Commodity Portfolio Manager
Resume:
SEAN KEMERY
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www.linkedin.com/in/sean-kemery-125150b2
SUMMARY
Seasoned trading executive known for consistent profitable revenue generation and effective commodity and fx risk mitigation. Grew multibillion dollar business line through a comprehensive understanding of each client's trading mandate and by working with sales force to tailor customized solutions that leveraged a wide variety of alpha and beta strategies. Extensive experience partnering with sales and research and demonstrated managerial success working across globally matrixed organizations. EXPERIENCE
Deutsche Bank AG, Head of Commodity Index Trading New York, NY 2010-16
• Generated robust and consistent trading revenue in various market conditions with minimal drawdowns based on macro, technical and expert knowledge in energy, metals, agriculture, livestock, softs sectors and foreign exchange markets.
• Established, developed and managed multi-billion dollar business lines on the Bloomberg Commodity Index (formerly DJ-UBS), S&P Goldman Sachs Commodity Index and Deutsche Bank Indexes.
• Responsible for executing strategies, managing books and hedging flow using swaps, futures and options.
• Devised sales strategies to effectively compete with both large scale and niche players in order secure new clients while servicing existing clients.
• Delivered global presentations to C-suite level internal managers and existing customers such as pension funds, mutual funds, asset managers, hedge funds, sovereign wealth funds, family offices and ETF’s on underlying market conditions and trading strategies in commodity and foreign exchange markets.
• Conducted research expeditions to farms, mills, co-ops, plantations, mines, warehouses, ports, refineries, energy facilities, and commodity transportation hubs.
• Extensive use of macro-economic analysis, incorporating global market risks and opportunities for commodities and foreign currencies. Tracked emerging market trade flows and economic trends in the developing world as a basis to quantify and confirm inflationary and deflationary trends in prices.
• Member of S&P Goldman Sachs Commodity Index Trading Advisory Committee and The Intercontinental Exchange
(ICE) Coffee Committee.
UBS AG, Senior Trader/Executive Director Stamford, CT 2009-10
• Spearheaded the transition of commodity business lines from AIG to UBS. (UBS purchased the AIG Commodity Business May 6th, 2009.) Out of 25 plus employees associated with the business, I was one of 10 individuals UBS brought with the business from AIG Financial Products.
• Successfully generated revenue while rebuilding customer base.
• Supervised trading, reconciliation, revenue reporting and risk management functions.
• Liaised with large institutional accounts, and delivered global presentations on commodity and foreign exchange markets.
• Demonstrated managerial success working across a globally matrixed organization and bringing a global mindset to a US role by coordinating with structuring, credit, legal, tax, accounting, technology, compliance and risk heads. AIG Financial Products, Vice President/Trader Wilton, CT 2006-09
• Member of the founding team of the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index now known as the Bloomberg Commodity Index.
• Responsible for managing and hedging one of the largest commodity books on Wall Street at that time.
• Created strategies and measures to help the business better understand the profit/risk of potential commodity trades.
• Streamlined back office operations.
• Certifications (Series 3, 7 & 63)
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Raimund Commodities Fund, Junior Portfolio Manager New York, NY 2004-06
• Proposed and executed trading strategies in the Cocoa, Coffee, Sugar and FX markets.
• Helped manage and maintain global softs trading portfolios and fx positions for both in house and customer related activity.
• Secured and serviced well-capitalized and high net worth clients in both the hedge fund space as well as the ranks of the world’s leading food companies.
• Expanded client reach by acquiring substantial knowledge of cash crops, niche coffee market dynamics, sugar production and refining, and West African cocoa market environment. Created original and value added market research.
• Maintained the firm’s internal records as they related to trading activity, positions and brokerage. MP Commodities, Trader/Partner New York, NY 2002-04
• Traded futures and options for customers and proprietary book in the Cocoa, Coffee and Sugar markets on the NYBOT trading exchange (now known as ICE).
• Kept customers informed of market activity, news and information in pressured, time sensitive environment.
• Covered hedge fund, industry and institutional clients.
• Prepared daily reports containing relevant market data for distribution to clients. EDUCATION
Skidmore College Bachelor of Arts, Economics Saratoga Springs, NY
• Men’s Lacrosse Team and Captain.
• Recipient of Margaret Sloan Walker Memorial Academic Scholarship.
• Employee in the Information Technology Department. ADDITIONAL
• “Wheels For Worship”. Helped organize, coordinate and pick up senior citizens for church.
• Joe Torre Safe At Home Foundation. Volunteer, donator and fundraiser.
• Autism Speaks. Volunteer and fundraiser.
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