MBA (Finance) & Engineering Graduate. Experience in Commodity trading

Objective

A hard working and passionate individual seeks to grow in the financial markets. Seeking junior level positions in roles related to

Commodities, Investment banking, Equities, M&A, Fixed Income and others.

Work Experience

1. Company: Daeyang Shipping Co. Ltd., Seoul

Position: Junior Trader

Period: June 2010 to June 2011

Responsibility: Commodity Trading

- Commodities trader at the prop desk. In-charge of US Natural gas. Total traded volume USD 24 million

- Was also in-charged with trading in US Copper

- Recommended successful trades to the company’s management for entering large-size positions

Responsibility: Research

- Sector specialist for Natural Gas and Copper

- Commodity research for Coffee & Cotton. Gave price target & time horizon recommendations

- Analysed US & Indian equities and made recommendations to the company’s management

2. Company: Impetus InfoTech (India) Pvt. Ltd.

Position: Software Engineer

Period: July 2006 to May 2008

Responsibilities and Initiatives

- In-charge of software designing, coding and testing; communicating with clients on regular basis

- Collaborated with client to design & implement algorithm for ‘Pattern Identification’ in US property location data

- Set up the Linux server for the team. Established project knowledge base for smooth knowledge transfer

Achievements

- Created immediate business of USD 100 million (approx) through the ‘Pattern Identification’ algorithm

- Saved approx. 60% business by identifying critical flaw in existing insurance quote system

- One of Top 3 Performers in the team for year 2006-07 (first annual appraisal) out of 30+ engineers

EDUCATION

1. University: Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC), India

Course: Post Graduate Program (MBA)

Year of Passing: April, 2010

2. University: Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (IITR), India

Course: B. Tech. (Electrical Engineering)

Year of Passing: May, 2006

FINANCE CERTIFICATIONS

- Qualified Financial Risk Manager (FRM) exam full (November, 2009)

- Qualified the CFA Level I exam

- Certified dealer in ‘Derivatives’ and ‘Capital Markets’ from the National Stock Exchange, India in 2008

INTERNSHIPS

Company: Lohia Securities Limited, Mumbai

Period: April & May, 2009

Securitization Research

- Research on Infrastructure sector in India; consulted government policy and sector reports

- Studied the regulatory framework for securitization market in India and its potential to boost lending

- Worked with IDFC-SSKI (infrastructure financing firm) on the trends of securitization in India

Selected Projects

1. Fixed Income Markets

- Analysed Secondary & When-issued (soon-to-be-issued) securities markets & past auctions of Indian Bonds

- Simulated bidding for G-secs in Reserve Bank of India’s auction

- Simulated trading on Repo & Call markets of India to maximize the value of a virtual portfolio

2. Academic Projects

- Completed a live project for ICICI bank on 'Reverse Stress Testing' on Risk Management

- Created a Mathematical Model of interaction of financial investment with physical capital (wealth)

- Analysed financial statements, share holding pattern & market capitalization trends of Ashok Leyland Ltd

SKILLS/LANGUAGES

- IT Skills – C++, Java, VBA, MATLAB, SQL, Data Structures; Linux Servers, Excel, Power-point

- Developed and maintained IIT Roorkee website (www.iitr.ac.in). Saved more than INR 2 million of IIT administration (2003-05)

- Languages – Full proficiency in English and Hindi. Elementary proficiency in Korean and French

INTERESTS/OTHER INFORMATION

- Attended Foreign Student Exchange Program at SKEMA Business School, Sophia Antipolis, France during MBA

- 1st runner up among 400 teams in International ‘Banking Treasury Simulation & Management’ Contest, Intaglio’10 (IIMC)

- Attended Shipping training program of the Daeyang Shipping, with courses on ship operations, time & voyage chartering

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