KAZEEM A. KASHIMAWO
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Telephone: +1-516-***-**** Email: **********@***.*** PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
GEORGIA OAK PARTNERS April 2015 – Present
Advisory Board Member
• Sitting member of private equity advisory and investment board
• Advisor and board member of Prong LLC
CLEARVIEW CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, Jericho, NY March 2010 – February 2015 Director - Portfolio Manager
• Develop and manage global macro trading portfolio
• Partnered in the development and management in a long/short equity portfolio
• Jointly manage placement of private equity investments
• Actively managed $58M real estate and business development project from licensing through launch and training
• Managed a 20 person team encompassing finance, marketing, programing and facilities personnel
• Defined and directed the projects economic and profitability goals for staff and monitored milestones WACHOVIA BANK, N.A., London, UK August 2006 – January 2010 Vice President - Senior FX Trader / Structurer
• Priced and managed currency spot and forward exposure in G7 currencies
• Jointly managed global Latam and Asian NDF trading portfolios
• Provided market insight and technical analysis to Global FX Sales Group
• Assisted in expanding international Wachovia footprint through development of client relationships
• Facilitated in winning business through idea generation and innovative transaction Structuring
• Partnered with Institutional sales in order to organically create new accounts for the platform JP MORGAN CHASE BANK N.A., New York, NY May 2000 – August 2006 Trader - FX Spot Desk (2005 – 2006)
• Served as the sole junior spot trader supporting the Global Currency and Commodity Group
• Evaluated opportunities and conditions in G10 and EMEA currencies under $10 million
• Assisted in the management and development of e-commerce/virtual trading portfolios
• Demonstrated the ability to handle heavy order book on economic business release days
• Front office point of contact for systems upgrades and rollouts Junior Trader - FX Spot Desk (2003 – 2005)
• Managed FX trading positions for Head Euro Trader on the FX spot desk within the Global Currency and Commodity Group
• Compiled and Reported all P&L and risk for all traders on the spot desk as well as traders on Relative Value desk
• Oversaw implementation of new order management system for trading and sales Supervisor - FX Options Middle Office (2000 – 2003)
• Supervised day-to-day FX options middle office operations in the Global Currency and Commodity Group
• Oversaw Specialty Risk Trading (SRT) option support team, responsible for running positions and reporting daily and monthly P&L for SRT portfolios totaling approximately $40 million in P&L
• Researched and resolved trade discrepancies. Guided option traders on P&L and position issues
• Revamped procedures of group; drafted user specifications and implemented an automated revaluation system CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE, New York, NY January 1999 – May 2000 Operations Analyst
• Processed option assignments and routed assignments to appropriate branches and accounts
• Reconciled all option trade breaks and created a daily trade break report
• Communicated with trading desk and accounting departments to address any discrepancies in daily P&L EDUCATION
STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY, Stony Brook, NY January 1999 Bachelor of Arts, Political Science Major