SENIOR GAS TRADER - VP

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Highly skilled Senior Gas Trader with proven expertise in multi-regional European gas markets including L NG,electricity, US gas, coal, oil, Co2 & cross energy interactions trading and its related spreads (clean/dark spark spreads, crack spreads, frac spreads etc.). Responsible for the growth revenue with over 25 years of positive returns by developing profitable strategies in volatile energy & gas market conditions and environments around the world. Extensive expertise in options pricing and risk managing global energy derivatives. Led and managed P&L for energy trading divisions exceeding $2 billion revenue.

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Willemerstaße 17, Frankfurt

am Main, 60594, Germany

- MOOC in Statistics & Economy @

ENSAE ParisTech, France, 2020

- ONLINE CERTIFICAT in Dynamics in

the C-Suite @ INSEAD Paris 2016

- MASTER in Finance @ ESDE Business

School of Paris, France, 1991

- B.S. in Marketing & Management @

IAC-IECP Paris, France 1988

Area o f

Expertise

- Traded Nat Gas, LNG, Oil, Power

options, swaps, futures/forwards

and spot on North West European

Markets and its related crack/sparks

spread including clean/dark spark

spread and Co2

- Making Market in Natural Gas

options, swaps and its related frac

spreads

- Familiarity of bulk gas, power & oil

tariffs and interchange agreements

- Huge knowledge of transmission

system TSO, pipeline, cables for

organization

- Rapid decision-maker under

pressure

- Managed energy derivatives desk

overseeing traders and support staff

- Outstanding ability to multi task and

prioritize activities.

Head of Trading

09/2021 –04/2023 – BANKHAUS SCHEICH Wertpapierspezialist AG, Frankfurt, Montreal

- Responsible for running and management global risks of derivatives trading desks

- Promote BHS Europe & Americas' derivatives Sales & Trading business across multiple geographies and time zones

- Manage a complex treasury, of the trading desks

- Structuring & making market on digital derivatives quoted on Xetra exchange

- Develop and implement automated/algo derivatives trading strategies,

- Providing to client executions needs and ensure high-quality services for trade execution, trade ideas and guarantees as well as cash and collateral management Founding Partner, Senior Energy & Gas Trader

01/2018 to now (put on hold) – ALPHA ENERGY MANAGEMENT ADVISOR, Paris,

- Lead the growth and development of Alpha EM ’s investors coverage in France and abroad in global gas & energy markets with a focus on volatility trading and responsible for managing the risk across the Option/Volatili ty trading books

- The primary goal is to provide the best-in-class investments advice to clients, trading implied gas volatility to extract relative value and drive the global books according risks limits. I also invest my money with the investors .

- Managed $2M long/short energy options portfolio leveraged with bank credit line backed up with my own capital with a focus on, gas, oil, co2 markets.

- Created proprietary scans based on key technical factors to identify potential trade ideas, define and drive the global trading and risk management strategy.

- Conducted fundamental research and financial analyses on the results to execute optimal investments

Associate Partner, Senior Energy & Gas Trader

01/2017–12/2017 – EFFICIENCY CM - Paris (1 year ontract)

- Advised for a new $70 million multi-gas strategy hedge fund on establishing an in-house volatility arbitrage book in difficult market conditions. This book includes implied correlation and dispersion positions not previously traded in house.

- All volatility financial instruments traded have maturities of 1 day up to 18 months.

- Successfully managed short/medium -term book focusing on domestic and international gas, oil, Co2 futures & options markets

- Generated options trading ideas through a combination of sell side analyst research, order flow, technical indicators, and relationships with other traders.

- Developed Excel option pricing & risk management spreadsheet used daily.

- Responsible for preparing and running morning meetings reporting. Arezki KACER

Languages

- English ; Fluent

- German ; Intermediate

- French ; Native

Executive Director, Energy Trading Division

08/2008 to 09/2016 – CMA-CGM S.A, Marseille, Singapore, Long Beach

- Advise and work closely with the CEO to manage and develop the energy trading and I was a key member of the brain trust to lead Fuels & Gas trading business units with ~

$10 billion annual turnover and ~ $1.7 billion revenues; additional unit integrated in 2010 to bring totals P&L of $100+ million.

