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Isaac Muchiri

Client Specialist at Thomson Reuters

Nairobi, Kenya

Work Experience

  • Client SpecialistFull Time

    Thomson Reuters

    Aug 2017 - Present -7 yrs, 10 months

    • Market Specialist – FX & FX Derivatives – AfricaFull Time

      Bloomberg LP

      Jun 2016 - Jul 2016 -1 month

      United Arab Emirates , Dubai

      • Job Details:Business Manager for FX and FX Derivatives for Africa. Ensuring and supporting Bloomberg clients, Banks and Corporates, to extract value out of the Bloomberg system by partnering with them to meeting their FX trading and trading strategy needs. Partnering with the Various African Central Banks to ensure FX trading reporting and tracking. Supporting the contribution and product development teams to develop products specific for Africa. Training clients on FX tools. Identifying potential clients FX needs and generating sales leads for the sales team.
    • Junior Trader- Risk Solutions GroupFull Time

      ABSA

      Aug 2013 - Nov 2013 -3 months

      South Africa , Johannesburg

      • Job Details:On secondment/attachment at the risk solutions group Sales and Structuring of foreign exchange, interest rates and fixed income risk management products Pricing FX structures i.e. Options, Collars, Par Forwards, and Leveraged Forwards Pricing Interest Rates Structures i.e. Swaps, Caps and Floors
    • Dealer Treasury Sales – Risk Management ProductsFull Time

      Barclays

      Feb 2013 - May 2016 -3 yrs, 3 months

      Egypt

      • Job Details:Derivative/Risk Management Product Sales Foreign exchange, interest rate, commodities and fixed income risk management products sales and structuring Trading directly with customer’s directly as required and providing unique solutions to clients exposed to foreign exchange, interest rate and liquidity risk Promoting/selling risk management and hedging strategies to clients. Responsible for achieving the Risk Management Product budget in Kenya. Identifying target clients for Risk Management Products, and maintain and update the Risk Management Products pipeline on a monthly basis, for discussion at the monthly Barclays Africa call. Pricing FX structures i.e. Options, Collars, Par Forwards, and Leveraged Forwards Pricing Interest Rates Structures i.e. Swaps, Caps and Floors Ownership of presentations, term sheets, templates, client documentation, ISDA, as per NPA approval Interacting with the Corporate and Consumer bank for the purpose of marketing corporate/consumer risk advisory solutions to the bank’s clients Contributing to the development of the Sales & Trading Function Ecommerce Sales Driving the Markets agenda and strategy of delivering cutting edge solutions to customers by championing the delivery of the Barclays Bank’s in-house online FX trading system, BARX Africa, to customers in Kenya Installation and system training to customers to ensure they are comfortable using the system. Being the main contact for customers in Kenya to help them troubleshoot any problems they face in the system Driving the income numbers of customers using the system and ensuring there is no income leakage as a result of usage of the system Corporate Sales Dealer Managing Barclays Bank of Kenya’s global corporates portfolio as the Corporate and Investment Banking Markets product partner Provide solutions to clients that would encourage consistency in bottom line reporting through direct FX sales, FX forwards and FX Swaps. Managing a portfolio of customer’s treasury trading activities Trading directly with customers as required and providing unique solutions to clients exposed to foreign exchange and liquidity risk. Develop and manage close contacts with both Corporate Bank relationship managers and customers.
    • Education

      • MBA in Strategic Management

        United States International University- Africa

        Jan 2009 - Jan 2011 - 2 yr

      • BS in Business Administration

        Montclair state university

        Jan 2000 - Jan 2006 - 6 yr

      Skills

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      Languages

      • English

        Fluent

      Training & Certifications

      • ACI Dealing Certificate

        Financial Markets Association ( ACI)·2014
      • Duke University Corporate Education

        Duke University Corporate Education·2013
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