Ruben Villarroel

Responsible for structuring, pricing and trading customized equity-linked cash, derivative investment and hedge solutions for institutional clients across the Americas Co-managed the development and growth of the LatAm Equity Derivatives franchise, increasing production by 25% year-on-year Present market intelligence, relevant real-time flows, daily market commentary notes and the firm’s research to more than 20 clients

• Optimized post-trade processes minimizing manual interaction and increasing capacity over 25% in man-hours; Integrated all marketing materials for each client base (Pension/Mutual Funds, Insurance Groups and Hedge Funds) into a single database, and created a free access online library; Championed new ways to manage the team’s sales credits inflow, which accounted for $100mm per year, creating a reconciliation process with the trading desk and minimizing slippage to less than 7%

Performed sales support functions for a large team of sales/traders, located in Southern Europe, which helped SMEs and large corporations manage market risk through derivatives; Focused on all pre and post-trade processes (account opening, ISDA/CSA negotiations, confirmations, valuations) across different asset classes (FICC), as well as served as liaison with local branches; Organized presentations/teach-ins for external and internal counterparties in order to increase visibility of the team

Operational Team Lead for a team of 5, in charge of continuously monitoring and settling voice and e-trading transactions; Generated enhanced MIS reporting which resulted in a decrease of ~35% of unconfirmed trades, and pioneered a weekly management meeting to present results; Mentored 5 new team hires and devised training plans for the group in order to test and implement a new in-house confirmation system

Bachelor of Science in Physics, with concentration in Electronics