- Adapted and implemented volatility Fuels & LNG trading strategies for the $6 billion hedging derivatives books to manage risks to take opportunistic decisions to make profit from and hedge against prices fallout related to the Lehman ‘collapse.

- Actively trading multi-location Fuels, Gas & LNG spot, swaps, options and structured derivatives instrument including crack spread, basis spread, Swap Range Knock Out, 3 Ways Range Knock Out, TARS, Asian digital/binary options .

- Managing the physical purchase (sales) of 7 million ton ($4 billion) of Fuels & LNG to supply 400 super-size containers vessels

- Responsible for origination and trading (of LNG and Bunker Cargoes overseas.

- Negotiation of storage solution in the LNG, Fuel Oil & Gasoil terminals

- Trading hybrid physical derivative Fuel & LNG Fixed Forward Prices (Asian), FFP including exit agreement, FFP with limits, FFP capped with collar embedded etc. of 150KMT to 200KMT p/m.

- Travel to meet policymakers and local energy market participants in various producer countries.

Director of Gas & Energy Trading & Market-Making, Liquid Markets Division 09/2006 to 08/2008 – WESTLB AG, Düsseldorf, London, Sydney

- Accountable for making continuous, 2-sided market in all appointed energy products derivatives at all times during the London, New-York and Sydney shift in the OTC .

- Played key role in natural gas option market making team managing multi-million dollar/euros portfolio on ; NBP, TTF, PEG, PSV, VTP, NCG, on OTC and electronically- traded option contracts for diversified client, investors alternative asset & risk management firm with 10 employees across 4 global offices (Dusseldorf/ London, New- York and Sydney)

- Drove revenue through over-the-counter and screen trading through CME/ICE with a particular focus on US nat gas - Henry hubs.

- Monitored fundamental market drivers, while helping develop & execute speculative strategies.

- Provided liquidity in GHG products, CDM, CER’s, JI, ERU’s, EU-ETS forwards and options

- Active prop trading in various power markets; EEX, UKAPX, APX, Nordpool, Powernext..

- Provide liquidity on financial crude oil; Brent (Forties, Oseberg, Ekofisk), North & West African Atlantic Basin markets, WTI, Canadian Light, LLS, Tapis, Dubai, Ural etc

- Traded speculative financial Fuel Oil, Gasoil, Gasoline (RBOB), Naphtha, Jet Fuel.

- Spearheaded bank’s entry into Asian energy market

- Redaction of daily market letters analysis and indicative pricing to the clients

- Provided derivatives products training to support salespeople as well as the customers. Head of Gas & Energy Trading

10/2005 to 09/2006 – VAN DER MOOLEN & Co, Amsterdam, Köln, Zug

- Responsible for formulating and implementing the gas options trading strategy with a risk management roadmap for the company to expand into energy options and futures markets.

- Prop trading on ICE, NYMEX, CME, EEX, Nordpool options price/vol & futures curves.

- Hedged and managed delta exposure, skew risk, theta, and volatility risk of a $20M in gas/oil & power option & futures position.

- The position was, at times, long or short as much as 250k in vega and consisted of roughly 8 to 10% of the exchange open interest.

- Co-managed the nat gas options market making group on the NYMEX floor consisted of roughly 8 to 10% of open interest from Europe head office.

- Rapid decision-maker under pressure

- Managed various derivatives desk

overseeing traders sales and support

staff

- strong commitment to customer

service coupled with superb

communication skills in French and

English

- Relationship Management Skills

- Outstanding ability to multi task and

prioritize activities.

