Developing managing tools (Excel VBA Macro) for trading and reporting. Oct 2007 - Jun 2008

Credit Agricole, Istanbul

Trainee

Acquiring proficiency in Reuters and Bloomberg.

Dealing/Trading experience by making money market deals on Reuters Dealing 3000.

Trading in Fixed Income markets with stop-loss limits.

Daily reporting activities especially for profit-loss sheets and open position sensitivity.

Familiarity with Risk Management System, Kondor+.

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