Back Office Insurance

Cristiano PAMFILI

City Walk

Building Nr *

Al Wasl, Dubai

Tel. +471-**-*******

e-mail: ****************@*****.***

Italian national, UAE ID in progress, sposorized by my wife Mrs Sophie Bourguignon

Senior Documentary Credit Specialist (middle and back office)

oHigh expertise in letters of Credit, Standby letters of credit, back-to-back letters of credit, red clause letters of credit, performance bonds, APG

oSolid knowledge of trade finance international rules : ICC publications, UCP600, eUCP, ISP98, URC522,Incoterms 2010

oLanguages : Italian (mother tongue), French (very fluent, written and spoken), English (very fluent, written and spoken), German (fluent, written and spoken)

Work Experience

2018-Jan 2020 : Documentary Credit and Trade Finance Specialist

Credit Suisse (Suisse) S.A., Geneva, Switzerland

oHandling documents (opening, modifying, notifying and verifying) and paying documentary Credits import and export

oEnsuring the accuracy of accounting for transactions

oManaging business relations with external and internal clients

oProcessing miscellaneous lists

oProviding internal and external clients with advice and informations

2016-2017 : Responsible Logistic and Back office Departement

Faircot S.A., Gland, Switzerland

(Trading firm specialised in raw cotton material).

oResponsible of a team of 3 for the organization of the Inland and sea transport of the traded goods from port of origin (West Africa, East Africa, CIS countries, Brazil, USA, Greece, Spain) up to final destination (India, Pakistan, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Thailand),

oNegotiation of truck freight, sea –freight, insurance of the goods, insurance of the payments for the open account transactions.

oNegotiation with local Banks for the rates concerning export LCs

oShipping and documentary instructions to the forwarder, and further collection of the shipping documents for the negotiation of the Credits

oPre-check of the draft of the Instruments of Guarantee

oNegotiation of the Letters of Credit, and follow up of the transactions

Up to last and final payment with daily monitoring

oReporting to the Management and the CEO

2008-2015 : Senior Documentary Credit Analyst

AS Associated Contractors - Geneva

(Trading firm providing advisory, trade and import-export finance services to industrial clients).

oResponsible for handling all documentary instruments for a given portfolio of clients. Markets covered: Italy, Middle-East, China, Russia, USA, Turkey, South Africa, South America.

oDeputy for Head of Documentary Credit Operations, operating within a team of 5

oNegociation of export letters of credit/ issuance of import letters of credit

oReview, control, drafting, vetting of export/ import credit documentation for clients prior to issuance, ensuring compliance with regulatory trade standards.

oIssuance of financial agent’s guarantee

oNegociating letters of credit rates with local and international banks

oDeveloping bank relationships

oDaily monitoring of transactions and follow-up until last and final payment

oReporting to CEO

2002-2008: Responsible for Documentary Credit Operations

Farimex SA – Geneva

(Swiss financial and commercial branch of Istanbul-based Group Profilo-Telra: production and distribution of TV equipment and products)

oSupervision and management of all documentary credits transactions, prime negociator with local banks

oIssuance of purchasing Letters of credit, controlling terms of the sale letters of credit, negotiation of documents

oFollow-up of incoming payments previously covered by credit insurance and of outgoing open-payments.

oFunction included management reporting to Istanbul mother company.

2001-2002 : Responsible for Logistics and Documentary Credit Operations

Shanghai Overseas SA – Geneva

(Ready garments trading company focused on China-Italy)

oSupervision and management of transport logistics of the company

oResponsible for negociation of bank rates for documentary credit activities

oNegociation of sea freight and goods insurance costs

oSettlement of commercial and quality claims

1994-2000 : Trading Officer (front and back office)

Unimag Trading SA – Geneva

(Textile trading company)

oResponsible for follow up of the whole materials traffic of the company, including :

- negociation of sea-freights with international shipping and trucking companies

- negociation of discharge-storage and re-delivery costs with forwarding a gents located in European main ports (Italy, France, UK, etc.)

- application and negotiation of purchasing and sale letters of credit

- invoicing and follow up of cash payments

1982-1993 : Forwarding Agent

Tergestea SRL Casa di Spedizioni Internazionali – Trieste (Italy)

(International Forwarding Agent)

oResponsible for follow up of the sea-traffic, storage, custom clearance and delivery (truck-rail) of materials for international traders based in Switzerland.

oCoordination and negociation with foreign clients specialized in textile products, shipping/truck companies, local customs offices, Italian Ministry for Foreign Trade, international and local suppliers.

Education

Scientific High School (Liceo Sc.Statale G.Oberdan in Trieste). Graduated in 1982 (noted 54/60)

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