- Strategy/Strategic Planning

Experience

- Change Management Expertise

- Problem Solving Proficient

- Document Negotiation Abilities

- Risks Management Knowledge

- Crisis Management Skills

- Rapid decision-maker under pressure

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- Food & Wine: I greatly appreciate

good food and wine; enjoy both

cooking and dining out, and both

wine tasting and wine making.

Recently achieved a pass with

distinction in the WSET (Wine &

Spirit Education Trust)

Intermediate course, and hope to

soon take the advanced course.

- Photography: I am a keen

amateur photographer, with

particular interest in fashion/

portrait photography.

- Sports: In my spare time, I enjoy

swimming, squash, golf, skiing

and rock climbing.

Senior Gas & Power Options Trader

05/2002 to 10/2005 – STATKRAFT, Amsterdam Düsseldorf, Oslo

- Built and managed a gas & power volatility desk (vanilla options and Exotics) with focus on Continental European markets including Scandinavian zone (also Asset-wise).

- Develop and execute hedge options strategies that adhere to constraints of the plants, including the use of swaps, exotics options and other structured products

- Optimising our asset positions in the wholesale markets: including the 400 MW capacity of Baltic Cable, structured options and other financial long-term contracts that display the characteristics of power plant offtakes.

- Helping to prepare the future management of the 2 Statkrafts’ CCGT in Germany (market access, analysis, modeling, contract/value management).

- With Origination and Sales, structured tailor-made solutions for upstream and downstream clients in the energy sector (e producers, utilities, major energy consumers and investors)

- Collaborated with regional teams to analyse transport and storage requirement.

- Backup the Norway trading Head in Oslo during the holydays and managing traders

- Performed regular negotiations with traders for everyday and monthly gas supplies.

- Mentor and develop junior trading analysts to support the growth of Statkraft’s group Senior Gas & Power Options Trader

11/2001 to 05/2002 – MIRANT ENERGY B.V, Amsterdam, Atlanta

- Steered the integration of Southern Energy Europe’s option books into Mirant Energy BV

- Co-Head of Trading in charge of UK and Nordpool power trading activities (derivatives paper and physical) and their integration with Coal and Gas fuel supply;

- Restructured the trading business and returned to profitability within 6 months of hire.

- Managed directional exposure, time decay, and volatility risk of a large and complex Norpool power option portfolio (consisting of roughly 200 strike prices and accounting for 10% of Nordpool open interest) by actively trading options and futures.

- Managing the impact of the Enron fall by rebalancing the “Greeks” of the power and gas options portfolios and reducing the impact on the P&L of the black swan event Senior Gas Options Trader

05/1999 to 11/2001 – ENRON Nordic Energy, Oslo Norway

- Responsibilities included: trading gas options, hedging commodity spread price and interest rate exposures, development of risk management systems), development of pricing tools for valuation of nat gas options and futures contracts. Senior Derivatives Market-Maker

05/1994 - 05/1999 – SOCIĖTĖ GĖNĖRALE C&IB, Paris

- Buy and sell variety of STIRD and FX options spreads based on negotiated price discovery as per market supply/demand to provide the best service and liquidity to SG sales and clients.

Options Trader/Sales

06/1993 to 05/1994 – J P MORGAN, Paris, London

- Managing an FX, Rates & Money Market options portfolio of clients of $1,8bln.

- Actively marketing & distributing short-term debt options instruments to investors.

- Quoted current bid/ask and market interests for FX, Fixed Income & Commodity OTC and listed options by telephone, Globex and Reuters.

Junior Options Trader/Sales

06/1990 – 05/1993 – ABN-AMRO Bank NV, Paris, Amsterdam

- Managing an FX, Rates & Money Market portfolio of French Corporate

- Selling to the big French customers the capabilities in global FX Options, FX & STIRD swaps, Fra’s, money markets and treasury derivatives trading of ABN AMRO in global currencies. University Mandatory Training Period - Junior Sales 06/1989 – 06/1990 – GOLDMAN SACHS International Limited, Paris

- Junior/trainee Futures and Options Broker on the pit of the MATIF in Paris I n t e r e s t s

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