Trade Finance Manager
Resume:
Jacques BÉGLÉ
Plateau de Frontenex * D **** Cologny, Switzerland
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Financial Executive
Financial professional Over 30 years of experience in the banking sector with expertise in the international commodity trading field and controlling all aspects of the business: development and management of a budget process, risk control and management, preparation of financial files, human resources management, reporting, business intelligence and detection of market development opportunities Responsible of the financial stability of a business, hands on man, creative, thorough and quite immune to stress.
Professional experience
2016 Finance Manager ABC Steel Products sarl ( Zug ) Steel trading company Geneva Switzerland
Responsible for all financial issues of the company
Find every possible solution to fund the trading activity of the company
Supervise the back-office
Interface in-between general manager and UK joint-venture
2015 - 2016 CEO Coraxa S.A. Oil trading company Geneva Switzerland
Management of a small oil trading company
Responsible for all aspects of the Swiss trading affiliate of Onico group ( Poland ). Onico imports oil products to Poland (LPG and diesel) for sales to domestic wholesalers. Onico has approximately 10 % of the Polish autogas market. Onico is quoted on the Warsaw stock exchange.
2012 2014 Founder and Managing Partner Commodity Trade Invest Financing company for commodity trading businesses Geneva Switzerland
Launch of a trade finance fund
Business plan development, fundraising management through the development of the investor network, marketing plan definition, communication and sales, creation of a website, physical and telephone prospection, presentation of products and services, administrative and budgetary management
2008 2012 Co-Director BNP Paribas Banking sector Commodity Finance Department Geneva Switzerland
Management of the department
Strategy definition and implementation of actions, budget definition and management, reporting, preparation of specific reports on liabilities, compliance control on the application of internal rules in funding allocations, management of complex cases
Management of 50 people including 5 team leaders in direct report: recruitment, training, objectives definition and performance assessments, work organization, advisory on difficult cases
Business development, primarily in crude oil, petroleum products, metals and soft commodities
Customer network development: economic and political intelligence at international level to detect new opportunities, market analysis and collaboration proposals, regular training on new products to market based on customer segmentation
1987 2008 Team Leader Banque Paribas, subsequently BNP Paribas ( after the merger in 1999 ) Banking sector Commodity Finance Department Geneva Switzerland
Supervision and development of commodity trader portfolios
Physical and telephone prospecting, onsite visits, client follow up, preparation of files: company analysis, preparation of credit offers and case presentations to the credit committees, agreements control and monitoring of trading operations, risk management
Management of a team of 10 credit managers: recruitment, training, skills development, objectives definition and performance evaluations
1982 1987 Credit Manager Banque Paribas Banking sector Commodity Finance Department Geneva Switzerland
Development and retention of a commodity trader portfolio
Telephone prospection and onsite visits, implementation of operations, daily management of accounts and credits, customer relationship development, lines of credit control and risk management, reporting
Education languages situation
1981 Bachelor's Degree in Economics, Major in Political Economy, HEC University of Lausanne Switzerland
1977 Swiss federal maturity certificate (eq. to a High School Diploma) École Nouvelle de la Suisse Romande Lausanne Switzerland
Languages French : Mother tongue English : Fluent German : Basic knowledge Spanish: Spoken
Situation Swiss citizenship Age 57 ( Born : 20.04.1959 ) Married with three children
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