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Christian Gaxiola

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Experienced executive with over nine years of multicultural experience in Agricultural & Soft Commodities Derivatives Trading & Risk Management interested in Trading positions within an investment bank or hedge fund to contribute with the firm business strategy and financial performance.

Work History

Mars : Commodities Trading Manager
2009 to 2010
Derivatives. Physical Softs Commodities: cocoa, sugar, dairy, palm oil, palm kernel oil. Research of worldwide commodities markets & forex. Hedging/Risk Management

Cargill : Commodities Sr Trader & Risk Manager
2007 to 2009
Develop and Implement financial risk management strategies on Agricultural, Softs & Energy commodities/Forex for trading desk and clients using derivatives: plain vanillas, OTC,
Propietary Trading of Financial Commodity Derivatives
Research of worldwide commodities markets & industry trends.
Value-At-Risk. Managed Futures & Investment Strategies

Cargill : Commodities Sr Trader
2005 to 2007
Risk Management of Commodities & Forex
Trading Agricultural Commodities in the US market: soybeans, soybean meal, soybean oil, corn (I was based in Des Moines, Iowa)
Propietary Trading of Commodities Derivatives - Vanillas, Spreads
Hedging
Advising Clients with Derivatives Products to Hedge their positions

Cargill : Sales Trader
2003 to 2005
Trading Commodities - Physicals & Derivatives. Traded physicals from different origins into Mexican market
Marketing Over-The-Counter (OTC's) Derivatives
Advising institutional clients on how to position in commodity and foreign exchange markets
Hedging of Commodities

Cargill : Commodities Broker
2001 to 2003
Agricultural Commodities Physical Trading
Following World Financial News and Impact in Commodities Makets
Marketing Over-The-Counter Derivatives (OTC's)
Market Risk Analysis

Education

ITAM - Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico : Master in Finance
2008 to 2010

Concentration in Investment Management

ITEMS - Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey : Bs in Economics
1996 to 2000
Graduated with Honors

Languages

Mother tongue: Spanish

Other languages: English

 

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