Eftychios Tsichlakis

- Coordinated the setup of the LPG Cargo trading business in London (Sept 2017 – Mar 2018) and then continued to serve as Risk Manager from Marquard and Bahls office in Hamburg - Managing the risk processes for the trading operations in London and Singapore - Executing the daily risk management tasks for the LPG cargo trading business including physical and paper trades control, position maintenance, PnL marking, VaR calculation - Liaising with front office for accurately reflecting the PnL and risk

- Conducting market risk reports for the companies in the group and communicating the results to management - Responsible for the VaR calculations (VCV and Historical) conducted for portfolios of petroleum products; analyzing positions and market influences on the VaR calculations - Defining and maintaining pricing curves for marking physical and financial products - Re-designed department’s processes by using Excel (VBA and Power Query), Python and SQL to enhance control and accuracy

- Implemented requirements and configured Natural Gas, Position, Trade Execution, Production, Derivatives, Credit and Power components to meet clients’ expectations - Liaised with commodity trading subject-matter experts and business analysts for shaping the risk reporting requirements - Handled and distilled data with SQL and Excel to produce meaningful data sets - Managed and authored specifications for trading processes enhancements and extensions

- Delivered client analytics projects; developed and utilized client’s data and metrics - Designed and implemented improved reporting system for an oil trading corporation - Developed customized financial reports for energy and commodities trading companies - Worked closely with clients to provide improved reporting models and support - Assisted managers in client meetings to obtain system specifications; presented recommendations to management

- Developed and maintained ERP modules in PL/SQL, Oracle Forms and Oracle reports - Created financial forecasts with analysis of historical data for clients - Participated in consulting projects; delivered customized analysis and strategy support to clients

- Thesis: Modelling and forecasting natural gas volatility (models: GARCH, EGARCH, GJR and APARCH) - Modules: Quantitative Methods (Regression, GARCH, VaR, Back-testing and Stress testing), Alternative Investments, Structured Products, Advanced Financial Statement Analysis, Portfolio Management

- Thesis: Natural gas price forecasting (proposed for publication, used R statistics) - Modules: Financial Risk Management, Financial Markets and Institutions, Portfolio Management, Business Accounting, Business Economics and other modules for understanding several business functions

- Top ranked university in Cyprus. Modules: Advanced programing and database principles